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  1. Compare Two Environments

    Quickly compare source and destination content in order to see what needs to be incrementally migrated and to prove to customers that every item from the source made it to destination.

    To be compared:
    -items
    -site settings
    -site features
    -lists and libraries

    275 votes

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    34 comments  ·  01- Migration  ·  Admin →

  2. Sync Options in the Migration Tool - Incremental Copy

    For example, if a file has been deleted in the source after it had gotten copied over to SharePoint, can it be deleted in SharePoint?

    The goal is to re-sync only the updates, additions and deletions without the need to copy the whole thing again. It allows to keep on using the source environment while keeping the destination one sync until we're ready to go live with the new site.

    Applies to:
    -users
    -documents (move them to a different location if the user has moved it since the last update)
    -content types
    -columns
    -terms

    236 votes

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    33 comments  ·  01- Migration  ·  Admin →

  3. Add Custom Rules and Filters During Migration or Import

    [Admin note: Merged all suggestion related to more complex filtering during Migration or Import]

    • Filter on full file names instead of just exensions.
    • Filter with wildcards
    • Include / Exclude folder by name using the custom templates
    • Exclude specific (sub) folders based on names
    • Timestamp/range filters - last modified date and created date
    • List or site template filters
    • Filter by property (name, type, etc.)
    • Filter by size
    • Filter empty objects (sites, libraries, folders, ...)
    • Exclude specific type of objects (Microfeed...)
    166 votes

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    41 comments  ·  01- Migration  ·  Admin →
    Not For Now  ·  AdminAntoine Bousquet (Product Manager, ShareGate) responded

    We feel like our migration experience is quite good right now and we don’t plan on doing custom rules and filters for now.

    Some of those can already be done using PowerShell, SharePoint views and other means.

    We will eventually reevaluate this once we advance further in our roadmap.

  4. Incremental Migration of Error Items Only & Retry

    The idea is to use the migration report to start a new migration of the files that error out only, instead of running a full incremental migration.

    147 votes

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    45 comments  ·  01- Migration  ·  Admin →

  5. Convert Web Parts and Pages from Classic to Modern

    During a migration, have the ability to convert Site Pages and their classic Web Parts to their Modern version (when it exists).

    • If a Classic Web Part does not exist as Modern, it should not be converted.
    • Custom Web Parts should be ignored.
    69 votes

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    10 comments  ·  01- Migration  ·  Admin →
    Not For Now  ·  Jean-Philippe Beaulieu responded

    Hello everyone,

    After a review of our roadmap, this suggestion is not a high priority at the moment.

    With all the improvements that were done to the SharePoint PnP Modernization framework (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/transform/modernize-userinterface-site-pages) over the last year, we feel like this is a solid alternative right now to convert classic pages to modern ones so we decided to put our efforts in adding more migration capabilities (Teams migration coming soon) to our tool instead.

    We’ll keep the suggestion open and will monitor the comments and feedback and will review it in the future.

    Thank you,

  6. Preserve List Items IDs for On-Premise Migrations

    Preserve List Items ID's

    69 votes

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    12 comments  ·  01- Migration  ·  Admin →
    Not For Now  ·  Jean-Philippe Beaulieu responded

    Hi everyone,

    Lately we decided to shift most of our energy towards migrating, managing and adopting Office 365. When we create new features, we make sure they also work with SharePoint on-premise (if possible), but we are not planning on developing more options of features specifically for on-premise at the moment.

    I’ll keep the suggestion open and our ears are still open to new comments.

    Thank you,

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