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Help from ITS

Self-Service (Moving data yourself)

SharePoint site creation

(Data can be migrated into new or existing SharePoint sites or into an existing Microsoft Teams team.)

Info

To learn more, visit this page: Creating a SharePoint Site

  • Less clutter: only creates essential parts of SharePoint site.

  • Creates a direct Q Drive replacement.

  • Adds all features to your site, including a new email address and calendar.

Data Migration

  • Safest choice.

  • Creates a log of files transferred and any issue during migration.

  • ITS performs a pre-scan to predict any issues during the migration process (ex. file name too long).

  • Can migrate into a site created by ITS or into an existing site.

  • Retains file metadata.

Tip

ITS recommends that departments use the ITS-provided data migration tool to ensure data safety.

  • Quick and easy if you do not have many files.

  • No log is generated.

  • Can take multiple days to upload if you have many files.

  • File metadata may be lost.

    • Metadata includes original author, creation date, etc.

Note

When manually migrating data, files may be unknowingly lost and ITS may not be able to restore lost files.

Managing Permissions

(Permissions are not migrated from the Q Drive, only data is migrated)

The management of permissions is now handled by the SharePoint site owners; users do not need the help of ITS to add, edit, or remove others from a SharePoint site. Check out Add others to a SharePoint Site for more information.
If you create the SharePoint site yourself, without help from ITS as described in the top row of this table, use this guide: Add Owners and Members to a custom SharePoint Site

Will my data work in SharePoint?

Data supported by SharePoint

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