A new Beta version of SharePoint Site Migration Manager (SSMM) has been released. This new Beta adds a few more new features, the most notable of them being the ability to migrate feature activations to the target SharePoint site, and the ability to copy a SharePoint site collection to a different web application on the same server.

Applying SharePoint Feature Activations in a Migration

SSMM now has the ability to apply any feature activations that exist on the source side to the target side. This is a site level copy feature, that should allow any users to activate any feature on the target side, if it is already running on the source side. If the feature definition from the source doesn't exist on the target, then SSMM will not be able to activate the features (as they wouldn't exist on the target side).

Copying a SharePoint Site Collection to a Different Web Application on the Same Server

This new feature allows users to copy site collections from one server to the same server. In order to do this type of copy, one of two possible requirements need to be met. The site collection needs to either be: copied into another web application on the same server, or it's name must be changed (if copying to the same web application).

SSMM is not able to copy a site collection from a web application, and managed path, into the same web application with the same managed path. However, if the (site collection) name is changed, then the managed path should also change, and the site collection can be copied into the same web application. If the site collection name is staying the same, then SSMM would have to copy the site collection into a different web application. If the same web application and managed path are used in the copy action, then SSMM will throw a warning, and the copy will be canceled to prevent any overwrites of the original content.

For a full list of Features and Bug fixes, please see the Builds Page.

Note that this Beta build of SSMM also requires an update of the Metalogix SharePoint Extensions Service (v.3.2.20).

Details: Download SharePoint Site Migration Manager Builds.

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