Copy structure and content allow you to copy site objects from your source SharePoint environment to your destination SharePoint environment.
Tip: Migrating to the cloud? Keep your new Microsoft 365 environment organized, secure, and clutter-free with ShareGate Management. For more info, see Manage your environment overview.
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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, see Microsoft administrative permissions.
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.
- Select Copy from the menu.
- Select Copy structure and content.
- Add your source credentials.
- Click Connect.
- Select your source.
- Click Next.
- Add your destination credentials.
- Click Connect.
- Select your destination.
- Click Next.
- Select the type of object you would like to copy from the list of Site objects. Your options are:
- Sites
- Lists and libraries
- Content types
- Site columns
- Groups
- Permission levels
- Workflows
- Managed metadata
- Select the site object(s) you want to copy from the source.
- Click Options and/or Mappings on the top-right if you want to apply specific parameters.
- Drag and drop it 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. For more information, see Migration report.