In this article you will find two permissions reference tables that you can review to find which permissions you need to perform certain actions in ShareGate Desktop.
For more details on each permission and the recommended permissions, see Administrative permissions.
Note: For more information on Microsoft 365 roles, see About admin roles in Microsoft's documentation.
Index
Migration (applicable to the source and destination)
| Microsoft 365 | SharePoint on premises | |
|---|---|---|
| Global admin |
Grant consent to the Azure ShareGate Desktop application. Connect to your admin center to migrate multiple site collections. Migrate teams and Microsoft 365 groups. |
N/A |
| Farm admin | N/A | Connect to your central admin to migrate multiple site collections. |
| SharePoint admin |
Connect to your admin center to migrate multiple site collections. Migrate teams and Microsoft 365 groups once a global admin has consented the Azure ShareGate Desktop application. |
N/A |
| Site collection admin* |
Copy structure (site, lists, libraries, permissions, and more). Use Insane mode. |
Copy structure (site, lists, libraries, permissions, and more). Migrate OneDrive for Business and MySite. Note: You must also be site owner in SharePoint 2003. |
| Team admin | Also needed to migrate teams with a SharePoint admin account (not required if you are a global admin). | N/A |
| Term store admin |
Migrate content with managed metadata. |
Migrate content with managed metadata. |
| Full control permissions | Can replace site collection admin for Copy content only, Import from file share, Import from Google Drive, and Import-BoxDocument in Normal mode only. | Can replace site collection admin for Copy content only, Import from file share, Import from Google Drive, and Import-BoxDocument in Normal mode only. |
| Manage user alerts permissions | Copy user alerts. | Copy user alerts (you will need to install the server extension). |
| Read-only lock | Must be removed from your site collection(s). See Read-only lock for more information. | Must be removed from your site collection(s). See Read-only lock for more information. |
*Site collection admin permissions are required even if you have a higher permission level like SharePoint admin. For more information go to Administrative permissions.
Explorer and reports
| Microsoft 365 | SharePoint on premises | |
|---|---|---|
| Global admin |
Grant consent to the Azure ShareGate Desktop application. Connect to your admin center to access all your site collections, Microsoft 365 groups and OneDrives for business. |
N/A |
| Farm admin | N/A | Connect to your central admin to access all your web apps, site collections, MySites, and OneDrives for Business. |
| SharePoint admin |
Connect to your admin center to access all your site collections, Microsoft 365 groups and OneDrives for business.
|
N/A |
| Site collection admin* |
Run reports. Perform actions in Explorer. Run Source analysis. |
Run reports. Perform actions in Explorer. Run Source analysis. |
*Site collection admin permissions are required even if you have a higher permission level like SharePoint admin. For more information go to Administrative permissions.