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🚀 AWS Transform for .NET is Now Generally Available – Modernize Your Windows Apps with AI!

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AWS just launched AWS Transform for .NET – a powerful, AI-powered tool that helps developers modernize their legacy Windows .NET applications to be Linux-ready, faster and cheaper than ever before.

🧠 Previously previewed as Amazon Q Developer transformation for .NET, this is now GA and production-ready!

🔧 What Is AWS Transform for .NET?

It’s the first agentic AI service from AWS designed to:

  • Port .NET Framework applications to .NET Core / .NET 6+
  • Make your app run on Linux
  • Cut licensing costs by up to 40%
  • Speed up modernization by 4x

This is a game-changer for teams maintaining older .NET apps on Windows servers, looking to move to containers, Kubernetes, or cloud-native platforms.

💡 Real-World Use Case

Let’s say you have a legacy WCF or ASP.NET MVC app sitting on a Windows Server in your data center or EC2 instance.

With AWS Transform, you can:

  • Connect your GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket repository.
  • Let AWS Transform: - Assess the app’s code, dependencies, and structure and Generate a custom modernization plan
  • Initiate the AI-powered transformation: - It rewrites the code to be Linux-compatible, Builds and runs tests and Pushes changes to a new branch
  • Review changes, test outcomes, and any suggested fixes in a dashboard
  • Continue working using the AWS Transform Visual Studio extension

🧰 What Types of Projects Are Supported?

  • ASP.NET MVC
  • WCF
  • Web API
  • Class Libraries
  • Console Apps
  • Unit Test Projects

📈 Why It Matters

  1. ✅ Accelerate migration to .NET 6+/7+
  2. ✅ Reduce Windows dependency
  3. ✅ Unlock Linux portability & scalability
  4. ✅ Automate transformation across dozens (or hundreds) of apps
  5. ✅ Improve long-term maintainability

📊 Track Progress Easily

AWS Transform gives you:

  • A transformation dashboard
  • Email notifications with direct links
  • An interactive chat to track AI actions
  • Summary reports with modified files, test results, and fix suggestions

✨ Final Thoughts

If you’re managing a large portfolio of legacy .NET apps and dreaming of containerization, cloud-native modernization, or cost savings — AWS Transform for .NET is your new best friend.

💬 Would you use an AI service to modernize your .NET apps? Share your thoughts below!

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