{"id":848,"date":"2017-08-17T11:00:05","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T11:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mozesoft.com\/blog\/?p=848"},"modified":"2019-05-21T11:38:47","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T11:38:47","slug":"sharepoint-file-share-and-public-folder-migration-to-sharepoint-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mozesoft.com\/blog\/sharepoint-file-share-and-public-folder-migration-to-sharepoint-online\/","title":{"rendered":"SharePoint, File Share and Public Folder Migration to SharePoint Online"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In this blog, we will discuss how to migrate file shares, Exchange Public Folders and SharePoint On-premises content, to SharePoint Online Office 365<\/strong> by providing all of the required steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we know, Office 365<\/strong> SharePoint Online combines the advantages of two platforms\u2014the SharePoint and the Cloud<\/strong>.\n It has the advanced collaboration features characteristics of the \nSharePoint platform; as a cloud platform, it offers universal \naccessibility of information with zero on-premises infrastructure. It is\n for these benefits that organizations move their data to SharePoint Online<\/strong> from file servers, SharePoint Server On-premises<\/strong>, and Exchange public folders. Also, they can have SharePoint Online in combination with many other services of Office 365.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pre-migration analysis and considerations \u2013 SharePoint Limits and Boundaries<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Microsoft provides different subscription plans for SharePoint Online\n to cater the requirements of different types of organizations. Finding a\n plan that exactly meets the requirements of the organization is the \nmost important step towards moving to SharePoint Online. Also, you need \nto have a look at the limits and boundaries of SharePoint Online<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Depending on the SharePoint Online subscription plan, there is an \nupper limit for Storage per user, Storage base per tenant, Additional \nstorage, List view threshold limit in site libraries or lists, Site \ncollection storage limit, Site collections (#) per tenant, Subsites, \nOffice 365 Groups file storage, Public Website storage default, File \nupload limit, Sync limits, Maximum number of users per tenant, and \nNumber of external user invitees. A SharePoint Online site has limits \nfor its site elements (namely, List and Library limits, Page limits, and\n Security limits). Also, there is a fixed value for personal storage \nspace available on OneDrive for Business<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SharePoint has an upper limit for file sizes and URL lengths; it \ndoesn\u2019t support file names with some illegal characters. Also, one \ncannot have files with invalid end strings; some file types (file \nextensions) are completely blocked too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Migration Options for SharePoint Online<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is from different sources that organizations will have to move \ntheir data to SharePoint Online. Here we will go through some very \nsimple methods by which data can be moved to SharePoint Online from \nsources such as file servers, SharePoint On Premises, and Exchange \npublic folders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Migrating from file Servers to SharePoint Online (Office 365)
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\nIt is quite easy to move a few documents from Windows file servers to SharePoint Online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n