How CloudFuze Handles User Mapping During Cloud Migration?

Ensuring seamless user mapping is crucial during cloud migration. Inaccurate mapping can lead to major issues like incorrect user access, user disruptions, etc.

Businesses can avoid such issues after migration by ensuring accurate user mapping. In this blog post, we have discussed how our migration platform, CloudFuze Migrate, handles user mapping during cloud migration.

Key Takeaways:

  • Proper user mapping is critical for any cloud migration.
  • CloudFuze Migrate provides three user mapping options – auto-Mapping, CSV-based mapping, and folder display mapping.
  • Screenshots showing how we perform auto-mapping and CSV-based mapping.

    • Why Is User Mapping Important in Cloud Migration Projects?

    Ensuring proper user mapping is critical for any cloud migration. Irrespective of your migration size and scale, perform user mapping diligently for the following reasons:

  • To ensure the right access
  • To ensure data transfer to the correct users
  • To avoid data loss

    • What Is User Mapping in Cloud Migration and How Does Cloudfuze Handle It?

    An accurate user mapping in cloud migration refers to the mapping of user accounts from the source cloud with the right access to the destination cloud.

    We make user mapping seamless with our advanced migration tool. CloudFuze Migrate enables you to migrate through three approaches:

    • Auto-Mapping
    • CSV-Based Mapping
    • Folder Display Mapping

    Whether automated or manual, CloudFuze Migrate ensures accurate user mapping and a smooth experience.

    Check out how CloudFuze handles user mapping during tenant migrations

    How To Perform User Mapping Using Cloudfuze During Cloud Migration?

    Here, we have discussed our user mapping techniques in detail during cloud migration:

    >1. Auto Mapping

    The auto-mapping approach matches users in the source cloud with the same usernames in the destination based on their email aliases.

    This is especially useful during migrations where the username remains constant in both the source and destination.

    Screenshots Showing Auto Mapping Approach in CloudFuze Migrate

    Image 1: The screenshot (of our migration tool CloudFuze Migrate) shows automapping for the same domain.

    Image 2: The screenshot below shows automapping for different domains using CloudFuze Migrate during transfer from Dropbox to OneDrive.

    2. CSV-Based Mapping

    CSV-based mapping can be best-fit for firms looking for a customizable approach to carry out their migrations. For this mapping, you must create a CSV file with proper syntax and include the correct folder paths.

    Screenshots Showing CSV-Based Mapping in CloudFuze Migrate

    Image 1: The screenshot below shows the sample CSV file created by mapping specific users and the path where the data should be moved to when migrating from Dropbox to OneDrive.

    Image 2: Once you create the CSV file, users can upload by clicking on the CSV option.

    Image 3: The image below shows the downloaded CSV Report post upload.

    3. Folder Display Mapping

    CloudFuze’s folder mapping feature simplifies user mapping by allowing folder selections. You can identify the necessary folders/files. Then select them in the checkbox. You can then map them with the destination cloud user accounts.
    In a nutshell, folder display mapping refers to mapping at folder level rather than the user level.

    Note that you can also seamlessly transfer permissions and sharing settings for each folder using folder display mapping.

    How Does CloudFuze’s User Mapping Compare to Other Cloud Migration Solutions?

    Here’s a comparison of CloudFuze’s user mapping and other cloud migration providers:

    Features CloudFuze’s User Mapping Other Migration Solutions
    Integrity of Folder Structures Maintains file/folder integrity Limited Scope
    Tool Customization Support Yes No
    Options to Automate User Mapping Yes Limited

    You can also explore our White Papers section detailing our user migration options, migration strategies, migration tool capabilities and much more.

    Overview of our Migration Tool:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5Ez0QN6N1M

    Perform User Mapping as Per Your Business Preferences with CloudFuze Migrate

    We at CloudFuze help you handle migrations with utmost ease through our user-mapping approach. From SMBs/MSPs to enterprise-level, we ensure a smoother transition experience using CloudFuze Migrate.

    Contact us for a free and no-obligation demo of our tool!

    Frequently Asked Questions

    1. What is the best platform for user mapping during cloud migration?

    With CloudFuze Migrate, you can perform seamless user mapping during your cloud migration. Different user mapping options offered by us includes:

  • Auto-Mapping
  • CSV-Based Mapping
  • Folder Display Mapping

    • 2. What are the user mapping strategies for large-scale cloud migrations?

    User mapping strategies for large-scale cloud migrations include:

  • Assign users to their proper accounts during user mapping.
  • Preserve folder structures to prevent user access issues.
  • Be careful when manually mapping users.

    • 3. Which cloud migration services include user mapping features?

    CloudFuze provides you with cloud migration services that include user mapping features. With us, businesses can seamlessly migrate data from leading cloud platforms like Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Egnyte, Box, etc., accurately.