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Any potential concern of large SharePoint document libraries (>5,000)?
Hi SPO community, Our organization is currently in the process of migrating on-premises file shares to SharePoint Online (SPO). To accommodate users who are unwilling to relinquish their folder s...
It's not recommended at all and the experience won't be good,both from end user perspective but also Goverance and lifecycle.
I truly recommend you to split it up and create a new structure and teach the user how to filter and to use search
These issues are encountered:
- Filtering not really working as it should
- File syncronization will cause issues
- Querying the library will be a PIA
- Indexation issues
- Can't break permission and handle permission will be a pain
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/community/large-lists-large-libraries-in-sharepoint
It's not recommended at all and the experience won't be good,both from end user perspective but also Goverance and lifecycle.
I truly recommend you to split it up and create a new structure and teach the user how to filter and to use search
These issues are encountered:
- Filtering not really working as it should
- File syncronization will cause issues
- Querying the library will be a PIA
- Indexation issues
- Can't break permission and handle permission will be a pain
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/community/large-lists-large-libraries-in-sharepoint
- Thank you for your recommendations.
