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Database Migration Service

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Also called: Cloud Database Migration, Database Migration Service for AlloyDB, Database Migration Service for MySQL, Database Migration Service for PostgreSQL, database migration system, datamigration, DataMigrationService, DMS

Database Migration Service is a managed Google Cloud service used to migrate operational databases, schemas, and data from source environments to cloud destination databases. On Associate Data Practitioner it comes up as a dedicated tool for operational database migration jobs, distinguished from analytics services that load warehouse data.

What you can expect on the exam

Operational database migration role. Know the difference between using Database Migration Service to migrate operational database workloads and using other extraction tools designed for analytics data ingestion.
Initial sync and continuous replication. Expect to evaluate how Database Migration Service coordinates both initial data synchronization and ongoing change data capture replication from source database instances.
Monitoring and audit logging integration. You may need to monitor Database Migration Service jobs and audit logging information through integration with Cloud Logging.

Where this appears on the exam

1 subdomain in 1 of 4 domains

Section 1
Data Preparation and Ingestion
1. 1.2Extract and load data into appropriate Google Cloud storage systems
  - Choose the appropriate extraction tool (e.g., Dataflow, BigQuery Data Transfer Service, Database Migration Service, Cloud Data Fusion)

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Choose the appropriate extraction tool (e.g., Dataflow, BigQuery Data Transfer Service, Database Migration Service, Cloud Data Fusion)

Dataflow Unified Batch and Stream Processing

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Last updated November 2, 2026

Associate Data Practitioner

Show you can work with data on Google Cloud, from ingesting and analyzing it with BigQuery and Looker to managing access, and track your readiness for the Associate Data Practitioner exam.

Fundamental

Prepare and test your skills

Fundamental

Prepare and test your skills

Google Cloud service

Database Migration Service

Topic in 3 exam domains

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What you can expect on the exam

Operational database migration role. Know the difference between using Database Migration Service to migrate operational database workloads and using other extraction tools designed for analytics data ingestion.
Initial sync and continuous replication. Expect to evaluate how Database Migration Service coordinates both initial data synchronization and ongoing change data capture replication from source database instances.
Monitoring and audit logging integration. You may need to monitor Database Migration Service jobs and audit logging information through integration with Cloud Logging.

Where this appears on the exam

1 subdomain in 1 of 4 domains

Section 1
Data Preparation and Ingestion
1. 1.2Extract and load data into appropriate Google Cloud storage systems
  - Choose the appropriate extraction tool (e.g., Dataflow, BigQuery Data Transfer Service, Database Migration Service, Cloud Data Fusion)

Practice questions on this topic

1 question

Choose the appropriate extraction tool (e.g., Dataflow, BigQuery Data Transfer Service, Database Migration Service, Cloud Data Fusion)

Dataflow Unified Batch and Stream Processing

Practice this domain

How learners score on this topic

Last updated November 2, 2026

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Choose the appropriate extraction tool (e.g., Dataflow, BigQuery Data Transfer Service, Database Migration Service, Cloud Data Fusion)

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Choose the appropriate extraction tool (e.g., Dataflow, BigQuery Data Transfer Service, Database Migration Service, Cloud Data Fusion)

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