How to duplicate an entire Modern SharePoint site to a test tenant

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How to duplicate an entire Modern SharePoint site to a test tenant

Leigh Hess 45

I have an Online SharePoint Site in PROD tenant that I need to duplicate into Test Tenant (structure and content) so I can develop and test major changes to the approval workflow (power automate) and not impact the business while I develop and test.

I exported the power flow solution, but how do I get a duplicate of the site, and the MS form that triggers the entire flow.

Any suggestions, without purchasing a 3rd party.

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Xyza Xue_MSFT 30,176 Microsoft External Staff

Hi @Leigh Hess ,

Thank you for posting in this community.

The easiest way to replicate an entire Modern SharePoint site to a test tenant is to use a three-party software.

But since you don't want to purchase third-party. Then you can only use the "Save as Template" feature: You can save the site as a template with content, and then use the template to create a new site in another test tenant. This method has some limitations, such as a file size limit of 50MB and a list view threshold limit of 5,000 items.

For more detail steps:https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/cloning-a-sharepoint-site/b82f3e2b-7546-4e56-8df4-8ef566698529

Note: Duplicating a site does not copy workflows, alerts, or navigation settings.

It is currently still recommended to migrate SharePoint Online sites to another tenant using 3rd party tools.

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Leigh Hess 45 Reputation points

2024-03-14T13:57:13.68+00:00

I don't have that option, it's a Teams Site, is there a way to save a Teams Site as a template?
Xyza Xue_MSFT 30,176 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2024-03-15T01:39:59.85+00:00
It is unsupported SharePoint Online (modern sites) or SharePoint Server 2019 (modern sites). So, we think the root cause of your problem is you are using SharePoint Online (modern sites), according to the official article Save, download, and upload a SharePoint site as a template.

However, based on my further research and test, we find a way to get the functionality. Below are the steps for your reference.

Install the SharePoint Online Management Shell following Get started with the SharePoint Online Management Shell.

Run the following command in the administrative mode in PowerShell.

According to Get started with the SharePoint Online Management Shell, copy the below command to PowerShell.

Connect-SPOService -Url https://contoso-admin.sharepoint.com -Credential ******@contoso.com

---"******@contoso.com" is the email address of the admin account.

According to Allow or prevent custom script,

Set-SPOsite <SiteURL> -DenyAddAndCustomizePages 0

Note: don’t change the command format.

After running the command, you can go back to the SharePoint site > Settings (Gear icon) > Site information > View all site settings > Site Actions, you will see the option of Save site as template.

Reference:https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/cloning-a-sharepoint-site/b82f3e2b-7546-4e56-8df4-8ef566698529
Leigh Hess 45 Reputation points

2024-03-15T19:05:26.5866667+00:00

Thank you, that's what I kinda of though. Thanks for your support!

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