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title: User State Migration Toolkit (USMT) Reference (Windows 10)
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# User State Migration Toolkit (USMT) Reference


## In This Section


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<td align="left"><p><a href="usmt-requirements.md" data-raw-source="[USMT Requirements](usmt-requirements.md)">USMT Requirements</a></p></td>
<td align="left"><p>Describes operating system, hardware, and software requirements, and user prerequisites.</p></td>
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<td align="left"><p><a href="usmt-best-practices.md" data-raw-source="[USMT Best Practices](usmt-best-practices.md)">USMT Best Practices</a></p></td>
<td align="left"><p>Discusses general and security-related best practices when using USMT.</p></td>
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<td align="left"><p><a href="usmt-how-it-works.md" data-raw-source="[How USMT Works](usmt-how-it-works.md)">How USMT Works</a></p></td>
<td align="left"><p>Learn about the processes behind the ScanState and LoadState tools.</p></td>
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<td align="left"><p><a href="usmt-plan-your-migration.md" data-raw-source="[Plan Your Migration](usmt-plan-your-migration.md)">Plan Your Migration</a></p></td>
<td align="left"><p>Choose what to migrate and the best migration scenario for your enterprise.</p></td>
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<td align="left"><p><a href="usmt-command-line-syntax.md" data-raw-source="[User State Migration Tool (USMT) Command-line Syntax](usmt-command-line-syntax.md)">User State Migration Tool (USMT) Command-line Syntax</a></p></td>
<td align="left"><p>Explore command-line options for the ScanState, LoadState, and UsmtUtils tools.</p></td>
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<td align="left"><p><a href="usmt-xml-reference.md" data-raw-source="[USMT XML Reference](usmt-xml-reference.md)">USMT XML Reference</a></p></td>
<td align="left"><p>Learn about customizing a migration with XML files.</p></td>
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<td align="left"><p><a href="offline-migration-reference.md" data-raw-source="[Offline Migration Reference](offline-migration-reference.md)">Offline Migration Reference</a></p></td>
<td align="left"><p>Find requirements, best practices, and other considerations for performing a migration offline.</p></td>
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## Related topics


[User State Migration Tool (USMT) Overview Topics](usmt-topics.md)

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

[User State Migration Tool (USMT) Troubleshooting](usmt-troubleshooting.md)