Using "Move To" to move large number of files/folders (more than 500 MB) from OneDrive to sharepoint

around one month ago i were able to move around 25,500 files/folders from a user's onedrive site to a sharepoint online document library. where i used the "Move To" option, and the size of the files ...

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Jabrumke

Copper Contributor

Jan 12, 2021

BenStegink

We had this problem - started about 3 months ago.

I found a thread on here - SharePoint Online - Cannot move folder to a different site - Page 2 - Microsoft Tech Community

Others have the same problem - including me. Apparently MS reckons it's only about 100 tenants. I suspect a lot more.

One post - copied below - indicates that a hotfix was being applied on 11/1. I just tested a move, and it seems to have removed the limit. Can't find any other references.

I logged a support ticket with Microsoft as well and they confirmed that a hot fix will be applied on January 11th, with a complete fix available in April 2021. I guess we just hang tight until the 11th and see what the hotfix brings. In the meantime, I have been using the ShareGate Desktop tool to perform large file migrations. I have a SG Desktop license from a previous on premise to online SharePoint migration. Thanks everyone for the feedback, it was nice to know I wasn't alone in noticing a change in behavior.

BenStegink

Iron Contributor

Jan 12, 2021

Jabrumke Perfect, thanks for the update and digging up that thread! I hadn't seen that one yet. I'll have to go give it a try in all my tenants today 🙂

Thanks again!

Ben

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