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SQL Server to Snowflake – Transferring Database

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Considering the volumes of data generated by any organization, trained administrators have to operate technologically advanced systems, even in remote locations, for data processing.  One of the methods that are frequently followed by enterprises for optimized data management is migrating SQL server data to Snowflake. Microsoft SQL Server is one of the leading database technologies. It supports multiple business and analytics operations and processing of transactions in a corporate IT environment. Snowflake is a data warehouse exclusively designed for the cloud with separate storage and computing resources. It can handle both structured and non-structured data without any drop in performance even when several workgroups are working concurrently with data on multiple workloads. Certain specified steps have to be followed for migrating SQL server data to Snowflake. Preparing data It is not necessary to define a schema in advance when loading JSON or XML data into Snowflake. However,