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

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Hello everyone,&nbsp;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.&nbsp;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).&nbsp;I know that there's a&nbsp;https://sharepoint.uservoice.com/forums/329214-sites-and-collaboration/suggestions/35035618-add-the-ability-to-copy-a-modern-site-page-from-on&nbsp;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.&nbsp;&nbsp;Thank you in advance for your help!&nbsp;Francesco&nbsp;

sheldon-faria · Answer

fstorer&nbsp;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
    #}
}

jcgonzalezmartin · Answer

Take a look at this old thread: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/sharepoint/copy-or-move-site-page-from-one-site-to-another/m-p/255703

fstorer · Answer

Thanks&nbsp;jcgonzalezmartin&nbsp;for your quick reply.I tried the option of opening the document library in Internet Explorer and after that working with File Explorer, but it didn't work, I got the following error:I see that&nbsp;NiclasDahl suggests to&nbsp;allow customization on the the destination site, but in another post&nbsp;Joel Rodrigues doesn't recommend it (Hi, I would highly recommend that you don't do that. That feature was removed for a good reason as it causes issues in the long term). Does someone know which kind of issues this might cause?&nbsp;Thanks for your help!

pgawde_800 · Answer

Sheldon-Faria&nbsp; please share more details about it?&nbsp;how to copy .aspx page to another site?

david2felix · Answer

pgawde_800&nbsp; I solved using PNP-PoweShell, afterwards I only had to upload the images to the Image WebParts.try{&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$srcSiteURL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=&nbsp;"https://xxxxx.sharepoint.com/sites/xxxxx/"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$destSiteURL&nbsp;&nbsp;=&nbsp;"https://xxxxx.sharepoint.com/sites/yyyyy/"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$pageName&nbsp;=&nbsp;"test.aspx"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Connect-PnPOnline&nbsp;-Url&nbsp;$srcSiteURL&nbsp;-Credentials&nbsp;SharepointCredential&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$tempFile&nbsp;=&nbsp;[System.IO.Path]::GetTempFileName();&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Export-PnPClientSidePage&nbsp;-Force&nbsp;-Identity&nbsp;$pageName&nbsp;-Out&nbsp;$tempFile&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Connect-PnPOnline&nbsp;-Url&nbsp;$destSiteURL&nbsp;-Credentials&nbsp;SharepointCredential&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Apply-PnPProvisioningTemplate&nbsp;-Path&nbsp;$tempFile&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Write-Host&nbsp;"Success"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}catch{&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Write-Host&nbsp;-ForegroundColor&nbsp;Red&nbsp;'Error ',':'$Error[0].ToString();&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}&nbsp;

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