Microsoft Events presents a hands-on session showing how Azure’s AI-powered migration agents support seamless migration of applications and workloads to Azure IaaS and PaaS. The talk by Ashish Babbar features practical demos, modernization guidance, and step-by-step strategies.

End-to-End Migration of Applications to Azure IaaS and PaaS with AI Agents

Presented at Microsoft Ignite 2025, this session demonstrates how Azure’s new AI-powered migration agents simplify the migration of applications, databases, and dependencies from VMware environments into Azure’s IaaS and PaaS platforms.

Key Topics Covered:

  • Demo Setup: Step-by-step migration from VMware to Azure using Copilot migration agent
  • Business Case and ROI Analysis: Evaluating the value and risks of migration with built-in AI planning tools
  • Discovery and Assessment: Using migration agent to automatically analyze applications and dependencies
  • Modernization Demo: Real-time migration and modernization to Azure, with application readiness checks
  • AI Readiness: Discussion about transitioning to AI-enabled apps post-migration
  • Platform Features: Overview of Azure Accelerate program, platform landing zone configuration, and future customization options
  • Q&A: Answers on environment prerequisites, workload boundaries, and new automatic application fingerprinting features

Additional Resources:

Speaker:

  • Ashish Babbar

Event Info:

  • Microsoft Ignite 2025 (Session BRK140, Advanced Level)

Practical Guidance

  • How to use Azure’s AI migration agents for analyzing and planning cloud migrations
  • Reducing complexity and minimizing risks in real-world scenarios
  • Planning for future automation and workload customization

Topics & Technologies

  • Copilot AI migration agents
  • Azure Arc integration
  • Linux Virtual Machines in Azure
  • Windows Server migration
  • Custom landing zone defaults and extension planning

Upcoming Activities

  • Hands-on labs scheduled for November 18–20

Summary

This session provides actionable, down-to-earth migration guidance for technical audiences planning or executing large-scale migrations to Azure using Microsoft’s latest AI-powered tools.