Do you use a network drive in your workplace? If you’ve been using it for a while, you might be holding a large chunk of data on it. Transferring all your files to SharePoint can appear to be a daunting and time-consuming task. If you’re wondering whether there are any simple and straightforward steps, you’ve come to the right place.
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Benefits of Transferring Network Drive files to SharePoint
Before we look into the actual process to transfer Network Drive files to SharePoint, let us look into the possible benefits.
Microsoft SharePoint is a popular cloud platform. It is used for document sharing, collaboration and business intelligence. It shares a lot of similarities with Office 365. The user interface is almost the same.
These are the benefits you get when you transfer network files to SharePoint:
Best Practices while Transferring Files
Network drives are typically filled up with hundreds of thousands of files. These files are the result of years of collaboration with different teams within an organization and clients. Do you really want to dump everything on to SharePoint?
We’re pretty sure you wouldn’t. Cloud storages cost real money. Instead of putting all of your files on to the cloud, it’s best to upload only that data that you’ll require for the next month or two. Storing fewer documents will make it easy to backup and organize them. You can easily find your files in no time.
If you want to migrate a huge amount of data, better get rid of the duplicate first. Deleting duplicates will free-up your network drive’s storage and improve your productivity.
Steps
Note: Clone Files Checker has an integrated backup feature to protect you from unexpected data loss. You can restore any deleted file(s) from the History tab of the main screen. To enable the backup feature, click on Settings to open up the program settings. Switch to the Preferences tab and activate Enable data backup and then click on OK.
Network Drive to SharePoint Transfer Process
Now let’s get back to the actual process. Here are some things to keep in mind:
Prerequisites
Step 1: Get Your SharePoint Library Path
Step 2: Mark your SharePoint Library as Trusted
Step 3: Map Network Drive to SharePoint Documents Library
Step 4: Transfer your Files
Once you’ve successfully mapped your library, the File Explorer will display a folder for your mapped library on the left-hand side panel. You can open it and view its contents as you normally do with other files and subfolders.
Drawbacks
On the negative side, although drive mapping is a one-time process, you might want to occasionally refresh the security tokens to keep the mapping intact. To do so, open Internet Explorer and load your SharePoint library every three weeks.
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