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By Kurt Mackie
To nudge organizations toward using Microsoft 365 services, Microsoft on Monday announced its acquisition of Mover, maker of a platform that assists medium-to-large companies in moving their files to cloud-based services.
Based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Mover enables migrations to Microsoft's OneDrive and SharePoint Online services, as well as Box, Dropbox, Egnyte, Google G Suite and Amazon WorkDocs.
In the announcement, Jeff Teper, corporate vice president for Office, SharePoint and OneDrive, described Mover as "a leading provider of cloud file migration, including admin-led and self-service offerings." Microsoft already has some tools and services to support Microsoft 365 migrations, and Teper indicated that Mover will "enhance these offerings with proven tools, plus more self-service options over time."
As for what might get enhanced, Teper pointed to Microsoft's SharePoint Migration Tool, which is currently available for migrations to SharePoint Online from on-premises installations of SharePoint Server 2013, as well as SharePoint Server 2010... Continue reading.
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