Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Many customers have relied on SQL Server for over 3 decades to run their mission critical business applications. As these customers get ready to modernize their data to use the latest capabilities of A.I and cloud native application trends, they want to migrate and modernize their applications and SQL Servers to use Azure SQL. This is also an excellent opportunity for many of the SQL Solution partners to help their clients with modernization. But it is critical to understand the important technical considerations before, during and after data modernization or it could have long term higher costs and operational concerns. The SQL Team has helped many customers modernize their SQL. In this episode, Anna and Dhananjay share the top 3 reasons customers that have stalled Enterprise SQL Server modernization. They cover best practices that can help you avoid costly mistakes to implement on Day 1 after the data migration to Azure is done to get the best of running SQL in Azure
✅ Resources:
Azure Database Migration Guides | Microsoft Learn
SQL Server to Azure SQL Database: Migration Overview | Microsoft Learn
SQL Server to Azure SQL Database: Migration Guide | Microsoft Learn
SQL Server to SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines: Migration Guide - SQL Server on Azure VMs | Mic…
Generally Available: Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-gen General Purpose | Microsoft Community Hub
SQL Server Blog | Microsoft Community Hub
Azure SQL documentation - Azure SQL | Microsoft Learn
📌 Let's connect:
Twitter - Anna Hoffman, twitter.com/AnalyticAnna
Twitter - AzureSQL, https://aka.ms/azuresqltw
🔴 Watch even more Data Exposed episodes: https://aka.ms/dataexposedyt
🔔 Subscribe to our channels for even more SQL tips:
Microsoft Azure SQL: https://aka.ms/msazuresqlyt
Microsoft SQL Server: https://aka.ms/mssqlserveryt
Microsoft Developer: https://aka.ms/microsoftdeveloperyt
#AzureSQL #SQL #LearnSQL
Many customers have relied on SQL Server for over 3 decades to run their mission critical business applications. As these customers get ready to modernize their data to use the latest capabilities of A.I and cloud native application trends, they want to migrate and modernize their applications and SQL Servers to use Azure SQL. This is also an excellent opportunity for many of the SQL Solution partners to help their clients with modernization. But it is critical to understand the important technical considerations before, during and after data modernization or it could have long term higher costs and operational concerns. The SQL Team has helped many customers modernize their SQL. In this episode, Anna and Dhananjay share the top 3 reasons customers that have stalled Enterprise SQL Server modernization. They cover best practices that can help you avoid costly mistakes to implement on Day 1 after the data migration to Azure is done to get the best of running SQL in Azure
✅ Resources:
Azure Database Migration Guides | Microsoft Learn
SQL Server to Azure SQL Database: Migration Overview | Microsoft Learn
SQL Server to Azure SQL Database: Migration Guide | Microsoft Learn
SQL Server to SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines: Migration Guide - SQL Server on Azure VMs | Mic…
Generally Available: Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-gen General Purpose | Microsoft Community Hub
SQL Server Blog | Microsoft Community Hub
Azure SQL documentation - Azure SQL | Microsoft Learn
📌 Let's connect:
Twitter - Anna Hoffman, twitter.com/AnalyticAnna
Twitter - AzureSQL, https://aka.ms/azuresqltw
🔴 Watch even more Data Exposed episodes: https://aka.ms/dataexposedyt
🔔 Subscribe to our channels for even more SQL tips:
Microsoft Azure SQL: https://aka.ms/msazuresqlyt
Microsoft SQL Server: https://aka.ms/mssqlserveryt
Microsoft Developer: https://aka.ms/microsoftdeveloperyt
#AzureSQL #SQL #LearnSQL
