Migrating existing workspaces to your organization
At this point in the chapter, you should now have a deep understanding of how to set up a Slack workspace and invite members with different permissions attached to their accounts. However, what if you have already built a workspace and now need to migrate that information over to your new (and improved) workspace? Slack's search feature means that your messages never get lost and your old workspaces shouldn't either.
Slack's import and export tools make this merge possible, allowing you to move members, messages, and channel data from one workspace to the next. Slack also offers two export options for you to choose from:
- A Standard export for those on the Free, Standard, or Plus plan
- A Corporate export for those on the Plus plan who apply for the option
A Standard export will move public channels (such as messages and members), links to files, and member profile information. A Corporate export...