How to migrate a Site Collection to another Web Application or Farm (4241429)

Content Matrix can migrate SharePoint Site Collections and promote sub-sites into Site Collections. These migrations can be made within the same SharePoint instance or can be performed between two separate SharePoint instances, as long as the target environment is SharePoint 2007 or later or Office 365 Tenant.

Any site can be promoted into a Site Collection in the same way any Site Collection can be copied to become a sub-site. The location in the hierarchy of the target node is what determines if a site will copy as a Site Collection or as a sub-site.

1. In Explorer View, select the source site collection or site that you want to migrate.
2. Right-click and choose Copy Site.
3. Select the target node under which you want to create the site collection (Connecting to Web App or Farm level is required).
4. Right-click and choose Paste Site Collection