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How to preserve original/organic properties of a file as/after it is uploaded into SharePoint onilne
OOTB this is not possible. The free SharePoint Migration Tool retains the original modification date but requires a client-side install and is not integrated with the browser. This makes it less attractive for day to day usage by end-users.
There are 3rd party tools that provide this functionality (keep original modification date, extract metadata from the original files, set custom metadata, ...) within the browser (e.g. add-in) and that are cost effective. For example,
https://directory.collab365.community/office365-sharepoint/best-records-management-solutions-for-sharepoint/
Please keep in mind that SharePoint modifies files upon loading (e.g. docx, msg, tiff, ..) by inserting additional metadata or schema information. This is not the case for image files like jpg, gif and png.
Paul de Jong | http://www.slimapplications.com
- Thanks a ton Paul for your directions.
Sincerely appreciate same.
I searched on the link you provided for a list of 3rd party applications, but could not find one, which stated that it could maintain the native properties of the file, such as date created.
Is there one application that you are aware of that can do the transfer retaining the original properties of the file into SharePoint that you have tested.
Does the slim application tool do this?
Thank you.
