Microsoft Teams - Migrating or Moving a Channel from one Team to another Team?

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We're actively looking for a solution to migrate a Teams Channel from one Team to another.
The scenario: we have a single Org-Wide Team used for various communications/resources going to ALL employees.We have a growing collection of important resources/tools we'd like to build within their own Channels --- but development of these Channels will take time and testing, which of course we DON'T want to do "live and in production" within the Org-Wide Team.
The "rock and a hard place" conundrum:
A Channel's TYPE can't be changed - so we can't create a Private channel within the Org-Wide Team, do the development, and then convert it to a Standard channel that all employees can access.
A Channel can't be MIGRATED from one Team to another - so we can't develop the content within a different Team, and then migrate the Channel to the Org-Wide Team.There appear to be a few third-party tools that say they can "migrate a Channel from one Team to another Team" - but there are multiple limitations about some content types.
Does anyone know of a way to successfully migrate a Channel from one Team to another Team?

Answer

Third party tools can't currently provide a 100% copy, they are limited by the available APIs that Microsoft provide. In my experience ShareGate does a good job of copying, but it isn't going to be perfect.You could however use a shared channel, as these can switch their membership style easily. When you first create the channel uncheck the box to Share it with the Team then only the people you choose will have access.

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Once you are ready to make is available to all you can Share with a Team and select the team which is already where it's located, this will grant access to all the Team members now and in the future.It's worth considering the other aspects that being a shared channel will bring, for instance having it's own SharePoint side etc.The other option would be to just name your channel ##DO NOT USE## and make it not Shown for team members by default, people would have to go hunting to find it, I bet they'll have better things to do.

Migrating or Moving a Channel from one Team to another Team?

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