Microsoft Developer features Jonathon Frost from the Microsoft Azure PostgreSQL team, walking through migrating to managed PostgreSQL on Azure (homogeneous and heterogeneous scenarios) and demonstrating AI-assisted Oracle-to-Postgres migration using VS Code with GitHub Copilot.

PostgreSQL Like a Pro: Migrate to managed PostgreSQL on Azure

Meet Jonathon Frost from the PostgreSQL team at Microsoft Azure. This session focuses on modernizing databases by migrating to managed PostgreSQL on Azure, with an overview of migration approaches and a short demo.

What this video covers

• Why migrating to managed PostgreSQL on Azure can be simpler than expected
• Two migration types
  • Homogeneous migration (PostgreSQL → PostgreSQL)
  • Heterogeneous migration (e.g., Oracle → PostgreSQL)
• Benefits and platform notes
  • General benefits of moving to managed PostgreSQL on Azure
  • Performance-related benefits mentioned with AMD
  • Built-in migration support
• Tooling and demo
  • AI-assisted migration tooling in VS Code
  • Using GitHub Copilot as part of the AI-assisted workflow
  • A demo of a PostgreSQL migration

Video timeline

• 0:07 Introduction
• 0:31 Migrating to managed PostgreSQL on Azure is simpler than you think
• 0:50 Two types of migrations: homogenous and heterogenous
• 1:09 Benefits of migration to managed PostgreSQL on Azure
• 1:29 Benefits with AMD
• 1:57 Built in migration support
• 2:39 AI assisted migration tooling in VS Code and with GitHub Copilot
• 3:01 Demo of a PostgreSQL migration
• 6:43 Wrap Up

Links

• Watch the series: https://www.aka.ms/PostgreLikeAPro
• Start your migration journey: https://www.aka.ms/Migrate-to-Postgres