Migration of a solution from one environment to another is a common development process.
IWS provides several methods to migration: [
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With the above methods, you can do using IWS only. However, it is also possible to do migrations with the use of Message Center Editor. The tutorial [Migrate as MC Package walks thur page walks through a step-by-step description of solution migration, which involves exporting solution(s) followed with the import procedure leveraging Message Center Editor.