When performing a migration of a site, disabled/deleted users are replaced by either the account of the person running the job or an account that is specified in the job. Why does it do this instead of keeping the old account associated with the content?

Hi Jarom,

Content Matrix cannot migrate deleted or disabled users from a source to a target environment. You may refer to the article below for a workaround:

Authorship columns show migration account on target

metalogix.force.com/.../Authorship-columns-show-migration-account-on-target

Regards,

Cyrus

I understand the work around, which is reason for asking why this is the case. What is the limitation on how Content Matrix works? Why does it need an active user account?​

Hi Jarom,

It's actually a SharePoint API limitation. When Content Matrix copies a user, a method such as validateUser will be called to check if it is in Active Directory and active. If not, the SharePoint API will not allow Content Matrix to add it.

Regards,

Cyrus

That's exactly what I needed to know. Thank you.​