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Archiving SharePoint Library to gain back more storage
Microsoft support has told me there is no such thing as an online archive option for SharePoint libraries and must instead move these files to a OneDrive account (which is absurd). Exchange allows f...
Keep in mind that the OneDrive storage is intended for personal business use. According to the contract it should not be used to store corporate data. Purchasing extra storage is always possible but optimising processes as markikav1955 proposed and housekeeping (e.g. remove obsolete versions) will help. I would be hesitant to move content offline unless it consumes lots of space and needs to be kept for a very long period of time.
Agree with all. Since we have 483,793 files and over 200,000 folders for 200 projects, it's very difficult to task someone to go out and start deleting. Not all users have the history of those projects and wouldn't know what to delete.
Also most of these were copied from our on-premise server that is now gone so there won't be any versioning on any of the files.
Maybe just start downloading to a reliable external drive might be the only option.
Also most of these were copied from our on-premise server that is now gone so there won't be any versioning on any of the files.
Maybe just start downloading to a reliable external drive might be the only option.