Migrating data to Drupal 8 involves using the Migrate and Migrate Drupal modules to define migrations from other systems. The key steps are: 1. Require the Migrate and Migrate Drupal modules 2. Define the migration using YAML configuration that specifies the source, process mappings, and destination 3. Build source and process plugins to query the source data and map fields 4. Execute migrations with Drush commands to import data into Drupal 8 Migrating between Drupal versions (D2D) can also be done using the Migrate Drupal module, which includes predefined migrations that can be customized if needed.