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File share migration to Sharepoint online

Is there a Migration that would report the folder structure on my existing Synology drive for client. It holds about 500 GB of clients data which I wanted to move to SharePoint online, so I could educate user about using links on email for documents instead of direct attachment. Online outlook does not support more than 35 MB of data transfer and I would like user to stop sending attachment and share link instead, which is only possible after I move that folder to SharePoint or sync to SharePoint.

I have fairly small amount of users and about 600 GB data migration. Out of 40 licensed users with E3 and Business premium, only five or six users would need access to clients document and only they are responsible for sharing with other Team. There $4k and 5k solution for file migration from third party solution sounds ridiculous based on the user count I have and the amount of data I need to migrate.

I would need a tool access the list of files and folder depth that are eligible to sharepoint online migration before even I copy data to sharepoint. If it shows report of files with special character, which I see a lot of regular browsing. I can educate user about renaming, if they agree or try to run script to rename, if they agree to change. Does 5000 items per document library include folder and file count or only folder count? If it is both file and folder then I may have to create sites for each individual client folder instead of room folder. However, all these are possible only after running some kind of reporting tool first
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Before performing the migration, it is the first and necessary step to know the structure of SharePoint and its Sites. The administrator has to prepare the following checklist before proceeding for migration.

Where the files and folders from File Server have to be migrated?
What kinds of documents are accepted by the selected destination?
Is the selected destination which may be a library, list, or shared folder up and working fine?
Will it be easy for end users to access the destination URL in their browser?
Can end users easily access the content after uploading?
What does all taxonomies selected destination URL or SharePoint Server support?

Get more information: http://expert-advice.org/2017/03/steps-migrate-file-server-sharepoint/

Here is a list of SharePoint migration tools you can try: http://www.topsharepoint.com/content-migration-tools-for-sharepoint

Migrate to SharePoint Online (O365–SPO) from On-Premise SharePoint or fileshare using new PowerShell migration APIs:
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/nishants/2015/07/18/using-windows-powershell-cmdlets-for-sharepoint-online-o365spo-migration/

Migrating from file Servers to SharePoint Online

Hope this helps!
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Is there a tool that shows the report of file names and folder structure not valid for sharepoint. It would be the first criteria for migration, so it could be presented to end user for changing or about getting their acceptance if the name gets changed with Layer2 or fieshare. These are two reliable tool I downloaded for trail but does not completely support two way sync. Lot of the tool above are for migration from sharepoint on premise to sharepont online, but I have file hosted on sinology NAS.

Appreciate your help.
Here is a list of SharePoint migration tools you can try, I think most of them provide pre-migration analysis option: http://www.topsharepoint.com/content-migration-tools-for-sharepoint
I read that article before it only list sharepoint on premise to sharepoint online. I was looking for report analyzer from non windows file server to sharepoint online
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