The SPO Migration API

The SPO API has a handful of commands to support the migration of content to SharePoint or OneDrive sites. The main advantage in this case is that the migration package is first uploaded to the Azure Blob storage. The contents are encrypted while in the temporary storage and can be processed in parallel. Being able to take advantage of the enhanced bandwidth and parallel processing makes this approach necessary when dealing with hundreds of gigabytes or many different destinations (typically the case when migrating OneDrive content). The costs of transfer and storage of your data are minimal when you consider that the upload speed increases ten-fold in comparison to the CSOM approach. With this approach, you can submit ...

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