Microsoft and VMware workloads on AWS: Your complete AWS re:Invent 2025 playlist

Migrating and modernizing Microsoft and VMware workloads on AWS requires the right strategies, tools, and real-world validation. This playlist brings together top sessions from AWS re:Invent 2025 — covering agentic AI-powered automation with AWS Transform, running VMware natively on AWS, and lessons from customers who’ve done it at scale — with practical guidance across every stage of the cloud journey.

Agentic AI for large-scale migration and modernization 

AWS Transform is the first agentic AI service purpose-built for large-scale migrations. It automates discovery, dependency mapping, wave planning, and server migration—tasks that previously required months of manual effort. These sessions show how AWS Transform works across both VMware and .NET modernization scenarios.

Agentic AI for VMware migrations with AWS Transform for VMware | MAM202 | Level: 200
Discover AWS Transform for VMware, the first agentic AI service for large-scale VMware migrations to Amazon EC2. See a live demo of how it automates application discovery, dependency mapping, network translation, wave planning, and server migration with optimized EC2 instance selection. Learn how to overcome licensing challenges and vendor lock-in while modernizing your VMware infrastructure to cloud-native architecture, enabling faster and more confident migrations.

AWS Migration journey: 2025 itinerary for Microsoft Workloads | MAM309 | Level: 300
Discover breakthrough migration tools designed specifically for your Microsoft ecosystem, including Active Directory and file server migration strategies, infrastructure transformation, SQL Server database migration techniques, and .NET application modernization approaches. Learn firsthand how these services and solutions streamline complex migrations, reduce manual effort, and accelerate your migration journey. 

Run VMware workloads natively on AWS 

Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) lets you migrate VMware workloads to AWS without replatforming or refactoring. You retain your existing VMware tools, skills, and investments while gaining access to AWS infrastructure, scale, and services. These sessions cover everything from getting started to advanced architecture patterns.

A complete guide to Amazon EVS: Unlock AWS scale for VMware workloads | MAM201 | Level: 200
Amazon EVS offers a seamless way to migrate your VMware workloads to AWS without the hassle of replatforming or refactoring. This service lets you leverage AWS’s robust infrastructure while protecting your existing VMware investments and expertise. Whether you choose to self-manage or work with AWS Partners, Amazon EVS provides flexible options for customizing your virtual environment, complete with integrated storage, backup, and disaster recovery capabilities. The platform’s intuitive deployment process and continuous innovation ensure you have the tools and flexibility needed to optimize your cloud journey.

Optimizing Storage Costs for Amazon EVS with FSx for ONTAP (sponsored by NetApp) | MAM101 | Level: 100
Amazon EVS enables seamless VMware workload migration to AWS without re-platforming. When combined with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP, it addresses common migration challenges like high TCO and complex data operations. This integration offers enterprise-grade data management capabilities, including seamless data migration, autonomous ransomware protection, and optimized storage utilization with enterprise features typically found in on-premises solutions. Presented by AWS Partner NetApp.

Customer success stories 

These sessions feature customers who completed large-scale migration and modernization, sharing the strategies, tools, and lessons that drove their results.

VMware workloads – Migration and modernization successes

AWS for VMware Migrations: Successes, roadmaps, & strategies | MAM203 | Level: 200
Join IT leaders who successfully migrated their VMware environments to AWS as they share their cloud journey experiences. Learn from their proven tools, strategies, and lessons learned during migration planning and execution. These global organizations will share insights into their modernization roadmaps and innovation strategies, providing valuable guidance for your own cloud transformation, whether you’re just beginning or navigating challenges.

Pioneering Agentic AI Transformation: CSL VMware & SAP Modernization | MAM346 | Level: 300
Discover how CSL Behring transformed its infrastructure by migrating over 4000 VMware servers and consolidating SAP systems using AWS Transform for VMware agentic AI. Their strategy achieved 10x faster discovery and planning processes while reducing technical debt and licensing costs. Learn how they unified their ERP landscape through RISE with SAP on AWS, establishing enterprise-wide data standards. This case study provides technical guidance and practical insights that you can apply to your organization’s transformation journey.

Microsoft workloads – Migration and modernization successes

Modernizing DMV Systems with AWS Transform: Idemia’s .NET Success story | MAM410 | Level: 400
Learn how Idemia, serving 48 DMVs across the United States, modernized their legacy .NET Framework applications using AWS Transform, addressing 25 years of technical debt. Explore composable transformations for customized modernization, seamless integration of partner tools, and strategies for maintaining business continuity during transformation.

Grupo Tress Internacional’s .NET Modernization with AWS Transform | MAM320 | Level: 300
Discover how Grupo Tress Internacional reduced modernization effort by 70% while migrating from .NET Framework to .NET 8 using AWS Transform for .NET. Learn about practical strategies for containerization using Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) and AWS Fargate, serverless implementation with AWS Lambda, DevOps methodologies for .NET applications, and empowering developers with generative AI tools.

From EC2 to EKS: Tipalti’s Transformation to Windows Containers on AWS | MAM339 | Level: 300
Follow Tipalti’s journey of transforming their traditional Windows application into a modern, containerized solution, achieving 50% performance improvement. Learn about overcoming process management challenges, implementing auto-scaling for Windows workloads, best practices for Windows containers, and practical knowledge for modernizing your Windows applications.

Scale Modernization with Agentic AI featuring Thomson Reuters | MAM334 | Level: 300
Join Thomson Reuters to learn how they leveraged AWS Transform for .NET to modernize 5M lines of code monthly, achieving 4x acceleration in development velocity. This session showcases how they reduced application transformation time from months to a single sprint, cut operating costs by 30%, and implemented parallel modernization at scale. You’ll also discover how AI-powered agents reduced technical debt while maintaining security and performance.

Licensing and cost optimization 

Managing software licensing is one of the most complex aspects of migrating Microsoft and VMware workloads to AWS. This session covers strategies for right-sizing, reducing licensing costs, and using AWS tools to maintain compliance and maximize your cloud investment.

Enterprise Software Licensing and Optimization on AWS | MAM315 | Level: 300
This session dives into commercial software licensing on AWS, focusing on Microsoft workloads and cost optimization strategies. Our Microsoft Optimization and Licensing Assessment (OLA) specialists share expert insights on managing cloud licensing complexities. The session covers fully funded OLA offerings for various deployment scenarios, including the new self-serve AWS Transform Assessments. Discover how these tools provide essential right-sizing recommendations across AWS services to maximize your cloud investment

Chalk talks 

The following chalk talks from re:Invent 2025 provide interactive, deep-dive content on migration planning, .NET modernization, SQL Server, licensing, and Amazon EVS architecture. Browse the slides here. 

• Accelerating SQL Server Modernization on AWS with Agentic AI | MAM304 | Level: 300 

• Licensing Management and Optimization on AWS | MAM321 | Level: 300 

• .NET Cloud Journey: Migration and Modernization Strategies | MAM317 | Level: 300 

• AWS fundamentals for the Accidental SQL Server Database Administrator | MAM308 | Level: 300 

• VMware to AWS Readiness: Foundational decisions before your migration | MAM357 | Level: 300 

• Amazon EVS Deep Dive: Advanced Networking and Storage Architecture | MAM401 | Level: 400 

• Amazon EVS Deep Dive: Strategic migration planning | MAM305 | Level: 300 

Conclusion 

AWS re:Invent 2025 made one thing clear: migrating Microsoft and VMware workloads to the cloud has never been more achievable. Agentic AI reduces the manual effort of .NET modernization and VMware migrations from months to weeks. Purpose-built infrastructure options remove the re-platforming barrier, and with the right licensing strategy in place, you can move faster while controlling costs.

From Thomson Reuters to CSL, many customers achieved results that reflect what’s possible when you combine the right tools with a clear migration strategy. Watch the sessions, explore the chalk talk slides, and start planning your migration with AWS.

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