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Migrating and Modernizing SQL Server Workloads
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As a SQL Server customer, you are familiar with the pattern of the software vendor regularly sunsetting support and requiring upgrades every few years. The most imminent of these events is the end of support (EOS) for SQL Server 2012. With an upcoming EOS date of July 12, 2022, patches and security updates will no longer be provided, which may cause security and compliance issues and expose customers’ applications and business to potential security risks.
The EOS event presents organizations with a unique opportunity to evaluate the options to migrate and modernize their SQL Server workloads to the cloud for enhanced operational excellence and innovation velocity. However, there are a number of factors to consider when selecting a cloud provider to run SQL Server workloads, such as price, performance, reliability, breadth and depth of technology, pace of innovation, flexible licensing options, programs,
and tools that help streamline the migration process.
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PREFACE: WHY ARE WE HERE?
SQL Server 2012 users are approaching an end of support date, when patches and security updates will no longer be provided.
63% of organizations are actively migrating data to the cloud and 29% are planning to migrate within three years.
AWS helps customers rehost, replatform, or refactor their SQL Server workloads, providing options to suit every
organizations specific needs with lower total cost of ownership and best-in-class price/performance.
Migrating and modernizing SQL Server workloads is a multi-stage journey,
through which AWS can help guide users.
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Navigating your migration and modernization journey
As SQL Server 2012 approaches its end of support, users have the opportunity to optimize SQL Server workloads
by migrating to the cloud.
Source: AWS
This forced decision point creates an opportunity for you to think about the future state of your business, consider options and alternatives and determine which path is right for you. While the EOS may create fear, uncertainties, and doubt for some SQL Server customers, Amazon Web Services (AWS) champions a track record of making it easier and more cost-effective for customers to accelerate the migration and modernization projects. In this eBook, we are going to walk through the most common use cases our customers choose when migrating and modernizing their SQL Server workloads with AWS.
REHOST
Lift the workload
from on premises and shift to the cloud
REPLATFORM
Change from
self-service to
fully-managed model
REFACTOR
Rearchitect for
technologies built
for the cloud
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) for SQL Server
USE CASE
SQL SERVER OPTIONS
TIME
AND EFFORT
OPPORTUNITY TO OPTIMIZE
*Includes automated
upgrade to newer versions
No code changes
Fastest and easiest
migration to
the cloud
No code changes
Offload undifferentiated DBA tasks
Need time and effort
to refactor
existing apps
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for SQL Server
Purpose-built
databases on
AWS, such
as Amazon Aurora
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63% of organizations are actively migrating data to the cloud and 29% are planning to migrate within three years. (SOURCE: IDC)
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AWS helps customers rehost, replatform, or refactor their SQL Server workloads, providing options to suit every organizations specific needs.
Source: IDC
Source: AWS