Basic Information
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| English | AWS Migration Evaluator |
| Chinese | AWS 迁移评估与商业案例服务 |
| Japanese | 移行評価・ビジネスケース作成サービス |
| Exam frequency | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| Often confused with | Application Discovery Service / Pricing Calculator |
One-line summary
Analyze the current estate, licensing, and target scenarios to answer whether a migration is worthwhile and what it may cost.
Core role
- Compare current on-premises cost with modeled AWS cost.
- Identify overprovisioned servers and right-sizing candidates from utilization data.
- Compare licensing approaches such as BYOL and License Included.
- Produce target-state scenarios and a migration business case for decision makers.
Exam focus and pitfalls
- TCO, potential savings, licensing, and a business case point to Migration Evaluator.
- It belongs to Assess and does not replicate servers.
- Discovery Service focuses on technical assets and dependencies; Pricing Calculator estimates from manually supplied architecture assumptions.
- Validate recommendations against peaks, growth, reliability, and input-data quality.
Key takeaway
Discovery maps the estate; Evaluator models cost, licensing, and migration value.