Title: Migration vs. Backup
Last modified: October 2, 2017

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# Migration vs. Backup

 *  Resolved [pgattuso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pgattuso/)
 * (@pgattuso)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migration-vs-backup/)
 * Is there a difference between the backup file created from the Backup procedure
   and from the Migrate procedure? Can I migrate using a file created with Backup?

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 *  Plugin Author [JetBackup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/backupguard/)
 * (@backupguard)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migration-vs-backup/#post-9552323)
 * [@pgattuso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pgattuso/), when you create a
   migration package we keep some meta information from the current installation
   to be able to complete migration on the destination. But the latest BackupGuard
   versions support automatic migration feature. This means, both packages (standard
   backup & migration) will be properly restored or migrated on any destination.

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