Migration to One Drive for Business- the Process and Options

OneDrive is a part of Office 365. This cloud service from Microsoft allows you to access data anywhere, anytime. One Drive for Business has numerous advantages for businesses as it makes it easy to access documents, speeds up the sharing of data, and facilitates collaboration within different departments of the organization.
OneDrive for Business has helped many business organizations to grow many folds by ensuring better document management and collaboration.

Migrate Windows File Server data to Office 365

Here is the brief procedure to migrate Windows file system data to Office 365 –

1. Sign in to Office 365 account
   
2. Click the App Launcher icon at the top left-hand side
3. Click the Office 365 icon
   
4. Click Upload and Open
   
5. Browse the desired files and click Open
   
6. Files get uploaded
   
7. After the successful upload, the file will automatically open
   

There are two other methods too which you can use to upload data –

SharePoint Migration tool It is a free tool which you can download and use to migrate files, documents, lists, and libraries.
OneDrive Sync Client This tool allows you to drag and drop files from your computer to SharePoint Online.

Migrate Windows File Server data to OneDrive for Business –

To upload files to One Drive for Business, just follow the steps -

1. After successful sign in, click the App Launcher, and then select OneDrive
   
2. Click the Upload icon
   
3. Select the files and click OK
   
4. After successful migration, you can view the data at the saved location
   

Professional method

OneDrive for business is a good platform to store documents. But if you want to store large amount of data, then the manual migration process will be quite time taking as you will have to select files multiple times and then wait for them to migrate.
To migrate large amount of data, it is better to use a professional tool which supports all versions of SharePoint and OneDrive. Kernel Migrator for SharePoint is one such a SharePoint migration tool which uploads large amount of data from to SharePoint and OneDrive for Business. Also, it migrates the complete SharePoint data to another SharePoint Server or SharePoint Online.

   

Conclusion

A manual method for File System to One Drive migration is simple but it never guarantees a successful migration, especially for large amount of data. Whereas, Kernel Migrator for SharePoint is a complete tool with all the features required for efficient migration. It migrates data between any version of SharePoint (2007,2010,2013). It also migrates File server to OneDrive for business,  SharePoint and Google Drive.