People who use cloud productivity suites know that Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace are both popular among businesses and users. So, the migration between these two platforms is increasing as per user demand. If you have migrated or planned to migrate from Office 365 to Google Workspace, then besides mailboxes, you will also be required to migrate your data from OneDrive for Business to Google Workspace Drives. Mailbox and cloud storage drive are two most important components of any productivity suites that the users use frequently.
In this article we will see the complete process of OneDrive for Business to Google Workspace Drive migration. First, we will see why we need to migrate our Office 365 OneDrive data to G Suite.
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Why Migrate from Office 365 OneDrive to Google Workspace Drive?
There can be multiple reasons for migration. Also, it can be someone’s personal choice or requirement that arises the need for Office 365 OneDrive migration. Below are some reasons:
- Some people find Google Workspace easy to use as they are familiar with Gmail, Google Drive, Google Sheets and More.
- Google Workspace is a little bit cheaper compared to Microsoft 365.
- Google Workspace offers scalable storage options. Google Drive’s pooled storage allows businesses to optimize space usage.
- In Google Workspace you can create shared drives that is not an option in OneDrive.
There may be more reasons for the migration. It is totally dependent on the business and their specific requirements.
OneDrive for Business to Google Workspace Drive Migration Process
Google Workspace offers automated migration options to easily move your Office 365 OneDrive data to Google Drive without any typical configurations. However, one can manually Transfer OneDrive to Google Drive but it can be time taking as it requires downloading and uploading data manually. Below we are going to see the process to migrate OneDrive for Business to Google Drive using Google Workspace migration tool.
Pre-Requisites for performing the migration using Google Workspace migration tool
- You should have Google Workspace super admin access.
- Make sure users are created and assigned proper license prior to the migration.
- Google Drive must be “On” for all users you are migrating.
- For migration, you must have Microsoft 365 global admin access.
Steps for Migrating OneDrive for Business to Google Workspace Drive
- Visit admin.google.com and log in with your Google Workspace super admin credentials.
- In the admin console, click on the Data then Data Import and Export and then click on Data Migration (new).
- In the Data migration window, click on the migrate button under OneDrive.
- In step One, click on the Connect to Microsoft OneDrive. Microsoft 365 login window will open, login with your Microsoft 365 global admin account and accept the Google Workspace migrate.
- Once you are connected, you must download a sample CSV file and make changes in it, or you can create your own as shown in the image below. Add your OneDrive accounts in the file that you need to migrate to Google Drive.
- In the step 2, upload your CSV file and let it process.
- Once the source CSV file is uploaded successfully, you need to create a new CSV file to map the source OneDrive to Target Google Drive. You can also download the sample file from the window, or you can create a one as shown below.
- Now in the step 3, upload your CSV file and wait for it to get processed.
- In the step 4, click on the edit and configure your migration settings as per your requirement and click on the save You can filter data according to date range, file format and file size.
- Now in the final step, click on the start migration.
- It will start discovering and migrating the data. Data migration will take time according to the data size and number of files. You can check the detailed progress and can export detailed migration report.
Using the above-mentioned steps, you can easily move your Microsoft 365 OneDrive data to Google Workspace drive.
Conclusion
This guide describes some reasons and process to move to Google Drive from OneDrive for Business. You can either user download and upload option or can user Google Workspace data migration tool to perform Office 365 OneDrive to Google Workspace Drive. Manual option is good if you have only single user with low data size. For bulk migration, you must use Google Workspace migration tool. Feel free to ask any questions in the comments.
