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sqlmigration-review is agent-read markdown (skill) from vanterx/mssql-performance-skills: Audits a SQL Server migration plan with 15 checks (Y1-Y15) for version, edition, platform, and source-topology compatibility, then dispatches to sqlmigration-security-review, sqlmigration-objects-review, and other specialised skills for overlap areas. Use this skill when a user is planning, mid-flight on, or validating a SQL Server migration via backup/restore or log shipping/Always On seeding, mentions moving databases between instances/editions/versions, off a Failover Cluster Instance, or to .

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What the file says

# sqlmigration-review

## Purpose

Reviews a planned or in-progress SQL Server migration for version, edition, and platform compatibility risk, then dispatches to companion skills for the object families a migration touches. This skill owns 15 checks (Y1–Y15) covering exactly one slice of migration risk — **does the target SQL Server version/edition/platform support what the source actually uses, and does the cutover plan account for the source's own topology** — and routes everything else:

- **Version & Edition Compatibility (Y1–Y6)** — edition-gated features, version downgrade risk, compatibility level ceiling, collation mismatch, discontinued features, In-Memory OLTP support
- **Platform Compatibility — Azure SQL (Y7–Y9)** — instance-scoped object support, Windows Authentication migration path, SQL Server Agent availability
- **Migration Mechanism Readiness (Y10–Y13)** — backup/restore chain integrity, recovery model, Always On AG edition limits for seeding
- **Lifecycle (Y14)** — source version support-end urgency
- **Source Topology Transition (Y15)** — Failover Cluster Instance client redirect planning
…

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How to install

Latest version
mdr add vanterx/mssql-performance-skills/sqlmigration-review@git:20260701.321a668
Exact content
mdr add vanterx/mssql-performance-skills/sqlmigration-review@sha256:0f2c4aac288b3e60

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git:20260701.321a668 latest2026-07-01 321a668 19,957 BA view · diff
git:20260623.4a7462d2026-06-23 4a7462d 19,957 BA view · diff
git:20260622.55f8c852026-06-22 55f8c85 19,070 BA view · diff
git:20260621.95d24412026-06-21 95d2441 18,006 BA view · diff
git:20260621.d1ce43d2026-06-21 d1ce43d 17,982 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Deterministic, no model, same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (19957 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

vanterx/mssql-performance-skills · 5 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-19 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_zfzaqon7w7ihd6ip
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=vanterx/mssql-performance-skills/sqlmigration-review
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/0f2c4aac288b3e6050c37344658e3f0ff9b7c3eec5ac24a3749ae5707eaac766

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