Sometimes the simplest of tasks are those that go unnoticed. Take for instance moving a subsite within a site collection. Naturally, the first instinct may be to use PowerShell and its many wonders to do the export and import to perform the move – or perhaps generating a site template and recreating it in the desired location. Well, actually there is a frequently overlooked link in Site Settings that could perform the action for us using the UI – Content and Structure.
Go to Site Actions > Site Settings and located the Content and Structure link under the Site Administration section:
You should now be on the Site Content and Structure page. Yes, please pay no attention to the hideous SharePoint 2007-like look and feel. For this purpose, I would like to move the Helpdesk site under the Computer Support site. I can easily use the drop down on Helpdesk and select Move:
A dialog box will display where we can select the site to move our Helpdesk site under:
Click Ok and let SharePoint do its magic. Note you may see a message that says you will be automatically redirected to the newly moved site. That’s it! Now the site is at the desired location:
I told you it was simple.
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05/09/2013 at 9:55 am
its driving me buggy: I cannot locate Content and Structure on the site admin menu’s in SP 2013 – first time I’ve had to move a subsite and I cannot figure out where to go to do it! Does anyone have any tips?