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Kerry_Williams
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Oct 05, 2016

Use CSOM to get files with no checked in version

I have a PowerShell script that uses SPDocumentLibrary.CheckedOutFiles to get files that are checked out in a library. This property is a list of checked out files including files that have no checke...
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jcgonzalezmartin
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Oct 06, 2016
How many document libraries do you need to migrate? I assume you know how to "grab" the check out files and force the Chec-in using the UI
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Kerry_Williams
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Oct 06, 2016

Thousands of libraries, millions of documents. There is no acceptable manual process. It must be automated.

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    jcgonzalezmartin
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    Oct 06, 2016
    If that's your case, why you don't use a migration tool?
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      Kerry_Williams
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      Oct 06, 2016

      We're using Metalogix but checked out documents are not migrated (the last checked in version is migrated). That can't be changed so let's not go down the Metalogix rabbit hole for this discussion :)

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        jcgonzalezmartin
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        Oct 06, 2016
        I don't work for Metalogix and I was not thinking on Metalogix ;-)

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