Release notes

AWS Application Migration Service has been rebranded to AWS Transform MGN. All MGN capabilities remain unchanged. Same APIs, same replication engine, same compliance certifications (FedRAMP High, HIPAA, PCI DSS, ISO, SOC 1/2/3).

MGN now supports Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP as a target storage type (Public Preview). You can choose between Amazon EBS and FSx for ONTAP based on your workload requirements. For more information, see FSx for ONTAP configuration.

Added support for the following operating systems:

Added no-rescan upon reboot support for Windows Server 2025, CentOS Stream 9, and CentOS Stream 10. Learn more.

You can now update the user-provided ID for a source server. For more information, see Edit server.

You can now delete a source server from the service. For more information, see Actions menu.

Updated network requirements to include the Amazon Linux 2023 (AL2023) package repository bucket for staging area subnet connectivity. This applies to both firewall-restricted environments (allowlist the dual-stack Amazon S3 URL) and isolated subnets without internet access (Amazon S3 VPC gateway endpoint policy). For more information, see Communication between the staging area subnet and S3.

Added support for CentOS Stream 9 operating system.

Added support for additional EC2 launch template storage parameters: Delete on termination, Volume initialization rate, KMS key, and EBS card index. For more information, see Full launch template setting review.

Service launch in these regions: Asia Pacific (New Zealand), Asia Pacific (Taipei), Canada West (Calgary), and Mexico (Central) Regions.

MGN now supports storing EBS snapshots locally within AWS Local Zones that support this feature. For more information, see Store snapshots in AWS Local Zone.

Added support for the following operating systems:

You can now use MGN over Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) for both service communication and application migrations.

Added support for the following operating systems:

Added support for RHEL 9.6 operating system.

Specify your operating system licensing approach (BYOL / LI) and tenancy when importing inventory. Learn more in Import parameters.

Added support for Windows Server 2025 operating system.

The post-launch actions Enable Refactor Spaces and App2Container for Replatforming are no longer supported.

You can now reset launch template values during the inventory import process. Learn more in Editing your configuration.

Service launch in these regions: Asia Pacific (Thailand) , and Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Regions.

MGN is now authorized for Department of Defense Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide Impact Levels 4 and 5 (DoD CC SRG IL4 and IL5) in the AWS GovCloud (US-East and US-West) Regions.

Enabled tagging of network interfaces during RunInstances. 

Updated the AWSApplicationMigrationFullAccess policy to support tagging network interface during runInstance. If you’re managing your own policy, you must include a statement allowing ec2:CreateTags on arn:aws:ec2:*:*:network-interface/* with a condition of “ec2:CreateAction”: [“RunInstances”].

Added support for RHEL 9.5 operating system.

Enabled tagging of network interfaces during RunInstances.

Changed the definition of the mgn:region import parameter, used in the Import feature. Providing a region other than the console region results in an error.

Added support for Oracle 9.0-9.4 operating system.

Introduced a new predefined post-launch action: TrendMicro. Learn more about the TrendMicro action.

Added support for updating AWS credentials for agentless replication. Learn more about updating vCenter & AWS credentials for agentless replication.

Introduced a new predefined post-launch action: New Relic. Learn more about the New Relic action.

You can use MGN with workloads that require FedRAMP High categorization level in the AWS GovCloud (US-East and US-West) Regions.

Added support for deploying AWS Replication Agent on a secured network in the Europe (Spain), Europe (Zurich), Middle East (UAE), Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), Asia Pacific (Osaka) and Asia Pacific (Melbourne) regions. Learn about installing the agent on a secured network.

Added support for encrypting post-launch action parameters. Learn about post launch action.

AWS managed policy updates - Updated the AWSApplicationMigrationFullAccess policy to support SecureString parameter type in SSM Parameters Store for post-migration framework actions.

Added support for migrating servers with Kernel versions up to 6.8.

Added support for Ubuntu LTS 24.04 operating system.

Introduced a new predefined post-launch action: Dynatrace. Learn more about Dynatrace action.

Added support for deploying AWS Replication Agent on a secured network in the Israel (Tel Aviv) region. Learn about installing the agent on a secured network.

Added support for migration of Linux servers retaining boot mode UEFI.

Added support for the following operating systems:

Added support for migrating servers with Kernel versions up to 6.5.

Added support for agentless replication on VMware vCenter version 8. Learn about agentless replication.

Added support for the MGN connector to communicate with Windows servers over HTTP and to authenticate with Linux servers using a password. Learn more about MGN connector actions.

AWS managed policy updates – Created a new revision to support MGN in AWS GovCloud and added Statement ID (SID) to a managed policy statement: AWSApplicationMigrationServiceEc2InstancePolicy.

Added support for deploying AWS Replication Agent on a secured network in the Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region. Learn about installing the agent on a secured network.

Introduced a new predefined post-launch action: App2Container for Replatforming.

Introduced MGN connector, a feature that helps automate the agent installation on source servers. Learn more here.

Display tags as columns in the source servers, applications and waves table in the console.

Added support for Amazon Linux 2023 operating system.

Added support for kernel versions up to 6.1.

Added support for using agentless replication with a proxy server. For more information see agentless replication installation instructions.

Introduced 3 new predefined post-launch actions:

Learn more about predefined post-launch actions.

Service launch in the Israel (Tel Aviv) region.

You can use MGN with workloads that require FedRAMP Moderate categorization level in the AWS US East/West regions.

Service launch in the following regions: Europe (Zurich), Europe (Spain), Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), Asia Pacific (Melbourne).

Introduced Import and export from local disk. You can now import and export your source servers, applications, and waves from and to a CSV file on your local disk. Learn more about the import and export feature.

Introduced 4 new predefined post-launch actions:

Learn more about predefined post-launch actions.

Introduced global view, that allows you to manage migrations across multiple accounts using an integration with AWS Organizations. This feature provides visibility and the ability to perform actions on source servers, apps, and waves in different AWS accounts from a single console. Learn more about global view.

Add new actions to the source server data replication process. You can now stop and start, pause and resume data replication, from the console. You can also install the AWS Replication Agent without immediately starting the data replication. Learn more about data replication actions.

AWS managed policy updates – Updated the AWSApplicationMigrationServiceRolePolicy policy to support the global view feature.

Service launch in the following regions: AWS GovCloud (US-East) and AWS GovCloud (US-West).

AWS managed policy updates – Updated the AWSApplicationMigrationFullAccess policy to further support automation SSM documents.

Introduced Import and export, a new feature that allows you to import and export your source servers, applications, and waves from and to a CSV file. Learn more about the import and export feature.

Added support for the following operating systems:

Added support for migration of servers using the Oracle ASM Filter Driver.

Introduced 8 new predefined post-launch actions:

Learn more about predefined post-launch actions.

Introduced major UI enhancements to the post-launch action feature. Learn more about the new post-launch actions layout.

Enhanced the source server page dashboard, adding migration metrics view of the displayed servers.

Service launch in the following regions: Middle East (UAE).

AWS managed policy updates – Updated the AWSApplicationMigrationFullAccess policy, the AWSApplicationMigrationSSMAccess policy, and the AWSApplicationMigrationReadOnlyAccess policy.

AWS managed policy updates – Updated the AWSApplicationMigrationEC2Access policy.

Introduced support for Application management. Learn more about Applications.

Introduced support for Wave management. Learn more about Waves.

Added support for additional launch template options. Learn more.

Added support for post-launch custom actions. Learn more.

Added support for no rescan upon reboot for specific operating systems. Learn more about the no-rescan feature.

The service onboarding process has been simplified. All initial templates: replication template, launch template, and post-launch template are initialized with defaults. The templates can be modified from the Settings page. Learn more.

Added support for SUSE 11 operating system.

AWS managed policy updates – added one new policy and updated two existing policies. For details see AWS MGN updates for AWS managed policies .

Added support for migration using AWS Local Zones.

Service launch in the following region: Asia Pacific (Jakarta).

Added additional instance families to the right-sizing mechanism. Learn more.

Added support for automatically tagging migrated resources with the required MAP program tags. Learn more about automatic tagging.

Added support for updating vCenter credentials for agentless replication. Learn more about updating vCenter credentials for agentless replication.

Support for agent installation using temporary credentials. Learn more about agent installation using temporary credentials.

Added support for post-launch settings. Post-launch settings allow you to control and automate actions performed after the server has been launched in AWS. Learn more about post-launch settings.

Added support for Linux SUSE SLES 12 service packs 1 and 2 operating system.

Added support for the following operating systems:

Added support for gp3 and io2 EBS volume types for replication servers.

Added support for UEFI boot for Windows.

Added support for Kernel 5.15.

Added support for Kernels 5.8-5.14.

Service launch in the following regions: Europe (Paris), Europe (Milan), Middle East (Bahrain), and Africa (Cape Town).

Application Migration Service now supports an additional replication method that does not require agent installation on each source server. This option is available for source servers running on VMware vCenter versions 6.7 and 7.0. Learn more about agentless replication.

Service launch in the following regions: Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Seoul), Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Europe (London).

Service launch in the following regions: US West (N. California), South America (São Paulo), Canada (Central), Asia Pacific (Osaka).

Service initial launch in: US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon), Europe (Ireland), Europe (Frankfurt), Europe (Stockholm), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Singapore).