New agentic migration assessment capabilities now available with AWS Transform
Build a full cloud migration business case in minutes using your existing inventory data, with what-if scenarios and Cloud Value Framework insights.
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What's New
AWS Transform has launched advanced agentic migration assessment capabilities that enable organizations to rapidly build comprehensive migration business cases using whatever inventory data they already have. The new features introduce what-if scenario modeling, customizable TCO assumptions, and multi-service cost analysis covering EC2, FSx, S3, SQL Server on EC2, and virtual desktops. Assessments can now also incorporate the full AWS Cloud Value Framework, including staff productivity, operational resilience, business agility, and sustainability pillars alongside traditional cost savings.
How It Works
- Flexible data ingestion: Accepts inventory data from RVTools exports, CMDB exports, AWS Transform's own discovery tool, and a wide variety of third-party discovery tools, removing the need to reformat or re-collect data before starting an assessment.
- What-if scenario creation: Users define customizable assumptions per scenario—including target AWS Region, resource utilization rates, and service mapping choices—to model different migration approaches side by side.
- Scenario comparison engine: Multiple what-if scenarios can be generated and compared simultaneously, allowing teams to identify the lowest-cost or highest-value migration path before committing resources.
- Multi-service TCO modeling: Cost analysis spans EC2 compute, FSx file storage, S3 object storage, SQL Server on EC2, and virtual desktop infrastructure, producing a holistic on-premises vs. AWS cost picture.
- Cloud Value Framework pillars: Beyond raw cost, assessments can quantify staff productivity gains, operational resilience improvements, business agility benefits, and sustainability impact using AWS's established Cloud Value Framework methodology backed by 1,500+ customer case studies.
- Agentic AI orchestration: AWS Transform's AI agents handle the labor-intensive analysis and planning tasks, surfacing recommendations and insights without requiring manual spreadsheet modeling or consultant-led workshops.
Why It's Important
- Accelerates migration decision-making: By automating TCO analysis and business case construction, organizations can compress what traditionally takes weeks of consulting engagement into a self-service, on-demand workflow.
- Reduces barrier to starting a migration: Accepting data in whatever format the customer already has (RVTools, CMDB, third-party tools) eliminates the common bottleneck of needing a clean, standardized inventory before any analysis can begin.
- Strengthens executive buy-in: Incorporating Cloud Value Framework pillars beyond cost—such as resilience and agility—produces a richer business case that resonates with CFOs and CIOs who need justification beyond simple infrastructure cost comparisons.
- Lowers risk of migration regret: What-if scenario comparison lets teams stress-test assumptions (e.g., different utilization rates or target regions) before committing, reducing the chance of post-migration cost surprises.
- No additional cost: AWS Transform carries no extra charge, meaning organizations can run sophisticated assessments without incremental tooling spend.
How It's Different
- Agentic vs. static spreadsheet tools: Unlike traditional migration calculators or the AWS Pricing Calculator, AWS Transform uses AI agents to actively orchestrate the assessment workflow rather than requiring manual data entry and formula management.
- Broader data source compatibility: Competing tools often require a specific discovery agent or proprietary data format; AWS Transform natively ingests RVTools, CMDB exports, and third-party discovery outputs without conversion.
- Integrated Cloud Value Framework: Most TCO tools focus exclusively on infrastructure cost; AWS Transform uniquely quantifies staff productivity, operational resilience, business agility, and sustainability within the same assessment artifact.
- Scenario comparison built-in: The ability to create, customize, and compare multiple what-if scenarios in a single interface is a differentiator over point-in-time calculators that produce a single estimate.
- Unified transformation platform: Assessment is part of the same AWS Transform service used for actual migration execution (VMware to EC2, mainframe modernization, .NET modernization), creating continuity from business case through delivery rather than requiring a separate toolchain.
When to Prefer It
- Pre-migration business case development: When an organization needs to justify cloud migration to leadership and requires a defensible, multi-dimensional TCO analysis quickly without engaging external consultants.
- Heterogeneous inventory environments: When the existing asset inventory lives across multiple tools (e.g., RVTools for VMware, a CMDB for physical servers, a third-party tool for databases) and consolidating into a single format before analysis is impractical.
- Multi-scenario trade-off analysis: When the migration team needs to compare options such as different target regions, lift-and-shift vs. right-sizing, or phased vs. full migration to determine the optimal approach.
- Organizations with mixed workload types: When the estate includes a combination of VMs, SQL Server databases, file storage, and virtual desktops that all need to be represented in a single cost model.
- Sustainability-conscious enterprises: When the organization has ESG commitments and needs to quantify the environmental impact reduction of moving workloads off on-premises data centers to AWS.
- Teams already using AWS Transform for migration execution: When the same team will proceed from assessment to actual migration using AWS Transform's VMware or modernization agents, benefiting from a seamless handoff within one platform.
Availability
- General Availability: These migration assessment capabilities are generally available as of May 22, 2026, with no preview or beta designation indicated.
- Supported Regions: Available in all AWS Regions where AWS Transform is offered, which currently includes US East (N. Virginia), Europe (Frankfurt), Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Europe (London), Asia Pacific (Seoul), and Canada (Central) as default-enabled regions.
- Pricing: AWS Transform has no additional charge; migration assessment capabilities are included at no extra cost.
- Cross-region note: Data may be processed in a different Region from where the AWS Transform workspace is created; users should review the data protection and cross-region processing documentation for compliance considerations.
- Workspace dependency: Assessments are tied to an AWS Transform workspace, and the workspace Region determines the job Region; separate workspaces are required to run assessments targeting different Regions.
