How to use the Dropbox Data Migration Add-On, powered by Movebot
Updated Jan 29, 2024
The Data Migration Add-On, powered by Movebot, is available to Dropbox team accounts through the Dropbox sales team. If you’re an admin on a Dropbox team account, and you’d like to learn more about this add-on, contact your account team or Customer Success Manager at Dropbox.
The Data Migration Add-On, powered by Movebot, allows organizations to quickly and securely migrate files and associated permissions from on-premise file servers and existing cloud storage solutions to their Dropbox team account.
With the add-on, admins on Dropbox team accounts can:
- Migrate home directories, folders, and personal shares to their Dropbox team account.
- Transfer sharing permissions from cloud and on-premises sources to their Dropbox team account.
- Monitor file transfer jobs in real-time with reporting, visualization, and event-logging.
- Automate and expedite migrations with parallel loading, Dropbox API call optimization, and Movebot’s managed scalable technology.
- Schedule migration jobs in advance — to run once or on a repeating schedule.
