Azure Cloud Shell vs. Azure Database Migration Service vs. FastScript vs. PowerShell Comparison Chart

Easily migrate your data, schema, and objects from multiple sources to the cloud at scale. Azure Database Migration Service is a tool that helps you simplify, guide, and automate your database migration to Azure. Migrate your database and server objects, including user accounts, agent jobs, and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) packages all at once. Migrate your data to Azure from the most common database management systems. Whether you’re moving from an on-premises database or another cloud, Database Migration Service supports key migration scenarios such as SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB. Save time and effort by automating your move to Azure with PowerShell. Database Migration Service works with PowerShell cmdlets to automatically migrate a list of databases. Supports Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB migration to Azure from on-premises and other clouds.

PowerShell is a cross-platform task automation and configuration management framework, consisting of a command-line shell and scripting language. Unlike most shells, which accept and return text, PowerShell is built on top of the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR), and accepts and returns .NET objects. This fundamental change brings entirely new tools and methods for automation. Unlike traditional command-line interfaces, PowerShell cmdlets are designed to deal with objects. An object is structured information that is more than just the string of characters appearing on the screen. Command output always carries extra information that you can use if you need it. If you've used text-processing tools to process data in the past, you'll find that they behave differently when used in PowerShell. In most cases, you don't need text-processing tools to extract specific information. You directly access portions of the data using standard PowerShell object syntax.