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Sharepoint Migration

Hi All,

We have an old WSSv3 site collection which is still in use, and would like to migrate it's contents over to a new site on our group Sharepoint 2010 installation. What's the best way to do this whilst maintaining metadata such as permissions/dates.

Cheers

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Justin Smith

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iris01

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Thanks

Is there no way to do this without having a seperate database / webapp?

Would stsadm export/import or backup/restore not work?

Justin Smith

No.

iris01

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How about if I don't need to preserve the metadata?

Justin Smith

Iris - you can't upgrade anything less than a content database, period.

iris01

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Surely if I don't care about permissions etc, a manual copy from Explorer view would do?

Justin Smith

If you are talking about moving files from a document library, then yes, you could do the explorer view thing. MetaData won't follow.

If you are talking about moving a site, just know that you can't do it without upgrading the entire content db.

iris01

ASKER

Thanks again

Assuming I didn't want to set up a new content db on our live site, can I do this in a test environment and then perform an import/export from that? Or is this always going to need a second content db on live?

Justin Smith

This is a 250 pt question.

iris01

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It would probably have taken less time for you to say "yes you can" or "no you can't" than type that response.

Nevermind, I'm sure someone else will be along to answer that question and claim their 250 points.

Whilst I appreciate your help, ACH1LLES, I certainly don't appreciate your attitude.

Justin Smith

lol. you can do a test environment it doesn't matter. once the site is upgraded to 2010, then you can move it where you want using import/export or backup/restore.

iris01

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Thank you :)