Tag: AWS Application Migration Service

In this blog post we’ll look at how to configure the AWS Cloud Migration Factory (CMF) solution to use SAML authentication. We will use an existing identity provider (in this case Azure Active Directory). However, this can be replicated with any IDP that offers SAML authentication. By federating existing logins and accounts with CMF, the […]

In this blog post, we will explore the top five guiding principles that you need to address before starting a large-scale migration from on-premises to the AWS cloud. As the AWS Professional Services team, the authors bring their combined experience in leading large migrations involving thousands of applications in datacenter exit projects across Healthcare & Life […]

Since AWS Application Migration Service (AWS MGN) has been positioned as the recommended service for (rehost) migrations to AWS, we have seen an astounding speed of new feature releases, multiple enhancements, and continuous innovation aimed to address customer needs. AWS Application Migration Service (AWS MGN) is a highly automated move and improve (rehost) solution that […]

Monitoring performance metrics of AWS resources is crucial for any business use case running in cloud. AWS Well-Architected Framework best practices recommend customers to setup observability and monitoring for their infrastructure on AWS. But, as AWS usage for customer increases, it gets harder to observe and visualize the data and metrics at scale and identify […]

Modeling Infrastructure as Code (IaC) enables you to automate the lifecycle of AWS resources. However, the timing for IaC adoption can vary. AWS customers often move quickly in the beginning by performing block-level replication of their servers to the cloud. This is suitable when hundreds or thousands of servers need to exit their data center […]

Introduction AWS customers consider Lift & Shift as the first increment of value delivery in their cloud adoption journey. Following this strategy customers will have benefits of speed, cost reduction, business agility, operational resiliency, and staff productivity. As part of the migration plan they will adopt a multi-account strategy to establish their AWS foundation at […]

Today, we’re launching the third version of the AWS Cloud Migration Factory (CMF), previously called CloudEndure Migration Factory. The AWS CMF is recommended for customers rehosting more than 100 servers to AWS, providing orchestration and automation capabilities to simplify the migration. This release provides further automation to support your medium and large scale AWS migrations. […]

Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently announced the sunsetting of CloudEndure Migration and AWS Server Migration Service (AWS SMS), both used primarily for accelerating lift-and-shift (re-host) migrations to AWS. AWS Application Migration Service (MGN) simplifies and accelerates your re-host migrations to AWS. You can quickly migrate your virtual, physical, or cloud-based servers to AWS with minimal […]