Merge an entire team into an existing team

Need to merge two teams together? ShareGate Cloud copy lets you do just that! Cloud copy's merge feature preserves channel dependencies and objects from your source team, so you never have to worry about anything getting left behind.

Note: Cloud copy has the same limitations as Copy teams. We recommend reading the Copy teams limitations article before using Cloud copy.

Index

• Prerequisites
• How-to
  • In Cloud copy
  • On the Manage page
• Considerations

Prerequisites

• The Azure ShareGate migration tool application is consented to on your tenant.
  • You can consent to the Azure app when you connect to your tenant with global admin permissions directly in Cloud copy during your first copy.
• You have global admin or SharePoint admin permissions.
  • If you do not have global admin permissions, you will need Teams admin permissions with your SharePoint admin permissions.
• You have a working Teams license for the source and destination.
• You have logged into Teams at least once (in a browser or the Teams app) to access the hosted content.
• The prerequisites apply to your source and destination if you migrate teams to another tenant.

Note: Cloud copy does not work on  GCC or GCC High environments due to some Microsoft 365 restrictions.

How-to

In Cloud copy

1. Log in to your ShareGate.
2. Select Cloud copy.
3. Click
4. Select Merge an entire team into an existing team.
5. Click
6. Select a source tenant, then select
   
   • If your source tenant is not already connected, click
     • Use your admin username and password to connect to your tenant in the Microsoft connection prompt.
     • If the Azure ShareGate migration app has never been consented to before, you will get a Microsoft prompt to consent to the app.
7. Type the name of the team you want to merge into another and select it from the Search results.
   
   • Click  to see an overview of a team's content and configurations.
8. Click
9. Select a destination tenant, then select (you can use the same tenant as your source or a different tenant).
   • If your destination tenant is not already connected, click
     • Use your admin username and password to connect to your tenant in the Microsoft connection prompt.
     • If the Azure ShareGate migration app has never been consented to before, you will get a Microsoft prompt to consent to the app.
10. Type the name of the team you want to merge your source team into and select it from the Search results.
    
    • Click  to see an overview of a team's content and configurations.
11. Select
12. Adjust your Copy options, and select
13. Review the summary of your copy, then select
14. Your operation starts, and you are taken to the processing page.
15. When your migration finishes, you are taken to the results page that shows you the number of successes, warnings, and errors.
    • Click to download your copy report. For more information, see Copy report.

On the Manage page

1. Navigate to the Manage page.
2. Filter the Manage page as needed, or use the search bar to find the team you wish to copy.
3. Select the checkbox next to the desired team.
4. Click the Three dots button, then select Start a copy.
5. Proceed to step (4) of the How-to above.

Note: The Start a copy button is only available if you have a single team selected.

Tip: To review your team's information before launching a copy, click on your team in step (3), and you will be able to start the copy from the Three dots menu in the header of your team's details.

Considerations

• The site collection associated with your source team is merged with the site collection associated with your destination team. This includes site pages, documents, content types, and more.
• All your channels, Planner plans, and apps are copied to the destination team.
• Team settings such as name, privacy, and description are not copied. These destination team settings are kept to avoid possible security and operational issues.
• Only 3 Cloud copy operations per user can run simultaneously. Any new copy launched past these 3 operations will be queued and processed when the other ones finish.
• If you close the processing page tab or browser before your migration finishes, you will find your ongoing Cloud copy operation or copy report under Recent copies on the Cloud copy page.