Download huge amount of data from SharePoint external folder

[sumo83]

Hi all,

wondering what is the best way to download data from a SharePoint folder shared with me from external user. The folder contains thousands of subfolders and files and the size is approx 50GB.

I've tried standard "download" feature but it did not work properly. It downloaded only approx 4.6GB and finished. I have also created a VM in Azure to avoid issues with my laptop and connections... expected the Azure VM will be more stable for this task, but the result was very similar - approx 4.6 GB downloaded.... Looks like there may be some limitation?

I do not have a "sync" in that shared folder option to go that way...

Any ideas of how to download the data? It is a bit critical as I'm under time pressure to download those data so would be grateful for any help.

[#2]

Hello @sumo83 

here are all limits and boundaries in SharePoint and OneDrive:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/restrictions-and-limitations-in-onedrive-and-sharepoint-6...

Best, Dave

[#3]

Hi @DaveMehr365 

thanks for sharing this... very useful... I've already found there are limitation - wondering whether there is any workaround - e.g. sharepoint command shell... or power automate.... or any way that can be used.... As looks like we will need to deal with these massive downloads few times a year...