Quick answer:<\/strong> Microsoft’s free Migration Manager copies Egnyte content into OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams. You first create an Egnyte Connect API application and request a rate limit increase from Egnyte, then scan, set destinations, map identities, and migrate. Only the latest version of each file moves, external sharing links aren’t recreated, and permissions are re-shared when identities are fully mapped.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Key Takeaways<\/p>\n Organizations move from Egnyte to SharePoint and OneDrive to consolidate file storage under the Microsoft 365 subscription they already pay for, manage content with the same security and compliance tools as email and Teams, and reduce the number of platforms their IT team has to run.<\/strong> Egnyte is a capable platform, and many organizations run it alongside Microsoft 365 for good reasons, which our guide to how Egnyte integrates with Office 365<\/a> explains. The case for migrating usually comes down to simplification.<\/p>\n None of this means Egnyte did anything wrong. It means your priorities changed, and the migration should reflect that: move what people actually use, in a structure that suits SharePoint, instead of copying a decade of folders unchanged.<\/p>\n Yes. Migration Manager, built into the Microsoft 365 admin center, migrates Egnyte documents, data, and users to OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams at no additional license cost, and it replaced the older Mover tool for admin-led migrations.<\/strong> Egnyte support arrived in Migration Manager in 2022, and the tool copies content rather than moving it.<\/p>\n You start in the Microsoft 365 admin center, under Setup, then Migration and imports, where you select Egnyte to create a migration project. On the Microsoft side, you need to be a Global admin, a OneDrive or SharePoint admin, or hold the Microsoft 365 Migration Administrator role, and Microsoft recommends the role with the fewest permissions. On the Egnyte side, you need credentials with Read access to every Egnyte user account you plan to migrate. Migration Manager supports up to 50,000 tasks per tenant for cloud migrations. If your tenant is a government cloud, check Microsoft’s specialty environments support page, since availability differs there.<\/p>\n You need an Egnyte developer account and API app, source credentials with Read access, the right Microsoft 365 role, pre-provisioned OneDrives, and a plan for the Egnyte settings that Migration Manager doesn’t carry.<\/strong> Our broader migration checklist<\/a> covers the surrounding project.<\/p>\n You create an Egnyte API app, request a rate limit increase, connect Migration Manager and scan, review destinations, map identities, and then migrate and monitor.<\/strong> Microsoft describes six steps, and the two Egnyte-specific ones come first.<\/p>\n Two details are worth keeping in mind as you work through these. Unsupported files generate item-level errors during scanning and migration but don’t change the final status of a task, so a task can show Ready to migrate or Completed even when some files won’t move. Read the reports instead of trusting the status. And because Migration Manager works folder by folder, you can scan and migrate in waves, which is how larger projects stay manageable.<\/p>\n Egnyte limits new applications, so a brand new API app will typically connect without trouble but be too constrained to migrate real volumes of content, which makes requesting a rate limit increase the most important Egnyte-specific step.<\/strong> It is also the step most likely to surprise you, because everything appears to work until you try to move data.<\/p>\n Treat the application key and secret like passwords, because they open access to your Egnyte data. Start the request early, since it depends on Egnyte’s support team, and build that lead time into your schedule instead of discovering it on cutover week. If you need help with the app, Egnyte’s developer support can assist.<\/p>\n Yes. Migration Manager can send Egnyte content to OneDrive, SharePoint, or Teams, and personal Private folders usually belong in the owner’s OneDrive while team-owned Shared folders belong in SharePoint or Teams.<\/strong> You choose the destination for each task.<\/p>\n Pre-provision OneDrive for every user you are migrating, or the destinations will fail validation. If you are unsure where each type of content belongs, our comparison of where OneDrive ends and SharePoint begins<\/a> will help. If a destination site doesn’t show up in the picker, remember that SharePoint admins only see sites where they are at least a member, new sites can take a couple of hours to appear, and the CSV upload is the reliable fallback.<\/p>\n Don’t copy a decade of folders into one giant library. Map shared folders to sites and libraries that reflect how teams actually work, keep paths short, and decide what to leave behind before you migrate.<\/strong> Migration Manager will copy whatever you point it at, so the design work is yours.<\/p>\n Migration Manager copies the files and folders each Egnyte user can access, in both Private and Shared folders, and re-shares them when identities are mapped, but it moves only the latest file version and does not recreate external sharing links or share with external collaborators.<\/strong> Anything a user can’t access in Egnyte is excluded from the migration.<\/p>\n Egnyte permissions and shared folders getting complicated?<\/p>\n Shared folders, groups, and permissions are where Egnyte migrations get tricky. Apps4Rent maps them to SharePoint sites and Microsoft 365 groups before anything moves.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Get my free assessment \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n Microsoft says that when identities are fully mapped, content is automatically re-shared after migration so each user keeps access as before, but external links must be recreated by hand and only the latest version of each file moves.<\/strong> Each of these deserves a deliberate plan.<\/p>\n After a task completes once, selecting Migrate again runs a delta sync that compares the destination with the source and copies only new or modified files, so you can migrate in the background and catch up just before cutover.<\/strong> It also means you must not rearrange anything mid-migration.<\/p>\n A sensible cutover runs the initial migration well ahead of time, repeats delta syncs while people keep working, announces a date when Egnyte becomes read-only, runs a final delta sync, reviews the reports, and only then retires Egnyte. Our Dropbox migration guide<\/a> shows the same cutover pattern for another cloud source.<\/p>\n Yes, but Migration Manager is the right starting point for most organizations, and third-party tools or a managed migration are worth considering when you need versions, finer permission control, or a hard deadline met without internal admin time.<\/strong> Capabilities and pricing vary a lot by vendor, so test any shortlisted tool against your own requirements instead of trusting a feature list.<\/p>\n The most common mistakes are skipping the Egnyte rate limit request, forgetting to pre-provision OneDrive, and rearranging folders while the migration is running.<\/strong> Nearly all of them come from skipped preparation.<\/p>\n Want the Egnyte API setup handled for you?<\/p>\n Apps4Rent sets up the connection, handles the rate limit request with Egnyte, and runs a pilot, so your migration doesn’t stall before it starts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Get my free assessment \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n A small environment can finish in a couple of weeks, while hundreds of users typically take several weeks including planning, the Egnyte rate limit request, and validation.<\/strong> The table below is a planning estimate, not a Microsoft figure, so pilot a small group to measure your real throughput.<\/p>\n\n
Why Move from Egnyte to SharePoint and OneDrive?<\/h2>\n
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Is There a Free Egnyte Migration Tool?<\/h2>\n
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How Do You Migrate Egnyte to SharePoint, Step by Step?<\/h2>\n
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Why Do the Egnyte API App and Rate Limit Matter So Much?<\/h2>\n
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Can You Migrate Egnyte to OneDrive?<\/h2>\n
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How Should You Structure Egnyte Content in SharePoint?<\/h2>\n
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What Carries Over from Egnyte, and What Doesn’t?<\/h2>\n
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What Happens to Permissions, Sharing Links, and Versions?<\/h2>\n
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How Do Delta Syncs and Cutover Work?<\/h2>\n
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Is There Another Way? Third-Party Tools and Managed Migration<\/h2>\n
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What Are the Most Common Egnyte Migration Mistakes?<\/h2>\n
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How Long Does an Egnyte to SharePoint Migration Take?<\/h2>\n