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Key Points to maximize you SharePoint Migration using Sharegate.

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  Many organizations are going through a shift of platforms i.e... from on-premise solutions to online solutions, and SharePoint is one of the major platforms. In this article, I will be highlighting some basic key concepts which might help you out in maximizing the amount of data transfer from SharePoint on-premise to SharePoint Online using Sharegate as a tool. The suggestions I mentioned in the article are based on my years of experience, and might not suit some scenarios Computing Power Many of us think that while using Sharegate we do not require a powerful system for migration as it is just the transfer of data. But that is not correct as before sending the data, Sharegate does a lot of processing. So having a powerful computing machine will speed up the processing and you can gain the speed. Though Sharegate recommends optimal performance with 4 cores, my suggestion is to go with a minimum of  8 CPU cores 32Gb RAM 256 GB of SSD This will give the maximum resources and p...

Play Big with large lists and document libraries

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  What if the SharePoint list or library grew too big? This is a very common question when you are designing the SharePoint solution. So in this article, I will try to explain how you can do that. Impact of unhandled Large List So, the problem first, What is the impact if it grew too large..?? Will we lose data ... ?? NO Will, the data be deleted... ?? NO Is data not safe.. ?? NO What is the Threshold limit? So what is the impact of a large list?? yes, Threshold is the cause The impact is that you will get the threshold error if your view contains records greater than 5000. When any list or library view returns records of more than 5000 it displays the threshold error. This is the hard-line limit a view can show up the number of records. So, there are multiple ways you can handle this error Solution 1: Switch to Modern View, as the latest the best and will be continuously improved. For modern Microsoft is continuously evolving and more enhancement will be there in the future. Solut...

Comparing List Item count of SharePoint Sites

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 Hi friends, When we are migrating we would like to automate as much as possible. One of the processes that I automated was the comparison of the list item count for the two SharePoint sites. Using this PowerShell script will generate the CSV file will all the list differences. This is the quick way of validating the migration of thousands of sites. Happy Coding..!!