The company focuses on SQL Server 2014's in-memory capabilities in its bid to siphon enterprise database workloads from rival Oracle.

Microsoft capped off a week of high-profile announcements related to SQL Server with an aggressive migration offer aimed at Oracle database customers. Here's the bottom line, from Microsoft's ...

Call it the duel of the database migration tools. "The free Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) makes it easy to migrate data from Oracle, Microsoft Access, MySQL and Sybase to SQL Server, ...

Microsoft yesterday unveiled an updated SQL Server Migration Assistant to ease moving existing Oracle databases to SQL Server 2014.

Microsoft just released SQL Server Migration Assistant tool (SSMA v6.0), a free tool to help customers move their existing Oracle databases to SQL Server 2014.

Microsoft already offers migration tools for moving customers from Oracle, Sybase and Access to SQL Server. It also offers an analyzer for PowerBuilder, the spokesperson said.

Furthermore, a free Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) makes it easy to migrate data from Oracle, Microsoft Access, MySQL, and Sybase to SQL Server.

Since the SQL Server Migration Assistants for Oracle became available in June of 2005, Microsoft says it has seen more than a 250,000 downloads across all of the SSMAs, with Motorola, Simon & Schuster ...