SharePoint Online to Google Shared Drives Migration Guide for Businesses

If you are an IT admin or manager looking for a SharePoint to Google Shared Drives migration tool, you are at the right place. In this guide, we explained and demoed how CloudFuze can help businesses and enterprises migrate from SharePoint Online to Google Shared Drives quickly and securely.

Migration Prerequisites:

A CloudFuze account (Enterprise trial available on request)
SharePoint (Microsoft 365/Office 365) admin login credentials.
Google Shared Drives (Google Workspace / G Suite) account

Step 1: Log in to CloudFuze or Create an Account

Go to webapp.cloudfuze.com and create an account. If you already have an account, log in to CloudFuze using your account credentials. If you are an IT admin, you can request a demo or an enterprise trial account to test the platform.
CloudFuze Webapp

Step 2: Add and Authorize SharePoint Account

After logging in to CloudFuze, locate the SharePoint Online logo under the list of business clouds and click on it. It opens a login popup where you need to enter the Microsoft 365 admin login credentials. Please keep in mind that SharePoint Online doesn’t have login credentials of its own.
SharePoint Credentials

Step 3: Add and Authorize Google Shared Drives

Now, locate the Google Shared Drives logo in the business clouds list and click on it. Enter your company’s G Suite login credentials and click on the Next button.

Step 4: Authorize Google Shared Drives Account

Review the needed permissions and click on the Allow button. This will complete the Shared Drives cloud addition process.
loacte Shareddrive credentials

Step 5: Clouds Have Been Added

Now, go to the Clouds section by clicking on the Clouds icon in the menu. Quickly jump to the Manage Clouds section to see if both clouds are added there.
Added Clouds

Step 6: Click on Team Migration

Click on the Team Migration. You need to complete a few steps before the actual migration begins.

Step 7: Choose Source and Destination Cloud Accounts

Select SharePoint Online account as the source and Google Shared Drives account as the destination cloud.
Select Source and Destination

Step 8: Auto-Map Users in the Source and Destination

CloudFuze has a feature called Auto-Map that automatically matches user pairs in the source and destination based on their email alias. This will reduce the migration time gradually.
AutoMapping

Step 9: Select Users to Migrate

CloudFuze supports almost unlimited numbers of users for migration. You can migrate all the users in your SharePoint Online account or choose a few, as per your needs.
Select Users

Step 10: Review and Map Permissions

CloudFuze migrates all the permissions in the SharePoint Online account to Shared Drives. Additionally, you can override default permissions by clicking on the edit icon next to each user.
Permissions Mapping

Step 11: A Final Few Steps

Give your migration a name. Choose the migration type. You can also give additional email addresses to receive migration notifications. Most of these settings can be left to default unless you have a specific need.
Options

Step 12: Migration Is in Progress

During the file transfer phase, CloudFuze displays the migration as In-progress. During this time, you can pause or cancel the migration.
In Progress

Step 13: Migration Has Been Completed

When all the data is migrated from SharePoint Online to Google Shared Drives, the status will be displayed as ‘Completed’. IT admins can then download the migration report to cross-verify and validate the data.