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 Locations |
Services |
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Local Computer |
Migration Guidance. We can walk you through completing the migration process. |
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Shared Drive |
Migration supported. We will support you in cleaning up your existing shared drive prior to migration, and then we can perform the migration for you. All permissions can generally be migrated. Note: Depending on the complexity and size of your shared drive, we will schedule your migration based on team capacity and your business need. |
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OneDrive |
Migration Guidance. We can walk you through completing the migration process. |
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Between SharePoint sites |
Migration Guidance. We can walk you through completing the migration process. |
Requesting Migration Help
When you are ready to migrate, complete the Generic IT Request form. Select ICS – Collaboration Solutions 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
- Your preferred timeline for migration and any related business needs
- Additional requirements at migration to be evaluated for migration feasibility (e.g., renaming files, migrating associated meta-data)
