# Approaches to user account migration

DevFeed: [Approaches to user account migration](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/approaches-to-user-account-migration-43415.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://fusionauth.io/blog/migration-types>)

Author: Dan Moore

Published: 2021-03-23T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [FusionAuth](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/fusionauth-blog.md>)

Topics: [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/migration.md>), [account](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/account.md>), [Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authentication.md>), [Risk](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/risk.md>), [implementation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/implementation.md>), [legacy systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/legacy-systems.md>)

Tags: [account](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/account.md>), [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [company](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/company.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [implementation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/implementation.md>), [legacy-systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/legacy-systems.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/migration.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [product](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product.md>), [risk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/risk.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains approaches to migrating user accounts between identity systems, including big-bang, segmented, and login-triggered migrations. It compares their cutover patterns, risks, timelines, and implementation considerations, using FusionAuth as the example destination system.

## Source excerpt

What is user migration and why does it matter? Understand account migration meaning, approaches to user data migration, and how to plan a successful transition.