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Essentials for Office 365 2.12 - Release Notes

Version History

New Features and Resolved issues from previous versions are listed below.

Version 2.11

Features

SharePoint Online to SharePoint Online Post-Migration Compare Report

This report highlights differences in the number of objects between source and target after a SharePoint Online to SharePoint Online migration. The report is saved as an Excel file, so it can be shared with other administrators/site owners.

Copy Google Shared Drive to SharePoint Online

Similar to Copy Google Shared Drive to On Drive for Business, this feature allows you to copy Google Shared Drives to SharePoint Online document libraries.

Deprecation of SharePoint 2010 Support

SharePoint 2010 is no longer supported.

The Informant Tab has been removed from the product.

Resolved Issues

Description

Work Item #

Customer Issue #

The issue "Hyper Migration Groups to Groups:  SharePoint group is not copied if there is a Security group with same name" has been resolved.

525519

5109893-1

The issue "Hyper Migration Groups to Groups:  SharePoint group Developers is  copied in lower case" has been resolved.

525521

5109893-1

The issue "SPO to SPO: No content in the Survey list after migration" has been resolved.

526042

5114044-1

The issue "Copy button on ribbon is disabled when file system folder is selected" has been resolved.

527880

CR-42656

The issue "When copying from SharePoint on premises to SharePoint Online, Lookup column value is not preserved" has been resolved.

528166

CR-43076

The issue "When copying Google Drive to OneDrive, files with versions fail to migrate" has been resolved.

528483

01821694

Version 2.10

Features

Licensing

A new, more limited license level has been introduced which allows users to perform Pre-Migration Analyses only.

Dropbox Connections

For connections to Dropbox, the creation of long-term access tokens is no longer supported. Long-term tokens created before version 2.10 can still be used, but new ones cannot be created.  Refer to the "Dropbox Business - Connection Requirements" topic of the user documentation for details.

Informant Tab Deprecation

The Informant Tab has been removed from the product.

Resolved Issues

Description

Work Item #

Customer Issue #

Resolved issue with java.net.MalformedURLException when migrating from SPO to SPO.

522704

5066969-1
5091692-1

Resolved issue with detected duplicated users in UserGroup.xml  Synchronous mode when migrating from SPO to SPO.

518453

--

Resolved issue with migration failing if user password contains delimiter when migrating from SPO to SPO.

516682

5015321-1

Resolved issue with correct target URL not being provisioned for GEO Tenant if OAuth is Enabled when migrating from SPO to SPO.

516529

--

Resolved issue with Administrator tab reporting.  Information about some multiple OneDrives is not being collected.

517641

--

Resolved issue with CSV to Download content to File System when job finished message displays while job is still running.

517146

5018380-1

Resolved issue with large log unable to be saved to XML.

515618

5020563-1

Resolved issue with CSOM throttling.

518758

5036083-1

Version 2.9

Features

2.9.1

·The conversion of a classic Team Site (STS#0) to a modern Team Site (STS#3) is now optional. (It will remain a classic Team Site by default).

·An incremental or delta copy can be run for an existing run from an existing job without the need to create a new project.

·For List/Library and File/Item Folder level copies, validation has been added when the Incremental copy option is selected to ensure the Last (time period) field is completed.

·Video content migration support has been added for Asset libraries (template 851) for Azure migrations.

2.9.0

Copy/Paste Migration in Hyper Mode

Implemented the ability to migrate sites, lists, or items using hyper mode through copy/pasting via the Navigator.

Hyper Mode Scripting

Updates made which provide additional parameters in hyper mode scripts.

Filtering for Multiple Values

Enhancements made which allow for filtering on multiple values.

SharePoint Online to SharePoint Online in Hyper Mode

·Full update/new logic for un-marshalling Export API Manifest Files.

·Added support to preserve INT ID for items and folders when performing Drives Migration via Azure.

·Enhancement for Columns (Location etc.) and Content Type Copy (renamed columns and content types).

·Added support for Teams and Groups Sites as target when doing Drives SharePoint Online to SharePoint Online.

·Added support for German tenant, Updated logic for GCCH tenants.

·Refactoring with Pages: added Post Modern Pages, improved logic for links modification, improved logic

· for Wiki and Webparts copy.

Resolved Issues

2.9.1                                        

Description

Work Item #

Customer Issue #

Site columns metadata is now migrated successfully from SPO to SPO.

504803

4916633-2

The issue with OneNote files not being copied when performing a File Share to SPO has been resolved by having those files added to folders prior to migration.  Essentials will migrate folders containing the OneNotes files; however, these folders cannot be opened in SharePoint

505072

4919345-1

The issue with a subsite list manage metadata column not being linked term set after migration from SPO to SPO has been resolved.

505413
505415

4916633-2
 

The issue with Copy File Share to SharePoint Online actions failing to produce a status report if the root is Drive has been resolved.

515456

5011707-1

2.9.0

Description

Work Item #

Customer Issue #

Updated filter logic to resolve 403 error caused when setting up admin accounts without Multi-Factor Authentication.

492406

4833796-1

Resolved issue where Managed Metadata Column data was not migration.

497363

4871577-1

Added support for the preservation of INT ID when copying items via Azure in order to prevent the copying of duplicate items and files.

497723

4875346-1

Resolved auto-mapping issue which caused source content types to not properly copy.

497890

4843744-2

Resolved issue where Essentials was unable to update Modern Page thumbnails after migration. Resolved by updating internal URLS in Web Parts when performing SharePoint Online to SharePoint Online URL migration.

498772

4883089-1

Resolved SharePoint Online to SharePoint Online migration error by removing the filtering when checking sites on target.

499780

4891909-1

Resolved issue where unable to migrate content from OneDrive to OneDrive using the Navigator.

503293

4925245-1

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