Move or Copy Folders to a Different Team in Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, or OneDrive

There may be times when you want to move or copy folders to a different team in Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, or OneDrive. Moving files from a Teams site requires you to be a member/owner of the Team where the file is located and the Team the file is being moved to. Moving/copying files can be done via Teams, SharePoint, or OneDrive.

NOTE: If a document is copied from one location to another, changes on the copy will not affect the original file (or vise versa)

Move/Copy via OneDrive
 

1. Navigate to OneDrive.
2. Click My files on the left sidebar
3. Hover over the file or folder you want to move
4. Click the three horizontal dots to open a menu for this file/folder
5. Select Move to or Copy to
6. Select the appropriate destination

Move/Copy via Sharepoint

In the Team that you want to move the files from:

1. Go to Files
2. Click Open in SharePoint along the top
3. To move an entire folder, place a check mark next to the folder you want to move
4. Click the Move to (or Copy to if you want a copy) icon along the top
5. A list of teams will appear along the right side
6. If the team is not listed, click Browse sites 
7. Navigate to the team
8. Click the folder you want to move the files to
9. Click the Move here (or Copy here if copying) button
10. A confirmation box will appear when done

Move/Copy via Teams

In the Team that you want to move the files from:

1. Go to Files
2. Place a check mark next to the folder/file you want to move
3. Click the ellipsis (three dots next to Add shortcut to OneDrive)
4. Click the Move to (or Copy to if you want a copy)
5. A menu with your list of teams will appear
6. If the team is not listed, click More places... on the lower left of the menu
   1. If the team does not appear create a temporary file (blank text document will work) and upload the temporary file to the team. Once this file has been uploaded restart the Move/Copy from the beginning.
7. Navigate to the team
8. Click the folder you want to move the files to
9. Click the Move here (or Copy here if copying) button
10. A confirmation box will appear when done