Neel Ball

Planning to migrate SQL Server to Azure SQL and not sure where to start? Join this Ask Me Anything session with Microsoft SQL experts for open, candid discussion and direct answers to your migration questions. This interactive panel creates space to discuss real-world migration projects, operational challenges, and product feedback, including unfiltered input shared directly with the people shaping the platform. The session also helps you understand the major pillars of Microsoft’s investment in Azure SQL, so you can provide feedback and make more informed decisions aligned with your migration needs. Whether you are just starting your migration or modernizing a complex SQL estate, this session is designed to deliver practical, actionable guidance tailored to your scenarios

Managing SQL Server in hybrid and multi-cloud environments can be challenging. Azure Arc streamlines SQL Server operations across on-prem, edge, and even other public clouds. Discover how to use built-in capabilities like best practices assessment, performance monitoring, and migration tools to centralize insights, simplify daily operations, and get ready for migration to Azure.

Migrating SQL Server to Azure does not have to be complex or fragmented. In this session, you will learn how SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) and Azure Arc work together to deliver a unified, intelligent, and streamlined migration experience directly within the tools DBAs already use to manage SQL Server. We will walk through an end-to-end migration journey, starting with an easy-to-use offline migration assessment in SSMS, followed by target and SKU recommendations, and concluding with near zero downtime migration using Azure Arc to SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines and Azure SQL Managed Instance. You will see how familiar tools and migration options come together in a single, unified experience, reducing prerequisites, simplifying decision making, and accelerating your path to Azure SQL with a modern hybrid approach. Meet the product group behind these products to ask questions, provide feedback, and learn about the upcoming roadmap.