Dear Migrator,

Here are some guesses, mind you JUST guesses, but I thought I would mention them, just in case they help you to start thinking about the process, and given that there are no other replies yet I wanted to get the conversation started.

>>> Are they any online samples for this kind of migration?

Sorry, I do not know, but I expect that someone has done it.

>>> When you migrate web content - will that migrate all the metadata and security related to the web content?

Regarding the "metadata", that depends what you mean by "metadata" specifically in your case. If you mean just the "meta" HTML tag content, then that can be moved manually.

Regarding the "security related" web content, if you mean "can I migrate the security settings", then I suspect it is highly unlikely this can be automated, and I suspect you will need to recreate users/groups/security and the like.

Also, regarding migrating "content" from SharePoint to DNN, it really depends on exactly what type of content you are moving. SharePoint (and DNN) can hold a host of different content types, for example file libraries and viewable pages. For files, it will be quick. For "viewable pages" again it depends on what you have in SharePoint and what you want in DNN Platform-- for example if you want just HTML pages then the "migration" will be just copy-and-paste. But, if you have WebParts and programming in SharePoint, then migrating those viewable content pieces will take a lot longer and may involve recreation from scratch.

Also, all this depends on if you are using DNN Evoq or DNN Platform, as the former will have more features/support than the later.

All that said, I doubt there is a fully-automated way to migrate content from SharePoint to DNN Platform, but I am sure it can be done with some manual copy-and-paste.

That is all just a guess, from someone who has used both SharePoint and DNN a little bit, so I hope that helps.

Thanks.

-- Mark Kamoski

Here are some more ideas for export from SharePoint to DotNetNuke.

For users/groups, I would export to Excel, which is built-in to SharePoint already, and then write some code to import the result into DotNetNuke, maybe something like this...

https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/102051/exporting-sharepoint-members-into-excel

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You mentioned, you were able to export the groups in Excel what method you use for it?

Here is method I used.

Navigate to the People and Groups tab under Site Settings [Site Settings > People and Groups]

Copy the URL of the People and Groups page.

Open up your Excel workbook, and click on the Data tab.

Click "From Web" and paste the URL from the People and Groups page into the Address Bar.

After the page loads, you will see an arrow pointing to the list of group members. Upon hovering over this arrow, the list of group members will be highlighted. Click this arrow, then click Import, then OK.

Their is another method to use owssrv.dll, please check this blog for that.

http://graysick.blogspot.com/2013/04/export-user-groups-to-excel-sharepoint.html

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answered Jun 6 '14 at 20:32

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For document export, I have done this before and it is possible, but it required me to write some code. I know there definitely are products to export documents from SharePoint, and that would be a good 1st choice, but if you have to write code then it can be done, and here are some hints.

https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/105921/download-files-from-document-library-using-c

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using Microsoft.SharePoint;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.IO;
namespace DownloadDoc
{
class Program
{
void DownloadDocs()
{



}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string siteUrl = "siteUrl";

using (SPSite site = new SPSite(siteUrl))
{
using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb())
{
SPList docLib = web.Lists["library name"];
// loop through each item or document in the document library

foreach (SPListItem item in docLib.Items)
{
// Access the file
SPFile file = item.File;
if (file != null)
{

// retrieve the file as a byte array byte[] bArray = file.OpenBinary();
string filePath = Path.Combine("folder path", file.Name );
//open the file stream and write the file
using (FileStream filestream = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite))
{
byte[] bArray = file.OpenBinary();
filestream.Write(bArray, 0, bArray.Length);
Console.WriteLine("Data Saved");
}
}
}
}
}
}
}

}

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So, it all is possible, but it may require some tool purchases and/or some custom code.

HTH.

Thanks.

-- Mark Kamoski