đź“°From Portfolio to Plan in Weeks: Evolve Launches AWS-Funded Application Modernization Assessment (AMA)
MESA, AZ — April 2026 — Evolve Cloud Services, an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner with deep expertise in Microsoft workload optimization and modernization, today announced the availability of its Application Modernization Assessment (AMA) offering—an AWS-funded, no-cost engagement designed to help organizations quickly identify the best candidates for application modernization within their existing AWS environments.
As organizations continue to balance cost optimization with the need to innovate faster, many face a common challenge: where to start. Evolve’s AMA addresses this by delivering a fast, low-touch assessment of up to ten applications, providing clear, data-driven guidance on which workloads offer the greatest return from modernization.
Unlike traditional, time-intensive assessments, AMA is designed for speed and actionable results to enable informed decisions faster. Leveraging AWS-approved ISV tooling alongside Evolve’s proprietary analysis capabilities, the AMA assessment evaluates source code, databases, infrastructure, and licensing to produce a prioritized shortlist of modernization candidates in a matter of weeks that takes into account potential ROI, business criticality, and technical feasibility.
“Customers trying to figure out where to start modernizing don’t need a 100-page report that takes six months, they need a short list of the best candidate applications” said Kirk Davis, Director of Cloud Services at Evolve Cloud Services. “AMA gives them that list in weeks. Aligning to business goals first means the technical work we recommend actually moves the needle on those goals.”
The AMA expands Evolve’s and AWS’s modernization program offerings by providing a no-cost starting point for organizations that haven’t already identified the best candidate applications or done the TCO analysis to justify a modernization effort. Applications identified as high-value candidates through AMA can then progress to Evolve’s Modernization Viability Assessment (MVA)—a deep-dive engagement that delivers a detailed target architecture, execution plan, and funding-aligned roadmap for modernization.
Speed, Expertise, and Zero-Cost
Evolve’s AMA offering is designed to remove common barriers to modernization:
- No cost to customers: Fully funded by AWS including any ISV tooling used such as Tidal Cloud or vFunction.
- Accelerated timeline: Completed in weeks with minimal customer effort
- Actionable outcomes: Clear prioritization of modernization candidates and next steps
- Proven pathway: Seamless progression from AMA to MVA and funded modernization initiatives
The AMA builds on Evolve’s deep Microsoft licensing expertise and hands-on modernization experience. Long a leader in AWS Optimization and Licensing Assessments (OLAs), Evolve brings a unique ability to quantify total cost of ownership and licensing impacts alongside technical modernization opportunities. Evolve’s AMA includes an infrastructure & licensing cost comparison that isn’t part of the core AMA deliverable from other partners, to help drive fully-informed modernization decisions.
Evolve’s modernization leadership team consists of former AWS Solutions Architects with extensive experience modernizing Windows, .NET, and SQL Server workloads on AWS – our recommendations are both technically sound and aligned with AWS best practices.
The AMA helps organizations answer questions such as:
- Which applications are strong candidates for modernization?
- Which workloads may involve greater complexity?
- Where are the best opportunities to create business value?
- How should modernization efforts be prioritized across the portfolio?
- What should the next phase of the modernization journey look like?
Get Started
Organizations interested in accelerating their modernization journey can learn more by contacting Evolve at modernization@evolvecloudservices.com, reaching out to their AWS account team, or reviewing the Evolve Cloud Services modernization page. The Evolve AMA is also an Evolve Cloud Services AWS Marketplace offering.