Update URL's Inside Documents After Migration

Question

Is there an elegant recommended way or tool that allows updating URL's inside documents in SharePoint 2013 after a migration?

Answer 1

I assume you are looking for the tool / script to update links (URLs) referred in the wiki pages after migration. If you are looking for a tool to migrate across SharePoint and replace the URLs inside the pages (web parts), then you can take a look at Vyapin’s XPlica for SharePoint.

If you are looking for a tool / script to update the URLs in the web pages alone after migration, then I will give you the below PowerShell script that will help you to replace the old links with the new links with respect to target location.

Param([parameter(Mandatory=$true)][alias("Url")]$SPWebUrl, [parameter(Mandatory=$true)][alias("ListName")]$SPListName, [parameter(Mandatory=$true)][alias("Search")]$SearchString, [parameter(Mandatory=$true)][alias("Replace")]$ReplaceString)

Add SharePoint PowerShell SnapIn if not already added

if((Get-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null)
{
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell
}

Get SharePoint website object

$SPWeb = Get-SPWeb $SPWebUrl

Get SharePoint list object

$SPList = $SPWeb.Lists[$SPListName]

Iterate through each item in the Wiki Library

foreach($SPListItem in $SPList.Items)
{

Check if $SPListItem contains $SearchString

if($SPListItem["ows_WikiField"] -and  $SPListItem["ows_WikiField"].contains($SearchString))
{

Check out page

$SPListItem.File.CheckOut();

Replace $Search_String with $Replace_String and update item

$SPListItem["ows_WikiField"] = $SPListItem["ows_WikiField"].replace($SearchString, $ReplaceString);
$SPListItem.Update();

Check in page

$SPListItem.File.CheckIn("Checked in by system");
Write-Host "Completed"
}
}

Note: Run the PowerShell as Administrator on the target SharePoint server and execute the above script using Windows PowerShell.