Migration & Modernization
Category: AWS Transform
AWS for VMware: Your complete re:Invent 2025 guide
Discover how to revolutionize your VMware environment with AWS’s latest AI-powered migration tools and modernization solutions. This year’s re:Invent showcases new breakthroughs such as AWS Transform and Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS), real-world transformation strategies from industry leaders and guidance to get your digital transformation started. We’ve curated the top VMware-focused sessions that matter […]
Simplify server migration to AWS with AWS Transform for VMware
Organizations migrating VMware workloads to AWS without specialized tools face numerous complex challenges that create significant business risk and operational overhead. Teams must spend weeks or months manually mapping dependencies, often missing critical application connections and struggling to determine optimal migration strategies. The traditional approach leaves organizations with limited visibility into compatibility issues, no clear […]
Anonymizing RVTools Data for AWS Migration Planning
Introduction In today’s cloud migration landscape, organizations would like to share their VMware environment data with AWS and partners while maintaining data confidentiality. A tool commonly used to export VMware configuration data is called RVTools. An RVTools export can contain sensitive information such as server names, IP addresses, and infrastructure details that organizations may want […]
Using Export for vCenter with AWS Transform
Export for vCenter is a new AWS Open Source Python project you can use to export vCenter inventory data for import into AWS Transform for VMware. Export for vCenter retrieves only the data required as inputs for AWS Transform for VMware and AWS Transform Assessments. The data is exported into CSVs with columns matching the […]
Seamlessly navigate your data center migration by understanding the end-to-end journey
Introduction Data centre migrations are transformational undertakings that touch every aspect of an organization’s IT infrastructure, operations, and potentially its entire business model. Unlike traditional technology upgrades, cloud migrations represent fundamental shifts in how organizations approach computing, storage, security, and technological innovation. Maximizing cloud value while minimizing disruption requires a holistic approach to be taken […]
AWS Agentic AI Options for migrating VMware based workloads
AWS offers several generative AI services that transform VMware workload migrations into a streamlined, automated process. By using agentic AI technology, organizations can now accelerate their cloud journey while maintaining operational excellence and reducing risk. AI powered migration tools can assess your on-premises servers in VMWare environments to map complex application dependencies, recommend optimized resource […]
New Capabilities in AWS Transform for VMware
Introduction We are excited to announce the general availability of AWS Transform for VMware, the first agentic AI experience purpose-built to accelerate VMware workload modernization. It automates application discovery, dependency mapping, migration planning, network conversion, and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instance optimization – reducing manual effort and accelerating cloud adoption. It addresses two of […]