how to download from dropbox to hard drive

Identify and plan for external sharing requirements.A rule of thumb we use is there should be 1.5x the size of what you are trying to move Make sure the servers/computers have enough space to download from Dropbox, stage, and then upload to OneDrive or SharePoint.The active files have more business impact if delayed, so make sure to prioritize them for the smallest downtime window.

Think about how to prioritize your files – whether they’re active files or older backups.

If you are migrating TB of data, it will take some time, so break it up into small “waves” to minimize support calls and downtime. Users should avoid making changes to files during the transition. Follow it up with T-1 week and T-1 day notifications. Be sure to let your users know a month in advance that there is a migration project from Dropbox to SharePoint.

Communication is key to any migration.

Where to begin and what to consider before migration? When looking for solutions, we found a tool “Dropbox Business Admin Tool” in GitHub, which can be used to mass download user’s data. If there are only one or two users, it can be done manually but think when there are hundreds or thousands of users. The challenge here is to download all the content from Dropbox users. Therefore, we had to come up with an unorthodox way of bringing Dropbox content to the file system, then migrate it into SPO. One connector that Sharegate does not have yet is one to migrate from Dropbox to SharePoint or OneDrive.

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How to download from dropbox to hard drive