Walkthrough - Copy an entire team as a new team

ShareGate's Cloud copy gives you the flexibility to move a team within a tenant or across tenants, with the convenience of cloud access from anywhere.

This article covers our Cloud copy online feature. For information about Copy teams in the migration tool, please see our Copy teams section.

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 ShareGate.
2. Select Cloud copy.
3. Click
4. Select Copy an entire team as a new team.
5. Click
6. 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. Select the tenant from which you want to copy a team.
8. Click
9. Start typing the name of the team you want to copy.
10. When you see your team, select it.
11. Click
12. Select your destination tenant if it is already connected (you can use the same tenant as your source to duplicate a team with a new name).
13. 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.
14. On the Copy options page, you can change your team's name. We recommend changing the team's name if there is already a team of the same name at the destination.
15. Click
16. Adjust your Copy options.
17. Click
18. Your operation starts, and you are taken to the processing page.
19. Once 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.
    • Click  to copy any updates that occurred in your source tenant since your last copy. For more information, see Cloud copy - Incremental copy.

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

• 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.
• We recommend using Copy teams in the migration tool if you need to copy many teams with more granular control.
• 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.
• Since you are creating new teams at the destination, team members will receive an email informing them that they are part of the new team.

Training video: For more info, watch Cloud copy.