Aug 20 2018 11:11 AM
We have turned on versioning for our SharePoint Libraries and because we use folders (there is no point suggesting we stop using folders as we have to for what we have now and have no choice), there are version numbers appearing beside folders. I'm not sure how it's getting the numbers but one folder shows version #7, the folder has 4 subfolders so it's not a sum of folders, it's not a sum of the total version numbers of each file.
Why do versions show for a folder? Can this be disabled somehow?
Aug 20 2018 11:57 AM
Aug 20 2018 12:08 PM
We just uploaded these folders a couple weeks ago and none of the folders have been renamed.
Aug 20 2018 01:46 PM
Aug 20 2018 01:55 PM
Attached is a screenshot of both the Classic and New Experience. These folders were migrated to SharePoint in Mid-July and folder modifications show earlier dates.
Aug 20 2018 02:27 PM
Aug 20 2018 05:54 PM
I agree with Chris, one time we patched SharePoint 2013 with CU and it showed all libraries and some folders with Last Modified 1 day ago...
I use ShareGate and it keeps the metadata from the shared drive which sometimes has versions turned on. So, if John Doe created that folder back in 2016 and renamed it 7 times, that could lead to that folder being on Version 7 after migration with date earlier.
Some migration tools also allow you to choose how many /which versions you want to keep AND the ability to change the metadata before migrating
Which migration tool did you use? I only ask because the Microsoft one 'works', but we had some limitations and weird behavior when we tried it.
Aug 21 2018 06:34 AM
I'm using the Microsoft Sharepoint Migration Tool. When it copies the files themselves, they are imported as version 1 so it's not copying versioning information. We went from a psychical file server and there is no way to keep versioning history on a folder itself.
Aug 21 2018 06:38 AM
We've never used SharePoint OnPremise. We went from a basic file folder share on a Windows server and migrated them to SharePoint Online in July of this year.