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Data Migration Tool is an app to migrate Dynamics CRM/Power Platform data between environments, using fetch XML queries.  What can you expect when you use this tool? It keeps Guid records. You can turn off the plugins to migrate data. You can apply a fetch filter per table. It's another way to deploy a portal. It executes an Upsert. It doesn't delete existing records. You can have a data backup. Other tools like Data Transporter on XRMToolbox also help you to copy data between environments respecting the record Guids and select the CRUD actions you want to apply. Both apps XRMTool and DMT run only on Windows. This post will explain How to use the Data Migration tool; during my years of experience, I have done this knowledge transfer for different reasons, so I considered it helpful to have these directions immortalized on the internet. I used this tool for different purposes such as a catalog table, some old Portal deployments (known as Power Pages today) To download the data m