# Step 1: Install the SQL Drivers and AWS Schema Conversion Tool on Your Local Computer


First, install the SQL drivers and the AWS Schema Conversion Tool (AWS SCT) on your local computer. Do the following:

1. Download the JDBC driver for Microsoft SQL Server [mssql-jdbc-7.2.2.jre11.jar](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/jdbc/release-notes-for-the-jdbc-driver?view=sql-server-ver15#72).

1. Download the [JDBC driver for Aurora MySQL](https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/). Amazon Aurora MySQL uses the MySQL driver.

1. Install AWS SCT and the required JDBC drivers.

   1. See [Installing, verifying, and updating the Schema Conversion Tool](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/SchemaConversionTool/latest/userguide/CHAP_Installing.html), and choose the appropriate link to download AWS SCT.

   1. Start AWS SCT, and choose **Settings**, **Global settings**.

   1. In **Global settings**, choose **Drivers**, and then choose **Browse** for **Microsoft SQL Server driver path**. Locate the JDBC driver for SQL Server, and choose **OK**.

   1. Choose **Browse** for **MySQL driver path**. Locate the JDBC driver you downloaded for Aurora MySQL, and choose **OK**.  
![\[Locating JDBC Drivers\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/dms/latest/sbs/images/sbs-rdsqlserver2aurora-drivers.png)

   1. Choose **OK** to close the **Global settings** dialog box.