Answers.Body: <p>If you want to migrate the complete database you should indeed do the following:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Set your old environment in read-only maintenance mode</li>
  <li>Set up the new environment (CiviCRM &amp; CMS) using exactly the same versions</li>
  <li>Migrate the databases</li>
  <li>Update CiviCRM and CMS to the latest versions</li>
  <li>Properly test (quite some changes between 4.4. and 4.7)</li>
  <li>Go-Live or rollback</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>As an alternative (if your data isn't too complex) you could export everything you need as csv-files and either use the UI import function of CiviCRM to import into the new environment or give <a href="https://civicrm.org/extensions/api-csv-import-gui/11" rel="nofollow">Eileen's import extension</a> a shot.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I have tried importing the database from a production server running civicrm 4.4 into a development server running 4.7 - but it appears that only contact names are present - email, address, activities, memberships and contributions are all missing.
  Does this mean that I need to start again, downgrade civicrm to 4.4 on the dev server and only upgrade it after porting the database?</p>
  
Tags: <migration>
Title: Migrating database into a newer version of civicrm?
ThreadText: # Migrating database into a newer version of civicrm?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-10-22)
  
  I have tried importing the database from a production server running civicrm 4.4 into a development server running 4.7 - but it appears that only contact names are present - email, address, activities, memberships and contributions are all missing.
  Does this mean that I need to start again, downgrade civicrm to 4.4 on the dev server and only upgrade it after porting the database?
  
  **Tags:** migration
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-10-24. Score: 1
  
  If you want to migrate the complete database you should indeed do the following:
  
  1. Set your old environment in read-only maintenance mode
  2. Set up the new environment (CiviCRM & CMS) using exactly the same versions
  3. Migrate the databases
  4. Update CiviCRM and CMS to the latest versions
  5. Properly test (quite some changes between 4.4. and 4.7)
  6. Go-Live or rollback
  
  As an alternative (if your data isn't too complex) you could export everything you need as csv-files and either use the UI import function of CiviCRM to import into the new environment or give [Eileen's import extension](https://civicrm.org/extensions/api-csv-import-gui/11) a shot.
  
  
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