AWS re:Invent 2025 - Accelerate Your Cloud Journey with AWS Transform (TNC208)

Accelerating Cloud Migrations and Modernization with AWS Transform

Overview of AWS Transform

• AWS Transform is a new AI-powered service for large-scale migration and modernization of applications
• It leverages generative AI and agentic AI to streamline and automate the migration process
• Transform provides specialized agents for different migration scenarios, including:
  • VMware workload migration to AWS
  • Mainframe application modernization
  • .NET application upgrades

Key Benefits of AWS Transform

1. Simplified Migration Planning:
   • Provides assessment capabilities to identify what needs to be migrated and the best approach
   • Generates a financial forecast to identify cost savings opportunities
2. Reduced Costs:
   • Helps eliminate third-party licensing fees, e.g. moving from Windows to Linux
   • Enables cloud optimization to leverage auto-scaling, load balancing, and other cloud benefits
3. Accelerated Timelines:
   • Can transform thousands to millions of lines of code in a matter of minutes
   • Automates the migration process, reducing manual effort and errors
4. Improved Documentation:
   • Automatically generates technical documentation for the migrated applications
   • Helps address knowledge gaps when subject matter experts leave the organization

Customer Success Stories

1. Thomas Reuters:
   • Transformed 1.5 million lines of code per month, reducing 70% of their technical debt
   • Used Transform as an extension of their internal team to streamline the migration
2. The Hartford:
   • Modernized a .NET 4.8 application to .NET 8.0, transforming 7,870 lines of code
   • Avoided the manual effort and errors of upgrading the .NET framework version
3. Toyota Motors:
   • Modernized 40 million lines of Cobol legacy code using Transform
   • Leveraged the automated documentation generation to capture institutional knowledge

Getting Started with AWS Transform

1. Activation and Setup:
   • Enable Transform in the AWS Console
   • Connect source code repositories, e.g. GitHub, to Transform
   • Manage user access and permissions through AWS Identity Center
2. Best Practices:
   • Start with a small, manageable migration project to build expertise
   • Conduct a thorough assessment before starting the migration
   • Review and test the transformation results before deployment
3. Hands-on Learning:
   • Leverage the free Skillbuilder labs to get hands-on experience with Transform
   • The labs walk through a .NET application modernization scenario, transforming 5,000+ lines of code

Key Takeaways

• AWS Transform leverages generative AI and agentic AI to streamline and automate the migration process
• It provides specialized agents for different migration scenarios, including VMware, mainframe, and .NET applications
• Transform can significantly accelerate migration timelines, reduce costs, and improve documentation
• Customers have seen impressive results, transforming millions of lines of code and reducing technical debt
• Getting started with Transform is easy, with free Skillbuilder labs to provide hands-on learning