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Jul 11, 2017

Using Robocopy to copy files from File Server to SharePoint Online Library

We are going to copy over 300 Go of files from a file Server to SharePoint Online and we want to grant same security settings of the File Server. Can Robocopy help us ?

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Salvatore Biscari

Silver Contributor

Jul 11, 2017

Not sure to understand...

AFAIK Robocopy does not support cloud as a target: how do you think to use it?

Also, what do you mean by "to grant same security settings"?

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Jul 11, 2017

Well I just wanted to be sure, bescause i thought if i map SP location (net use x: "https://Mytenant.sharepoint.com/OurLibrary.....) then we can use it as a target. Thank you for your quick reply.

As for the Security Settings i wanted to Transfer NTFS & share Permissions of copied folders (from File Server) to SharePoint Online Libraries.

Salvatore Biscari
Silver Contributor
Jul 11, 2017
SharePoint mapping to a local drive does not work perfectly, unfortunately. You could have some problems using a mapped drive as a target for Robocopy. You can find several thread in this community where drive mapping has been discussed. Try a search.
Also, SharePoint is not a file share, so you will not be able to copy NTFS security settings. You'll have to design your SharePoint permissions. It's a quite complex subject. You can start from this article: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Understanding-permission-levels-in-SharePoint-87ecbb0e-6550-491a-8826-c075e4859848?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
All in all, it could perhaps be better for you to use a third party migration tool. We have discussed also this subject several times, with the names of several of such tools. Try a search.
Hope it helps...