Amongst many things to consider when carrying out SharePoint content migration is the folders within document libraries or lists. Whilst content within those folders such as, word, excel, pdf and other files carry the modified datestamp. It is also important to pay attention to the folder level modified datestamp as well. After testing few of the leading SharePoint migration products, one critical issue came to my attention through visual inspection. The issue was the incorrect ‘Modified’ datestamp against folder level with files inside them at the destination SharePoint site. The empty folders were ok. The migration product’s log file didn’t pick up this issue!
So I raised the support request with the vendor and explained the issue and who also connected to my machine to witness the issue. After few days with yo-yo messaging, the vendor admitted to be an issue with incorrect modified datestamp at folder level within document library on a destination site. With more time delays from this vendor their final response was that it will have to be treated as a feature request! with no release update.
My thoughts on this whole issue is that this should have been a basic migration functionality. Needless to say I went with another SharePoint Migration vendor’s product in which this issue was not present and overall their customer support was excellent. The key message here is test, test and test!

Published by Chirag Patel @techChirag

Chirag is an independent Microsoft 365 consultant at Patel Consulting, and Microsoft MVP (Office & Apps Services), based in UK with more than 20 years of industry experience. He is also a BCS (British Computer Society) Member & Chartered IT Professional, Microsoft 365 Certified Enterprise Administrator Expert, MCT (Microsoft Certified Trainer) and TOGAF9 Certified Architect. He works with a wide variety of clients in many sectors, designing and implementing business collaboration, data and information management solutions and services based on Microsoft Teams, SharePoint and Microsoft 365 technologies, Power Platform to create business value for both themselves and their customers, including UK Microsoft Gold Partners with deployment, upgrade and migration services delivery. Chirag is an active Microsoft 365 community participant, frequent speaker at local and international events including Microsoft 365 Saturdays, Power Saturdays, SharePoint Saturdays, Collab365, TeamsFest, Modern Workplace Summit and Scottish Summit. You can follow Chirag on twitter at @techChirag. View all posts by Chirag Patel @techChirag