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Microsoft offers a special migration software for SharePoint on-premises users who want to migrate their sites, site collections, document library, and other data to SharePoint Online. We discuss how you can migrate them using professional software.
When users purchase Office 365 Business and Enterprises plans, they get several Microsoft applications like Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, etc. The complete MS Office Suite is also available to increase your productivity and business efficiency.
The SharePoint Online is the cloud-based incarnation of the SharePoint on-premises application that helps the business create, manage, verify the contents, and facilitate collaboration. It strengthens teamwork, finds essential information quickly, and establishes a collaboration infrastructure for the whole organization.
Also, when you have purchased Office 365 subscription, you need to migrate from SharePoint on-premises to SharePoint Online directly. Microsoft has developed a unique tool for making the migration job easier by moving the on-premises data to SharePoint Online and OneDrive.
If you visit the following URL, you can see a brief introduction of the tool that migrates data from SharePoint Server 2016, 2013, and 2010. The other source files are Network and local file shares.
https://spmt.sharepointonline.com/betainstall/default.htm
If you click the Install button, it will install on your computer, and later you can start working on it.
Site Admin: To migrate a complete SharePoint Site, the Site Administrator should log in to the tool.
Global and SharePoint Admin: To migrate data at an organization-level, the Global or SharePoint Administrator should log in to the tool.
When the number of sites is too many, and you cannot move them individually, you should create a CSV file containing the data of all the source and targeted sites.
Column A “Source” | The on-premises SharePoint Server site URL. It is mandatory. |
Column B “Source DocLib” | The name of the SharePoint Server document library. It is optional. |
Column C “Source SubFolder” | The name of the subfolder in the document library. It is optional. |
Column D “Target Web” | The destination SharePoint site URL. It is required mandatory. |
Column E “Target DocLib” | The name of the document library with the SharePoint site for destination account. It is required mandatory. |
Column F “Target SubFolder” | The name of the subfolder in the document library. It is optional. |
The SharePoint Migration Tool from Microsoft can accomplish the migration, but it requires well-maintained hardware resources, proper settings, and various permissions. So, you should use professional software that supports both SharePoint (on-premises & online) and migrate data both ways. Kernel Migrator for SharePoint is a safe platform to manage large-scale SharePoint migration from any source.
It can also migrate data from Public Folder, Microsoft Teams, OneDrive, and Google Drive. Several additional features empower selective migration, and you can access the migrated data at the destination instantly after the migration.
A. No, the Microsoft tool does not provide such benefits. Although, Kernel Migrator for SharePoint lets you schedule a large migration easily.
A. Yes, it can migrate data from such platforms.
A. There are various filter options available in the tool that you can apply to select the specific data of the site.
A. Yes, both tools provide migration reports differently.
The manual method to migrate SharePoint data using Microsoft tool will migrate the data, but there are several limitations. You should use SharePoint Migration and overcome the manual method’s limitations. The software can handle unlimited migration supporting different platforms. It can also migrate data from SharePoint online to on-premises. So, you get great flexibility with the tool.
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