ShareGate offers “insane mode” which uploads to Azure blob storage for fast cloud migration to Office 365 (https://en.share-gate.com/sharepoint-migration/insane-mode).     It’s an excellent program for copying SharePoint sites.   However, I wanted to research ways to run that even faster by leveraging parallel processing and came up with “Insane MOVE.”

• https://github.com/spjeff/insanemove

Technical Features

• Multiple SharePoint servers with ShareGate installed
• CSV input with source & destination URLS
• Powershell “Insane MOVE.ps1” runs on any 1 server in the farm
• Detects servers with ShareGate installed
• Create Task Scheduler jobs on each server
• Create “worker0.ps1” file on each server to run one copy job
• Secure string for passwords (varied for each server)
• Automatic queue to start new jobs as current ones complete
• Status report to CSV with ShareGate session ID#, errors, warnings, and error detail XML  (if applicable)
• LOG for both “Insane MOVE” centrally and each remote worker

The diagram below explains the concept.  With multiple servers, ShareGate installed on each, and adequate hardware, we can execute “Copy-Site” PowerShell in parallel.    With 4 or more concurrent “Copy-Site” workers we’re now able to process multiple copy operations simultaneously for a faster overall migration timeline.    PowerShell will automatically queue up the next source/destination URLs from the input CSV and monitor worker status to kick off a new copy as soon as a prior completes.

Cruise control for ShareGate!    Less effort to easily manage bulk copy operations.  We now have “Insane MOVE” for “Insane Mode.”    

Please give the script a try and leave a comment here or GitHub.   Cheers! 

Diagram

Source Code

• https://github.com/spjeff/insanemove

Screenshots