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In this post I describe how you can move a team wiki from one site to another. The difficulties here are: The "Save as Template" option in the list settings does not exist. This is because this type of list is deprecated. In SharePoint 2010 you should use Enterprise Wikis. After copying the list, the links in the wikis site must be adapted to the new site. Ways to copy the Wiki Library The are three "easy" ways to copy the Wiki Library from one site to the other. The "Save As Template" Link does not exist in the Library Settings but the option still exists. SharePoint Designer Open the site with the SharePoint Designer. Click on your wiki and go the the library settings. You'll find a "Save as template" button there. "Save as Template" option in SharePoint Designer SharePoint UI You can use the standard "Save As Template" UI by modifying the URL Go to the Wiki Library. Normally you brows...

Perhaps someone has also migrated his old SharePoint 2007 Team Wiki to SharePoint 2010 and wants to have the cool features from an Enterprise Wiki. I searched a while and I think the best way to do this is to migrate with PowerShell. The List Wiki and the Enterprise Wiki are using different fields so there will be no other way I thing but PowerShell or manually. So the great script for your use. Just adapt the settings for your environment. <# PowerShell Script to migrate Team Wikis into Enterprise Wiki Pages #> # Setup Basic sites and pages $webappURL = "http://sharepoint-uat" $wikiSiteURL = "$webappURL/sites/serverplatforms" $wikiWebURL = "$wikiSiteURL/wiki" $pageFolder = "/Seiten/" $oldWikiWeb = "$webappURL/sites/serverplatforms" $wikiListName = "Team Wiki" try { Write-Host " >> STARTING MIGRATION ..." -foregroundcolo...

I thought it would be great to use the WikiCategories field in each Enterprise Wiki Page as navigation. This works relatively easy. SharePoint 2010 offers the new metadata navigation mechanism. We'll us it to create the page. 1. Goal 2. Create Enterprise Wiki Site I had a Team Site and I wanted to create an "Enterprise Wiki" subsite. To use the Wiki site template you must first activate the "Publishing Infrastructure" Feature in your sitecollection features. The create a new subsite with the "Enterprise Wiki" template. 3. Adapt MetaData Field Click on "Site Actions" menu on the wiki page Click on pages Click on Library in the Ribbon bar Click on "Library Settings" Click on "Wiki Category" field Adapt the field with the tags you want. The meta tags must be configured in the central admin within the metadata service. 4. Activate Metadata Feature Go to your newly create Wiki site. Click on "...