Copy structure and content - Groups

Copying groups will create them on the destination site and will insert all the users who were members of the source group into the new group on the destination sites.

Note: For Microsoft 365 Groups migrations click here.

Prerequisites

• Global Administrator or SharePoint Administrator permissions are always recommended.

Index

How-To

Default Behavior

Updating Group Membership

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 Groups  from the list of Site Objects. 
12. Select the group(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, warning, or errors. See Migration Report for more details.

Default Behavior

If you select the option to merge, all the users that exist in the source group but not in the destination group will be added to the destination group. The owner of the group will also be updated.

Updating Group Membership

The users that already exist in the destination group will not be updated, and their group membership will be maintained. If you need to update the membership at the destination, you will need to copy the group and manually map the source users to the correct users at the destination.