SharePoint Tool Bag Review of Xavor SharePoint 2010 Migrator – Standard Version

I recently found a blog of free and pay tools that can be used with SharePoint 2010. As I use some of these, I want to post my feedback.

Product:

Xavor SharePoint 2010 Migrator – Standard Version

Product description:

Xavor SharePoint 2010 Migrator Tool helps administrators in migration site collections, sites, lists, folders and files within and across the SharePoint Farm.  This tool supports MOSS 2007 and SharePoint 2010 environments

Xavor SharePoint 2010 Migrator is a one stop solution to migrate data within WSS 3.0/ MOSS and SharePoint 2010. This tool can migrate tons of terra bytes of data for top score companies. XSPM ensures

1. Complete migration of data with 0% content loss
2. Complete migration of security and permissions
3. Navigation URL updates in target MOSS environment
4. URL updates within web parts
5. Migration of selected customizations
6. Proven methodology for migrating terabytes of data for top notch enterprises

 My Use of the Product:

To migrate SharePoint 2010 sites to another SharePoint 2010 server.

Install Review:

It was very easy to install. I had it up and running in a matter of minutes. One note is that you’ll need to install the Xavor Migrator Windows Service (XSPM) Extensions on the source and target system.

Pros:

• It’s really easy to use because it uses a typical file explorer view. You just drag over the site you want to migrate and click “Start Migration”.
• You get a running view of the progress of the migration.
• Simple SharePoint sites usually transfer without an errors.
• It provides you with a consolidated view of all the sites that exist on your server.

Cons:

• It doesn’t migrate user alerts. Depending on how user alerts are used in your environment, this can be a big issue.
• Complex security using Permission Levels didn’t migrate. 
• Doesn’t support Workflow migration. (This is a bigger issue to discuss outside of this tool review. The tool is limited by the functionality that SharePoint offers.)
•  The default migration settings excludes the migration of Security.   It’s not a big deal, but every time I did a migration I needed to change the setting to include Security.

Overall:

This a simple to use tool that can handle some basic migrations. I think for a bigger migration you want to look at some of the other offerings out there.