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SharePoint to SharePoint, tenant to tenant

SharePoint migration tool

Copy SharePoint sites, lists, libraries and pages to another site or another Microsoft 365 tenant, with version history, metadata and permissions. No PowerShell, and a compare of source and destination when it finishes.

A ShareMaster SharePoint migration mid-run: bytes downloaded and uploaded, the file in flight, and counters for done, skipped, retrying and failed items

What moves

  • Whole sites, merged into a site that already exists or landed as a new subsite under it
  • Lists, libraries and Site Pages, only the ones you tick if you do not want the whole site
  • Structure: content types, columns, views and folder structure
  • Content: every item, file and folder, with its version history
  • Metadata: Created and Modified dates and the people who created and modified each item
  • Permissions, chosen per run
  • OneDrive at either end, in either direction

Tenant to tenant

The source and destination are two separate sign-ins, so they can be in two different Microsoft 365 tenants. Content goes across through Microsoft's Migration API. Before any content moves, every source user and group is matched against the destination tenant: exact matches on user name or email address are applied for you, and the rest are shown in a grid where you pick the destination person or group, or skip them. That is what keeps authors and permissions pointing at real people after a merger, an acquisition, a demerger or a change of provider.

How you know it worked

  • Every item the run skips or retries is listed with the reason, in an Excel report and a CSV.
  • When the run finishes, a deep or shallow compare checks the source against the destination.
  • An interrupted run resumes with one click, and an incremental run copies only what has changed since the last one.
The clone complete dialog: 261 done, 601 skipped, 0 failed, with buttons for a deep compare, a shallow compare, the Excel report and a CSV
A finished clone with 0 failed, then deep-compared at 100% similar.
Migration Tools

Pick the copy that fits the job

Each one is a tile in ShareMaster's Migration Tools menu. All migration tools.

Structure and content

Copy schema and content

The most thorough copy. Lists and libraries go across with their schema, content types, fields, views and folder structure, plus every item, file, version and permission. Copy a whole site end to end, or tick only the lists and libraries you want. Source and destination can be on the same tenant or on two different ones, and a OneDrive can be either end.

Content only

Into lists that already exist

Copies items, files, folders and, if you want them, permissions into destination lists that already exist with a matching schema. Nothing about the destination's structure is changed, so it suits a destination someone has already built.

Structure only

Schema, no content

Copies list and library definitions, content types, columns, views and folder structure, with no items or files. Use it to stage a tenant before a bulk content load.

Move / Copy

Same tenant, server-side

A fast move or copy inside one tenant, using SharePoint's own server-side Copy To and Move To rather than the Migration API. Pick what to move in a two-pane browser, or drive it from a CSV with one row per folder pair. Runs can be resumed, and reversed.

OneDrive ↔ SharePoint

Either direction, one tenant or two

Copy a person's OneDrive into a SharePoint site, or SharePoint libraries into someone's OneDrive. Pick the person from the tenant's users or type their email address, tick the libraries, folders or files to copy, and choose the library or folder they land in. Version history, Created and Modified dates and authors, and permissions come across, on one tenant or between two. The OneDrive's own name, logo and settings are never touched.

Resume and incremental runs

Run history

Every clone and Move / Copy run is kept in History on this computer. An interrupted run resumes with one click, and an incremental clone copies only what has changed since the last one. Upload, download and Dropbox runs keep their reports there too.

Pricing and trial

Migration is in the Clone Master plan: $900 USD for one year or $1,300 for two, excluding tax. Clone Master includes everything in the plans below it, so recycle bin restore, version trimming, storage clean-up and archiving come with it. See pricing.

Try it on your own tenant first. The 14-day trial needs no credit card and reaches every migration tool. On the trial, every clone and Move / Copy deliberately leaves out about one file in ten at random. The app says so before the run starts and lists each skipped file, so treat a trial run as a test, never as the real move. Reports are unrestricted, so the pre-migration analysis can size the job before you buy.

Start 14-day free trial

Which SharePoint migration tool should you use?

It depends entirely on where the content is coming from.

  • On-premises SharePoint Server, or a file share - use Microsoft's SPMT. It is free and it is built for exactly this.
  • Another Microsoft 365 tenant - SPMT cannot do it. Microsoft's cross-tenant migration can, but only for Enterprise Agreement customers. Otherwise you need a third-party tool.
  • Within one tenant, site to site - PnP PowerShell if you script, a third-party tool if you would rather not.

The options, honestly

Tool Cost Moves content from Tenant to tenant?
SPMT (SharePoint Migration Tool, Microsoft) Free SharePoint Server 2010 to 2019, file shares No
Migration Manager (Microsoft, in the admin centre) Free File shares and on-premises content, at scale with agents No
Cross-tenant SharePoint migration (Microsoft) Licensed SharePoint Online Yes, but Enterprise Agreement customers only
PnP PowerShell Free, open source Anything you can script Yes, if you write it
ShareMaster (Clone Master plan) $900/yr or $1,300/2yr SharePoint Online and OneDrive, plus Dropbox Yes
Enterprise migration suites Quoted, typically far higher Many sources Yes

If your source is on-premises or a file share, stop here and use SPMT. It is free, Microsoft supports it, and paying anyone for that job is a waste of money. We would rather tell you that than sell you something you do not need.

The gap Microsoft leaves

The one thing the free tools do not do is the thing people most often need: move SharePoint Online content from one Microsoft 365 tenant to another. Microsoft's own documentation is explicit that SPMT can migrate from on-premises SharePoint Server but not from another SharePoint tenant in Microsoft 365.

Microsoft does have a cross-tenant SharePoint migration capability. Per their documentation the feature and its licences are currently available only to Enterprise Agreement customers, and setup runs through PowerShell.

So if you are below Enterprise Agreement size and need a tenant-to-tenant move - a merger, an acquisition, a demerger, a client leaving one MSP for another - Microsoft's free tools cannot help and Microsoft's paid path is not open to you. That is the gap third-party tools exist to fill, and it is the only reason to consider paying for one.

Sources: SPMT FAQ and Cross-tenant SharePoint migration overview, Microsoft Learn, checked 11 August 2026. Licensing terms change; verify against current Microsoft documentation before planning.

Where ShareMaster is the wrong choice

  • Your source is not SharePoint or OneDrive. On-premises SharePoint Server, file shares at scale, Google Drive, Box, Notion: SPMT covers on-premises and file shares for free. The exceptions are Dropbox to SharePoint and uploading files from your own computer.
  • You need an enterprise support commitment. If your migration needs a named contact and a response-time guarantee, buy from a vendor who sells that.
  • You need it unattended on a server. It runs on your Windows PC, while your PC is on.

Frequently asked questions

What is a SharePoint migration tool?
Software that copies SharePoint content from one place to another while preserving the things a manual copy destroys: metadata, version history, created and modified dates, authorship, content types, and permissions. Microsoft publishes free tools for getting content into SharePoint Online. Third-party tools exist mainly because those free tools do not cover SharePoint Online to SharePoint Online moves between two tenants.
Is there a free SharePoint migration tool?
Yes, from Microsoft. The SharePoint Migration Tool (SPMT) is free and moves content from on-premises SharePoint Server 2010, 2013, 2016 and 2019, and from file shares, into Microsoft 365. Migration Manager in the SharePoint admin centre covers similar ground. PnP PowerShell is free and open source if you are comfortable writing scripts. If your source is on-premises or a file share, start there and do not pay anyone.
Can SPMT migrate between two Microsoft 365 tenants?
No. Microsoft's documentation states SPMT can migrate content from SharePoint on-premises Server but not from another SharePoint tenant in Microsoft 365. Microsoft does offer a separate cross-tenant SharePoint migration capability, but per their documentation the feature and its licences are currently available only to Enterprise Agreement customers and require manual setup through PowerShell.
What does ShareMaster migrate?
SharePoint Online to SharePoint Online, on one tenant or between two. Copy a whole site, or only the lists, libraries and Site Pages you pick, with their content types, columns, views and folders, and every item, file and version. Permissions, version history, and Created and Modified dates and authors are choices you make per run. A OneDrive can be either end, and Dropbox can be a source.
How are users matched between two tenants?
For a tenant to tenant copy, ShareMaster matches every source user and group against the destination tenant. Exact matches on user name or email address are applied for you. The rest are shown in a grid where you pick the destination person or group, or skip them, before any content moves.
What does ShareMaster not migrate?
On-premises SharePoint Server, file shares and NAS drives at scale, Google Drive, Box and Notion. Microsoft's SPMT moves file shares and on-premises SharePoint for free, and you should use it for those. Files on your own computer can be uploaded into a library, and Dropbox has a connector of its own.
What does it cost?
Migration is in the Clone Master plan: $900 USD for one year or $1,300 for two, excluding tax. Clone Master includes everything in the plans below it, so recycle bin restore, version trimming, storage clean-up and archiving come with it.
Can I test a migration before paying?
Yes. The 14-day trial needs no credit card and reaches every migration tool. One caveat: on the trial, every clone and Move / Copy deliberately leaves out about one file in ten at random. The app warns you before the run and lists every file it skipped, and folders, lists and settings are all copied, so a trial run is a test and never the real move. Reports are unrestricted, so the pre-migration analysis will size the job before you buy.
Does it need PowerShell?
No. It is a Windows desktop application: sign in to the source, sign in to the destination, pick what to copy and choose the options. That is the main reason people pick it over PnP PowerShell.

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