All (Export and Import) Using Discussion Board Plus Migration Tool

The All function in the Migration Tool exports existing SharePoint Discussion Board data and then imports it into a Discussion Board Plus list. This option is appropriate for most migration scenarios.

Step	Action
1.	In the Discussion Board Plus Migration Tool, select the All function.
2.	WARNING: Use this option with caution. Users who have alerts configured on the old discussion board will get new alerts when posts are copied to the new discussion board. SharePoint treats the new copy of the discussion board posts as “changed” or “new”. For large discussion boards, this could generate hundreds or thousands of alert e-mails! Ignore Web Parts: Excludes the import of Web Parts associated with list forms. Importing these Web Parts can sometimes cause problems during import and is not required when the source and target discussion boards are on the same site. Use this option if previous import attempts have failed, and only if the source and target discussion boards are on the same site.
3.	After completing all migration settings, click Run to begin the migration.
4.	The migration tool will export all data from the existing SharePoint Discussion Board list and import it into the target Discussion Board Plus list. SharePoint Alerts are also copied if the Copy Alerts option was checked. Migration results are displayed in the Migration Tool status window and are also logged to a file in the folder you specified in the File Location setting. NOTE: The amount of time the migration takes will depend on the amount of data being exported and imported. If you have thousands of posts and want to perform the export and import separately, consider using the Export Only migration function followed by the Import Only function.