Box for Business to OneDrive for Business Timestamp Migration
Is your business all set to migrate from Box to OneDrive? To ensure a complete transfer, enterprises have to migrate important metadata such as timestamps when performing a Box for business to OneDrive for business migration.
It is necessary to ensure that the original created and modified dates in Box files and folders are not lost when you transfer Box files to Microsoft OneDrive.
This blog post provides insights on how to migrate from Box to OneDrive with timestamps intact.
Why Timestamps are Important During Box for Business to OneDrive for Business Migration?
Timestamps provide details such as creation and modification dates during a Box for business to OneDrive for business migration. They are essential to:
- Ensure adherence to law-and-order policies and legal holds.
- Check the history of file changes and edits
- Identify the most recent and relevant files
- Ensure seamless workflow transitions
Challenges in Box to OneDrive Timestamp Migration
Enterprises can face several challenges when performing Box for business to OneDrive for business migration. Discussed are the specific challenges during this transfer:
- Preserving different timestamps like Created, Modified, Uploaded, and Updated
- Ensuring accuracy when preserving business timestamps
- Preserving timestamps of high-volume files.
- Timestamp display differences due to Box using UTC and OneDrive using local time zones.
- Uploading to OneDrive can reset timestamps to upload time
How CloudFuze Helps in Box for Business to OneDrive for Business Timestamp Migration?
CloudFuze is a Microsoft Gold Partner and a leader in cloud-to-cloud migration, offering robust solutions to migrate data from Box to OneDrive.
Here are the key features of our Box to OneDrive migration tool .
| Feature | Description | Supported by CloudFuze |
|---|---|---|
| Timestamp Migration | Transfers file/folder creation dates, modification dates | Yes |
| Folder Structure Replication | Retains the original folder hierarchy from Box in OneDrive for business | Yes |
| Permissions Migration | Preserves root folder, sub-folder, inner file and root file permissions | Yes |
| CSV-Mapping | Map the user accounts manually and migrate data from Box to OneDrive for seamless transfer | Yes |
| CSV-Mapping | Map the user accounts manually and migrate data from Box to OneDrive for seamless transfer | Yes |
| Delta Migration | Sync the incremental changes accumulated during the one-time migration of each user batch | Yes |
| In-line comments & Box Notes | Migrates in-line comments and Box Notes, retaining context and timestamps | Yes |
How CloudFuze Helps in Box for Business to OneDrive for Business Timestamp Migration?
CloudFuze is a Microsoft Gold Partner and a leader in cloud-to-cloud migration, offering robust solutions to migrate data from Box to OneDrive.
Here are the key features of our Box to OneDrive migration tool .
| Feature | Description | Supported by CloudFuze |
|---|---|---|
| Timestamp Migration | Transfers file/folder creation dates, modification dates | Yes |
| Folder Structure Replication | Retains the original folder hierarchy from Box in OneDrive for business | Yes |
| Permissions Migration | Preserves root folder, sub-folder, inner file and root file permissions | Yes |
| CSV-Mapping | Map the user accounts manually and migrate data from Box to OneDrive for seamless transfer | Yes |
| CSV-Mapping | Map the user accounts manually and migrate data from Box to OneDrive for seamless transfer | Yes |
| Delta Migration | Sync the incremental changes accumulated during the one-time migration of each user batch | Yes |
| In-line comments & Box Notes | Migrates in-line comments and Box Notes, retaining context and timestamps | Yes |
Screenshots of migrating timestamps from Box to OneDrive using CloudFuze’s Box to OneDrive migration tool:
Source: Box files with timestamps
Destination: Box files migrated to OneDrive along with timestamps via our tool
Here’s a video of our tool performing Box to OneDrive migration:
CloudFuze’s Real World Case Study Box for Business to OneDrive for Business Migration
London Gatwick Airport faced a major challenge to migrate over 2000 users and 20+ TB of data from Box to OneDrive and SharePoint Online within the deadline of less than two months.
Solution:
Gatwick Airport successfully transferred all users and data within the allotted timeframe using CloudFuze’s high-speed migration approach.
Due to the project’s flawless deployment, Gatwick Airport was able to adhere to EU and UK data privacy regulations while meeting its migration deadline with no disruption and GDPR compliance.
Learn more about this case study here.
What’s the Latest Buzz at CloudFuze?
At CloudFuze, we are at the forefront of the Microsoft 365 migration space, providing businesses with advanced cloud migration solutions.
Our team showcased our recent product upgrades at the 2025 Microsoft 365 Community Conference. Here’s a short clip:
Perform Box to OneDrive Migration with Timestamps Accurately with CloudFuze
By using our advanced migration tool, enterprises can securely perform Box for business to OneDrive for business migration with accurate timestamp transfer.
Book a free and no-obligation demo of our tool today!
Frequently Added Questions
1. Are there features for special characters replacement in CloudFuze tool during Box to OneDrive migration?
CloudFuze’s Box to OneDrive migration tool has a built-in function to automatically replace these unsupported characters with a hyphen (-) or an underscore (_).
2. How long file path limitations are overcome with CloudFuze tool?
CloudFuze has a sophisticated function that identifies files with long paths in Box and creates a folder called “Long File Folder” in OneDrive and migrates the respective files to that folder.
3. Why use a Box instead of OneDrive?
Switching from Box for business to OneDrive for business helps you in integrating within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem with advanced security features.
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