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Our migration page is packed with free resources and special offers to help you migrate your advanced solutions with confidence! Upgrade today and start taking advantage of all the new and improved features in FileMaker Pro 8, like the new Save As PDF and Save as Excel features that will instantly improve your productivity.

Assessing and planning

Migration checklist

To get started, review the helpful checklist in the document "Converting FileMaker Databases From Previous Versions" (PDF).

"Best Practices: Upgrading to FileMaker 8: Migrating Solutions"

Read this excellent overview on how to assess and plan for migrating your solutions to FileMaker 8 (PDF).

FileMaker 8 migration technical briefs

Review the FileMaker 8 migration tech briefs to understand changes in security, web publishing, the server model, and other areas.

Learn FileMaker Pro 8

FileMaker Pro 8 is different from FileMaker Pro 6 and earlier versions. Download our free 30-day trial and explore the new features and create some simple databases before migrating your solutions.

Migrating solutions

Step-by-step guide to migrating your solutions

Read step-by-step instructions on how to migrate your solutions to FileMaker 8.

"Migration Foundations and Methodologies"

This technical brief presents different migration approaches and answers to some of the issues you may encounter in migrating to FileMaker 8.

Special offers on tools and training

Sign up for FileMaker Professional Training

FileMaker Professional Training offers everything you need to master FileMaker essentials for developing and deploying a FileMaker solution. Look for announcements on FileMaker 8 courses later this Fall.

Save $200 on migration training

Take advantage of this exclusive offer to save $200 off New Millennium migration training. The three-day course focuses on the challenges associated with migrating your complex solutions to FileMaker 8. Understand your migration options, create a comprehensive migration strategy, avoid migration pitfalls, learn how to design solutions in FileMaker 8, and more.

Save on MetadataMagic + FMrobot

For a limited time, you can save $50 on a 20-file license of MetadataMagic + FMrobot. MetadataMagic helps you prepare your files for conversion by analyzing your solution for known conversion issues and fixing file references.