MIGRATION AND TRANSFER

AWS Application Migration Service

Replicates source servers and helps cut them over to AWS with minimal application change.

Also appears asApplication Migration ServiceMGN

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What job does it solve?

Server workloads need lift-and-shift migration to AWS.

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Where does it stop?

The application should be redesigned or the migration target is a database rather than a server.

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