Can we use Azure Data Migration Service to migrate data from on-prem SQL Server to Azure SQL DW

Question

I wanted to understand if we can use Azure Data Migration Service to migrate data from on-prem SQL Server to Azure SQL DW or is there any other way to do so which also takes care of full and incremental load?

Thanks,

Anish

Answer 1

Please note that SQL DW (now christened as Synapse) is not a regular SQL SMP architecture. This is an MPP database and hence as-is migration of on-prem SQL boxes to SQL DW may not always be a good choice.

Note that SQL DB (especially Gen5) can grow up to 8TB and with hyper-scale edition, this can go up to 100TB. Have you also considered these facts before choosing SQL DW? A lot of information is available on documentation online.