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If you are using mostly open source in your enterprise, and have few MS SQL server database around, you might want to consider migrating those to MySQL database. The following are few reasons why you might want to consider migrating Microsoft SQL Server to MySQL database: To avoid huge License and support fees of MS SQL Server. In MySQL, even if you decide to use the MySQL enterprise edition, it is less expensive. Unlike SQL Server, MySQL supports wide range of Operating Systems including several Linux distros, Solaris and Mac. To implement a highly scalable database infrastructure To take advantage of several advanced features of MySQL database that have been tested intensively over the years by a huge open source community We can migrate MS SQL database to MySQL using migration module of “MySQL Workbench” utility. The most easiest way to install MySQL Workbench is to install “Oracle MySQL installer for windows”, which installs several MySQL tools including the Workbench