How to Copy a Site Collection in SharePoint?
Requirement: Clone the Production SharePoint site collection to Test environment for UAT.
Solution:
While Copy-SPSite cmdlet on SharePoint 2013 or later serves the purpose, It can clone site collection only within the same web application. What if you want to copy site collection to another web application or another farm in SharePoint? Well, follow these steps to copy site collection to same/another farm.
Restore the backup into Target Site collection:
You can use this method to copy a site collection to another server or another server or another web application in SharePoint.
Remember to do the following:
Solution:
While Copy-SPSite cmdlet on SharePoint 2013 or later serves the purpose, It can clone site collection only within the same web application. What if you want to copy site collection to another web application or another farm in SharePoint? Well, follow these steps to copy site collection to same/another farm.
- Create a new Web application
- Backup the live site collection
- Restore the backup into the target web application
Backup-SPSite -Identity "http://portal.crescent.com" -Path "D:\backup\portal.bak" -Force -NoSiteLock -Confirm:$False
Restore the backup into Target Site collection:
Restore-SPSite "http://testportal.crescent.com" -Path "D:\backup\portal.bak" -Force -Confirm:$False
You can use this method to copy a site collection to another server or another server or another web application in SharePoint.
Remember to do the following:
- Install & Deploy any Farm level feature to the newly created Web Application from Central Admin.
- Configure Web App settings, such as: Web Application policy, Outgoing Email settings, etc.
How to Copy a Site Collection in SharePoint?
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