Many organizations are shifting to cloud-based solutions these days. SharePoint Online is a part of Microsoft 365, which is a cloud-based service. Because of this, many organizations today are moving from SharePoint 2013 to SharePoint Online. SharePoint Online allows for growth, adapts quickly within the organization, and makes it easy for employees to work together. Therefore, we will talk about how to migrate from SharePoint 2013 to SharePoint Online step by step.
Why shift SharePoint 2013 to SharePoint Online?
- First, SharePoint Online offers more advanced security features.
- We get to our data from anywhere and on any device, thanks to cloud-based service
- In SharePoint Online, we don't have to manage software updates, backups, etc. manually. Microsoft takes care of that.
- It is a plan-based service, which means we only have to pay for what we are using.
The first way to move from SharePoint 2013 to SharePoint Online
We are using a tool called SPMT, which is an abbreviation for SharePoint Migration Tool from Microsoft. These include the following steps:
- First, install and open SPMT.
- Then, enter your Microsoft account information.
- Click on Add new migration.
- Then, select a source URL such as single user data to transfer data for the selected single user, or select the other option to import many user details in a CSV or JSON file.
- Select the type of Migration: Site migration, document library migration, and so on.
- Then, configure the source and target with login credentials by providing the source site URL.
- Finally, after configuring everything, begin the migration.
Disadvantages of SPMT
The process can be better because there are some problems that might affect migration. Here are some of the issues:
- It can only handle up to 250 GB of data.
- SPMT does not work with the old SharePoint version 2007.
- SPMT can take a long time to finish.
- Also, SPMT does not have filtration and personalization features.
You might have other issues, too. So, if you are comfortable with these problems, then you can go with SPMT, but in case you don't, then take the automated one.
Migrate from SharePoint 2013 to SharePoint Online: Second Method.
This method requires professional-grade tools to move data. There are so many tools, but if I were to choose one, I would recommend Shoviv SharePoint migrator as the best for migration from SharePoint 2013 to SharePoint Online. This tool carries all the crucial features that facilitate the process with ease.
Features of Shoviv's SharePoint Migration Tool.
Here are some key features of this tool. If you like it, you should select it for migration:
- It can import several sites with no size restrictions. Users can also work on a number of sites simultaneously.
- Filtering and scheduling are also available.
- All the versions of SharePoint and Windows Operating System can work well.
- This software allows the user to view the entire process from the dashboard, and hence, they can check if all the data is moved correctly.
- If you want to see whether this software works for you or not, then there is a free version also available.
A quick guide to using Shoviv's Migrator
- Install and open Shoviv's SharePoint Migrator.
- Then, select SharePoint to SharePoint Migration and select source and target.
- If needed, apply the filter feature and other settings; tap next.
- Finally, if required, select the schedule feature and tap finish.
Conclusion
We have learned here how to migrate from SharePoint 2013 to SharePoint Online through two different means: SPMT and the Shoviv SharePoint Migrator. SPMT has some problems but is good in the case of migrating small data. When there are many pieces of data, I suggest using a professional tool because it has more sophisticated features than SPMT and can quickly move SharePoint content.
