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If you are migrating a site collection that is using path based addressing then definitely follow the wizard to create a new site collection here. This will give you a new site collection with a URL such as http://mynewsharepointserver:2134 where 2134 is the port number you selected for your new web application.
SharePoint has some architectural limitations, at least in the versions prior to SharePoint 2013. For example, you might realize that you needed certain sites to be within the same Site Collection or the opposite. In this scenario, I needed to migrate my SharePoint Users, Groups and Permission Levels that I had created before.
How to view migration progress in SharePoint migration tool?
Review your settings, and the select Migrate. After you select Migrate, the progress of your migration jobs appears. As they complete, you can view either detailed or summary reports of an individual job or a single summary report that includes all migration jobs submitted during this session.
How to view site collections in SharePoint central administration?
Open SharePoint Central Administration. Click on Application Management from the left menu. Under Site Collections, click on View Site Collections. On the Site Collection List page, select the required web application from the Web Application drop down.
You have to decide how you want to migrate your existing Classic SharePoint site collection to a Modern Site collection. We recommend creating a modern communication site for your classic publishing site and team site for the rest. Q: Can I switch back to classic from modern in case if our users find modern SharePoint experience difficult to use?
Scenario: In need to migrate files from one site collection to another. Any tool or csom code to use. We can use CSOM code to migrate documents with their version from one site collection to another site collection. For more information about how to migrate SharePoint document with version using CSOM, you can read below article:
Do you need to be site admin to migrate to SharePoint?
To migrate at the site collection level, you must be a site admin. In Microsoft 365, tenants you can control whether users can run custom script on personal sites and self-service created sites. During migration, some web parts require this setting set to allow.