Migrate On-Prem Hyper V File share to SharePoint

Question

Hi

we currently have 3 hyper V machines siting on a on prem machine , which hold 200gb per machine. The goal is to move all files into SharePoint.

I have been looking at solutions like Azure Data Box but they don't seem fit for the migration.

I am also looking into migrating the entire hyper v machines into azure and then moving the files from a Azure VM to a SharePoint location via a network mapped drive and syncing files across.

Anyone have any experience or tips for this solution ?

Answer 1

Hi @Aaroon Virk ,

To move the files from an Azure VM to a SharePoint location via a network mapped drive, you can follow these steps:

1. On your Azure VM, open File Explorer and click on This PC.
2. Click on the Computer tab and then click on Map network drive.
3. Choose a drive letter and enter the URL of your SharePoint site in the Folder box. For example, https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/team.
4. Check the Connect using different credentials box and click Finish.
5. Enter your SharePoint username and password and click OK.
6. You should see your SharePoint site as a network drive in File Explorer.
7. You can now drag and drop or copy and paste your files from your Azure VM to your SharePoint location.

I hope this helps.

And, you can also try using Azure File Sync. These articles are for your reference:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/file-sync/file-sync-introduction

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/file-sync/file-sync-planning

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/file-sync/file-sync-deployment-guide?tabs=azure-portal%2Cproactive-portal

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