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The SPS 2003 Document Library Migration Tools - for migrating content from Web Storage System based document libraries to SharePoint document libraries - are now available.

These are a set of utility programs for migrating documents and associated descriptive information ("metadata") from SPS Web Storage System-based document libraries to SPS 2003 Microsoft SQL Server document libraries. The tools can export documents and associated descriptive information from SPS 2001 document libraries as well as SharePoint Portal Server 2003 backward-compatible document libraries, both of which are based on Microsoft Web Storage System technology. The content exported by the tools can be imported into SPS 2003 SQL Server document libraries that reside in a SPS 2003 portal site area, My Site personal site or team site.

The two document library migration tools are Spout.exe and Spin.exe.

• Spout.exe, the Document Library Export Tool, is a Microsoft Windows program that reads Web Storage System-based document libraries and exportsB the selected content as a collection of files in a format that is understood by the import program.
• Spin.exe, the Document Library Import Tool, is a Windows command-line program that reads the collection of files created by Spout.exe and adds the documents and associated descriptive information to the selected site area on the server running SPS 2003.