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Migration to Microsoft Teams Chat

Microsoft Teams Chat Migration supports migrating from/to the following tenants:

  • Microsoft 365 Commercial tenant

  • Microsoft Education Environment

  • Microsoft 365 Government GCC High tenant

  • Microsoft 365 Government GCC tenant

  • 21Vianet tenant

Refer to the table below to view the supported and unsupported object types for Microsoft Teams Chat Migration.

NOTE

The object types that are not listed in the table below are not supported.

√ – Supported; × – Unsupported.

Microsoft Teams Chat Data

Object TypeSub TypeSupport StatusComment
Group chat-The changes of chat profile pictures cannot be migrated. Fly will use the original profile picture for the migrated chats in the destination.
Meeting chat-Partially Supported1. Meeting chats will be migrated as group chats in the destination. 2. Meeting organizers will be migrated as group chat members. 3. Meeting members cannot exceed 200. Otherwise, the migration of meeting chats will fail.
One-on-one chat-Partially Supported1. One-on-one chats will be migrated as group chats in the destination. 2. One-on-one chats deleted from the source may be also migrated to the destination.
External chat-×External chats are chats created by users from other tenants.
Self-chat-×Self-chats are chats in which the user chats with itself.
Just me chat-
Chat with app-×
Chat messageFormat - Mention (@)
Chat messageFormat - Bold
Chat messageFormat - Italic
Chat messageFormat - Underline
Chat messageFormat - Strikethrough
Chat messageFormat - Text highlight color
Chat messageFormat - Font color
Chat messageFormat - Font size
Chat messageFormat - Monospaced
Chat messageFormat - Heading
Chat messageFormat - Paragraph
Chat messageFormat - Decrease indent
Chat messageFormat - Increase indent
Chat messageFormat - Bulleted list
Chat messageFormat - Numbered list
Chat messageFormat - Quote
Chat messageFormat - Insert link
Chat messageFormat - Code snippetPartially SupportedIf the source or destination is other tenant, code snippets will be migrated as texts in the destination chats. The font color and background of the code snippets cannot be migrated.
Chat messageFormat - Insert horizontal rule
Chat messageFormat - Insert table
Chat messageSet delivery options - Standard
Chat messageSet delivery options - Important
Chat messageSet delivery options - Urgent
Chat messageAttach files - OneDrivePartially Supported1. If the file is from the Microsoft Teams Chat Files folder, the file can be migrated in Microsoft Teams Chat migrations. If the file is from other folders, you need to run OneDrive migrations to migrate the file. 2. The file format in messages can be kept to the destination.
Chat messageAttach files - Upload from my computerPartially SupportedIf the destination has files with the same name, files in migrated chats cannot be opened in the destination.
Chat messageEmojiPartially SupportedSome emojis cannot be migrated and will be replaced with a square box in the destination. Other emojis can be migrated, but their styles in the destination will differ from their original form in the source.
Chat messageCustom emojiPartially Supported1. The emoji size will be different from that of the source emoji after the migration. 2. Custom GIF emojis can be migrated but the animation cannot work in the destination post conversation. You can view them normally in the HTML file.
Chat messageGiphyPartially SupportedIf the source or destination is a 21Vianet tenant, Giphy cannot be migrated.
Chat messageStickerPartially SupportedIf the source or destination is a 21Vianet tenant, stickers cannot be migrated.
Chat messageLoop components×
Chat messageRecord a video clip×
Chat messageApp messagePartially SupportedThe app titles of app messages cannot be kept to the destination. Fly only migrates the body content for the app messages.
Chat messageVoice message×Voice messages can be migrated, but cannot be played in the destination.
Chat messagePicture
Chat messageReply
Chat messageForwarded message×Only the titles, subjects, and attachments (if any) of forwarded messages can be kept.
Chat messageSystem messagePartially SupportedMessages to notify of meeting started, meeting ended, XX added YY to the chat, and meeting recording link can be migrated.
Chat messageEdit message/replyPartially SupportedIf you edit a source message that has been migrated to the destination and run a migration job after your edits, the edited message will be posted to the destination again with the Edited label.
Chat messageSend at scheduled time×
Chat messagePinPartially SupportedThe sender in the pinned message will be replaced with the destination delegated app profile's consent user after the migration.
Chat messageMark as unread×
Chat messageTranslate×
Chat messageReaction×
Chat messageUnfollow thread×
Chat messageThe "Save this message" mark×
Chat messageCopy link - File linkPartially SupportedIf the link is copied via the Copy link button, the link to the file cannot be redirected to the corresponding file.
Chat messageCopy link - Tab linkPartially SupportedTab links copied from other chats or included in forwarded messages cannot be opened in migrated chats in the destination.
Post messages-Partially SupportedThe messages will be merged and posted by the delegated app profile's consent user. The content of messages will be the same as the source.
Archive messages as HTML file-
FilesOneDrivePartially SupportedIf the file is from the Microsoft Teams Chat Files folder, the file can be migrated in Microsoft Teams Chat migrations. If the file is from other folders, you need to run OneDrive migrations to migrate the file.
FilesUpload from my computer
TabVisioSee the comments 1-3 below the table.
TabPowerPointSee the comments 1-3 below the table.
TabExcelSee the comments 1-3 below the table.
TabOneNoteSee the comments 1-3 below the table.
TabWebsite
TabWordSee the comments 1-3 below the table.
TabPDF
TabShared×
AppsStore Apps - Add as Bots×
AppsStore Apps - Add as Tab×
AppsCustom apps×
Bookings-×
Calendar-×If you want to migrate the individual calendar events for team members, you can run an Exchange Online migration job to migrate the user mailboxes of source users to corresponding destination users. Refer to Perform Exchange Online Migrations for details.
Meeting recordings-×
Chat members-Partially Supported1. To migrate chat members, configure user mappings for source members in the migration policy. 2. Members that are not Microsoft 365 users cannot be migrated.

Comment 1: Only website tabs can be migrated to 21Vianet tenants due to Microsoft API limitations.

Comment 2: If you do not migrate tabs, links to the tabs in migrated messages will be unavailable in the destination.

Comment 3: The tabs for files that are not in the Microsoft Teams Chat Files folder will be displayed as the file types (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.) in the destination and cannot be opened. You can run a OneDrive job to migrate these files and then the tabs can be opened.

OneDrive Data

Object TypeSub TypeSupport StatusComment
FilesMicrosoft Teams Chat Files
FilesOther folders in OneDrive×Microsoft Teams Chat migrations will not migrate files outside the Microsoft Teams Chat Files folder.