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SharePoint Migration Tool reliability & validation
Hello Community, I would like to inquire about the SharePoint Migration Tool (SPMT) that the Dev used. We already had talks with the business people and said, "Yeah it still an active site, l...
TheMing_PH I have completed many migrations using the SharePoint Migration Tool. It has been very successful in almost all cases.
It is important to ensure the network connection between the source data and the PC running the migration tool is reliable. I have seen issues when using WiFi for example, so I run the Migration Tool on the Server itself if possible (depends on the Windows version).
When the SharePoint Migration Tool completes a migration there is a link to the migration reports. This shows what was copied and details of any errors.
You can also do a quick check of the item counts between the source and destination by checking the item count by looking in Site Content.
I hope this helps.