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Migrating User Profile Metadata Fields (SPS-AboutMe)
Hello fellow SharePoints. Has anyone had any experiencing migrating User Profile data from SharePoint 2013 to 2016? Specifically the SPS fields like about me, skills, interests, etc? I have buil...
Upgrading the UPSA databases from 2013 to 2016 would be the route to go to preserve existing profile value data.
i agree with you Trevor, however, we used BCS connections in 2013 UPS and in 2016 we have to use MIM, which i have setup and is brning back custom attributes from AD.
What you are suggesting is that i database attach the social DB to 2016 and mount it?
if so, how do i sync it up with the User Profile.
We have no mysites.- The Profile database contains the profile data. Social is more for newsfeed, favorites, etc. You can continue to use BCS-alike functionality with MIM, but it's a bit more complex to set up.
Oh ok. So here is what i did.
I built new farm
Created new UPS
Installed SPMA/ADMA with mim.
Synced MIM with SP
So if i understand you correctly, i should be able to attache the User Profile Database Store to the new environment.
Create a new UPS service and point it to the Database I just attached.
then recreate all the MIM attribute flows? Its a bit confusing since the 2013 UPS database, has BCS connections associated with them
