Essentials for Office 365 Product Notification

Workaround

Please download the Metalogix Essentials for Office 365 hotfix that is applicable to the version you have installed to avoid having the content migrations to SharePoint Online disabled by Microsoft migration API,

Version 2.11 Hotfix 

New Microsoft Announcement 

On October 3, 2022, Microsoft announced a new requirement for the migration API.  

Beginning January 1, 2023, the SourceType field will be mandatory when calling the Migration API. Starting October 1st, 2022, a warning message will be sent if the field is missing. 

What does this new SourceType property provide? 

Microsoft has stated that this property will help them with configuring throughput performance for different content source types. 

How does this affect me? 

This requirement is forcing a change in Quest’s desktop software products. The content migration products that are impacted are: 

• Metalogix Essentials for Office 365 

Customers who have an active maintenance plan must download and install the hot fixes or minor releases to avoid having their content migrations to SharePoint Online disabled by Microsoft migration API. 

Customers who know that they will not have an active maintenance plan at the time of the release of the hot fixes and/or minor releases should contact your Quest Sales Rep as soon as possible to avoid having their content migrations to SharePoint Online disabled by Microsoft migration API.

Please see knowledge base article, Microsoft Enforces SourceType Field in Migration API for further information.

Status

The next minor release will include the applicable code to handle the requirement for the SourceType property and be available in February 2023 for download; a product release notifications will be sent.