OVERVIEW
Target audience: McGill faculty, staff, and students
If you have existing content you wish to move into SharePoint Online, or move content between SharePoint sites, IT Services can help you with the migration. Depending on your migration source, we may be able to migrate both files themselves as well as some meta-data associated with the files.
In this article:
- Migration locations and services
- Requesting migration help
- Additional references
Migration locations and services
The following table summarizes the locations from where files can be migrated as well as the services available for each.
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Migrating From Location |
Services |
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Local Computer |
Migration Guidance. We can walk you through completing the migration process. |
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Shared Drive |
Full migration supported. We can perform the migration for you. Simply submit a ticket with McGill IT Service Desk. NOTE: You will need to contact your desktop administrator to grant us access to your Shared Drive. If you do not know who your desktop administrator is, please contact the IT Service Desk. |
|
OneDrive |
Migration Guidance. We can walk you through completing the migration process. |
|
Between SharePoint sites |
Migration Guidance. We can walk you through completing the migration process. |
|
D2 Spaces |
Full migration supported. We are accepting requests in pilot mode. |
Requesting Migration Help
When you are ready to migrate, complete the Generic IT Request form. Select SPDS – Collaboration Platforms as the Assignment Group.
In your request, please include the following information to help us evaluate your case:
- Where you are migrating your content from
- How many files you need to migrate / how large are the files are
- Additional requirements at migration to be evaluated for migration feasibility (eg. renaming files, migrating associated meta-data)
