PSIcapture Migration: SharePoint illegal characters

Question:

What characters can be used in a filename, folder, etc.... for SharePoint.

Answer:

Site names, subsite names, or site group names

    You cannot use the following characters anywhere in a site name, in a subsite name, or in a site or Active Directory group name:
        Tilde (~)
        Number sign (#)
        Percent (%)
        Ampersand (&)
        Asterisk (*)
        Braces ({ })
        Backslash (\)
        Colon (:)
        Angle brackets (<>)
        Question mark (?)
        Slash (/)
        Plus sign (+)
        Pipe (|)
        Quotation mark (")
    You cannot start a site name, a subsite name, or a site group name with an underscore (_) character or with the period (.) character.
    When you create a site name, a subsite name, or a site group name, you cannot use strings that were already used to name managed paths.
    You cannot use the period character consecutively in the middle of a site name, a subsite name, or a site group name.
    You cannot use the period character at the end of a site name, a subsite name, or a site group name.

Folder names

    You cannot use the following characters anywhere in a folder name or a server name:
        Tilde
        Number sign
        Percent
        Ampersand
        Asterisk
        Braces
        Backslash
        Colon
        Angle brackets
        Question mark
        Slash
        Pipe
        Quotation mark
    You cannot use the period character consecutively in the middle of a folder name.
    You cannot use the period character at the end of a folder name.
    You cannot start a folder name with a period character.
    If you use an underscore character (_) at the beginning of a folder name, the folder will be a hidden folder.
    Additionally, a folder that contains the string "_vti_" is reserved by SharePoint, and isn’t supported.

File names

    You cannot use the following characters anywhere in a file name:
        Tilde
        Number sign
        Percent
        Ampersand
        Asterisk
        Braces
        Backslash
        Colon
        Angle brackets
        Question mark
        Slash
        Pipe
        Quotation mark
    You cannot use the period character consecutively in the middle of a file name.
    You cannot use the period character at the end of a file name.
    You cannot start a file name by using the period character.
    If you use an underscore character (_) at the beginning of a file name, the file will be a hidden file.
    ile names and folder names may not end with any of the following strings:
        .files
        _files
        -Dateien
        _fichiers
        _bestanden
        _file
        _archivos
        -filer
        _tiedostot
        _pliki
        _soubory
        _elemei
        _ficheiros
        _arquivos
        _dosyalar
        _datoteke
        _fitxers
        _failid
        _fails
        _bylos
        _fajlovi
        _fitxategiak
    In addition, file names and folder names cannot start with the “_vti_” string, such as the followings:
        _vti_cnf
        _vti_pvt
        _vti_bin
        _vti_txt


Source Article: https://support.microsoft.com/en-ca/kb/905231<></></>

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