I think I've lost count how many times I asked myself or let other people ask themselves.. "Is it possible to migrate content from a list to another list while maintaining the metadata in an easy way without using the "Manage content structure link" because I can't/don't want to use the publishing feature.." Ok, ok.. not exactly that question but you get the point ;) Well fortunately Chris O Brien has released a tool on codeplex that does exactly that ! Introducing the SharePoint Content Deployment Wizard. Chris says the following about it :

".. The tool provides a wizard-like approach to deploying content between SharePoint sites. The selected content is exported using the Content Migration API (PRIME), giving a .cmp file (Content Migration Package) which can be copied to other servers.."

I tested it by exporting a list from site A and then importing it on site B and it worked perfectly! All the custom metada, versions and more importantly the 'modified by', 'created by' , 'modified' and 'created' columns were still intact! So I'm very impressed! :)

Read the complete post at http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobinsSharepointBlog/~3/196010196/our-worries-are-over.html