Migrating documents from Ournscc to Sharepoint Online

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Migrate documents from Ournscc to Sharepoint Online

 

Instructions

First, lets setup the syncing feature of Sharepoint Online.  This can be setup at anytime and can be done with any browser.

 Browse to your Sharepoint Online site, and open the document library.  Look for the "sync" button

sync

 

 Click synch and you'll get a few browser popups asking to open OneDrive.  Accept those popups

popups

Once sync is setup you'll get a notification that its ready to go

ready

 

Next lets head over to the site in Ournscc we want to copy files from.  

 Open the sharepoint site you want to move documents from and visit the document library

doc libraryFrom there, click a

In your browsers URL bar copy everything up to the word "Forms"

Copy the folder address

Right click ( or CTRL + C) to copy that address, then paste it into windows explorer:

paste here

 

After you paste the address, Hit the -> arrow to go th the folder:

hit go!!

 

This should open a windows explorer folder that contains the same files as the document library. 

same

Highlight all the files in the folder and drag and drop them into the synced folder we setup earlier

drag and drop

 

You may get a security pop up that looks like this click ok to let the copy start

warning

Once things start copying from Ournscc to the sync folder, they will automatically uploaded to sharepoint online.  If you have a lot of files to copy it can take a while.  Once done they'll be visible in Sharepoint Online:

done

 

Details

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Article ID: 88803
Created
Wed 10/9/19 9:24 AM
Modified
Thu 3/21/24 10:54 AM