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title: User State Migration Tool (USMT) Overview Topics (Windows 10)
description: Learn about User State Migration Tool (USMT) overview articles that describe USMT as a highly customizable user-profile migration experience for IT professionals.
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ms.prod: windows-client
author: frankroj
ms.date: 11/01/2022
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# User State Migration Tool (USMT) overview topics

The User State Migration Tool (USMT) 10.0 provides a highly customizable user-profile migration experience for IT professionals. USMT includes three command-line tools: `ScanState.exe`, `LoadState.exe`, and `UsmtUtils.exe`. USMT also includes a set of three modifiable .xml files: `MigApp.xml`, `MigDocs.xml`, and `MigUser.xml`. Additionally, you can create custom .xml files to support your migration needs. You can also create a `Config.xml` file to specify files or settings to exclude from the migration.

## In this section

| Link | Description |
|------ |----------- |
|[User State Migration Tool (USMT) overview](usmt-overview.md)|Describes the benefits and limitations of using USMT.|
|[Getting started with the User State Migration Tool (USMT)](getting-started-with-the-user-state-migration-tool.md)|Describes the general process to follow to migrate files and settings, and provides links to more information.|
|[Windows upgrade and migration considerations](../upgrade/windows-upgrade-and-migration-considerations.md)|Discusses the Microsoft® tools you can use to move files and settings between installations and special considerations for performing an upgrade or migration.|

## Related articles

- [User State Migration Tool (USMT) how-to topics](usmt-how-to.md)
- [User State Migration Tool (USMT) troubleshooting](usmt-troubleshooting.md)
- [User State Migration Toolkit (USMT) reference](usmt-reference.md)