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aesposito1982
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Nov 29, 2023

Sharepoint Migration Tool migrates Data only to standard channel

hi everybody,   we are starting to migrate our on-prem Fileservers share by share to Sharepoint/Teams   i created a Teams, added some memberes, than created a private channel in that team. i than...
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StevenC365
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Nov 29, 2023

aesposito1982 Private Channels create their own, separate SharePoint site, I haven't tried the migration tool, but you will need to select a different destination site.

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aesposito1982
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Nov 30, 2023

StevenC365 

Hi and thx for the reply. in the meanwhile i discovered that u can still migrate directy to a private channel using as destination the sharepoint site

https://companyname.sharepoint.com/sites/TeamsName-Channel-Name/Documents

BUT

it will copy my Data in the Documents folder and i still need to move the Data in the appropriate directory to make it visible in Teams. why? how can i migrate directly to the directory?

 

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    Shawn150
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    Jan 04, 2026

    Hi! I'm having the same issue with private channel and try to do what you suggested. I have a question, how can you get the destination site url. When I choose open in SharePoint from Teams channel it always gives me an URL with "/teams/" inside. Like:

    https://companyname.sharepoint.com/Teams/TeamsName-Channel-Name/Documents

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      SultanH
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      Jan 06, 2026

      is the content what you are trying to migrate a list or what type of content exactly, I led a lot of sharepoint 2013 to SPOnline If you tell me more i can help you.

      • Shawn150's avatar
        Shawn150
        Copper Contributor
        Jan 06, 2026

        Hi, I try to migrate like 60-100 GB of shared folder from Window server to Private Teams Channel.

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    Mike Barrett
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    Dec 27, 2024

    It may help to use a CSV/JSON input to direct it to the library and subfolder where you want the data to move. With CSV you can pair a source folder with a destination library and subfolder, so each thing goes to the right subfolder. Keeping in mind that the site url and subfolder will be unique for the private channel due to the separate site collection. 

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