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title: User State Migration Tool (USMT) Overview Articles
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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# User State Migration Tool (USMT) overview articles

The User State Migration Tool (USMT) 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, custom **.xml** files can be created to support the organization's migration needs. A `Config.xml` file can also be created 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 that can be used 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 articles](usmt-how-to.md).
- [User State Migration Tool (USMT) troubleshooting](usmt-troubleshooting.md).
- [User State Migration Toolkit (USMT) reference](usmt-reference.md).