What's new in Liscaragh Migrate
A running account of what has actually shipped, grouped by what it means for a migration rather than by build number. For the full feature set, see the product page; this page is about what has changed recently.
Metadata inference: your folder structure and file names become searchable columns
A migration is also a chance to make content in SharePoint more useful than it was at the source, without anyone re-filing a single document by hand. This landed in stages, and every part of it is opt-in and off by default:
- Provenance columns. Turn it on and every migrated file gets three new fields in its own SharePoint library: source path, source owner and the date it was migrated. Off by default, because writing these fields bumps the file's version count on libraries with versioning enabled, worth knowing before you switch it on for a busy library.
- Folder-level extraction. A one-line rule turns folder depth into columns, for example
1=Client; 2=Projectturns aContoso Ltd/2024-118 Riverside Refitfolder structure into Client and Project columns on every file underneath it. - Filename pattern extraction. For teams that name files by convention, a regular expression with named capture groups pulls values straight out of the file name, dates, drawing numbers and revisions, or status words, into their own columns. This one is aimed at MSPs comfortable writing a regex; your client never needs to see it.
- Category by file type. A simple lookup, for example
Drawing=dwg,dxf, stamps a Category column from the file's extension. - Age-based retention flag. Files not modified in longer than a number of years you choose get a Retention column stating plainly why: "Review candidate: not modified since <year>", so a cleanup conversation happens with a reason attached rather than a guess.
All five ride the same read-only pass over the run's own audit record once copying finishes, so none of them add a second pass over your source or slow the upload itself.
Know before you copy: readiness grade, duplicate waste and destination drift
- Readiness grade. Check readiness now ends in one letter, A (migrate as-is) to D (blocked on storage), with a one-line verdict leading the report and the log. See what the grade actually measures.
- Duplicate-file waste. The same readiness pass now shows how many gigabytes are sitting in duplicate files, so cleanup is a decision made with a number attached to it.
- Destination drift check. After a migration, check whether anything at the destination has changed, been deleted or been added since the job moved it, useful right up to cutover. See how this fits into your reports.
- Keeps the machine awake automatically. The app now holds Windows awake for the duration of any run, clearing the moment it finishes, so a sleeping laptop can no longer silently kill an overnight run.
Multi-source: files and folders join Datto Workplace
Liscaragh Migrate moved from a single-source tool to a multi-source one. The app now opens by asking what you are moving, and local files and network shares (\\server\share) became a second fully supported source alongside Datto Workplace, using the same machinery throughout: per-folder destinations, Check readiness, Preview, Upload all files, Sync new and changed, Verify, Compare sizes, reports, the audit trail and the overnight scheduler. Copying is one-way and nothing at the destination is ever deleted, exactly as it has always been for Datto jobs. Licensing did not change: one licence per Microsoft 365 tenant still covers every source. Box, Dropbox and Google Drive are shown in the launcher as sources on the roadmap.
Looking for the full feature list?
- The product page covers every current capability, not just what changed recently.
- Understanding your audit trail and reports
- Frequently asked questions