Introduction
This article provides details about the Migrations Manager Feature available which is available in SharePoint Cloud admin of your tenant.
The scope of this article is related to migrations of content based on the supported scenarios.
- Moving content from SharePoint Server 2010 or SharePoint Server 2013
- File share migration from a single computer or VM
- Migrating content to SharePoint Online, OneDrive, and Teams
Steps
- Make sure you have Sharepoint cloud Tenant for SharePoint Online, which will have a tenant name such as:
https://XXXX.sharepoint.com/
- Connect your tenant Admin which has the link - https://XXXX-admin.sharepoint.com
- Microsoft Provides the below three options for migration:
- Migration Manager Feature
![Machine generated alternative text: CD Home Sites Policies Settings Content services Migration Migration Manager Desktop tool (SPMT) Cloud content migrations More features OneDrive admin center Migrate your files to Microsoft 365 The Migration Manager helps you manage enterprise-scale migrations of network file shares to Microsoft 365. Learn more Follow these steps to get started: 1. Install the agent on each Windows computer or virtual machine you want to use as a migration agent. 2. Create tasks to start your migration. Download agent setup file Tasks Agents + Add task /> Run Il Pause Delete Global settings Summary report p Search]()
In this approach we can configure multiple migrations agents and we can migrate data from files share to Cloud.
- Migrating from Existing On-Premise Environment or File Share to Cloud.
![Machine generated alternative text: 2013 and CD Home Sites Policies Settings Content services Migration Migration Manager Desktop tool (SPMT) Cloud content migrations More features SharePoint Migration Tool (SPMT) for SharePoint Servers 2010, File Shares The SharePoint Migration Tool (SPMT) lets you create and manage your migration tasks from a single computer or VM. Learn more For large file share migrations spanning multiple computers or VMS use Migration manager. SPMT is best for: Moving content from SharePoint Sewer 2010 or SharePoint Server 2013 File share migration from a single computer or VM Migrating content to SharePoint Online, OneDrive and Teams Download tool]()
You can download tool from download tool button and start using migrations tool based on guidelines given
here.
- Migrating from Another Cloud Environment to Cloud
In this case, Microsoft will help you move your data from other cloud Applications to SharePoint Cloud. You can do the same thing from the existing SharePoint cloud to different cloud tenants as well.
We can do this using Mover. Mover is a Cloud Migration Tool Acquired by Microsoft.
Mover supports the below connector for facilitating Migrations.
You can migrate from any of the cloud locations.
The wow factor here is that it is a free tool.
You can try these tools and features to migrate content and write in comments for any issues.
Summary
Microsoft made the life of small and medium-size organizations' life easy for migrating content. Without investing more in Migration tools, you can easily migrate content now. Microsoft supports migrating content from File Share, Amazon, Dropbox, Box, Egnyte, Google Suites, office 365 Cloud, etc.
Happy Sharepointing!