AWS Mainframe Modernization Service (Managed Runtime Environment experience) is no longer open to new customers. For capabilities similar to AWS Mainframe Modernization Service (Managed Runtime Environment experience) explore AWS Mainframe Modernization Service (Self-Managed Experience). Existing customers can continue to use the service as normal. For more information, see [AWS Mainframe Modernization availability change](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/m2/latest/userguide/mainframe-modernization-availability-change.html).

# What is AWS Mainframe Modernization File Transfer?
What is File Transfer

With AWS Mainframe Modernization File Transfer, you can transfer and convert datasets and files with a fully managed service to accelerate and simplify modernization, migration, and augmentation use cases to the AWS Mainframe Modernization service and Amazon S3.

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## Benefits of AWS Mainframe Modernization File Transfer
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## How AWS Mainframe Modernization File Transfer works
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## Benefits of AWS Mainframe Modernization File Transfer


AWS Mainframe Modernization File Transfer helps you transfer datasets from mainframe to Amazon S3. Some benefits include:
+ Discovery of source mainframe datasets and artifacts
+ Automated transfers and datasets conversion
+ Scalability, efficiency, and speed to achieve faster dataset transfers to AWS

## How AWS Mainframe Modernization File Transfer works


The following figure is an overview of how AWS Mainframe Modernization File Transfer works on a conceptual level.

![\[The how it works for File Transfer feature with different phases.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/m2/latest/userguide/images/filetransfer-overview.png)


The following figure is an architectural overview of AWS Mainframe Modernization File Transfer feature.

![\[The architectural overview of the File Transfer feature representing data transfer between mainframe and AWS Cloud Region.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/m2/latest/userguide/images/filetransfer-architecture.png)