Transfer External Shares to Microsoft 365 from Google Workspace

Are you planning to migrate from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 ? During migration, ensure that external shares remain intact. This helps you maintain external collaborations without any confusion. In this blog post, we have provided insights on transferring to Microsoft 365 from Google Workspace along with external shares.

Why Transfer External Shares to Microsoft 365 from Google Workspace?

Transferring external shares from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 helps to:

  • Improve business collaboration
  • Ensure secure data transfer
  • Enhance workflow efficiency

How CloudFuze Migrates External Shares from Google My Drive to OneDrive?

At CloudFuze, we help you transfer Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 along with external shares. Below we have provided screenshots on how our tool migrate external shares during a Google Drive to OneDrive migration:

Image 1: Represents the mapping of Google My Drive and OneDrive clouds in the CloudFuze dashboard.

Google My Drive and OneDrive

Image 2: Select the “External Shares” option to perform the migration.

External Shares

Image 3: After finalizing the “External Shares” feature to migrate, you can preview the migration map.

migration map

Image 4: Here, the screen depicts Erik as the owner of Google Drive folder. Mia and Alex have viewer access to that folder.

Google Drive folder

Image 5: CloudFuze helps overcome the issues associated with manually granting access to external users after the data migration from Google My Drive to OneDrive.

During migration with our tool, Erik’s ownership is preserved appropriately in OneDrive. Alex’s viewer access is mapped to corresponding user in Microsoft 365. During migration to OneDrive, Mia’s account has been mapped to Abhinit. Abhinit will now represent Mia’s access to Microsoft 365

Manage Access

Here’s a video of our tool performing Google Drive to OneDrive migration:

CloudFuze Case Study – External Shares Transfer to Microsoft 365 from Google Workspace

Barrow County School System wanted to transfer over 12,000 staff and student accounts within a tight timeframe. Our team at CloudFuze helped them move over 50 TB of data from Google Drive and Google Shared Drives to OneDrive and SharePoint Online.

We helped them by seamlessly migrating folder/file structures, metadata such as permissions, file versions, external shares, and shared links. To learn more about the case study, click here.

Transfer with External Shares to Microsoft 365 from Google Workspace

With our cloud migration solutions, you can ensure 100% accuracy in external shares retention when you transfer to Microsoft 365 from Google Workspace.

Book a free and no-obligation demo of our tool to learn more.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Is Google Workspace compatible with Microsoft 365?

Users can open, edit, and collaborate on Office documents, such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, directly within Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides through Google Workspace’s compatibility with Microsoft 365.

Additionally, you can sync calendars, integrate Gmail with Outlook, and connect data between the two platforms via AppSheet and other technologies. Teams working in diverse environments can collaborate more easily because of their cross-platform adaptability.

2. How do I move Google Workspace to Microsoft 365?

You can seamlessly migrate your users, data, metadata, permissions and more from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 using CloudFuze’s Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 migration tool. At CloudFuze, we offer an industry-leading migration solution designed to migrate Google Workspace to Microsoft 365.

3. Why move to Microsoft 365?

With cloud-based applications like Word, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Teams, and OneDrive, Microsoft 365 helps you:

  • Enhance productivity
  • Safeguard your data
  • Optimize IT processes
  • Ensure enterprise-grade security and compliance

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