The SharePoint Farm

New and Updated FileChecker

08 Dec 2020 | SharePoint Online, Development

Bill Baer created a utility called FileChecker. This tool parses a file server directory to call out rule violations for files you intend to migrate to OneDrive for Business or SharePoint Online.

I’ve forked the project and updated it in a few ways:

  • Moved to .NET 5.0 (Core) as a console-only application
  • Cross platform compatibility, including macOS and Linux
  • Updated rules based off of the current invalid file rules

You can find the new project at FileChecker. I’m open to expanding this in any way. Binaries for Linux, macOS, and Windows are available in the releases section.

Trevor Seward is a Microsoft Office Apps and Services MVP who specializes in SharePoint Server administration, hybrid scenarios, and SharePoint Online. He has been working with SharePoint for 16 years from SharePoint 2003 on up, managing environments with terabytes of content for 150,000+ user organizations. Trevor is an author of Deploying SharePoint 2016 and Deploying SharePoint 2019. You can find him on Twitter and in /r/sharepoint.