Ireland and the United Kingdom enterprise technology-change research

PT-2026-271 · dossier edition · 21 September 2026

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Enterprise platform change across Ireland and the United Kingdom.

database-platform migration · operational

Legal & General migrates about 350 million ALPS records from Db2 to Azure SQL Database

Microsoft's dated customer story says Legal & General selected Azure SQL Database after assessing its existing Db2 database and used SQL Server Migration Assistant to migrate around 350 million records from Db2 to Azure SQL in under three hours, followed by validation.

Organisation
Legal & General, United Kingdom
Predecessor
the on-premises IBM Db2 database backing Legal & General's Asset & Liability Payment Service (ALPS)
Destination
Azure SQL Database for the migrated ALPS data as part of the source-described ALPS modernisation
Workload
Azure SQL Database
Stage
operational
Evidence boundary: The dated Microsoft source proves the bounded ALPS database migration from Db2 to Azure SQL Database and post-migration data validation. It does not prove retirement of every Legal & General database, completion of the wider ALPS application modernisation or a private estate-wide cutover chronology.

Verified platform change

Microsoft's dated customer story says Legal & General selected Azure SQL Database after assessing its existing Db2 database and used SQL Server Migration Assistant to migrate around 350 million records from Db2 to Azure SQL in under three hours, followed by validation.

Transition

From: the on-premises IBM Db2 database backing Legal & General's Asset & Liability Payment Service (ALPS)

To: Azure SQL Database for the migrated ALPS data as part of the source-described ALPS modernisation

Known unknowns

The dated Microsoft source proves the bounded ALPS database migration from Db2 to Azure SQL Database and post-migration data validation. It does not prove retirement of every Legal & General database, completion of the wider ALPS application modernisation or a private estate-wide cutover chronology.

Official sources

  1. Legal & General increases safety, security, and business agility with Azure SQL DB — 2024-01-22