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Essentials for Office 365 2.14 - Release Notes

Version 2.6

This version of Metalogix Essentials for Office 365 introduces the following features:

Features

Migration of Google Shared Drives

New feature which allows users to migrate Google Shared Drives to Office 365 Group sites and/or MS Teams.

Generating Google Mapping File

New feature which allows users the ability to generate source and target shared drive/user mapping for ease of migration from Google Shared Drives.

Modern Site Discovery

Essentials is now able to discover both classic and modern sites while connected to Office 365 Tenants.

OAuth Default Configuration

OAuth is now configured as the default for tenant migrations. This setting is controlled from the profile manager.

 
Fixed Issues

Description

Work Item

Resolved issue where File Share Migration analysis was failing on folders with restricted access.

457843

Resolved issue where OneNote Migration from FileShare to OneDrive was resulting in an incorrect structure appearing on the target.

458936

Version 2.5

This version of Metalogix Essentials for Office 365 introduces the following features:

Features

Migrating SPO to SPO in Hyper Mode

Implemented the ability to migrate SharePoint Online sites(Classic Team Sites and Modern Team Sites (not connected to  Office 365 Groups) between tenants using Hyper Mode.

Automatic registration for OAuth Authentication along with Claims

Changes made to how OAuth authentication is added to the tenant, and added support for Claims connections using OAuth.

Support for GCC High tenant

Implemented the ability to migrate to and from GCC High Tenants.

Centralized proxy settings and support for PAC and White-Listing

Implemented the ability to set up proxy from a central location. New proxy dialog is now available which supports bypassing White Lists, and PAC scripts with and without authentication.

Job Status Reports

Job Status reports, which show information about your jobs, are now available in a user-friendly excel file, which can be sent automatically in email notifications.

Nintex support for SP 2019 On-Prem and Nintex app Registration

Implemented the ability to register Nintex Apps once across site collections.

User Mapping Report

Implemented a new Tenant to Tenant and File Share to Tenant report option, which allows users to create user mapping CSV reports.

Documentation Updates

Changes made to the structure of the user manual, including the current updates made to the tool.

 
Fixed Issues

Description

Work Item

Resolved modern page migration error from O365 groups to O365 groups.

 

Resolved issue where users were unable to see accounts connected to SPO or add more Admin pool accounts to existing projects.

422204

 

Resolved issue where users were unable to migrate Modern Team Sites from one tenant to another, due to Home.aspx corrupting.

415532

Resolved issue where not all OneDrive users were being loaded from the tenant.

 

Resolved issue where temporary files for Hyper Migrations were not getting flushed automatically, resulting in the need to delete them manually.

426494

Resolved issue where multiple OneNote Files, and locations of logs, were out of storage.

 

Resolved issue where reports were not generating for large jobs.

412145

Resolved issue where users were being redirected to the home page after receiving an error message.

444942

Resolved issue where Essentials was not using the configured proxy for all Internet Traffic that the tool was generating.

438338

Resolved issue where could not copy survey file, when migration between SPO and SPO.

445132

Resolved issue where Migration jobs were running for too long.

 

Resolved issue where Essentials version in tool is different from the one displayed on the Control Panel.

442406

Resolved issue where Essential was not Bypassing the Local Addresses when Proxy is configured and used with the tool.

443931

Resolved issue where Workflow setting "Creating a new item will start this workflow" is not preserved after migration.

445292

Resolved Issues that were occurring while migrating Surveys List.

445132

Resolved issue where "The Modified At" Metadata was not migrating correctly for Folders that were not at the root level.

448221

Resolved  issue where O365 Groups Default Library titles were not being preserved.

450971

Resolved issue where Migrating from File Share to SharePoint Online user mapping was not working.

451852

Resolved issue where users evaluation Essentials wnated to import files from share drive to share.

451990

Resolved issue where MySites to OneDrive Migration via proxy server was not working.

 

Resolved issue where Deleting item(s) from source was not deleting them in folder structure.

439993

Resolved issue where Migration was stopping in the middle with an "unable to delete file" error.

455042

Resolved issue where Migration with mapping of Folders to custom Document Set content type was not working.

452590

Resolved issue where Dropbox to Office 365 Groups copy to existing site collection reports was resulting in an error and not mapping users.

453237

Resolved issue where Task scheduler for migration was not working.

451034

Removed the OneDrive Management Button from the Drives Tab.

 

Resolved issue where creating a new profile resulted in broken email notifications table

451942

Resolved issue where user was not able to connect to google in order to open google account in navigator.

455713

Resolved issue where permissions were not working for SharePoint Groups.

456364

System Requirements

Our desktop tool is a multi-threaded/multi-tasking application.  As such, available system memory is the most critical parameter for optimal performance.

Hardware
 

Component

Minimum Requirement

Recommended

Processor

Intel Core i7

Intel Core i9, X-Series or higher

Memory

16 GB
 
Note: to increase memory, start Quest Essentials for Office 365 - go to Help > Profile Manager > Memory Management.

32 GB

Disk Drives

Dual hybrid disk drives

C: OS, Program Files, Data Files

Dual SSD drives

C: OS and Program Files

D: Data Files

Network Card

100 Mbps

1Gbps

 

Operating System Software
 

·Windows 10 or higher

·Disable anti-virus software or disable scanning of Quest Essentials Program, Program Folder, and Data folders.

Product Licensing

After purchasing Quest Essentials, you will receive an email with the link to the product download and the activation code to activate the product. If you did not receive such an email please contact us: www.quest.com/contact.

Selecting Activation from the help tab, allows users to view information about the status of their product license. This is where licenses are entered, renewed, and activated.
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