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AWS Transform for migrations now supports all AWS commercial regions as migration targets

AWS Transform for migrations now supports all AWS commercial regions, simplifying deployments that meet data residency requirements

AWS Transform for migrations now supports all AWS commercial regions as migration targets. A migration target region is the AWS region where migrated resources are deployed, including landing zones, network infrastructure, and server rehosting. Customers can now deploy workloads in any commercial region, making it easier to meet data residency requirements. The new migration target regions include US East (N. California), Africa (Cape Town), Asia Pacific (Bangkok), Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), and others.

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