Content Migration Tools for SharePoint
It is just a matter of time until a decision is made to migrate from an older version of SharePoint or even from a different enterprise content management (EMC) to the latest version of SharePoint. The following third-party solutions will help SharePoint Administrators to migrate or consolidate content. Did we miss any SharePoint migration tools? Do you have any additional ideas or suggestions? Let us know in the comments.
AvePoint – DocAve Migrators
Migrate. Quickly consolidate enterprise content from legacy systems or previous Microsoft SharePoint versions into Microsoft SharePoint Server and SharePoint Online.
Minimize the time and effort required to migrate enterprise-wide content to SharePoint by utilizing DocAve’s seamless, fully mapped transfer of content from more than 14 legacy systems to SharePoint 2013 or 2010 – on-premises or Online editions.
Features
- Security Trimming
- Source Content Pre-scan
- Customizable And Reusable Migration Plans
- Full Or Incremental Migration
- Migration With Full Fidelity
- Source And Destination Environment Coexistence During Migration
- Online Or Offline Migration
- Data Synchronization With Customized Scheduling
- Free Trial Available
Automated Intelligence – AI.DATAPOINT
Cleanse, categorize, manage and migrate content automatically to any location including enterprise content platforms such as Microsoft SharePoint.
Automatic data migration. Existing data will need cleansed and categorized. The structure, policy, metadata and security permissions need to be managed as part of the migration process. Organisations require migration tools to fully manage the process of migration in an accurate, timely and audited manner.
Features
- Automatic validation, de-duplication, categorization and migration of data from over 40 current and legacy data systems
- Identification of duplicate, near duplicate, redundant, obsolete and irrelevant data by examining file content and metadata
- Interpretation of content by indexing and using semantic and linguistic reasoning
- Data is categorized by security, retention and access requirements against the information policy of the organization
- Automatic population of document libraries with existing relevant documents based on content and contextual analysis
- Automatically migrating, tagging and securing information assets in the new consolidated environment
BitTitan SharePoint Migration
As with mailbox migrations, MigrationWiz enables companies to move from an older version of SharePoint to SharePoint Online, skipping the traditional upgrade path that would otherwise be required. MigrationWiz keeps existing file hierarchies and permissions intact. You’ll see what you’re used to seeing once you get to the cloud, further reducing adoption times across your organization. Also, enjoy the freedom to choose which documents you need to move to cloud, allowing you to prioritize your most important files.
Features
- File migration
- List migration
- Permissions migration
- Folder filtering
- Concurrent migrations
- Bandwidth control
- Pause migrations
- Free Trial Available
Clockwork Software – SharePoint Migration Tool
Reliable migration of documents from your old ECMS to SharePoint 2013, SharePoint Online / Office 365
From any SQL Server based ECMS (EDRMS, DMS, CMS) with files stored on a network drive or share. ECMSs like DOCs Open, Worksite, FileNet, Hummingbird DM6, etc.
Features
- Migrate all versions and metadata (including managed metadata)
- Migrate to SharePoint libraries and folders
- Apply document level security if desired
- Currently in use on migration projects totalling about 2 million documents
- Good for small migrations too – with a cost effective pricing scheme.
- Free Trial Available
DELL – Migration Suite for SharePoint
Eliminate the risks of downtime and data loss with Migration Suite for SharePoint. This agentless SharePoint migration tool lets you seamlessly move your entire SharePoint environment, as well as Windows files, Microsoft Exchange public folders and personal storage (Google Drive, home folders, My Sites, etc.), to on-premises versions of SharePoint, Office 365, OneDrive for Business or a hybrid environment.
Features
- Migrate to SharePoint and Office 365
- Easy-to-use console –Simplify the migration process using drag-and-drop or copy-and-paste controls to move content.
- Plan effectively with pre-migration analysis
- Accelerate migrations with fewer resources
- Faster cloud migrations with Azure Turbo Boost
- Improve intelligence with metadata – Preserve, reassign or add metadata to content as it is migrated
- Simplify your project management – Ensure on-time completion by scheduling your migration and getting real-time progress reports.
- Powerful scripts – Automate and accelerate repetitive migration tasks through scripting
- Free Trial Available
DMS-Shuttle
DMS-Shuttle is a desktop application that you can use for browsing different document management systems and for transferring data between your local system and the connected DMS.
Features
- Bulk upload / bulk download from / to SharePoint Document Library
- Manage document objects
- Manage document versions
- Manage folder objects
- Create the whole folder structure
- Renames files with illegal characters that are blocked by SharePoint
- Keeps the original modified and created dates of the files (configurable, disabled by default)
- Bulk update metadata on existing documents (function is enabled on document library, folder and document level)
- Bulk check-in (function is enabled on every level: SharePoint site, document library, folder and document)
- Supported Microsoft SharePoint Versions: SharePoint 2010/2013 and SharePoint Online
- Free Trial Available
Domigrator
Domigrator is a solution to migrate Domino Application data to SharePoint Online or SharePoint On-Premise as well as PDFs. You can export and import data to new or old applications. You build the template or use some of the standard templates and we migrate your data to your SharePoint Application.
With Domigrator solution you can migrate attachments, Rich Text and inlined pictures from Domino to SharePoint. And just to clarify, we do not use any third-party solution, because this is the solution!
Domigrator also gives the ability to export documents from a Domino database to PDFs or Word-documents in a file system. We even can convert Word-files from a file system back to PDFs in a file system.
LepideMigrator for Documents
Content Migration from File Server and Public Folders to SharePoint made Easy
LepideMigrator for Documents (LMD) is an outstanding solution for content migration from traditional File Servers, Exchange Public Folders and Office 365 Public Folders to SharePoint. With its user-friendly interface and easy execution process, this software totally eliminates the complexity involved in migrating content from different sources.
Features
- Bulk Migration – Select all required content at one go and perform bulk migration
- Metadata Migration – Transfer the attributes of every file, folder, email, contact and other items
- Map the users between the sources and the destination
- Migrate file permissions as well
- Migration Analyzer – Detailed XLS (spreadsheet) reports on pre-migration analysis
- Zero Assistance Migration – Schedule automatic migration from File Server/Public Folder to the SharePoint Server
- Multiple Connections – Connect to multiple file servers in the network
- Free Trial Available
Migration-Center
The migration-center is a full function, out-of-the-box product for highly automated, large volume content and data migrations and it is easy to deploy.
The migration-center grants more than 65 out-of-the-box connections from various source to various target systems. Combine the different systems to get the migration path which fits your requirements.
Migration to MS SharePoint from: File share, EMC Documentum, Database (SQL), eRoom, XML, MS Excel, MS Access, Lotus Notes, MS Outlook, MS SharePoint.
Metalogix – Content Matrix
For more than a decade, Metalogix Tools and engineers have been trusted by thousands of clients for their SharePoint migration.
Content Matrix allows you to migrate directly to SharePoint 2013, OneDrive for Business or Office 365 from SharePoint 2007 or SharePoint 2010 in one hop. No need for intermediate SharePoint versions or an on-premises staging farm for a move to Office 365.
Selected by Microsoft as the only pre-approved, MSO-CAF certified SharePoint migration tool for migrating to Office 365 Dedicated.
Features
- Simple Setup
- No Server Side Install
- Keep Current Farm Running
- Site Collection Migration
- Rearrange Post-Migration
- Migrate Discrete Elements
- Migrate to 2013 MySites
- Split/Merge Lists
- Externalize BLOBS Before Migration
- Migrate Nintex Workflows
- Advanced Analysis & Migration Capabilities
- Free Trial Available
Metalogix – MetaVis Migrator Suite
Whether you need to upgrade SharePoint from an older version, get out of messy file shares, or just need to reorganize your SharePoint environment, MetaVis Migration Suite for SharePoint includes all the options you will need to complete anything from the basic to the most complex migration tasks in one tool.
The MetaVis Migration Suite is everything you need in order to carry out a successful migration. Whether you’re moving from a file system, Exchange public folders, Google Drive, or between SharePoint instances in your farm or tenant, Migration Suite’s tools can make a complex migration that much simpler.
Features
- Pre-Migration Analysis
- Migration as you Need It
- Complete Metadata Control
- Migrate content from Google Drive
- Schedule and Automate
- Granular File Control
- Field Preservation and Conversion
- Platform Agnostic
- Free Trial Available
Office 365 Migration – Lightning Migrator
The Lightning Migrator empowers you to migrate Office 365 Content to SharePoint Online with incredible performance. The Lightning Migrator uses the Microsoft Office 365 Migration API to perform the migration, but take the pain of writing the PowerShell commands away. Migrate in minutes using our simple to use interface. The Lightning Migrator is a simple to use tool that enables you to perform your Office 365 Migration from SharePoint On-Premises to Office 365 at Lightning fast speeds. Simply select the content that you wish to migrate, select the target list or library and hit the migrate button.
Features
- Migrate List or Library Content.
- Office 365 Migration.
- Cross Site Collection Rollup Web Part.
- The Data Viewer web part for SharePoint 2013 empowers users to build data views without SharePoint Designer.
- Create External Content Types for SAP without the need for any code.
- SharePoint Permissions Management.
- SharePoint Chart Web Part.
- Powerful scripts – Automate and accelerate repetitive migration tasks through scripting
- Free Trial Available
PCVITA SharePoint Migration
Express Migrator for SharePoint is a comprehensive solution for enterprise to migrate content to SharePoint as part of their SharePoint migration strategy that goes above and beyond other traditional SharePoint migration software, thereby allowing you to have visually architected migration.
The SharePoint migration products granularly migrates the contents while keeping all the associated metadata & permissions intact. System Integrators/Microsoft Partners can leverage the power of the software that we have in the offering for enterprise content migration to SharePoint & its variants: SharePoint on-premise, SharePoint online, Microsoft BPOS and Office 365.
Microsoft SharePoint migration tools offered:
- File System to SharePoint
- SharePoint to SharePoint
- Public Folder to SharePoint
- Lotus Docs to SharePoint
- Lotus Emails to SharePoint
- Outlook Emails to SharePoint
- Migrator for Office 365
- Free Trials Available
Proventeq Migration Accelerator
Proventeq Migration Accelerator delivers fast and reliable migration of documents, web content and digital assets from wide range of sources such as file shares, legacy repositories and non-Microsoft platforms into SharePoint 2013. It also provides a direct migration from older versions of SharePoint such as SharePoint 2007, SharePoint Portal Server 2003, WSS 3.0 and WSS 2.0.
Features
- Intuitive UI for easy drag-and drop from source to SharePoint 2013
- Association of content types and page layouts within SharePoint 2013, based on configurable mappings
- Rules based Metadata mapping – Allows setting of metadata values in SharePoint 2013 based on easy to configure rules. The metadata values can either come directly from source system or computed as part of the rules
- Links Resolution – Automatically converts links within source documents/pages to links in SharePoint 2013
- Filtering – Content classification allows filtering/archiving of content which is no longer required in SharePoint 2013
- Content re-structuring – Supports mapping of source content structure to SharePoint 2013 Information Architecture
- Automatically handling of invalid characters and patterns in source file names
- Automatic splitting of large folders to comply with of SharePoint 2013 List view threshold
- Content transformation and standards compliance– Transformation of legacy HTML into WCAG compliant HTML. Cleansing to remove embedded styles.
QIPoint SharePoint Essentials Toolkit
The SharePoint Essentials Toolkit bundle includes multiple components to help site owners or admins have greater control over the sites they manage, saving them time and improving end user experience.
Fully configurable ribbon buttons and menus to enable or hide functionality from certain Site Owners. Simple, feature rich, easily configurable reports with full export capabilities make this tool rise above the rest. Intuitive and customizable dashboard presents all of the sites that the Site Owner is responsible for and can easily review reports for each of them.
Features
- No server side install
- SharePoint Broken Link Manager
- SharePoint Site Auditing
- SharePoint Permission Manager
- SharePoint Policy Manager
- SharePoint Content Manager
- Free Trial Available
Saketa Migrator
Saketa SharePoint Migrator allows you to migrate and manage your SharePoint environment from a wide variety of sources at an unbelievable speed.
Saketa has redefined and reimagined the SharePoint platform. We are disrupting the arena of SharePoint hosted applications. The Saketa Productivity Suite has helped improve an organization’s productivity by up to 3 times. Saketa takes its productivity suite to the next level with the next generation SharePoint Migrator.
Features
- No server side installation
- Migrate sites, subsites, lists, libraries, views and workflows
- Access for up to 5 users at no extra cost
- Unlimited migration
- Import and/or export your lists to excel
- Migrate directly between Dropbox. Google Drive, Onedrive and SharePoint
- Pre-empt errors and rectify them to ensure a smooth migration
- Track status of your migration with an export to excel functionality that allows for deeper analysis
- Handle errors proactively or reactively
- Free Trial Available
SLIM Applications
SLIM Companion is an intuitive, fast and 100% browser-based tool that mimics SharePoint as Windows Explorer. Users can migrate documents to SharePoint using drag and drop. Chrome and Opera users can even drag complete folder structures.
The tool supports content migrations from the user’s local computer, file shares, USB drives, OneDrive, Google Drive, DropBox, Box and SharePoint 2007/2010/2013/Office 365 (through explorer view) to SharePoint Online (Office 365), Office 365 Groups and on-premise SharePoint.
The tool supports content migrations from the user’s local computer, file shares, USB drives, OneDrive, Google Drive, DropBox, Box and SharePoint 2007/2010/2013/Office 365 (through explorer view) to SharePoint Online (Office 365), Office 365 Groups and on-premise SharePoint.
The tool uses parallel processes to deliver exceptional performance. Common migration problems like illegal characters in item names, 0 kB files, long item names and blocked files are automatically catered for. SLIM Companion supports document sizes up to 10 GB and data sets up to 30 GB. Larger data sets can be easily migrated in parts. Email metadata such as To, From, Subject is automatically extracted from Outlook msg files and captured in the corresponding SharePoint columns. The tool generates a detailed migration report.
SLIM Companion is supported with multiple browsers (Chrome, FireFox, Opera, Internet Explorer 11 and Edge) and runs on Windows and OS X clients. The tool has been designed to operate under constrained conditions and automatically deals with network and server glitches. Users can also download complete folder structures as a zip file or generate a content report with details on the SharePoint environment (e.g. list with large documents, quota consumed by document versions, checked out documents, …).
Sharegate – SharePoint Migration Tool
Sharegate is built to migrate everything inside out of SharePoint & Office 365. Migrate entire site collections or decide what you want to move: sites, libraries, lists, workflows, Nintex workflows & forms, documents, and much more.
With Sharegate, you migrate straight to Office 365 or any SharePoint version such as 2007 to 2013, or 2010 to Office 365.
Features
- Full SharePont Site Migration
- Migrate Sites and Subsites
- Promote Site to Site Collection
- Granular Migration
- Change List URL and Name
- Change Site Templates
- Migrate Site Collections
- Change Site URL and Name
- Merge Existing Sites
- Free Trial Available
Tzunami Deployer for SharePoint
Tzunami Deployer for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 is a stand-alone application enabling rapid content migration. Tzunami Deployer for SharePoint 2013 Migration is part of the Tzunami Deployer Family of Products – the leading SharePoint Migration tools which has been developed specifically to respond to all SharePoint migration requirements. Saving total-cost-of-ownership, the solution allows users to easily upgrade to SharePoint 2013 from any version of SharePoint, and from a wide variety of ECMs.
Tzunami Deployer offers rapid migration into SharePoint structures. In today’s business arena, with multiple ECMs located in one organization, Tzunami Deployer minimizes the loss of information. The solution enables the IT manager to streamline the business-critical processes simply and efficiently. With effective use of accumulated knowledge, Tzunami Deployer saves time and increases the return on investment.
Features
- Handles all types of items, including the basic data items (contacts, tasks, etc.), documents (including specific versions), folders, lists, as well as sites and site collections.
- Allows users to sort, customize, design and redefine the structure of the migrated content.
- Enables swift metadata migration during the upgrade
- Security migration can be performed as part of the content migration, thus retaining users’ and groups’ permissions
- Provides a warning system to the user to handle “weak” restrictions appropriately
- Provides a rule engine, allowing users to control the behavior of the migration
- Free Trial Available
Vyapin
Vyapin builds intelligent document migration solutions for Microsoft SharePoint. Vyapin is a pioneer in developing document migration solutions, starting from the very beginning when SharePoint was first introduced by Microsoft.
DocKIT for SharePoint – is a powerful application for migrating documents, NTFS permissions, data and their associated metadata properties from network file shares, file servers and local hard drives to Microsoft SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2007.
External Data Connector for SharePoint – imports data from multiple external data sources, including Databases, SharePoint, CSV and Excel files, integrates them into SharePoint Lists and Document Libraries and vice versa. It supports databases such as SQL Server, MS Access, Oracle and any ODBC compliant database as well as file sources such as XLSX and CSV. The product can integrate data into SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint online (Office 365).
SPListX for SharePoint – is a powerful application to export document / picture library contents and associated metadata and list items, including associated file attachments to the Windows File System. Export SharePoint libraries, folders, documents, list items, version histories, metadata and permissions to the desired destination location in the Windows File System. SPListX supports all versions of SharePoint (2013 / 2010 / 2007 / 2003) in a single product.
XPlica for SharePoint – enables SharePoint site migration across your SharePoint 2007 / 2010 / 2013 farms. XPlica supports migration of site collections, sites, libraries, lists, folders, documents, document metadata properties, list items and associated metadata (including file attachments) from one SharePoint server to another. You can perform migration of site contents from SharePoint 2003 / 2007 farms to SharePoint 2007 / 2010 / 2013 farms and SharePoint Online sites.
Xybion Migration Studio – SharePoint Edition
Xybion provides a SharePoint migration software solution as part of it’s overall migration and content management solution, known as MigrationStudio. Offered as a single-user, desktop version, an enterprise, professional version or as a services-driven migration offering (PathBuilder), our migration software is powerful enough to meet the needs of global enterprises.
Xybion Sharepoint Migration solution offers a number of benefits including:
- Full repository migration and consolidation
- Intuitive user interface
- Migration scheduling
- Comprehensive, out of the box reports
- One-click analysis of metadata to streamline the project
- Library o business rules that reduce the need for custom rule writing
- Flexible licensing model (studio, enterprise)
