AWS Application Migration Service (AWS MGN) is the recommended service to migrate your applications to AWS.
With Application Migration Service, you can migrate your applications from physical infrastructure, VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC), and other clouds to AWS.
You can use Application Migration Service to migrate all your applications and databases that run on supported versions of Windows and Linux operating systems.
Please refer to the AWS Regional Services List for the most up-to-date information on Region support.
Which use cases may require a different migration service?
If you are migrating to AWS Outposts or an AWS China Region, consider using CloudEndure Migration.
To use CloudEndure Migration to migrate to AWS Outposts, register for a CloudEndure Migration account and then open a Support ticket.
To use CloudEndure Migration to migrate to AWS China Regions, open a Support ticket.
Note: CloudEndure Migration is no longer available in most AWS Regions. It will continue to be available for use in AWS GovCloud and China Regions and AWS Outposts through November 30, 2023. Learn more
What are the main differences between AWS Application Migration Service and CloudEndure Migration?
Application Migration Service is the next generation of CloudEndure Migration, and offers key features and operational benefits that are not available with CloudEndure Migration. For example, with AWS Application Migration Service you can:
- Operate the service from the AWS Management Console.
- Control permissions and access using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM).
- Operate the service without a connection to the public internet.
- Store your migration metadata in the same AWS Region as your migrated instances.
- Utilize an agentless replication option (for vCenter), if needed.
- Use APIs that are better suited for migration-specific workflows, as well as a CLI and SDKs.
- Use Amazon CloudWatch and AWS CloudTrail to monitor AWS Application Migration Service.
- Better control how your test and cutover instances are launched using Amazon EC2 launch templates (rather than Blueprints).
- Use tags to organize your source servers and control access permissions.
- Automate modernizations to your migrated applications.
- Plan and manage your application migrations.
- Plan and manage your migration waves.
Application Migration Service is not yet supported in China Regions.
Note: CloudEndure Migration is no longer available in most AWS Regions. It will continue to be available for use in AWS GovCloud and China Regions and AWS Outposts through November 30, 2023. Learn more
| Capability | CloudEndure Migration | AWS Application Migration Service (AWS MGN) |
Console & APIs |
Proprietary console and APIs |
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| Resource management |
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| User management and monitoring |
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| Consumption model | Free for migrations completed within 90 days, then blocked |
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| Price | Free |
Free for servers for which migration is completed within 90 days |
| Control plane |
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| Public internet access | Required for connection between replication servers and console |
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| Agentless replication | No |
Yes, supported for vCenter 6.7 and 7.0 |
| AWS Region to Region replication | Yes |
Yes |
| No rescan on reboot | Windows only |
Yes |
| Operating system support |
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| In scope for the following compliance programs |
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| Start/stop/pause/resume replication | Yes |
Yes |
| Auto-detection of added disks | Yes |
No |
| CloudEndure Migration Factory | Yes |
Yes |
| Support for AWS Outposts | Yes |
No |
| AWS GovCloud (US) Regions | Yes |
Yes |
| AWS China Regions | Yes |
No |
| Security | Secured according to AWS security policies |
Secured according to AWS security policies |
| Availability | The CloudEndure Migration control plane is hosted in US East (N. Virginia) so the service relies on this Region's availability, in addition to the target Region |
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Learn how to accelerate your large-scale migration to AWS with the AWS Migration Acceleration Program.
