This pattern describes how to migrate an on-premises Microsoft SQL Server database to an Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for SQL Server DB instance (homogeneous migration). The migration process is based on native SQL Server backup and restore methods. It uses SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to create a database backup file, and an Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) bucket to store the backup file before restoring it in Amazon RDS for SQL Server.
