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SPO to SPO - preserve folder timestamps

Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 3:06 pm
by Alice
Just trialling the software (11.0.20) at the moment and am impressed with SharePoint Online copies between two separate Sites (Left to Right copy method).

One issue, I have not found a way to maintain the FOLDER timestamps though, ie they always show as the 'current time of the copy' when created at the Destination SPO Site, so they do not match the timestamps of the same folders at the Source Site.


Thank you



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Re: SPO to SPO - preserve folder timestamps

Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 3:26 pm
by tobias
Hello,
yes, that's correct. Folder timestamps cannot be set by software. They are automatically forced by the Sharepoint server.

Re: SPO to SPO - preserve folder timestamps

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2025 9:22 am
by Alice
Hello again, so we do want to buy this software, but folder timestamp preservation is key to us.

I did some checking (er, I am not a programmer just a simple Admin !) and apparently Graph.api (MS Graph) can preserve folder timestamps if the Application is granted the extended privilege 'AllSites.FullControl' in MS Entra.

I'm hoping this is accurate and if so could be implemented please ?

Re: SPO to SPO - preserve folder timestamps

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2025 11:13 am
by tobias
Hello,
many thanks, I will check it ASAP.

Re: SPO to SPO - preserve folder timestamps

Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2025 10:44 pm
by chaostheory
Any updates on that?