How to preserve list IDs (4286208)

Unable to preserve the same list GUIDs when migrating a site and not just the items and folders.

Each object in SharePoint (e.g. list item, list, site, etc.) has a unique ID, which is the GUID (32 characters with 4 dashes). But also, each item in a list or library has an item ID, which is an integer type (1,2,3,..).

Content Matrix preserves the latter. During migrations, we call on SharePoint to actually create the objects on the target, which results in a new object GUID. We then update the object with properties from the source. We use special algorithms that are used to preserve the list item IDs except when using the Native Web Service (NWS) adapter on the target environment.

Unfortunately, there is no workaround. Content Matrix has a GUID mapping capability, but it presupposes that the GUID already exists on the target environment.