Exporting very large OneDrive content ?

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Exporting very large OneDrive content ?

EnterpriseArchitect 6,041

How can I save OneDrive for Business files to my local PC as a ZIP file (many or single)?

I have OneDrive with a total of 3.4 TB and various directories, the largest of which is the camera Roll directory, with each subdirectory comprising 300-400 GB and 200,000+ files.

So I'm trying to figure out if there's a script or method for doing it better.

Thank you, in advance.

Yanli Jiang - MSFT 31,611 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2024-05-27T02:33:08.2733333+00:00

Dear and respected,

Good day!

Thank you for posting to Q&A forum. We are glad to assist. We are looking into your situation, and we will update the thread shortly.

Appreciate your patience and understanding and thank for your time and cooperation.
EnterpriseArchitect 6,041 Reputation points

2024-05-27T02:58:55.3333333+00:00

Thank you @yanli jiang ,
Can I use the https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointmigration/introducing-the-sharepoint-migration-tool tool to download it back to the OnPremise location for one user-specific OneDrive?
Yanli Jiang - MSFT 31,611 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2024-05-27T07:51:13.2166667+00:00

Unfortunately, no, SPMT only supports migration from local to cloud, not from cloud to local.

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Yanli Jiang - MSFT 31,611 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2024-05-27T02:33:08.2733333+00:00

Dear and respected,

Good day!

Thank you for posting to Q&A forum. We are glad to assist. We are looking into your situation, and we will update the thread shortly.

Appreciate your patience and understanding and thank for your time and cooperation.
EnterpriseArchitect 6,041 Reputation points

2024-05-27T02:58:55.3333333+00:00

Thank you @yanli jiang ,
Can I use the https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointmigration/introducing-the-sharepoint-migration-tool tool to download it back to the OnPremise location for one user-specific OneDrive?
Yanli Jiang - MSFT 31,611 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2024-05-27T07:51:13.2166667+00:00

Unfortunately, no, SPMT only supports migration from local to cloud, not from cloud to local.

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Yanli Jiang - MSFT 31,611 Microsoft External Staff

Hi @EnterpriseArchitect ,

In fact, judging from the size of your file, even if you use a script, it won't be much faster. There are three methods for your reference:

Directly select the file and then download it. In this way, the file will be directly packaged into a zip file and downloaded.

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Sync.

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Using PowerShell.

https://www.sharepointdiary.com/2021/09/how-to-download-all-files-from-onedrive-for-business.html

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The latter two methods require you to download the file locally first and then compress it.

Hope this helps you.

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EnterpriseArchitect 6,041 Reputation points

2024-05-27T12:23:12.3066667+00:00

@yanli jiang ,
Thank you for the response, the number of files is quite many ~800,000+ media files (Photos and Videos), so if I am using the Suggested solution #3, will it be possible to download the entire OneDrive content as a single big .ZIP file?
Yanli Jiang - MSFT 31,611 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2024-05-28T02:27:26.6233333+00:00

Hi @EnterpriseArchitect ,

Unfortunately, as mentioned before, downloading with PowerShell is to traverse all files through code and then download them. The downloaded files are still files, which need to be downloaded to the local computer first and then compressed. Therefore, it is impossible to download the entire OneDrive content into a large .ZIP file.
EnterpriseArchitect 6,041 Reputation points

2024-05-28T02:52:01.2066667+00:00

Thank you @yanli jiang

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