USMT XML reference

• Applies to:

  ✅ Windows 11, ✅ Windows 10

This section contains articles that can be used to work with and to customize the migration XML files.

In this section

Link	Description
Understanding migration XML files	Provides an overview of the default and custom migration XML files and includes guidelines for creating and editing a customized version of the MigDocs.xml file.
Config.xml file	Describes the Config.xml file and policies concerning its configuration.
Customize USMT XML files	Describes how to customize USMT XML files.
Custom XML examples	Gives examples of XML files for various migration scenarios.
Conflicts and precedence	Describes the precedence of migration rules and how conflicts are handled.
General conventions	Describes the XML helper functions.
XML file requirements	Describes the requirements for custom XML files.
Recognized environment variables	Describes environment variables recognized by USMT.
XML elements library	Describes the XML elements and helper functions for authoring migration XML files to use with USMT.