Migrate data to SharePoint/OneDrive with SPMT

When still managing on-premises environments, but shifting your focus to the cloud you sometimes need to do a migration. This page helps you to migrate to SharePoint or Onedrive according to your needs.

At the moment, SharePoint is a better option to store your files because it has the following benefits over a traditional SMB share:

• Single permissions system (No SMB/NTFS permissions)
• High available by default
• No server infrastructure needed
• Users can work at the same file simultaneously
• Integration with Microsoft Teams

Table of Contents

• The Microsoft SharePoint Migration Tool
• Using the SharePoint Migration Tool (SPMT)
• Summary

The Microsoft SharePoint Migration Tool

Microsoft has a tool available which is free and which can migrate your local data to SharePoint. The targets you can specify are:

• SharePoint
• OneDrive
• Microsoft Teams

Download the tool here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointmigration/how-to-use-the-sharepoint-migration-tool

When using in a production environment, my advice is to use the “General Availability” option, this version is proven to work like expected.

Using the SharePoint Migration Tool (SPMT)

Install the SharePoint Migration tool on a computer with access to the source fileshare, or on the fileserver itself. How closer to the source, how faster the migration will perform. Also, please check the system requirements: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointmigration/spmt-prerequisites

When the tool is installed, you will get on the landing page:

Here you can configure the fileshare (source) and then the destination in SharePoint.

After configuring the task, the tool will take over the hard work and migrates your data to your SharePoint site:

Summary

The SharePoint Migration Tool is a great tool to automate your SharePoint migration and phase out local network folders. It supports resyncing to first do a bulk migration, and later syncing the changes.

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