Regional University Computing Center Kaiserslautern-Landau

Transfer OneDrive data manually

Instructions for: Migration from University of Koblenz-Landau to RPTU

Description

Your M365 account in the cloud version also allows you to use Microsoft OneDrive. It is not possible to use cloud-based services such as OneDrive with a pseudonymous M365 account.

If you have already worked with OneDrive at the University of Koblenz-Landau, the following instructions will show you how to transfer your data from your old OneDrive account at the University of Koblenz-Landau to the OneDrive of your M365 account at RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau.

Prerequisites
  • Access data for the old OneDrive account (Koblenz-Landau)
  • M365 account at RPTU in the cloud version
  • PC with a current version of the OneDrive app

The most important facts

Brief information

  • Login OneDrive RPTU: RPTU account name without @rptu.de (e.g.: mus77ter)
  • Password OneDrive RPTU: RPTU password
This is how it's done:
  • Link both accounts to the OneDrive app (deactivate backup of local folders!)
  • Copy data from the old OneDrive-Koblenz-Landau folder to the RPTU-OneDrive folder
  • Delete data in the old OneDrive-Koblenz-Landau folder
  • Remove the link between the old Koblenz-Landau account and the OneDrive app

Step by step

Illustrated instructions

Manual OneDrive data migration from University of Koblenz-Landau to RPTU
Step 1: Link the RPTU M365 account with the OneDrive app

If no OneDrive account is yet connected to the OneDrive app, first link your M365 account at RPTU.

  • Open the OneDrive app. If no account is connected yet, you will be taken directly to the OneDrive settings for linking an account.
  • Log in with your RPTU account name followed by "@rptu.de" (e.g. mus77ter@rptu.de) and your RPTU password.
  • Select a storage location on your computer for the OneDrive folder.
  • For data protection reasons, please deactivate the backup of local folders in the OneDrive environment.

After you have added the account to the M365 environment at RPTU, you should see the new OneDrive folder in your Windows Explorer.

Step 2: Adding your Koblenz-Landau-OneDrive account

The next step is to add your OneDrive account from the M365 environment of the University of Koblenz-Landau.

  • Call up the OneDrive settings by clicking on the cogwheel and selecting Settings.
  • Click on "Add account".
  • Log in now with your old Koblenz-Landau Microsoft 365 environment account.
  • Select the local storage location for the Koblenz-Landau OneDrive.
  • Deactivate the backup of local folders.

After adding the Landauer account, you should now see two OneDrive folders in your Windows Explorer.

Step 3: Copying the data

Now, as with two local folders, you can copy the data from the old Koblenz-Landau OneDrive and paste it into the new RPTU OneDrive.

  • Copying a folder in the Koblenz-Landau OneDrive
  • Pasting the copied data into the RPTU-OneDrive

If a green tick appears after the folder or file name, this means that the copying process is complete.

Step 4: Delete the successfully copied data

After the copying process has been successful, you can delete the data in your old Koblenz-Landau-OneDrive.

Make sure that you only delete files and folders that you have already successfully copied to your RPTU-OneDrive!

Step 5: Unlink the OneDrive app from the Koblenz-Landau-OneDrive account

As you no longer need the Koblenz-Landau-OneDrive, you can disconnect it from the OneDrive app in the last step.

  • Open the Windows Explorer. Right-click on the OneDrive of the University of Koblenz-Landau to open the context menu. Select "OneDrive" - "Settings".
  • Select "Unlink this PC" in the settings window.
  • Finally, confirm that you want to unlink the account.

After you have removed the account of the University of Koblenz-Landau, only the OneDrive folder of RPTU should be visible in your Windows Explorer.

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