Migration Hub

Every migration playbook in one place. Each entry links to that source platform's Migration Center — the full playbook with assessment, feature mapping, TCO, per-workload migration guides, hands-on tutorials, benchmarks, and best practices.

Comparative positioning note

These playbooks are written from the perspective of Microsoft Azure, Cloud Scale Analytics, and CSA Loom. Any description of third-party or competing products is derived from publicly available documentation believed accurate at the time of writing and is provided for general comparison only. Verify all third-party details against the vendor's current official documentation before making decisions.

Prefer the full narrative landing page with grid cards? See the Migrations overview.

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Hyperscaler & cloud platforms

• AWS to Azure

  Move S3, Redshift, EMR, Glue, Kinesis, and SageMaker workloads onto ADLS, Fabric, Synapse, ADF, Event Hubs, and Azure ML.

• GCP to Azure

  Re-platform BigQuery, Dataflow, Looker, and Vertex AI onto Fabric, ADF, Power BI, and Azure ML.

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Cloud data warehouses & lakehouses

• Snowflake to Azure

  Migrate warehouses, Snowpark, Cortex AI, data sharing, and streams & tasks to Fabric, Delta, and Azure AI.

• Databricks to Fabric

  Convert notebooks, Unity Catalog, Delta Live Tables, and MLflow workloads onto Fabric pipelines and OneLake.

• Teradata to Synapse / Fabric

  Move SQL, BTEQ, TPT, and large analytical workloads onto Synapse dedicated SQL and Fabric.

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Big-data & ETL platforms

• Hadoop / Hive to Azure

  Re-home HDFS, Hive, Spark, HBase, Kafka, and Oozie onto ADLS, Databricks, and Event Hubs.

• Cloudera / CDH to Azure

  Migrate Impala, NiFi, and CDP Data Engineering onto Databricks and ADF.

• Informatica to ADF / Fabric

  Convert PowerCenter, IICS, data quality, and MDM workloads onto ADF, dbt, and Purview.

• Palantir Foundry to Azure

  Re-platform Ontology, pipelines, Workshop apps, and AIP onto Purview, ADF, Power Platform, and Azure AI.

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Business intelligence

• Tableau to Power BI

  Convert workbooks, calculations, data sources, Server, and Prep flows onto Power BI.

• Qlik to Power BI

  Migrate apps, expressions, visualizations, Server, and NPrinting onto Power BI.

• SAS to Azure ML / Fabric

  Lift-and-shift SAS Viya or re-platform analytics, data management, and models onto Azure ML and Fabric.

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Operational & relational databases

• SQL Server to Azure SQL

  Move to Azure SQL Database, Managed Instance, or SQL on Azure VM with DMS.

• Oracle Database to Azure

  Migrate to Azure SQL MI, PostgreSQL, or Oracle Database@Azure with SSMA and ora2pg.

• IBM Db2 to Azure SQL

  Convert schema, data, stored procedures, and applications — including mainframe considerations.

• MongoDB to Cosmos DB

  Move to Cosmos DB vCore or RU-based with VS Code extension and DMS online migration.

• MySQL to Azure Database

  Migrate to Azure Database for MySQL Flexible Server or PostgreSQL with DMS and mysqldump.