diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/index.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/index.ts
index 2780185ed7..36dee4811e 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/index.ts
@@ -11,11 +11,16 @@ import {
   BulkImportRequest,
   BulkImportResponse,
   FetchTablesResponse,
+  InternalTable,
+  MigrateRequest,
+  MigrateResponse,
   SaveTableRequest,
   SaveTableResponse,
   Table,
   TableResponse,
   UserCtx,
+  isBBReferenceField,
+  isRelationshipField,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import sdk from "../../../sdk"
 import { jsonFromCsvString } from "../../../utilities/csv"
@@ -159,4 +164,53 @@ export async function validateExistingTableImport(ctx: UserCtx) {
   }
 }
 
-export async function migrate(ctx: UserCtx) {}
+function error(ctx: UserCtx, message: string, status = 400) {
+  ctx.status = status
+  ctx.body = { message }
+}
+
+export async function migrate(ctx: UserCtx<MigrateRequest, MigrateResponse>) {
+  const { tableId, oldColumn, newColumn } = ctx.request.body
+
+  // For now we're only supporting migrations of user relationships to user
+  // columns in internal tables. In future we may want to support other
+  // migrations but for now return an error if we aren't migrating a user
+  // relationship.
+  if (isExternalTable(tableId)) {
+    return error(ctx, "External tables cannot be migrated")
+  }
+
+  const table = await sdk.tables.getTable(tableId)
+
+  if (!(oldColumn.name in table.schema)) {
+    return error(
+      ctx,
+      `Column "${oldColumn.name}" does not exist on table "${table.name}"`
+    )
+  }
+
+  if (newColumn.name in table.schema) {
+    return error(
+      ctx,
+      `Column "${newColumn.name}" already exists on table "${table.name}"`
+    )
+  }
+
+  if (!isBBReferenceField(newColumn)) {
+    return error(ctx, `Column "${newColumn.name}" is not a user column`)
+  }
+
+  if (newColumn.subtype !== "user" && newColumn.subtype !== "users") {
+    return error(ctx, `Column "${newColumn.name}" is not a user column`)
+  }
+
+  if (!isRelationshipField(oldColumn)) {
+    return error(ctx, `Column "${oldColumn.name}" is not a user relationship`)
+  }
+
+  if (oldColumn.tableId !== InternalTable.USER_METADATA) {
+    return error(ctx, `Column "${oldColumn.name}" is not a user relationship`)
+  }
+
+  let rows = await sdk.rows.fetch(tableId)
+}
diff --git a/packages/types/src/api/web/app/table.ts b/packages/types/src/api/web/app/table.ts
index cb5faaa9ea..61da12d041 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/api/web/app/table.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/api/web/app/table.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import {
+  FieldSchema,
   Row,
   Table,
   TableRequest,
@@ -33,3 +34,13 @@ export interface BulkImportRequest {
 export interface BulkImportResponse {
   message: string
 }
+
+export interface MigrateRequest {
+  tableId: string
+  oldColumn: FieldSchema
+  newColumn: FieldSchema
+}
+
+export interface MigrateResponse {
+  message: string
+}
diff --git a/packages/types/src/documents/app/table/schema.ts b/packages/types/src/documents/app/table/schema.ts
index e529a8e8b7..755ccf61e7 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/documents/app/table/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/documents/app/table/schema.ts
@@ -164,3 +164,33 @@ export type FieldSchema =
 export interface TableSchema {
   [key: string]: FieldSchema
 }
+
+export function isRelationshipField(
+  field: FieldSchema
+): field is RelationshipFieldMetadata {
+  return field.type === FieldType.LINK
+}
+
+export function isManyToMany(
+  field: RelationshipFieldMetadata
+): field is ManyToManyRelationshipFieldMetadata {
+  return field.relationshipType === RelationshipType.MANY_TO_MANY
+}
+
+export function isOneToMany(
+  field: RelationshipFieldMetadata
+): field is OneToManyRelationshipFieldMetadata {
+  return field.relationshipType === RelationshipType.ONE_TO_MANY
+}
+
+export function isManyToOne(
+  field: RelationshipFieldMetadata
+): field is ManyToOneRelationshipFieldMetadata {
+  return field.relationshipType === RelationshipType.MANY_TO_ONE
+}
+
+export function isBBReferenceField(
+  field: FieldSchema
+): field is BBReferenceFieldMetadata {
+  return field.type === FieldType.BB_REFERENCE
+}