Website Migration Manager for SharePoint
If your organization is moving to the SharePoint 2007 web content management platform or planning for SharePoint 2010 for streamlined website authoring, workflow and publishing, Metalogix Website Migration Manager will get you there faster.
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By automating many of the arduous tasks traditionally associated with a website migration, such as generating lists of URLs, copying and pasting snippets of HTML, and correcting links, it will save your team from undertaking a time-consuming and labor-intensive manual migration.
Key Benefits
- Reduce website migration costs by up to 90%.
- Maximize your investment in existing website and document content.
- Accelerate your migration to the SharePoint 2007 web content management platform.
- Plan your migration to the SharePoint 2010 web content management platform.
- Avoid a labor-intensive, time-consuming, copy-and-paste-style website migration.
Supported Source Systems
- Microsoft Content Management Server 2002.
- Third-party enterprise WCM Systems such as Interwoven, Stellent, Vignette, RedDot, Percussion, and Tridion.
- All HTTP-accessible, home-grown, static, and dynamic websites.
- Lotus Notes web based content.
Key Features
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Crawl and inventory your site
The first step in a website migration is knowing what you have. Website Migration Manager generates a complete list of all the HTML pages and related resources on your site. You can quickly cull content that is old, or to be archived from the project.
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Analyze your content
Powerful filtering, sorting, and visualization tools allow you to identify the important aspects of your existing website. Discover all of your content types, page templates, and site hierarchies.
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Map site hierarchies
Your existing site hierarchy can be mapped to your new site hierarchy within Website Migration Manager or you can auto-generate the target hierarchy based on your existing one.
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Extract and map HTML regions
Extract all key HTML regions from within your HTML pages, such as titles, abstracts, bodies and images using an intuitive, visual tagging tool. You can build sophisticated extraction rules using the power of XPath. Extracted regions can then be mapped to fields within a MOSS 2007 Pages Library. A single extraction rule can be re-used across thousands of similar pages.
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Manage links
Save hundreds of hours of post-migration, manual content cleanup: Website Migration Manager allows you to automatically correct all links within migrated HTML content.
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Migrate related resources
Related resources such as images and documents can be migrated along with HTML pages, and copied to an image or document library within SharePoint.
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Develop custom transformations
For complex migration scenarios, Website Migration Manager has a built-in actions framework, allowing developers to write custom transformations.
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Migrate to SharePoint Online or on-premise
Choose the best platform, Website Migration Manager works seamlessly with hosted versions of SharePoint or traditional on-premise installations.
| Migration Feature | Support Status | Service Install |
| Supported Migration Content Sources |
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| Any HTTP accessible content source |
Supported (more...) |
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| Any NTFS accessible file system |
Supported |
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| MCMS - Postings |
Supported (more...) |
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| - Resources |
Supported |
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| Content Analysis and Management Features |
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| Dynamic property based querying (on any property value) |
Supported |
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| Visual HTML content based analysis and extraction |
Supported (more...) |
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| A completely searchable and filterable List View |
Supported (more...) |
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| A completely extensible actions framework |
Supported (more...) |
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| XSL transformations of XML and XHTML content |
Supported |
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| Regex search and replace |
Supported |
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| Integration with Excel for reporting and powerful metadata management |
Supported |
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| List Item Field Value Report |
Supported |
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| Correction of illegal file names |
Supported |
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| Import and Export of CSV files for editing purposes |
Supported (more...) |
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| Resource management for linked images and/or documents |
Supported |
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| Migration Features |
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| Migrate to SharePoint Web Pages |
Supported |
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| Migrate to SharePoint Documents |
Supported |
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| Migrate to SharePoint Wiki Pages |
Supported |
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| Migrate to SharePoint Custom Lists |
Supported |
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| Migrate to File System |
Supported |
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| Comprehensive logging of all migrations |
Supported (more...) |
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| Comprehensive field mapping from content sources to SharePoint |
Supported |
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| Command line execution |
Supported (more...) |
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| Migration settings can be copied between items |
Supported |
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| Migration settings can be preserved to facilitate re-migration |
Supported |
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| Automated migration of resources that are associated with migrated web content |
Supported |
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| Automated hyperlink correction for migrated web content |
Supported (more...) |
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| User Mapping Across Active Directory Domains |
Supported (more...) |
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| Limited Script crawling (JavaScript, Flash, Active X, VB script) |
Supported (more...) |
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| Migration of Created by and Modified by Metadata |
Supported (more...) |
Yes |
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| SharePoint Specific Features |
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| All interactions with SharePoint are remote |
Supported (more...) |
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| SharePoint interactions through supported API's (ONLY) |
Supported |
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| SharePoint Content Type editor |
Supported (more...) |
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| SharePoint broken link finder |
Supported |
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| Automated SharePoint site hierarchy creation |
Supported (more...) |
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| Automated SharePoint folder hierarchy creation |
Supported |
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| SharePoint approval status management |
Supported |
Yes |
| Content editor and Summary links Web parts |
Supported (more...) |
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| SharePoint Site collection creation |
Supported |
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| Create/populate Areas in SharePoint |
Supported |
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| Create/populate Folders in SharePoint |
Supported |
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| Custom template support and mapping |
Supported (more...) |
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| Item Action and Metadata Features |
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| Column Merging |
Supported |
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| Comprehensive Content Search |
Supported |
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| Custom Action integration (for customer created actions |
Supported (more...) |
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| Duplicate Item finder |
Supported |
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| Replace value within a column |
Supported |
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| Edit of content mappings |
Supported |
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| Edit of column mappings |
Supported |
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| Extraction of Metadata values |
Supported |
Yes |
| Document workspace for standard items |
Supported |
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| List workspace for list-related items |
Supported |
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| Rendered content view |
Supported |
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| XHTML content view |
Supported |
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| XML view |
Supported |
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| Ability to strip content of XML nodes |
Supported |
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| Ability to remove files from source location |
Supported |
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| Publishing Web Pages |
Supported |
Yes |
Note: The "Service" column indicates whether the features requires the Metalogix Extensions Service to be installed (the service ships with Website Migration Manager). Most features that use the service, require that it is installed on the target SharePoint server.
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Any HTTP accessible content source
Website Migration Manager can import content from any HTTP accessible location, and will import content depending on how the crawler options are set.
MCMS postings and resources can be imported and migrated when using Website Migration Manager. In order for this to be possible WMM must be installed on the same machine as the MCMS server.
Visual HTML content based analysis and extraction
Using the tools within Website Migration Manager, it is possible to select and isolate any visual content within a HTML page. This gives a greater flexibility in selection of content, that can be used during a migration. .
A completely searchable and filterable List View
In WMM's List View you can do searches and filters for any content that you want. You can filter any column property in or out, do a search for a word, a phrase, a file name, or a file type. Any content can be found using the search and filter tools, from one item to a group of items.
A completely extensible actions framework
Aside from the out-of-box set of Actions, the WMM actions framework allows for custom actions (see Custom Action integration) to be added. There is no limit for the number of custom actions that can be added to the framework, giving the application a greater flexibility.
Import and Export of CSV files for editing purposes
CSV files can be imported or exported for the purposes of editing, or adding content to a migration. A typical use, would be to export some content to a CSV file, send it to it's department and let that department make any necessary changes, and then import it back into the workspace with the updated material.
Comprehensive logging of all migrations
Log files are created and stored for all migrations. These files give a breakdown of all actions that took place during a migration.
Command Line execution is possible with WMM. Whether the options are selected in the UI or through the command line, the running of the actual migration can be done through the command line. This allows for the migrations to be done "in batch" by being scheduled.
Automated hyperlink correction for migrated web content
Allows for automatic update and correction of hyperlinks within migrated web content.
User Mapping Across Active Directory Domains
Allows for users to be mapped across the Active Directory Domains during a migration. This lets multiple domains to be migrated together, as well as to migrate across to new domains.
Limited Script crawling (JavaScript, Flash, Active X, VB script)
Certain types of script can be crawled and migrated by WMM. While there are a few different types of Script languages that can be migrated (JavaScript, Active X, Flash, etc.), WMM only supports Client Side Script. Any script that can be interacted with on a page, is not supported.
You can copy documents and many types of list items to a target machine that does not have the Metalogix service installed, but the four edit information fields will not be preserved. The four edit information fields are:
Created: The date and time that the list item was created.
Modified: The date and time that the list item was last modified.
Created By: The user who created the list item.
Modified By: The user who last modified the list item.
All interactions with SharePoint are remote
All standard interactions with SharePoint are done remotely, however, if the Metalogix Extension Service is used then some interactions with SharePoint are done through the Object model, which is local through the SharePoint site.
SharePoint Content Type editor
The SharePoint Content Type editor allows for content types to be created and edited within the workspace and within SharePoint. These content types can then be migrated to a target site.
Automated SharePoint site hierarchy creation
Creates a base for a SharePoint site hierarchy. This hierarchy can then be built upon, giving a greater range and flexibility to any site creation actions within SharePoint.
Content editor and Summary links Web parts
Content within Content Editor and Summary link Web parts can be migrated. In order for proper migration these Web parts must be manually installed on the target system/server.
Custom template support and mapping
Custom templates can be used during the migration. Before beginning your migration, please ensure that your custom template has been manually moved to your target site. Once there you can migrate and map content to the custom template.
Custom Action integration (for customer created actions)
It is possible to create your own custom actions for Website Migration Manager. Any custom actions that are created will be displayed in both the Actions Menu in the toolbar, and in the actions section when using the right-click function. For some sample custom actions, please contact Metalogix.
