Migrating Microsoft Teams across Microsoft 365 tenants is no small task, especially when your Teams are tightly integrated with SharePoint Online and Microsoft Planner.
A successful Microsoft Teams migration requires moving every connected workload as a single unit: Teams channels, the associated SharePoint Online site, and all linked Microsoft Planner plans.
Apps4.Pro Migration Manager lets you migrate Microsoft Teams along with all associated SharePoint sites and Planner plans, so your users see the same channels, files, and tasks in the new tenant, with no data loss or broken workflows. (Looking for a broader overview? See: Migrate Microsoft Planner Between Tenants
Why Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and Planner Must Migrate Together
When a Microsoft Team is created, Microsoft 365 provisions several interconnected services behind the scenes. The architectural bridge that ties everything together is the M365 Group (Microsoft 365 Group). Here’s how it works:
- Every Microsoft Team has an M365 Group. The M365 Group is what holds everything together, it controls membership, the shared mailbox, calendar, SharePoint site, and Planner plans.
- Every Microsoft Planner plan belongs to an M365 Group. Planner plans created inside a Team are owned by that Team’s M365 Group. You cannot migrate the plan without migrating or recreating the group context in the target tenant.
- Every M365 Group gets a SharePoint Online site. Files shared in Teams channels are stored in the group’s SharePoint site collection including document libraries, metadata, and permissions.
Because M365 Groups tie all three together, migrating any one component in isolation leaves the others broken or orphaned. A true Teams tenant migration must treat all three as a unified workflow.
Why is there no native migration path?
Microsoft does not provide a built-in way to migrate Microsoft Planner or Teams data between tenants. There is no export/import option or PowerShell cmdlet that handles Planner migration natively. This is why third-party tools like Apps4.Pro Migration Manager are essential. (Learn more: Why Microsoft Doesn’t Offer Native Planner Migration )
What SharePoint Data Is Migrated with Teams?
Each Microsoft Team is backed by a dedicated SharePoint Online site collection. These sites store files shared within standard, private, and shared channels, and include libraries, metadata, permissions, and custom views used by your team daily.
Apps4.Pro Migration Manager fully supports the migration of these Teams-linked SharePoint resources, including:
- Document libraries and folder structures
- File permissions, access control, and metadata
- Content from standard, private, and shared channel sites
- Version history and timestamps (supported for document libraries)
- Subsites, wiki pages, and modern SharePoint pages
This means your team’s files, folders, and permissions all show up exactly as expected in the new tenant, no missing documents or broken access.
What Planner Data Is Migrated with Teams?
If your teams rely on Microsoft Planner to manage tasks and projects inside Microsoft Teams, you’ll need that data migrated intact. Often embedded as a tab in a channel or used independently within M365 Groups, Microsoft Planner is part of how your team tracks daily work.
Apps4.Pro Migration Manager includes support for full Microsoft Planner plan migration, transferring:
- Task titles, descriptions, and labels
- Assigned users and buckets
- Checklists and comments
- Due dates and progress states
- Attachments
Each Microsoft Planner plan is recreated in the target tenant exactly as it was same structure, same assignments, no manual re-entry needed.
📖 For a detailed setup walkthrough on the Microsoft Teams migration process, see our Microsoft Teams Migration Guide.
Step-by-Step: How to Migrate Teams with Associated Data
Good to know:
You only need to create a Teams migration task. There’s no need to create separate tasks for SharePoint or Planner – all associated data (SharePoint sites, Planner plans, and OneNote notebooks) is migrated automatically as part of the Teams migration process.
Follow these steps to perform a combined Microsoft Teams migration using Apps4.Pro Migration Manager:
- Connect source and target tenants – Authenticate both Microsoft 365 tenants in Apps4.Pro Migration Manager. No scripting required.
- Select Microsoft Teams to migrate – Choose which Teams to migrate.
- Include associated SharePoint Online content – Enable SharePoint site migration for each selected Team to carry over files, libraries, and permissions.
- Include associated Microsoft Planner plans – Enable Planner migration to move all plans, buckets, tasks, assignments, and attachments linked to each Team.
- Map users – Map source tenant users to their corresponding accounts in the target tenant so that task assignments, permissions, and memberships carry over accurately.
- Run migration – Start the migration and monitor real-time progress. Apps4.Pro automatically creates the M365 Groups, sets up the Teams Planner plans, and transfers all data in the target tenant.
- Validate and run incremental migration – After initial migration, run an incremental pass to capture any changes made in the source tenant while the migration was running.
Delivering a Unified, End-to-End Teams Migration
Apps4.Pro integrates SharePoint Online and Microsoft Planner migration directly into the Microsoft Teams migration workflow so you handle everything in one place instead of juggling multiple tools.
Whether you’re going through a merger, acquisition, or tenant consolidation, migrating Microsoft Teams with associated Planner plans and SharePoint content as a single workflow eliminates broken links, missing tasks, and files that users can’t find or open. (See: M365 Migration for Mergers & Acquisitions )
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