Box to SharePoint File Transfer Case Study & Insights

If you are planning large-scale Box to SharePoint file transfers for your company, the best way to gain deep insights for proper planning is to read case studies.

By exploring the real-world implementations, you can deeply understand the methodologies and precautions needed for transferring a high volume of files and folders securely.

And you are just in luck! We have dissected a case study of one of our premier customers, Adenza, in this article.

With this case study deep dive, we have shown how large businesses like Adenza have transferred their files and folders from Box to SharePoint Online in the most strategic ways.

Case Study Overview and Challenges

Adenza, a leading fintech solutions provider, needed to migrate Box data to Microsoft 365 (across SharePoint Online and OneDrive) as part of their ongoing acquisition. A combination of a high volume of data and a single ownership of all the data in Box presented challenges during the migration.

Our migration team stepped in and implemented a strategic approach of decentralizing the shared data ownership in Box storage. This approach helped in transferring all the shared files and folders from Box to SharePoint Online.

How Box to SharePoint File Transfers were Planned?

Adenza faced a unique challenge as files and folders that were shared across multiple teams, such as Sales, Finance, and Legal, had a single owner.

To tackle this problem, our migration team brainstormed with Adenza’s team and suggested creating multiple service accounts in Box storage.

Our team also suggested Adenza to create sites in SharePoint Online corresponding to each team present in Box. This way, the path to migrate decentralized Box data to corresponding team-wise SharePoint sites became simple and structured.

How Box to SharePoint File Transfers were Performed?

In addition to decentralizing shared data ownership in Adenza’s Box cloud, our migration team also suggested increasing the number of Box API calls to avoid API throttling issues.

With these strategic approaches, our team helped Adenza transfer over 40 TB of data securely to Microsoft 365 drives, including SharePoint Online and OneDrive.

Takeaways From the Adenza Case Study

As it is evident from the Adenza case study, transferring shared files and folders at a large scale is far from being simple and straightforward. And challenges like cluttered data ownership can add more to the complexity.

By partnering with us, you can streamline the entire migration for your company as we have more than 10 years of experience in helping the world’s largest companies migrate successfully.

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Access the full case study here and explore the information in more detail. You can feel free to contact us and ask more questions. We are here to help you with our proven expertise in large-scale and complex file transfers.

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