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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...
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