Transfer Files To OneDrive from Box Along with Shared Links

Many businesses switch from Box to OneDrive to embrace the Microsoft 365 platform for increased productivity and ensure complete transfer of all their files.

However, during this transfer, it is essential to migrate shared links along with your files from your Box cloud. This helps you ensure uninterrupted collaborations and easily access critical files.

In this blog post, we have provided insights on how to transfer files to OneDrive from Box along with shared links.

Importance of Shared Links as You Transfer Files to OneDrive from Box

Shared links are rich sources for analyzing workflows and external collaborations when you migrate Box to OneDrive. They are essential for the following reasons:

• External Collaboration: Companies use shared links to provide project materials, proposals, and deliverables to partners, clients, and vendors.
• Internal Knowledge Base: Many businesses refer to folders via shared links found in internal wikis, project management software, emails, and chat discussions.
• Version Control and Audit Trails: Shared links to specific folders or versions are essential for context preservation and audit trails.

Challenges in Transferring Shared Links from Box to OneDrive

Here are the key challenges that businesses like yours can face when transferring files to OneDrive from Box:

• Handling long file paths and unsupported characters that can invalidate shared links in OneDrive
• Maintaining file/folder hierarchy while preserving shared link integrity across platforms
• Mapping and transforming shared link permissions from Box to OneDrive’s sharing model
• High volume of shared links can make manual transfer to be challenging
• Lacking support for migrating Box Notes and their shared links to OneDrive

How CloudFuze Helps You Transfer Files to OneDrive from Box with Shared Links?

Our expert teams at CloudFuze assist you to seamlessly migrate data from Box to OneDrive with complete replication.

Along with shared links, we help you migrate necessary metadata such as:

• Permissions
• Embedded Links
• External Shares
• Version History
• Timestamps
• Folder Display, and
• In-line Comments

Our Box to OneDrive migration tool ensures that you face no data loss when transferring files to OneDrive from Box.

Screenshots of migrating Shared links from Box to OneDrive using CloudFuze’s Box to OneDrive migration tool:

Source: Box files with shared links

Destination: Box files migrated to OneDrive along with shared links via our tool

Benefits of Partnering with CloudFuze for Migrating Shared Links

Here’s a table outlining the benefits of migrating shared links from Box to OneDrive using our migration tool:

Here’s a video of our tool performing Box to OneDrive migration:

CloudFuze’s Real-World Case Study: Transfer Files to OneDrive from Box

We are a Microsoft Gold Partner and have a track record of helping some of the world’s leading businesses and other organizations optimize their operations.

Gatwick Airport transferred files to OneDrive and SharePoint Online from Box with a high-volume of 20+ TB of data and 2000 users within a deadline of less than two months.

Hosting the migration servers locally in the UK allowed Gatwick Airport to ensure complete GDPR compliance. We also provided Gatwick Airport with a fully managed migration service, through which they received end-to-end support during and after migration.

Learn more about this case study here.

You can also check out this testimonial from our flagship customer, Warner Bros. Discovery:

Preserve Shared Links Intact as you Transfer Files to OneDrive from Box

Transferring files from Box to OneDrive along with their shared links requires a strategic approach to ensure continuity of access without any hassles.

Using our migration tool, you can transfer all files, folders, and shared links from Box to OneDrive, along with essential metadata.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. How long do files stay on OneDrive?

Files in OneDrive are present even after deletion, depending on your account type (personal or work/school). Files in the OneDrive Recycle Bin are kept for 30 days for individual accounts and 93 days for work/school accounts unless your admin has changed the settings. After this retention period, they are permanently deleted.

2. How do I keep files in OneDrive and locally?

To keep files in OneDrive and locally, you can use the Files On-Demand feature or download specific files. Files On-Demand allows you to access your OneDrive files without downloading them. You can also download specific files to your computer and keep them locally available.

For accurately transferring files to OneDrive from Box or any other source cloud, you can use our migration tool.

3. Do files on OneDrive expire?

Yes, there are situations in which files on OneDrive may expire. If your Microsoft 365 subscription ends or you haven’t used your OneDrive account in two years, they may expire. If you exceed your OneDrive storage limit, your files can get erased. A OneDrive link with an expiration date will also stop functioning after that specified date.