The following table summarizes the administrative permissions you need to perform actions in ShareGate Migrate Explorer and run reports.
For more details on each permission, see Microsoft administrative permissions. For more information on Microsoft 365 roles, see the Microsoft documentation About admin roles.
Note: Permissions granted through Azure PIM might not work or could cause unauthorized errors during an operation.
| Microsoft 365 | SharePoint on-premises | |
|---|---|---|
| Global admin |
Grant consent to the Azure ShareGate migration app. Connect to your admin center to access all your site collections, Microsoft 365 groups, and OneDrives for business. |
N/A |
| Farm admin | N/A | Connect to your central admin to access all your web apps, site collections, MySites, and OneDrives for Business. |
| SharePoint admin |
Connect to your admin center to access all your site collections, Microsoft 365 groups, and OneDrives for business.
|
N/A |
| Teams admin |
Also needed to manage Microsoft Teams with a SharePoint admin account (if you are a global admin, this is not required). |
N/A |
| Site collection admin* |
Run reports. Perform actions in Explorer. Run Source analysis. |
Run reports. Perform actions in Explorer. Run Source analysis. |
* Site collection admin permissions are required even if you have a higher permission level like SharePoint admin. While you might be able to run some reports and other actions without site collection admin permissions, it is not supported as it can cause unexpected errors.
For more information, see Microsoft administrative permissions.