What experience do you have with SharePoint migration tools ? Which ones the best, easiest to use, best value for money ?
Reason for asking is I am considering doing a special newsletter which compares and contrasts them, but don’t have the experience with all of them… So if you have used one, let me know your thoughts and share as much as possible…
UPDATE! Since asking this there are now two articles on here that really help. Here is a fantastic SharePoint Migration Tool Comparison report put together by Alex Dove and this guide helps you select a good SharePoint Migration Tool.
We’ve also created a new category on our directory that lists virtually all of them. Best Office 365 Migration Tools.
Thanks in advance, Mark
I would look at ShareGate probably, it looks simple, has was you need, most of them uses the same web services so the different in the products are very small, so go with the one which is easier, and also have great support system. My experience with Quest (Dell) was not the best, but all depends on planning, and testing. But I see no point in writing code when others already have done it for you. The pricing usually is not to bad either. What I probably would have done, is to test 1-2 products, to be sure they have all you need.Â
I had problems with migrating the metadata, but that was because the users changed at the same time. the domain was different. And since you probably should go with claims authentication it would be the same scenario here, the user profiles will be different then from 2007, the token is different.
Have you tested to see if the last edited by, or checked out to, will maintain from the source site to the target site?Â
So my point is, you have to test before to be sure that all problems are covered.Â
