I am using sharepoint.migrationtool. How do I automate the migration?

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I am using sharepoint.migrationtool. How do I automate the migration?

OL 0

Hi,

I have folders in Share Point from local files, I want to migrate to local files to update SharePoint

I use microsoft.sharepoint.migrationtool.advancedapp.exe to migrate

But I want to automate the process

I tried to run a JSON file like this:

{

"Tasks": [

{

"SourcePath": "Local file path",

"TargetPath": "SharePoint path",

"TargetList": "Documents",

"TargetListRelativePath": "Folder name",

"Settings": {

"DefaultPackageFileCount": 0,

"MigrateSiteSettings": 0,

"MigrateRootFolder": true

},

"MigrationType": "Content"

}

]

}

With the correct data of course

I ran it in POWER SHELL like this:

C:...\Apps\SharePointMigrationTool\SPMT\microsoft.sharepoint.migrationtool.advancedapp.exe -task jsonFilePath.json

Result: The EXE loaded and a white screen appeared - probably connecting to Microsoft - which is not possible in an automated process.

Is there a way to automate the migration process?

Thanks!

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Hi @OL
Thank you for posting your question in the Microsoft Q&A forum.

As moderators, we have certain limitations within our test environment, which unfortunately prevent us from fully reproducing the issue you've encountered. After thorough research, I found this helpful article Start-SPMTMigration (Microsoft.SharePoint.MigrationTool.PowerShell) | Microsoft Learn which may meet your requirement.

You may take this PowerShell script from Microsoft as a reference for automating SharePoint migration using the SharePoint Migration Tool.

# Define SharePoint 2013 data source  
$SourceSiteUrl = "https://YourOnPremSite/" 
$OnPremUserName = "Yourcomputer\administrator" 
$OnPremPassword = ConvertTo-SecureString -String "OnPremPassword" -AsPlainText -Force 
$SPCredential = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $OnPremUserName, $OnPremPassword 
$SourceListName = "SourceListName" 
  
# Define SPO target 
$SPOUrl = "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/" 
$UserName = "******@contoso.onmicrosoft.com" 
$PassWord = ConvertTo-SecureString -String "YourSPOPassword" -AsPlainText -Force 
$SPOCredential = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $UserName, $PassWord 
$TargetListName = "TargetListName" 
  
# Define File Share data source 
$FileshareSource = "YourFileShareDataSource" 
  
# Import SPMT Migration Module 
Import-Module Microsoft.SharePoint.MigrationTool.PowerShell 
  
# Register the SPMT session with SPO credentials 
Register-SPMTMigration -SPOCredential $SPOCredential -Force 
  
# Add two tasks into the session. One is SharePoint migration task, and another is 
# File Share migration task. 
Add-SPMTTask -SharePointSourceCredential $SPCredential -SharePointSourceSiteUrl $SourceSiteUrl  -TargetSiteUrl $SPOUrl -MigrateAll 
Add-SPMTTask -FileShareSource $FileshareSource -TargetSiteUrl $SPOUrl -TargetList $TargetListName 
  
# Start Migration in the console. 
Start-SPMTMigration

I hope this helps.

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