{"id":117,"date":"2020-02-17T16:19:14","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T15:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/metashare-help-admin-manual-introduction-to-the-sharepoint-migration-tool\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T23:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T21:14:10","slug":"introduction-to-migration-manager","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/en\/metashare\/get-started\/document-migration\/introduction-to-migration-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to Migration Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SharePoint Migration Manager enables you to migrate documents to Microsoft 365 (SharePoint or to OneDrive) from on-premises file shares<\/span>, Google Workspace or Box . You access it by going to the SharePoint admin center and selecting the “Migration” option, in the left navigation:
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If you want to migrate documents from SharePoint Server 2010, 2013 and 2016 or other cloud environments, you can use either “SharePoint Migration Tool” or “Mover”, both available from the Migration Manager page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want to migrate documents from another site in SharePoint Online, you can also use the standard \u201cMove to” function, available in the document library\u2019s toolbar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information see: Overview: Migrate your file shares to Microsoft 365 with Migration Manager<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some facts about the tool<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. With the ability to set up multiple computers as “agents”, Migration Manager lets you scale your migration project as much as you need. Your migration tasks will automatically be assigned to the next available agent.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. In the destination document library, the documents are migrated to a folder hierarchy that matches the folder hierarchy in the source location.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Migrated documents maintain these metadata from the file server:\n