Migrate 101: Special Character Replacement from Box to OneDrive

Are you an enterprise planning to perform Box to OneDrive migration? As you migrate Box to OneDrive, special characters in filenames, folder names, or file paths can become unavailable or lost during the transfer. So, you have to perform special character replacement with proper handling measures during Box to OneDrive transfer.

In this blog post, we have provided insights on how enterprises can seamlessly migrate Box to OneDrive with special character replacement.

Why Special Character Replacement is Crucial for Migration?

Migration issues can occur when you transfer files with special characters from Box to OneDrive. You may face with the below issues during Box to OneDrive file transfer including:

• File Access Errors: Files containing special characters may not open properly or be unavailable in OneDrive.
• Failed Transfers: Special characters can cause particular files or entire directories to fail, leading to incomplete transfers.
• Broken Links: Teams in OneDrive may be unable to access files if special characters are not correctly handled, resulting in broken links.
• Inconsistent Folder Structures: OneDrive files can become disorganized if folder structures with special characters are not properly transferred.

Managing the replacement of special characters helps you ensure a seamless transfer, no data loss, and complete file and folder accessibility following the migration.

Challenges in Migrating Special Characters from Box to OneDrive

Here are the main challenges of migrating from Box to OneDrive when it comes to special character replacement:

Why Choose CloudFuze to Handle Special Character Replacement?

advanced migration tool, you can migrate data from Box to OneDrive with special characters to your OneDrive account.

1. Automatic Detection and Replacement

Our tool helps you handle special characters in files and folder names not supported in OneDrive. CloudFuze has a built-in function that automatically replaces unsupported characters in OneDrive with a hyphen (-) or an underscore (_).

For example, our tool ensures compatibility with OneDrive by replacing a file called “Agenda: Project Update” with “Agenda_Project Update” or “Agenda-Project Update”.

Here are the screenshots of how we seamlessly migrate Box to OneDrive with special character replacement using our Box to OneDrive migration tool:

Source: Box filenames with special characters

Destination: Box to OneDrive migration with special character replacement using our tool

2. Seamless Execution

After finalizing how you prefer to replace special characters in Box folders, our tool automates the Box migration process with special character replacement. We guarantee error-free transfer when you migrate Box to OneDrive with special character replacement.

3. Preservation of Metadata

Our platform ensures that you transfer metadata without any hassle, along with seamlessly migrating files and resolution for special characters not supported in OneDrive.

Our Box to OneDrive migration tool helps you transfer:

• One Time and Delta
• Box Notes
• Shared Links
• Permissions
• External Shares
• Version History
• Timestamps
• Folder Display
• In-line Comments

4. Post-migration Support

It is suggested to constantly track files and folders migrated in every migration batch. At CloudFuze, we provide end-to-end support from the pre-migration to the post-migration stages.

During post-migration, we provide you with detailed reports on the number of migrated files and folders with invalid characters and their details as you migrate Box to OneDrive with special character replacement.

Ensure 100% success when you migrate Box to OneDrive with special character replacement with CloudFuze!

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

CloudFuze’s Real-World Case Study: Migrate Box to OneDrive

At CloudFuze, we have a track record of helping large enterprises migrate huge volumes of Box data to OneDrive successfully with our strategic and advanced migration approaches.

Gatwick Airport migrated Box to OneDrive and SharePoint Online within less than two months, with a high volume of 20+ TB of data and 2000 users.

We provided end-to-end support during and after migration, which ensured successful cloud migration with no data loss.

Learn more about this case study here.

Migrate Box to OneDrive with Special Character Replacement

Microsoft OneDrive doesn’t support special characters in files and folder names. With our industry-leading migration tool, you can seamlessly migrate Box to OneDrive with special character replacement.

Switch with ease – Contact us for a free migration plan tailored to your needs!

Frequently Asked Questions

1.What characters are forbidden in OneDrive?

Special Characters aren’t allowed in file and folder names in OneDrive for home or OneDrive for work or school. Along with these special characters, leading and trailing spaces in files or folder names also aren’t allowed.

However, using an advanced migration tool, you can migrate Box to OneDrive with special character replacement.

2. What special characters are not allowed in filenames?

Characters that aren’t allowed in file and folder names in OneDrive for home or OneDrive for work or school include ” *: < >? / \ |. File names which aren’t allowed for files or folders in OneDrive or SharePoint in Microsoft 365 include. lock, CON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM0 – COM9, LPT0 – LPT9, vti, desktop.ini, any filename starting with ~$.

3. Does OneDrive sync to all devices?

Indeed, OneDrive syncs files between all devices that share a Microsoft account. Any modifications you or others make to files are immediately synchronized while you’re online. You can access your synced files from your computer, mobile devices, and the OneDrive website.