Copy structure and content - Site Collections

You can copy site collections through the Copy Structure option in Migration. 

Prerequisites

• You have site collection admin permissions on your source site collection(s).
• You have site collection admin permissions on your destination site collections if you want to merge your source site collection into an existing site collection.
• You have term store admin permissions on your source and destination if you have managed metadata (Terms, Term sets, Term set groups) in your migration scope.

Note: Site collection admin permissions are required even if you have higher admin privileges like SharePoint admin or Global admin permissions. For more information click here.

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• How-To

How-To

Tip: To migrate multiple site collections, you can connect to your central admin or admin center in steps (3) and (7). You will need SharePoint admin, Farm admin or Global admin permissions.

1. Click Copy.
2. Select Copy structure and content.
3. Add your source credentials. 
   • To learn what address to use, consult our site address guide.
4. Click Connect.
5. Select your source. 
6. Click Next.
7. Add you destination credentials.
   • To learn what address to use, consult our site address guide.
8. Click Connect.
9. Select your destination. 
10. Click Next.
11. Select Sites  from the list of Site Objects. 
12. Select the site collection(s) you want to copy from the source. 
13. Drag and drop it into the site-level at the destination or click  in the bottom right corner. See Copy Options if you need to apply specific parameters.
14. Once the action is completed, the migration report will show any successes, warning, or errors. See Migration Report for more details.