Using AI tools to teach old apps new tricks | BRK220
GitHub Copilot's modernization agents automate migrations and tech debt to unlock AI-ready work.
“Modernization by itself isn't the goal. It is what it unlocks.”
At Microsoft Build, GitHub Copilot's modernization team demoed AI agents designed to handle app upgrades, migrations, and tech debt with scale, customization, and governance. Citing Forrester data that 94% of IT leaders rank modernization as a top investment, the session frames agentic automation as the way to clear the toil blocking enterprise AI-readiness. It matters as a signal of how vendors are repositioning modernization tooling around autonomous agents, though it remains a single-vendor product pitch.