Fix Long Folder Path When Switching from Egnyte to SharePoint

Are you an enterprise planning to transfer from Egnyte to SharePoint? When migrating high-volume Egnyte folders to the SharePoint cloud, you might be concerned with the long folder paths. In this blog post, we have covered how to resolve long folder path issues when switching from Egnyte to SharePoint.

Key Takeaways:

  • SharePoint Online has a limit of 400 characters for file paths.
  • Manually trimming long folder paths is prone to human errors.
  • Advanced cloud migration solutions like CloudFuze Migrate help businesses resolve long folder path issues with accuracy.
  • If the limit surpasses 400 characters, CloudFuze Migrate generates a file named “Long File Name.xls”. The generated Excel sheet contains files with long folder paths.

Long Folder Path Limitations in SharePoint

Your decoded file path, along with the file name, cannot exceed 400 characters for SharePoint in Microsoft 365. SharePoint Server versions support file path lengths of up to 260 characters. For more information, refer to Microsoft’s official page.

How Does CloudFuze’s Migration Tool Handle Long Folder Paths in SharePoint?

Manually trimming long folder paths can be time-consuming for enterprises with high-volume data. It is best to go for a trusted and reliable Microsoft 365 migration tool to handle them.

To overcome the long folder path limitation, our advanced migration tool generates “Long File Name.xls”, providing access to the files with long folder paths.

Screenshots of Migrating Egnyte to Google SharePoint with Long Folder Paths Using our Migration Tool:

Image 1: The screenshot below shows an Egnyte folder named “longfolderpath”. This folder holds many files with long folder paths.

Egnyte folder named “longfolderpath”

Image 2: Screenshot shows replication of all files in SharePoint from under Egnyte’s longfolderpath folder. As the character limit surpasses 400 characters, our tool generates a file named “Long File Name.xls”

replication of all files in SharePoint from under Egnyte’s longfolderpath folder

Image 3: “Long File Name.xls” contains access to files that surpass 400 characters.

"Long File Name.xls" contains access to files that surpass 400 characters

Here’s How Our Tool Performs Egnyte to SharePoint Migration:

Transfer Long Folder Paths During Your Enterprise Migration with CloudFuze

You can fix long folder paths without any issues when switching from Egnyte to SharePoint seamlessly through our expert migration teams.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. How to switch from Egnyte to SharePoint?

CloudFuze’s Office 365 migration tool helps you seamlessly move high-volume data to Microsoft SharePoint when switching from Egnyte. You can also transfer metadata, such as versions and guest permissions,with accuracy.

2. How does the CloudFuze tool resolve long folder path issues?

When a file/folder path exceeds 400 characters, our advanced migration tool automatically trims the extra characters. With our tool, you can fix long folder path issues.

3. How to move high-volume data to Microsoft SharePoint?

Our SharePoint migration tool helps you seamlessly migrate PB/TBs of data to Microsoft SharePoint, overcoming the challenges of the transition. You can ensure complete replication with zero downtime using our tool.

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