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fstorer
Brass Contributor
Mar 27, 2020

SharePoint Online - Copy site pages between site collections - is that possible?

Hello everyone,

 

I have been asked to move some site pages from a Microsoft Team to another Team. In the modern look of SharePoint Online I can select the page (example1.aspx) and when clicking on the three dots I am given the option "Copy to". As you probably know, the page can be copied only on the same site/Team. 

When I switch to the "classic" look/mode, I am given the option "Copy" and I can type a destination document library or folder (see the screenshot below), but when I try to copy that to another site, I always get an error (refuse to connect). 

I know that there's a https://sharepoint.uservoice.com/forums/329214-sites-and-collaboration/suggestions/35035618-add-the-ability-to-copy-a-modern-site-page-from-on asking specifically for this feature, but I would like to know if there is some workaround we can try in the meantime, like free migration tools or some scripts via PowerShell. 

 

Thank you in advance for your help!

 

Francesco 

microsoft teams
office 365
sharepoint

7 Replies

  • Sheldon-Faria's avatar
    Sheldon-Faria
    Copper Contributor
    Nov 26, 2020

    fstorer Hi, for anyone looking for a solution this might help:

    Import-Module SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline

#Source and Target Sites
$tenant = "tenant";
$SourceUrl="https://$tenant.sharepoint.com/sites/sourceSite"
$targetRelativeLibraryUrl="/sites/marketing/SitePages"

#SPO Connection
$AdminPassword=Read-Host -Prompt "Password" -AsSecureString
$adminUPN = "admin@australia.com.au"
$Credentials = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $adminUPN, $AdminPassword
Connect-PnPOnline -Url $SourceUrl -Credentials $cred
#Connect-PnPOnline -Url $SourceUrl -UseWebLogin
$ServerRelativeUrl=(Get-PnPWeb).ServerRelativeUrl

#Get all source pages
$pages = Get-PnPListItem -List sitepages

Foreach($page in $pages){
    $pageName = $page.FieldValues["FileLeafRef"]
    #if($pageName -like "Migrated*"){ #OPTIONAL FILTER
        
        #Write-Host $pageName
        $file = Get-PnPFile -Url "$ServerRelativeUrl/sitePages/$pageName"
        $fileServerRelativeUrl = Get-PnPProperty -ClientObject $file -Property "ServerRelativeUrl"

        #Start the move
        Move-PnPFile -ServerRelativeUrl $fileServerRelativeUrl -TargetServerRelativeLibrary $targetRelativeLibraryUrl -Force  -AllowSchemaMismatch -AllowSmallerVersionLimitOnDestination
    #}
}
    • JORGE_CORREA_MUOZ's avatar
      JORGE_CORREA_MUOZ
      Copper Contributor
      Aug 19, 2022
      Thanks a lot, Do you can tell me, how I can create a log file for this process?
      • David2Felix's avatar
        David2Felix
        Copper Contributor
        Jan 18, 2021

        pgawde_800  I solved using PNP-PoweShell, afterwards I only had to upload the images to the Image WebParts.

        try{

            $srcSiteURL   = "https://xxxxx.sharepoint.com/sites/xxxxx/"

            $destSiteURL  = "https://xxxxx.sharepoint.com/sites/yyyyy/"

            $pageName = "test.aspx"

            

            Connect-PnPOnline -Url $srcSiteURL -Credentials SharepointCredential

            $tempFile = [System.IO.Path]::GetTempFileName();

            Export-PnPClientSidePage -Force -Identity $pageName -Out $tempFile

            

            Connect-PnPOnline -Url $destSiteURL -Credentials SharepointCredential

            Apply-PnPProvisioningTemplate -Path $tempFile

            Write-Host "Success"

            }

        catch{

            Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red 'Error ',':'$Error[0].ToString();

            } 

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