Kollabria Analyst Snapshot Review of SharePoint Site Migration Manager by Metalogix:

SharePoint Site Migration Manager is a very powerful tool to have in any SharePoint environment. It makes migrating across different variations of SharePoint (i.e. WSS 3.0 to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007) very easy with tight control over what content gets migrated. Microsoft's inherent SharePoint migration tools are literal all or nothing processes - which are not always in the best interest of an organization looking to upgrade to a new version of SharePoint for only a select few libraries or folders. SharePoint Site Migration Manager allows information down to specific documents to be moved from nearly any version of SharePoint to any other version - including upgrades from beta developments to production systems.

This tool offers tremendous flexibility across the entire SharePoint environment. It is not only useful for a direct migration, but it can be used to control scale-ups, or scale-outs as well. SharePoint Site Migration Manager can move specific libraries to different servers and even move the folders and content within libraries to new libraries on different machines. These capabilities alone make management of complicated SharePoint farms very easy to handle.

The interface is very intuitive and the migration process is simple 'cut and paste'. The explorer-like interface allows an administrator to see the architecture of the SharePoint server clearly including the amounts of content in each library. This makes it very easy to see which libraries are being used and can help in determining which libraries may need to be moved to a different server - maximizing the existing SharePoint server space in the company.

SharePoint Site Migration Manager also has the ability to schedule when data migrations occur and can make sure that changes that may have occurred on the existing live site are moved over to the new site minimizing data loss and data re-entry. For simple copy and paste functionality in any SharePoint environment, SharePoint Site Migration Manager is the smart way to manage migrating data.

- Barry Baronas, Research Director, Kollabria 

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About SharePoint Site Migration Manager:

Whether you are migrating between SharePoint servers, upgrading from SharePoint 2003 to 2007, planning for migration to SharePoint 2010, or re-organizing your SharePoint content, SharePoint Site Migration Manager is an easy-to-use and convenient way of moving your SharePoint data. With its familiar copy-and-paste-style user interface, you can quickly migrate all SharePoint sites, libraries, lists, web parts and permissions between servers.

Key Benefits

• Migrate SharePoint Sites, Lists and Libraries between servers with full fidelity
• Upgrade from SharePoint 2003 to SharePoint 2007
• Plan your migration to SharePoint 2010
• Re-organize or re-template your SharePoint content
• Manage your upgrade with zero downtime

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