How to auto update the sharing URL after migrate SharePoint documents to a new domain

Question

We are migrating the SharePoint site from one domain to a new domain(tenant).

Many documents are already shared with different systems. e.g. Jira, Confluence...

After the migration, do we need to manually modify all the existing document URLs which already been shared?

Any automation can be done for this modification?

Answer 1

When migrating SharePoint documents to a new domain, the URLs of shared documents will change, affecting links in systems like Jira and Confluence. To automate the update of these links, you can use PowerShell scripts or SharePoint's URL Rewrite feature. However, these methods may require customization based on your specific setup. There isn't a built-in feature in SharePoint or Azure Migrate for automatically updating external links.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/change-your-sharepoint-domain-name

Answer 2

Hi @Yisheng Cao,

As declared in this article: Cross-tenant SharePoint migration FAQs (Preview),

After the SharePoint cross-tenant migration, existing shared links for files that were migrated will automatically redirect to the new target location.

you don't need to modify all the existing document URLs which already been shared. Existing shared links for files that were migrated will automatically redirect to the new target location.

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