Prepare MI link migration

This article helps you prepare your environment for a

Managed Instance link migration

of your

instance enabled by Azure Arc to

in the Azure portal.

With the link, you can migrate your SQL Server databases to Azure SQL Managed Instance by

using real-time replication with a distributed availability group (online migration):

To migrate your SQL Server databases to Azure SQL Managed Instance through the Azure

portal, you need the following prerequisites:

An active Azure subscription. If you don’t have one,

create a free account.

supported

instance of SQL Server

enabled by Azure Arc

with the

latest version

of the

Azure extension for SQL Server. To upgrade your extension, see

Upgrade the extension.

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Note

You can provide feedback about your migration experience.

Migrate up to 10 databases at a time starting with Azure Extension for SQL Server

version.

1.1.3348.364