Migrating from Microsoft SharePoint

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Updated November 23, 2023 09:53

The following instructions are designed to assist you in migrating files from Microsoft SharePoint.

Please make sure that the following prerequisites are complete before continuing onto the CloudM Migrate setup.

Prerequisites

The workstation running CloudM Migrate must have network access to SharePoint, it can be on the same network or on the server in which SharePoint installation is located.
The My Sites and Team Site base URLs within SharePoint.
In order to automatically get a list of Team Sites, the SharePoint Central Administration base URL is required.
An active directory domain account configured to be either primary or secondary site collection administrator of any site collections being migrated.
If migrating to SharePoint 2010, in order to retrieve a list of users the AD domain account must be a designated administrator for the User Profile Service Application.
PowerShell, bundled Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7 and higher. If Powershell is uninstalled on your workstation, you can download it from Microsoft.

When migrating from SharePoint 2007, configuring your installation is slightly more complicated and powershell scripts must be used to add the migrating account as a site collection administrator for each sharepoint site. A script is also needed to extract team sites from SharePoint 2007. Running these scripts should be done by your SharePoint administrator or someone familiar with powershell. For information on this please see the knowledgebase article.

Source Platform Prerequisites

Obtaining the Team Sites URL from SharePoint

When migrating collaborative Team Sites from SharePoint, you will need the base URL of the web application that contains the site collections.

Firstly, login to your SharePoint Central Administration and click on 'Application Management'.

Click on 'View all site collections' and select the web application that contains the sites you would like to migrate.

Make a note of the web application as this will be required for the 'Team Site URL' setting in CloudM Migrate.

Obtaining the My Sites URL from SharePoint

When migrating personal My Sites from SharePoint, you will need the base URL of the web application that contains the site collections.

Firstly, login to your SharePoint Central Administration and click on 'Application Management'.

Under 'Service Applications', click on 'Manage Service Applications'.

Click on 'User Profile Service Application'.

Under the 'My Site Settings' section, click 'Setup My Sites'.

Make a note of 'My Site Host location' displayed on the right hand side as this will be required for 'My Site URL' setting in CloudM Migrate.

Enabling Get Users for SharePoint 2010

To allow CloudM Migrate to get users with a My Site, the domain account used for the migration must be designated administrator for the User Profile Service Application.

Firstly, login to your SharePoint Central Administration and click on ‘Application Management’.

Click on 'Manage Service Applications'.

Select 'User Profile Service Application' but do not open it. Click 'Administrators' in the top bar of the page.

Add the active directory account that you are using to perform the migration and click OK.

Source Platform - Microsoft SharePoint

Choose Microsoft SharePoint as the migration source and enter your Microsoft SharePoint settings into CloudM Migrate and then click next.

Version - The version of the target SharePoint server.
Admin Username - The username of a site collection administrator.
Admin Password - The password for the specified administrator.
Domain Name - The domain name for the SharePoint server.
Team Sites URL - The URL for the Team Sites web application.
Test Team Site and Library Title - A team site within SharePoint to test connection, must have the administrator account added as a site collection administrator.
My Sites URL - The URL for the My Sites collection. (This is the base site URL where your My Sites/OneDrive resides.)
Test Username - A username within SharePoint to test connection, this account must have been provisioned with a My Site and OneDrive, the administrator account specified must also be added as this user's site collection administrator.
Central Administration URL - The URL for the SharePoint Central Administration web application.
Retry Count - The number of times to attempt an operation before failing.
Timeout - The amount of time in milliseconds to wait for communications with SharePoint before failing.

CloudM Migrate will now perform a small connection test to verify that the details you have entered are correct. If this fails you may have entered something incorrectly. If you are failing to resolve the issue please contact CloudM Support.