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The AWS Serverless Application Model (AWS SAM) transform is a AWS CloudFormation macro that transforms SAM templates into CloudFormation templates.
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1) Serverless is for use with the AWS SAM framework whereas lambda is a native cloudformation resource. The serverless resources basically deploys a "package" of cloudformation resources and requires a transform statement at the top of your script to transform them into their respective native cloudformation resources. From what I recall it allows for a few extra things when it comes to aliases and versioning that are relatively useful.