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Copy OneDrive for Business Overview
Copy OneDrive for Business Overview
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You can copy the contents of the main Documents library of a OneDrive for Business to another OneDrive for Business Documents library.

The contents of only one Documents library can be copied at a time using the ShareGate Migrate user interface. Copying the structure is not supported and can cause unexpected problems at the destination.

Tip: To migrate the contents of multiple OneDrives for Business or other types of OneDrive migrations using PowerShell, see OneDrive migrations.

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Prerequisites

  • You must provision your OneDrive at the destination before starting the copy.

  • You must have the URL of the source and destination OneDrive for Business. The URL has the following structure - https://tenant_name.sharepoint.com/personal/user_principal_name.
    For the user principal name (UPN), any special characters such as a period, comma, space, and the at sign ("@") are converted to underscores ("_"). For example, [email protected] becomes user_example_com.

Note: The URL isn't created until a user accesses their OneDrive for the first time.
Also, the OneDrive URL will automatically change if the user's UPN changes. For example, if the user changes their name or the domain name changes.

How-to

  1. Click Copy in the sidebar.

  2. Select Copy content only.

  3. In Site address, enter the URL of the source OneDrive for Business.

  4. Enter your Authentication details.

  5. Click Connect and, if prompted, enter your account credentials.

  6. Select the source OneDrive for Business Documents library, then click Next.

  7. Add your destination details using the same format as the source.

  8. Click Connect.

  9. Select the destination OneDrive for Business Documents library, then click Next.

  10. Select the documents you want to copy from the source Documents library.

  11. Click Options and Mappings on the top-right to apply specific parameters.

  12. Drag and drop the content into the destination, or click Start copy.

When the copy is complete, the migration report shows the results, including any warnings or errors. For more information, see Migration report overview.

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