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Clone of SharePointt onlinee site collectionn

sns 9,231 Reputation points
2022-03-22T17:28:53.72+00:00

I have site collection /sites/sitecollection-A ( around 2 GB data in it ) , I want to clone this site collection A and use it for further operations with different names.
The cloned site collection would be different URL Example: (sites/ sitecollection-B, )

is it possible to achieve this with out migration tool? After cloning site collection B has to contain same data but different URL.
Is it possible with PnP powerShell, if yes please provide me steps with screenshots.
I think we can change the URL at SP admin centre but I want this to be automated.

After achieving above requirement,
& all these requirement is like when user go and click some where in some area in SharePoint site, site collection B has to be created
Like this when ever & who ever wants clone of the site collection A , they should go and click on some where in the area then site collection C, site collection D should be created and so on..

Whenever I say "some where in some area" you can suggest where we can pick that area in the site. Thank you.

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  1. Echo Du_MSFT 17,141 Reputation points
    2022-03-23T04:30:19.03+00:00

    Hi @sns ,

    According to your description, you want to clone a site collection and create a new site collection with this as a template.

    You can use 3rd party tools. More information, you can click this.

    Note: The third-party product that this article discusses is manufactured by a company that is independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, about the performance or reliability of third-party products referenced in this article.

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    Thanks,
    Echo Du

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  2. RaytheonXie_MSFT 33,641 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2022-03-28T09:20:10.54+00:00

    Hi @sns ,
    It seems PnP Provisioning Engine unable to reach your requirement. It's about create site template. But your requirement seems to migrate a site. The ShareGate Echo provided is better to accomplish the requirement.

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