# ignite25-PREL20-modernize-it-estate-a-hands-on-workshop-for-portfolio-transformation

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# [Microsoft Ignite 2025](https://ignite.microsoft.com)

## 🔥PREL20: Modernize IT Estate: From Strategy to Execution - A Hands-On Workshop for Portfolio Transformation

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### Session Description

*PREL20: Modernize IT Estate: From Strategy to Execution - A Hands-On Workshop for Portfolio Transformation* is a hands-on session for IT leaders and practitioners focused on modernizing the IT estate from strategy to execution. Participants will learn the six key migration and modernization strategies—Retire, Rehost, Replatform, Refactor, Rearchitect, and Rebuild—through practical exercises and real-world case studies. 

The workshop demonstrates how to leverage Azure and GitHub Copilot for rapid, secure, and cost-effective modernization, streamlining migration at scale, optimizing costs, and aligning IT transformation with business goals. 

Attendees will gain actionable insights, proven methodologies, and access to AI-powered tools to accelerate cloud adoption, improve agility, and drive measurable business outcomes.

### 🧠 Learning Outcomes

By the end of this session, learners will be able to:

-  Understand and apply the six key migration and modernization strategies (Retire, Rehost, Replatform, Refactor, Rearchitect, Rebuild).
-  Gain hands-on experience with cloud migration planning and execution using Azure and GitHub Copilot.
-  Learn to optimize costs, improve security, and accelerate modernization with AI-powered tools.
-  Build a compelling business case for IT modernization, including ROI and operational benefits.
-  Explore real-world success stories to inspire innovation and future-ready IT strategies.

### 💻 Technologies Used

1. Microsoft Azure 
2. Azure Migrate
3. GitHub Copilot
4. Visual Studio / Visual Studio Code

### 📚 Resources and Next Steps

| Resources          | Links                             | Description        |
|:-------------------|:----------------------------------|:-------------------|
| Related Sessions | [BRK103 Modernize your apps in days with AI agents in GitHub Copilot](https://ignite.microsoft.com/en-US/sessions/BRK103) | Still wrangling legacy code and applications? Analyze, upgrade, and migrate apps to Azure services with autonomous AI agents in GitHub Copilot— drastically simply your modernization effort, unlocking the full power of the cloud with confidence and staying in full control during each step. |
| Documentation | [aka.ms/ghcp-appmod](https://aka.ms/ghcp-appmod) | Provides an overview, reference, and quickstarts on using GitHub Copilot app modernization. |
| Try it out! | [aka.ms/ghcp-appmod/java](https://aka.ms/ghcp-appmod/java) <br /> [aka.ms/ghcp-appmod/dotNET](https://aka.ms/ghcp-appmod/dotNET) | Try GitHub Copilot app modernization for Java and .NET |
| Ignite 2025 Next Steps | [https://aka.ms/Ignite25-Next-Steps](https://aka.ms/Ignite25-Next-Steps?ocid=ignite25_nextsteps_cnl) | Links to all repos for Ignite 2025 Sessions |
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