Move huge numbers of files into SharePoint with PowerShell
Move files into SharePoint – Introduction
SharePoint tutorials by Peter Kalmstrom
In
a series of articles Peter Kalmstrom, CEO of kalmstrom.com
Business Solutions and Microsoft certified SharePoint specialist,
describes the process of moving millions of Office files
from a files server to SharePoint.
These articles and demos are a bit old, but we hope you
can still find Peter's tips and discussions useful if
you are planning something similar.
Fileshare Inventory– what files do
we have?
Peter Kalmström uses PowerShell to make an inventory
and outputs the results in a CSV file.
This way he can give the client a graphical representation
in Excel.
Convert old Office files into modern formats
The script Peter uses converts the old .doc, .ppt
and .xls files into the modern formats introduced with
Office 2007 while keeping the old "last changed" date.
Create SharePoint site collections
Peter goes through a script that creates and resets
site collections. When this is automated he can quickly
show the client how different options will work.
Create SharePoint containers and paste files into them
This is the actual moving of files. First Peter discusses
different kinds of SharePoint containers and shows how
they look in SharePoint. When the client has decided
on what containers should be used, Peter can easily
paste the files into their containers. These files will
keep their metadata.
Each
tips article gives a written explanation, a video demonstration,
at least one downloadable PowerShell script and a link to
a blog post that discusses the same subject as the Tips
article.
The four Tips articles build on Peter's session at the SharePoint
Saturday in Stockholm in January 2014.
Peter's session was very appreciated, and he was judged
the second best of the 21 speakers after 96 % of his rates
were positive. We hope the articles, demos and scripts will
be useful to you also!
In
a series of articles Peter Kalmstrom, CEO of kalmstrom.com
Business Solutions and Microsoft certified SharePoint specialist,
describes the process of moving millions of Office files
from a files server to SharePoint. 
Each
tips article gives a written explanation, a video demonstration,
at least one downloadable PowerShell script and a link to
a blog post that discusses the same subject as the Tips
article.
