Amanda Silver and Ashish Babbar introduce groundbreaking agentic AI tools, such as GitHub Copilot modernization agents and Azure Migrate AI features, to empower developers and IT teams in rapidly modernizing and migrating applications and databases with Microsoft Azure.

Accelerating Application Migration and Modernization with Agentic AI Tools in Azure

Authored by Amanda Silver and Ashish Babbar, this summary from the Migrate and Modernize Summit showcases Microsoft’s latest AI-driven solutions for transforming legacy apps and accelerating cloud adoption.

Why Modernization Matters

Modern organizations face significant technical debt—outdated codebases and fragmented infrastructure can limit innovation. Over 37% of application portfolios require modernization today, a challenge exacerbated by complex migration processes.

The Role of Generative and Agentic AI

Generative and agentic AI solutions are streamlining the modernization journey:

  • GitHub Copilot App Modernization Agents:
    • Newly available for both Java (general release) and .NET (public preview).
    • Use autonomous AI agents to analyze app code, spot breaking changes, suggest migration paths, and automate upgrades—including dependency updates and security checks.
    • Automates containerization and deployment artifacts, supporting development, testing, and compliance through Microsoft Azure.
    • Proven impact: Organizations such as Microsoft Teams have reduced modernization effort from months to hours, and Ford China achieved a 70% time savings for middleware modernization.
    • Learn more about GitHub Copilot modernization.
  • Azure Migrate with Agentic AI:
    • Offers AI-powered guided experiences to automate key cloud migration and modernization tasks.
    • Provides connected workflows with GitHub Copilot, enabling developer and IT team collaboration.
    • Application-awareness features give visibility across app portfolios, revealing dependencies and improving data-driven decision-making.
    • Expanded support for additional databases (including PostgreSQL) and popular Linux distributions.
    • Explore new Azure Migrate capabilities.

Database Modernization in Azure

  • Public preview of Azure Migrate Discovery and Assessment for PostgreSQL—streamlines migration from on-prem, AWS, or GCP to Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
  • Unified approach for data modernization supporting SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Sybase workloads.
  • Focus on minimizing migration complexity and empowering organizations to build AI-driven apps on Azure.
  • Database migration resources

Azure Accelerate: Expert Support for Cloud and AI Journeys

  • Azure Accelerate offers expert guidance, funding, and deployment support for over 30 Azure services.
  • Cloud Accelerate Factory delivers zero-cost deployment support by pairing Microsoft engineers with customer teams.
  • Notable successes include Thomson Reuters migrating over 500TB of data with Azure Accelerator.
  • Learn more about Azure Accelerate

Resources and Next Steps

Conclusion

Microsoft’s suite of agentic AI solutions—ranging from code modernization, workflow orchestration, to database migrations and expert-led deployments—positions Azure as a powerful, developer-centric platform for accelerating digital transformation. Developers and IT teams can successfully overcome technical debt and modernize faster, focusing resources on innovation.

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