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MichaelWill17
Apr 03, 2020Copper Contributor
SharePoint Migration Tool Troubles
I have a scenario where I am trying to copy some files from my local PC to a SharePoint site. I am a Global Admin and a SharePoint admin in our environment. I am using version 3.2.115.4. of the Sha...
- Apr 03, 2020
MichaelWill17here is an interesting Recommendation which I am using just when I am writing to you!
Why not using the Migration Manager from SharePoint Admin Center.... here is a doc... https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointmigration/mm-get-started
in a few easy words... go to Sharepoint Admin center > Migration > Migration Manager > Select Agent tab and click on add > download agent to install it on a computer that will be used as clients for migration
you can install this software either on your own computer or recommended to install on a file/Printer Server it will need your O365 Admin and Local AD Admin to be configured as soon as done you should be able to see back the agent online on the Migration Manager
once you see the agent click on add task then add your source address of files/folders > destination SharePoint URL > select some properties/attributes in my case I leave all as default > give the task a name...
Once the Migration is completed or even if it fails you will get full details with reports of every single thing happens.... from time to start, size, data, bandwidth, success, fails and many other files details...
Please share your updates if this works for you...
PDostiyar
Apr 03, 2020Bronze Contributor
MichaelWill17here is an interesting Recommendation which I am using just when I am writing to you!
Why not using the Migration Manager from SharePoint Admin Center.... here is a doc... https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointmigration/mm-get-started
in a few easy words... go to Sharepoint Admin center > Migration > Migration Manager > Select Agent tab and click on add > download agent to install it on a computer that will be used as clients for migration
you can install this software either on your own computer or recommended to install on a file/Printer Server it will need your O365 Admin and Local AD Admin to be configured as soon as done you should be able to see back the agent online on the Migration Manager
once you see the agent click on add task then add your source address of files/folders > destination SharePoint URL > select some properties/attributes in my case I leave all as default > give the task a name...
Once the Migration is completed or even if it fails you will get full details with reports of every single thing happens.... from time to start, size, data, bandwidth, success, fails and many other files details...
Please share your updates if this works for you...
MichaelWill17
Apr 06, 2020Copper Contributor
PDostiyar Thank you for your response. I will give the migration manager a try next opportunity that I have.
Best Regards...
- PDostiyarApr 29, 2020Bronze Contributor
MichaelWill17Yes, please give it a try it is a great product from @Micorsoft.... still early stages but great tool.