What's new in Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant for Oracle (SSMA for Oracle) 9.4

Aug 5, 2023
  • Add support for BULK COLLECT conversion using bulk emulation function to retrive multiple rows in a single fetch.
  • Fix for missing subscriptions in migration through migration at scale.
  • Improve conversion of DECODE function.
  • Improve conversion for comparison of empty strings with NULL.

New in Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant for Oracle (SSMA for Oracle) 9.3 (Mar 10, 2023)

  • Added support for SQL Server 2022 target

New in Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant for Oracle (SSMA for Oracle) 9.2 (Nov 9, 2022)

  • Added Support for legacy unicode string literals
  • Added Support for arbitary expressions in ESCAPE clause
  • Conversion Support for EXTRACT(XML) and XMLQUERY
  • Enhanced data pipeline monitoring for at scale migration
  • Conversion Support for EXTRACT(XML),EXTRACTVALUE and XMLQUERY
  • Support for Azure Data Factory (ADF) pipeline monitoring

New in Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant for Oracle (SSMA for Oracle) 9.1 (Aug 23, 2022)

  • Support for at scale data migration from Oracle to SQL with integration of Azure Data factory
  • Add support for exclusion of system generated invisble column for conversion and data migration
  • Improve get help experience

New in Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant for Oracle (SSMA for Oracle) 8.24 (Jun 6, 2022)

  • Add support for LISTAGG function
  • Add support for Oracle compound triggers
  • Improve detection logic for JOIN clause and PIPELINED functions
  • Improve naming for "Save As" statements

New in Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant for Oracle (SSMA for Oracle) 8.23 (Nov 23, 2021)

  • Support for mapping of DATE type from Oracle to the SQL Server DATE type in the Type Mapping setting
  • Support for table partition added for Azure SQL Database targets with all table partition mapped to primary filegroup
  • New option "Allow Statements from Files", for adding statements from file system
  • Enhanced XML output when running in console mode
  • New "Feedback" link in reports to send feedback
  • In reports, enhanced visualization experience

New in Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant for Oracle (SSMA for Oracle) 8.22 (Nov 21, 2021)

  • Allow to specify additional connection string options for target database connection
  • Introduce summary charts in assessment reports
  • Improve messages navigation in assessment reports

New in Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant for Oracle (SSMA for Oracle) 8.21 (Nov 21, 2021)

  • Fix OLE DB connection string mode to respect the provider name
  • Add missing ssma_oracle.fn_getColEntryByRange emulation function
  • Use COUNT_BIG in row count queries for the target database
  • Add setting to emulate Oracle's empty string behavior in coalesce operations

New in Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant for Oracle (SSMA for Oracle) 8.20 (Nov 21, 2021)

  • Add support for partitioned tables
  • Add conversion of SKIP LOCKED clause

New in Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant for Oracle (SSMA for Oracle) 4.2.2277 (Aug 16, 2010)

  • Support for Data Migration using both Server Side and Client Side Data Migration Engines
  • New SSMA Console application for command line execution
  • Support for “Custom SELECT” statement in data migration
  • Support for migrating from Oracle 11g R2