Using Copy structure and content, you can migrate sites from one environment to another.
Index
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) 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 copy a complete site collection at the destination, you can connect to your Admin center or Central admin at step (7). For more information, check the Site address connection types overview article.
- 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 Sites from the list of Site objects.
- Select the site(s) you want to copy from the source.
- Click Options and Mappings on the top-right to apply specific parameters.
Tip: You can uncheck List content under Configuration in your copy options to migrate your sites' structure without documents and list items. - 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. See Migration Report for more details.