Hello, I wanted to migrate some databases from mysql to sql server 2014 express, I tried to use the "Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant v6.0 for MySQL" but it requires the SQL Server Agent, which is not available in the express edition.
I must say, I quite disappointed, because I don't understand why a migration tool needs the sql server agent? It has only to read the schema and the data from one side and write to the other side, it doesn't need to run any job. Second why MS is expecting
an enterprise license for sql server to use the migration tool? MySql is famous for the LAMP stack, this means web applications and it's correspondent in the MS environment is the sql server express edition.
Now I'm trying to migrate the database with other applications, but the generate sql is not always compatible with sql server. Has somebody already found a software to migrate the databases from mysql to sql server?