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john john
Iron Contributor
Mar 25, 2020

Approaches to migrate files from DropBox to SharePoint online preserver Version and Permisions

We need to migrate files and folders from dropbox to SharePoint online. so can anyone advice on any available built-in tool provided by office 365 or 3rd party tools to do such a migration , and have these main points:-

 

1. preserve the metadata of the files and folders. created,modified, created by and modified by?

2. preserve permission defined on the source files and folders.

3. preserve the version history.

 

Thanks in advance

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4 Replies

  • Swaminathan Sriram's avatar
    Swaminathan Sriram
    Iron Contributor
    Mar 26, 2020
    Hi,
    Please refer to this link from Mover.io on Dropbox migration to SharePoint Online - https://mover.io/guides/migrating-dropbox-to-office-365/

    Thanks.
    • john john's avatar
      john john
      Iron Contributor
      Mar 25, 2020

      have you tried this tool before? and will it achieve the 3 points i mentioned?

      • andyclap's avatar
        andyclap
        Copper Contributor
        Jun 24, 2021
        John - no, it doesn't handle version history. Only the latest version is moved.
        it's in the FAQ: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointmigration/mover-migration-faq

        I'm currently trying to find something that will do the job, so if you did find anything could you let me know 🙂

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