Google Shared Drives Migration

Shared Drives can be migrated to SharePoint document libraries, Microsoft Teams channels, OneDrive for Business, or to another Google Workspace tenant. You can choose different destinations for different Shared Drives based on your needs.

Yes, Shared Drive member roles (Manager, Content Manager, Contributor, Commenter, Viewer) are automatically mapped to equivalent Microsoft 365 permissions. External shares can be preserved or removed based on your security policies.

Google Docs are converted to Word (.docx), Sheets to Excel (.xlsx), and Slides to PowerPoint (.pptx). Formatting, formulas, and embedded content are preserved with high fidelity. You can also choose to keep them as links.

Yes, Cloudiway allows you to split large Shared Drives into multiple destinations, merge small Shared Drives together, or restructure folder hierarchies as part of the migration process.

Duration depends on data volume and number of files. With delta sync, you can pre-stage data over days or weeks while users continue working, then complete the cutover quickly with minimal disruption.

No, Cloudiway's delta sync technology minimizes disruption. Users continue accessing Shared Drives during the pre-staging phase. Only a brief cutover window is needed for final synchronization.

Yes, Shared Drives can be migrated directly to Microsoft Teams channels. Each Shared Drive can become a Teams channel, with files stored in the associated SharePoint document library.

Cloudiway handles Shared Drives of any size with parallel processing and automatic retry on failures. Large Shared Drives with millions of files are migrated efficiently with detailed progress reporting.

File comments are not migrated as they are Google-specific features without direct equivalents in Microsoft 365. However, all file content, metadata, and permissions are fully preserved.

Yes, Cloudiway offers a free trial so you can test the Shared Drives migration with your own data before committing to a full project. No credit card required to start.

Yes. Cloudiway maps Shared Drive roles to their closest SharePoint Online equivalents — Managers become site Owners, Content Managers become Members with edit rights, Contributors and Commenters map to Members and Visitors respectively. For Teams destinations, Managers become Team Owners and the rest become Team Members, so role-based collaboration is preserved end-to-end.