Questions regarding copying from SharePoint Online to Azure Blob Storage

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Sergio

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It is my understanding that this software can copy content from SharePoint Online to Azure Blob Storage. I intend to archive approximately 2TB of data to Azure Blob Storage, including files ranging from a few KB to a few GB, from several different SharePoint sites in our tenant. Furthermore, I plan to later copy files from one SharePoint tenant to another. With that in mind, I have a few questions:
  • Is it capable of copying large files?
  • In order to copy from SharePoint to the Azure blob, will it first download each file/item to the local machine and then upload to the blob? or how's that process of copying from cloud to cloud? Do the files need to touch the local file system?
  • Will the copying from SharePoint Online to an Azure Blob keep the folder path structure (e.g. ...sites\Accounting\AP\invoices\2020-01\Vendor1\invoice01.pdf)
  • Does it create a log/csv/excel file that includes the source file and its path, file size, destination path, completion status (success/failure), and any failure errors?
  • Can this run unattended without anyone logged into the machine?
  • Is it possible to configure email or other types of notifications when completed or failures occur?
  • To help me determine what I can or cannot test before purchasing, what limitations does the enterprise trial have?
Looking forward to successfully test your GS RichCopy 360 Enterprise and purchasing a couple of licenses. Thank you!
 
Thank you for reaching out.

Yes, you can copy files from SharePoint to Azure Blob and from SharePoint to another tenant. We do not have any limitations on size to copy (so far we have had no issues with that and do not anticipate it).

As for directory structure, we would map it out the same way.

The copying process would have the file come from the source cloud to the local machine and then onto the destination cloud storage. It is not possible technically to send from cloud to cloud directly. Ideally, we should be close to the source (if it is SharePoint, then close to where the tenant was created like if this was created in the USA, then have it on a machine in the USA).

If you set the job to verbose logging (a setting in the job configuration), then it would create a log of all copied files and another log of all skipped files. There is another log file that shows details about the job along with any errors encountered. The errors are all put together so you can locate them easily.

The job can be run as a service (it is a check box in the job configuration screen) where you do not have to be logged in nor have the application open. If you couple that with the built-in scheduler, then it just runs in the background.

If you have an SMTP server, it can send you an email notification when the job is successful or failed (or both). It can also attach the log as well.

You can use the trial to test it out. It would copy 5 files from every folder.

One important tip, we highly suggest you authenticate as Tenant Authorization to SharePoint which requires Global Admin. When you do that, MS sees you as a backend process and will not throttle you as it would if you logged in as User Authentication. Please reference this page to get an idea on how to configure the software to work with SharePoint https://gurusquad.com/pages/microsoft-share-point

Please let us know if you need any guidance.
Thank you

- Alex
 
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