Migrating File Shares to SharePoint with the SharePoint Migration Tool
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- Demo of the SharePoint Migration Tool lets you migrate files from your local drives, network drives and SharePoint 2013 to SharePoint Online. In this demo I show how to migrate content from a file share to SharePoint Online.
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Hello, thanks for the upload here. It is informative.
However I have couple of questions here.
1. What encryption the tool uses while the data is in transit making sure it is completely secure.
2. Post the successful migration, what encryption the cloud has securing the migrated data.
3. Is there any way to cross check like while data is in transit, what encryption was applied by tool & at destination cloud whether the data is encrypted?
4. Lastly since am working on the project where the objective is moving on premise file share data to SharePoint. Hence do we know generally what logical port are used by the tool.
Really appreciate if some light can be thrown over here please.....thank you All!!!
the permission does not get migrated right ? if you have to migrate a file server to SP libraries how would you go about replicating the permissions that existed in the file server up to sharepoint online library file share?
You can copy permissions in the advanced settings, but I’d recommend avoiding that if you can. I start with site permissions & then library if I need more granular. Restrictions. Folder permissions last.
Great video.... Im performing migration from box to onedrive using migration manager but internal permission as well as external permissions are not getting migrated.
does this sync all new files going forward?
thanks for the video !!!
Thank you :)
This tool does not keep the user that originally created the file. It always overwrites it with the either "System Account" or the "user that did the migration". It is a requirement to keep the original creator of the file/folder
It does map the users if the account exists in AAD and can be matched with the local account. If not then you can use a mapping file docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointmigration/create-a-user-mapping-file-for-data-content-migration
Does it keep the current SharePoint 2013 site untouched by default?
The SPMT doesn't do anything to the source site. It only needs read access.
You need to include a sample of the .csv file to show layout.
Thanks for the feedback. The format is documented here: docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointmigration/how-to-format-your-csv-file-for-data-content-migration
If I select "File Share" migration, the version history option is missing. What could be the reason?
Version history is only supported when migrating from SharePoint Server to SharePoint Online.
thank you!@@SteveKnutsonNZ
Can you please post any video guide or something about the migration of mfiles to SharePoint online?? i am struggling with how to implement this.
Hi George, I don't have access to an M-Files environment currently. I have messaged you on Twitter. Happy to answer a question or two to help
Hello,
Thanks for sharing
I also performed migration using spmt tool but on destination getting so many Excel files begins with ~$.(product.xlsx is original file in SharePoint showing as ~$product.xlsx) Is there any way to keep only original files not the one starting with ~$.
you could use a powershell script to rename the files in bulk.
@@RobboElRobbo thanks for details.
I have found another option in tool "hidden file " when I make it off I don't see any hidden files copied to target.
Hi Steve,
This is a little off topic but I thought I’d ask.
How can I migrate video files (more than a Tb) to MS stream? Is there a tool or method?
I’m not aware of a tool for this. If you create a Channel in Stream you can drag & drop multiple videos into the channel
Create channel - add people - set permissions - share files
We have migrated file server data to SharePoint online teams site with onprem permission. is there any way so that we can create list content permission on that site, person can open site and view site document directory but can't read any file. only able to access allowed Folders.
Hi Rajesh, I'm not 100% sure I understand the issue completely. One thing to note is that copying the permissions creates a unique permission on the file, so you may need to use PowerShell to update the permissions or remove the unique permission to give the users access. This article outlines the permission migration with the SPMT docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointmigration/understanding-permissions-when-migrating
@@SteveKnutsonNZ Thanks for quick response, I have created a share Point site and migrate all data with onprem file share permission now my requirement is that all the people can open the site but can't open all the folder only open folder for which that particular user has access.
How do you enforce on prem file share permissions on the sharepoint online migrated files and folders?
one way, while migrating the onprem folder there is option in the SPMT you can select that option so it will migrate onprem permission also while migrating file shares.
@@guptaramkumar52 thanks rajesh! I will check this also... is there a way of migrating the file share and then applying or enforcing the permissions once migration is completed?
In the advanced settings of the SPMT you can tell it not to copy permissions. If you choose this option, then the permissions in the SharePoint site are used e.g. the current permission on the destination library.
How do you migrate files in a Mac environment?
Hi Matt, you would need to map a network drive to the Mac from a Windows PC to pick up the files (Settings \ Sharing on the Mac). The migration tool is Windows only. The migration tool can access any network share.
Stephen - is there some reporting to verify all files migrated .... 1:1 of total files / total size moved etc...?
The report generated at the end of the migration will show any exceptions. One issue that can occur is if you migrate content, then remove files in the source and then do another (incremental) migration of the same source files then the destination will have more files than the source.
Do you recommend the Sharegate Desktop for migration?
If you have a simple migration from SP2010/13/16 or file server to cloud the SharePoint Migration Tool does a good job. ShareGate lets you move content between SP Online sites, has metadata mapping, ability to flatten site structures and other advanced features. ShareGate is a great tool.
@@SteveKnutsonNZ do you have issues when users have more than 300k files across all sharepoint document libraries/onedrive, even with large Document libraries (more than 100k in a single DL)?
@@carloscastillo9321 the main issue is the time it takes to copy. I've moved large libraries with both ShareGate and the SP Migration Tool. ShareGate wins in this case. Used ShareGate to move 2TB of documents a few months ago with no major issues. Both tools can do incremental copies, which I use frequently.
@@SteveKnutsonNZ and what about the users experience , how large are your libraries, I've heard if you have more than 100k files in a single library you are going to have sync issues also MS Docs says not sync more than 300k files across all your sync Document Libraries? what is your limit files recommendation per single library?
@@carloscastillo9321 it really depends on what you are storing. For collaborative content that is more likely to be sync'd store in different sites and libraries. If you have a CRM that stores in one big library, then disable the offline sync option for the library. I have a client with over 600K files in a library (CRM integration) and that is fine but there are limitations on list views for example. I've written a bit of guidance here steveknutson.blog/2020/07/05/sharepoint-online-site-structure/
Really, really, quiet!