Release notes

June 2024

• 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

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

May 2024

• 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.

March 2024

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

• Added support for migrating servers running Rocky Linux 9.0 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 service packs 4 and 5.

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

January 2024

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

December 2023

• 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.

November 2023

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

September 2023

• 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.

• 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.

August 2023

• Introduced 3 new predefined post-launch actions:

  • Verify tags

  • Auto Scaling group setting

  • Enable Refactor Spaces

  Learn more about predefined post-launch actions.

• Service launch in the Israel (Tel Aviv) region.

June 2023

• 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:

  • Configure Time Sync

  • Validate disk space

  • Verify HTTP/HTTPS response

  • Enable Amazon Inspector

  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.

May 2023

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

April 2023

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

March 2023

• 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 CentOS 5.5–5.11 and RHEL 5.5–5.11.

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

• Introduced 8 new predefined post-launch actions:

  • Conduct EC2 connectivity checks

  • Validate volume integrity

  • Verify process status

  • Convert MS-SQL license conversion

  • Install a CloudWatch Agent

  • Upgrade Windows

  • Create AMI from instance

  • Join Directory Service domain

  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.

January 2023

• AWS managed policy updates – Updated the AWSApplicationMigrationEC2Access policy.

November 2022

• 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. Application Migration Service AWS Application Migration Service AWS Application Migration Service

August 2022

• 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.

July 2022

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

June 2022

• 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.

May 2022

• 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.

February 2022

• Added support for Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2022, and Microsoft Windows 10.

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

• Added support for UEFI boot for Windows.

January 2022

• Added support for Kernel 5.15.

December 2021

• Added support for Kernels 5.8-5.14.

November 2021

• 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.

October 2021

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

July 2021

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

April 2021

• 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).