How are Migrated Slack Files Stored in Teams and SharePoint?

When migrating chat messages and file attachments from Slack to Teams, understanding how the migrated files are stored in Teams and SharePoint is important. It helps IT teams get clarity on how storage space and libraries will be utilized in SharePoint Online post-migration.

Continue reading to quickly gain understanding in these areas.

Key Takeaways:
✓ When Slack files are migrated to Teams, a SharePoint site is automatically created for the files to get stored.
✓ Migrating Slack files is important as they are integral to the conversation-based collaboration between users.
✓ CloudFuze helps businesses seamlessly migrate Slack messages and file attachments to Teams.

How Migrated Slack Files are Stored in Teams and SharePoint

When you migrate Slack chat messages and file attachments to Microsoft Teams with our Slack to Teams migration tool, a site gets automatically created in SharePoint Online for each Slack channel. Then all the files of the messages in that channel get stored in that particular SharePoint site (with the same name as the channel’s).

This entire SharePoint site creation and file storage takes place automatically and therefore eliminates manual intervention.

Screenshots of Slack File Storage in Teams and SharePoint Post-Migration

Here are the screenshots showing how Slack files (that have been migrated to Teams) are stored in SharePoint Online.

Screenshot 1: The screenshot below shows examples of files (media and documents) in a Slack Channel.

Screenshot 2: This second screenshot shows the Slack Channel document file migrated to Teams.
Screenshot 3: This third screenshot shows the Slack Channel media file migrated to Teams.
Screenshot 4: Lastly, this screenshot shows a site in SharePoint that has been automatically created (with the Slack Channel name). As is evident in the screenshot below, all the files of the “files” Slack channel messages are stored in this SharePoint site.

Why Transfer Files When Migrating Chat Messages from Slack to Teams?

Since files are one of the most common and important types of attachments in chat messages, businesses must migrate them to ensure operations continuity post-migration. File attachments are integral to the way users communicate and collaborate. Many files also contain sensitive business and client information.

For all these critical reasons, it’s best for businesses to migrate all file attachments when transferring chat messages from Slack to Microsoft Teams.

Want to explore more? Read this Slack file migration case study assessment post.

Migrate Slack Messages and Files to Teams with CloudFuze Migrate

Leverage our industry-leading cloud migration tool to migrate your company’s entire Slack messages along with files to Microsoft Teams. We have helped a lot of companies migrate from Slack to Teams with 100% success and enterprise-grade security.

You can also watch our Slack to Teams migration tool in action:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaxaRwNn_dM

What Do Customers Say About Us?

We at CloudFuze have created Slack to Teams migration success stories for a lot of companies. Here’s one of our Gartner reviews that highlights our expertise in this migration path. As per the review, the customer found our migration service helpful and approachable right from day one.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. How to migrate Slack files to Teams?

You can migrate Slack files to Teams using an advanced chat migration tool like CloudFuze Migrate. The tool enables IT teams to migrate thousands of users and millions of messages without any downtime or security issues.

2. Which is the best Slack migration tool?

CloudFuze Migrate is one of the best Slack migration tools in the industry. You can migrate from Slack to Microsoft Teams and Google Chat while retaining all message history using CloudFuze Migrate.

3. How to transfer Slack files to Teams securely?

Using a migration tool that implements secure processes like API-based migration, OAuth-based cloud authentication, and more, helps you transfer Slack files securely. CloudFuze Migrate is one such tool that implements enterprise-grade security.