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Moving a folder (or many folders) from OneDrive user 1 to OneDrive user 2

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Hi

 

First of all, I'm new to Power Automate... 

 

I was told (by support) that it would be faster to move a OneDrive folder from user 1 to OneDrive user 2 than doing it any other ways. I was directed to use "Power Automate Déplacer les fichiers de travail d'un dossier vers un autre dossier dans OneDrive Entreprise | Power Automate", but it seems to be an ongoing process, and it is for files. 

 

Is it possible to use Power Automate to batch move an entire folder from OneDrive user 1 to OneDrive user 2, and would it be more convenient than doing it any other ways?

 

Thanks,

 

Gaston

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    huogas 2 on at
    Re: Moving a folder (or many folders) from OneDrive user 1 to OneDrive user 2

    Thank you Sudeep @SudeepGhatakNZ 

     

    In fact I have no more room in my Sharepoint. That's why user 1 try to share some OneDrive folders. Usually it works well, but in this specific case there are too many items in the folder, which make not possible to share it (more than 100 000 items). Therefore I have to "offload" the folder before sharing it. Then I was looking for a (quick) way to move some data somewhere else, and then came that suggestion from Microsodt support to do it using Power Automate, and here I am...

     

    You now have the full history.

     

    Thanks

     

    Gaston

     

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    SudeepGhatakNZ 14,231 on at
    Re: Moving a folder (or many folders) from OneDrive user 1 to OneDrive user 2

    @huogas ,

     

    You have the option to execute a scheduled flow and utilize a loop to copy files between locations.

    The "Create file" action has the capability to create folders dynamically if they don't already exist.

    However, this seems like a specific scenario. I'm interested in understanding the reasons behind the ongoing nature of this process.

    Would it not be feasible to have the folders stored in SharePoint and shared between both users?

     

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