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For any type of source and target, you can migrate projects:
-- As part of a [GitLab group migration](../../group/import/index.md). You can't migrate only chosen projects,
- but you can migrate many projects at once within a group.
+- When [migrating groups by direct transfer](../../group/import/index.md#migrate-groups-by-direct-transfer-recommended), which allows you to migrate all
+ projects in a group at once. Migrating projects by direct transfer is in [Beta](../../../policy/alpha-beta-support.md#beta-features). The feature is not ready
+ for production use.
- Using [file exports](../settings/import_export.md). With this method you can migrate projects one by one. No network
connection between instances is required.
If you only need to migrate Git repositories, you can [import each project by URL](repo_by_url.md). However, you can't
import issues and merge requests this way. To retain metadata like issues and merge requests, either:
-- [Migrate projects with groups](../../group/import/index.md).
+- [Migrate projects with groups by direct transfer](../../group/import/index.md#migrate-groups-by-direct-transfer-recommended). This feature is in [Beta](../../../policy/alpha-beta-support.md#beta-features). It is not ready for production use.
- Use [file exports](../settings/import_export.md) to import projects.
Keep in mind the limitations of [migrating using file exports](../settings/import_export.md#items-that-are-exported).