Source Folders

Source folders are the top-level directories you want to migrate. You pick them in the agent; they show up in the dashboard within one heartbeat.

Add folders in the agent

In the CloudMove agent, click Add Folder and browse to the folder you want to migrate. Repeat for each top-level folder.

You can pick multiple folders — each is treated independently. For example, you might add:

• \\fileserver\Departments\HR
• \\fileserver\Departments\Finance
• \\fileserver\Archive\2024

Paths can be local (C:\Shares\HR), mapped drives (Z:\HR), or UNC (\\fileserver\HR). Whatever the machine running the agent can read.

Remove or clear folders

In the agent, remove individual folders with the × icon, or use Clear All to start over. Changes propagate to the dashboard on the next heartbeat.

Folder structure

The agent walks each source folder recursively and sends a folder tree to the dashboard. You'll see this tree in the Destination step when configuring folder mappings.

For huge source folders (100k+ files, deep structure), the initial tree build can take a minute. The agent reports progress as it scans.

What gets migrated

Everything inside the source folders — all files, all subfolders, recursively — unless you:

• Exclude specific subfolders in multi-destination mode (see Excluding Folders)
• The file has a blocking issue caught during scan (blocked extension, oversized)

Hidden files and system files are included. The agent doesn't filter by attribute.

Next steps

Once source folders are set, move on to picking a destination.