Category: Migration & Transfer Services

Overview Many organizations still run Windows Server 2008 workloads that cannot be upgraded before migration due to application dependencies, vendor support constraints, or licensing limitations. When migrating these servers to AWS using AWS Transform MGN, the choice of target Amazon EC2 instance type determines which drivers the guest operating system needs to communicate with the […]

Large-scale migrations and modernizations are among the most complex programs an IT organization undertakes. Teams spend weeks building spreadsheets to catalog servers, months writing business cases to justify the move, and years executing migration waves while keeping production systems running. At every stage, the challenge is the same: too much manual work, too many handoffs, […]

A New Chapter in Security For years, cybersecurity defense traditionally followed a familiar, non-continuous rhythm. An issue is discovered, security teams investigate, developers prioritize a fix, and operations deploy a patch. The organization moves on until the next one. That cycle worked when changes happened weekly and threat actors needed months to develop proof-of-concept code. […]

Healthcare organizations migrating regulated workloads to AWS must maintain security and privacy controls at every phase, including replication, testing, and cutover, not just after workloads reach production. This post shows how to layer HIPAA controls onto the proven multi-account AWS Transform MGN (formerly AWS Application Migration Service) migration architecture using AWS Resource Access Manager, covering encrypted private replication, audit continuity, and evidence collection.  […]

As organizations migrate to AWS at scale, connecting migrated instances to their new storage is a common bottleneck. When workloads move from on-premises NFS servers to Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP, teams often mount file systems by hand, minutes per instance that add up to weeks across hundreds or thousands of servers. This solution combines […]

When a service evolves quickly, knowing where to look for the latest changes matters just as much as the changes themselves. Today, we’re introducing the AWS Transform for migrations Release Notes. This Releases Notes page, part of the Change Log, the single page where product updates are captured, such as new features and behavioral changes. […]

No matter how thorough your planning, large-scale migrations will surface edge cases that no runbook anticipates. The difference between a stalled project and a successful one often comes down to how quickly your team can diagnose, resolve the unexpected and whether those lessons feed back into your process. This post distills that operational knowledge into […]

Organizations running migration projects don’t always operate in a single shared language. Migration teams span geographies, and the people closest to the workloads are often the ones who understand dependencies, business context, and operational risk. They need to work in the language they’re most comfortable with. Today, we’re announcing local language support for the AWS Transform migrations […]

Introduction Consider a team with over 400 servers to migrate, dozens of applications with varying dependencies, and multiple teams waiting on cutover windows. Every migration is unique, yet the challenges remain consistent. Teams struggle with manual tracking through spreadsheets, human errors in repetitive tasks like agent installation and DNS updates, decentralized orchestration across disconnected consoles, […]

Summary Migrating data from Azure Blob Storage to Amazon Simple Storage Service a common requirement for organizations consolidating on AWS or adopting multi-cloud storage strategies. AWS DataSync makes this agentless migration simple — no VMs to deploy, no agents to manage. Whether you’re consolidating storage on AWS, reducing cross-cloud egress costs, or unlocking AWS-native analytics […]