You can migrate existing organizations/portals, users etc. from SharePoint 3.0 to SharePoint 2010 setup, to Control Panel using SharePoint Migration Toolkit. Control panel migration utility is used for importing already existing organizations / portals from SharePoint 3.0 into control panel. For example, there is a company fabricam.com which is already using their SharePoint and they want to manage their SharePoint functionality from control panel.
Sharepoint migration wizard makes it easy to bulk import Sharepoint based hosted organizations.
License Requirement: Please note that Migration Toolkit license is required to use this wizard.
Pre-requisites:
At least one Sharepoint Service Plan should be created.
The customer account should be present.
Post-migration tasks:
Verify and fix resources allocated to customer and reseller(Owner) according to actual usage.
In the step 1 you have to set the following import settings:
Import Settings
Select Owner: Select from the drop down list.
Select SharePoint Server: Select SharePoint server from the drop down list.
Select Organizations
Import: Tick means yes.
Organization: The organization available will be displayed
For Client: Select the client from the drop down list.
Associate Service Plan: Select the service plan from drop down list. This service plan will be sold to customer during import/migration process.
Options: If you want to import click import link. This will take you to Step 3.
In step 3 you are required to give the billing information:
Billing Information
Organization: Name of the Portal.
Client: Name of the client.
Billing Cycle: Select billing cycle from the drop down list.
Payment Group: Select the payment group from the list.
Then click on Finish button.
Note: Please be patient after clicking finish button as the process may take time.
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