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