Copy structure and content - Site Columns

This is a feature allows you to migrate SharePoint site columns from one environment to another.

Prerequisites

• You have site collection admin permissions on your source and destination site collections.
• You have term store admin permissions on your source and destination if you have managed metadata (Terms, Term sets, Term set groups) columns 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.

Index

• How-To

How-To

1. Click Copy.
2. Select Copy structure and content.
3. Add your source credentials. 
4. Click Connect.
5. Select your source. 
6. Click Next.
7. Add you destination credentials.
8. Click Connect.
9. Select your destination. 
10. Click Next.
11. Select Site Columns  from the list of Site Objects. 
12. Select the site column(s) you want to copy from the source.
13. Drag and drop them into 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, warnings, or errors. See Migration Report for more details.