As Postgres gains popularity in the DBMS world, it has become a very attractive alternative for Microsoft SQL Server, allowing organizations that make the leap to take advantage of modern features while saving big money on software licensing. In this talk I will go over the top reasons to choose Postgres over SQL Server and outline a plan for performing such migrations.

Key learnings:

• The main differences to consider when switching from SQL Server to Postgres

• Data type mappings between the two products

• Creating and executing a migration plan

• Migration demo using an open source tool that I published.

Date:

2021 February 3 14:00 EST

Duration:

1 h

Room:

Online

Conference:

2021 Postgres Conference Webinars

Language:

Track:

Dev

Difficulty:

Requires Registration:

Yes (Registered: 125)