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Walkthrough - Copy structure and content

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Copy Structure allows you to copy site objects from your source SharePoint environment to your destination SharePoint environment.

Index

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 or copy other site objects 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.

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.
  4. Click Connect.
  5. Select your source. 
  6. Click Next.
  7. Add your destination credentials.
  8. Click Connect.
  9. Select your destination. 
  10. Click Next.
  11. Select the type of object you would like to copy from the list of Site Objects. Your options are:
    • Sites site-copy-structure.png
    • Lists and Libraries lists-and-libraries-copy-structure.png
    • Content Types content-types-copy-structure.png
    • Site Columns site-columns-copy-structure.png
    • Groups groups-copy-structure.png
    • Permission Levels permission-levels-copy-structure.png
    • Workflows workflows-copy-structure.png
    • Managed Metadata managed-metadata-copy-structure.png
  12. Select the site object(s) you want to copy from the source.
  13. Drag and drop it into the destination or click start-copy.png in the bottom right corner. For more information on applying specific parameters, see Copy options.
  14. Once the action is completed, the migration report will show any successes, warnings, or errors. For more information, see Migration report.

Note: When a Group is detected in the destination, ShareGate Desktop does not automatically update the group membership. To ensure that your group has been migrated properly, you can run a Permissions matrix report, or copy the group before copying the object to ensure source members are added to the destination.

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