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Essentials for Office 365 2.11 - Release Notes

Version 2.7

Features

Pre-Migration Report

New pre-migration report for SharePoint 2013 and 2016, which allows users to scan farms and generate a high-level report for review before starting a migration.

Profile Manager Redesign

Redesigned the Profile Manager's look and feel, providing users easier and more organized access from a centralized location for migration settings.

Additional support for SharePoint Online to SharePoint Online in Hyper Mode

Added support for migration using Export API, Copy workflows and forms, Copy regional settings, themes and templates, Copy checked in/out files.

Multi-language Migration Support

Ability to migrate content in various languages. We now support migration from English to other languages and vice versa, migration in non-English to non-English languages (tested Spanish, Italian, Korean, French, Portuguese, etc.)

Custom metadata columns in Fileshare migration to SharePoint Online

Newaddition to Fileshare to SPO migration which allows users to add custom metadata to a csv, which can then be uploaded as part of a migration. The additional column specified for the items will be added as a text column in SPO and the content will be uploaded.

Office 365 Groups Backup

Ability to create Office 365 groups backup using hyper mode.

Office 365 Groups Auto Provisioning

Ability to automatically provision groups as part of the migration process. ​

Convert 2010 to 2013 workflow style in SPO

Automatic conversion of 2010 workflow style to 2013 both from Navigator and hyper migration path.​

Migrate to Microsoft Teams channel from CSV

Added support for migration to Microsoft Teams channel by specifying the channel name in the csv file.

Validation for CSV for all migration​​​

Ability to validate CSV files for any incorrect values, after the user has uploaded the CSV, to avoid error after starting the migration.

Change to AES 256 algorithm for FIPS compliance

Updated the algorithm for encryption to AES 256 bit, due to this, after the upgrade the existing jobs must be re-created, and passwords should be updated for backup projects, and will need to re-enter proxy settings.

Create STS#3 for team site (no group) migration ​

Created the ability to provision modern templates during migration. As per Microsoft guidelines the functionality does not differ between a classic and modern template. It is also easier & faster to create STS#3 then STS#0 templates.​​​​

Discovery of various template types

Automatic discovery of all template types. For limitation in migration please see Template Limitation Scenario Guide.

Use of Microsoft Export API(AMR) for tenant migrations ​​​

Added support for Export API.

 

Resolved Issues
 

Description

Work Item #

Customer Issue #

Resolved issues with incorrect user mapping for Dropbox in Copy/Paste Mode.

473228

4751209-1

Resolved issue where "created at" was not copying during a Copy/Paste from the Navigator due to API limits.

473154

4751209-2

Resolved issue where User Mapping for SharePoint Online was not working in Copy/Paste Mode.

472895

4753088-1

Resolved issue where Google to Non-English Groups/Teams Migration was not working.

472177

4745344-1

Resolved issue where the cloning permissions option was not setting permissions to the target user via script.

467989

4740695-1

Resolved issue where support for Google to Non-English Groups/Team was not working.

472177

4745344-1

Resolved issue where Classic Copy was resulting in attachments having the same body.

455559

4655406-1

Resolved issue where backup of groups was not working in hyper backup, but required classic backup.

457180

4637592-1

Resolved issue where file share migration analysis fails on a folder with restricted access in Migrator.

457843

4666869-1

Resolved issue where user mapping is not implemented for folder core properties during library copy and paste.

467886

4704707-1

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 Metalogix 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 Metalogix Essentials Program, Program Folder, and Data folders.

 

 

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