Copy structure and content - Site columns

Copy structure and content allows you to migrate SharePoint site columns from one environment to another.

Index

• Prerequisites
• How-to

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.

How-to

1. Select Copy from the menu.
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 Site columns from the list of Site objects.
12. Select the site column(s) you want to copy from the source.
13. Click Options and/or Mappings on the top-right if you want to apply specific parameters.
14. Drag and drop them into the destination, or click Start copy on the bottom-right corner.

Once the action is completed, the migration report will show any successes, warnings, or errors. See Migration Report for more details.