Safari Micro Enables File Share Migration and One-Way Sync to SharePoint Online

Challenge

An organization relied on a Windows Server file share as a central location for business files. As part of its Microsoft 365 modernization effort, the organization needed a controlled way to move file share content into SharePoint Online. The migration also needed to account for user access alignment between Active Directory and SharePoint Online — without proper permissions mapping, users could experience access gaps after the migration. In addition, the organization needed newer files from the source environment to continue flowing into SharePoint Online during the migration window.

Approach

Safari Micro configured a SharePoint migration and synchronization workflow using Sharegate. The team installed Sharegate on the Windows file share server, connected the source file share, and connected the destination SharePoint document library environment. Safari Micro then created an Active Directory user to SharePoint user permissions map to help preserve access alignment during the migration. The migration task was configured to authenticate to both source and destination endpoints, import the permissions map, and apply copy-if-newer settings. After the initial migration task was run, Safari Micro reviewed and remediated migration errors as needed, then configured the ongoing migration sync schedule.

Results

• Sharegate installed and configured on the Windows file share server
• Source file share and destination SharePoint document library endpoints connected
• Active Directory to SharePoint user permissions map created and imported
• File share to SharePoint migration task configured with copy-if-newer settings
• Authentication to source and destination endpoints validated
• Initial migration executed with error review and remediation
• Scheduled one-way synchronization from file share to SharePoint Online established
• Foundation for cloud-based document access in Microsoft 365 established