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Amazon Q Developer Transformation Capabilities AWS Transform

Legacy names Amazon Q Developer Transformation Capabilities, Amazon Q Code Transformation

Agentic AI modernization service and collaborative web workbench for migrating and modernizing .NET, mainframe, VMware, and custom enterprise workloads at scale.

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  1. Amazon Q Code Transformation

    · AWS re:Invent 2023 Preview (GA Apr 30, 2024 · Expanded Dec 3, 2024)

    Launched within Amazon Q Developer to automate Java application upgrades and expanded at re:Invent 2024 to .NET, mainframe, and VMware workload modernization agents.

  2. AWS TransformCurrent name

    · General Availability & Standalone Service Launch

    Spun out into the standalone AWS Transform service with dedicated console, web experience, and transform:* IAM permissions.

What happened to Amazon Q Developer Transformation Capabilities?

Amazon Q Developer Transformation Capabilities was split up, and this part of it is now AWS Transform, with the latest change on 15 May 2025 (General Availability & Standalone Service Launch). Earlier names covered by this entry also include Amazon Q Code Transformation. Agentic AI modernization service and collaborative web workbench for migrating and modernizing .NET, mainframe, VMware, and custom enterprise workloads at scale. Only the customer-facing name changed; the underlying technical identifiers remain backward compatible.

Also known as

  • Amazon Q Developer Agent for Code Transformation
  • AWS Transform for .NET
  • AWS Transform for Mainframe
  • AWS Transform for VMware

Technical identifiers

Technical identifiers unchanged. Only the customer-facing product name changed; the APIs, CLI commands, IAM roles and Terraform resources below keep their legacy identifiers for backward compatibility.

AWS Service APIs / SDKstransform qdeveloper
AWS CLI Commandsatx qct
IAM Actions & Policiestransform:* qdeveloper:TransformCode codewhisperer:StartTransformation AWSServiceRoleForAWSTransform AWSTransformCustomFullAccess
Terraform Resources (aws_*)aws_iam_service_linked_role

Standalone enterprise modernization workspaces use the transform:* IAM namespace and ATX CLI, while IDE-based transformations also use codewhisperer:* and qdeveloper:TransformCode.

Notes & disambiguation

  • Introduced in preview at AWS re:Invent 2023 as Amazon Q Code Transformation (for Java upgrades) and expanded in December 2024 as Amazon Q Developer transformation capabilities for .NET, mainframe, and VMware workloads.
  • On May 15, 2025, AWS launched AWS Transform as a dedicated standalone service and agentic web application with its own AWS Management Console experience, documentation, and IAM namespace (transform:*).
  • IDE and CLI code transformation features in Amazon Q Developer continue to use qdeveloper:TransformCode and codewhisperer:StartTransformation alongside the standalone AWS Transform service (transform:* and AWSServiceRoleForAWSTransform).
  • IDE and CLI code transformation features in Amazon Q Developer continue to use qdeveloper:TransformCode and codewhisperer:StartTransformation alongside the standalone AWS Transform service (transform:* and AWSServiceRoleForAWSTransform); following the April 30, 2026 Q Developer IDE plugin sunset announcement, IDE-based Java and .NET transformations transition to AWS Transform custom and AWS Transform full-stack Windows modernization by April 30, 2027.

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