You can migrate files share content to a user's My Drive or to a shared drive. Each settings template has options that you can enable, depending on how you want your data to appear after a migration. Make sure you use the correct settings template for your migration. See below for details about the templates.
Migrate to My Drive
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Migrate file share content
Migrate folders to Google Drive |
Enabled by default When enabled, file share folders are migrated to Drive. |
Migrate files to Google Drive |
Enabled by default When enabled, file share files are migrated to Drive files. |
Migrate file permissions to Google Drive |
Enabled by default When enabled, file share file permissions are migrated to Drive files. You can choose to:
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Allow email invitations |
When enabled, users inside and outside your organization that are assigned permissions for a Drive folder or file are sent an email notification. |
Exclude foldersExclude filesExclude permissions |
When enabled, you can use filters to exclude content from your migration.
For more information, go to Use filters to exclude content (on this page). |
Map users |
Enabled by default When enabled:
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Allow unmapped users |
When enabled, user permissions on the source domain (including permissions belonging to users that aren’t specified in an identity mapping) are transferred to the files on the new domain. Users with permission to access files and folders on the source domain retain access after the migration. However, the permissions are not transferred to users on the target domain. Note the following points:
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Domain mapping |
When enabled, Google Workspace Migrate automatically maps source domain usernames to target domain usernames (for example, user1@ on your source domain becomes user1@ on your target domain). If you enable this setting:
Note:
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Migrate to shared drives
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Migrate file share to shared drives
Migrate folders to Google Drive |
Enabled by default When enabled, file share folders are migrated to folders in shared drives. If enabled, you can choose to Migrate folders with restricted permissions (off by default). Child folders that have been assigned fewer permissions than the parent (as specified in the mapping) are migrated. If turned off, those folders are skipped. |
Migrate files to Google Drive |
Enabled by default When enabled, file share files are migrated to files in shared drives. If enabled, you can choose to Migrate files with restricted permissions (off by default). Child files that have been assigned fewer permissions than the parent (as specified in the mapping) are migrated. If turned off, those files are skipped. |
Migrate folder permissions |
Enabled by default When enabled, folder permissions are migrated to the target shared drive. Restricted permissions are not migrated. Go to Restricted permissions. |
Migrate file permissions |
When enabled, file permissions are migrated. Restricted permissions are not migrated. Go to Restricted permissions. |
Allow email invitations |
When enabled, users outside of your organization who are assigned permissions for shared drives are sent an email notification. |
Exclude FoldersExclude FilesExclude Permissions |
When enabled, you can use filters to exclude content from your migration.
For more information, go to Use filters to exclude content (on this page). |
Map users |
Enabled by default When enabled:
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Allow unmapped users |
When enabled, user permissions on the source domain (including permissions belonging to users that aren’t specified in an identity mapping) are transferred to the files on the new domain. Users with permission to access files and folders on the source domain retain access after the migration. However, the permissions are not transferred to users on the target domain. Note the following points:
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Domain mapping |
When enabled, Google Workspace Migrate automatically maps source domain usernames to target domain usernames (for example, user1@ on your source domain becomes user1@ on your target domain). If you enable this setting:
Note:
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Use filters to exclude content
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Exclude folder filtersProperty | Example |
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File path–Network path of the folder If you're migrating from a Microsoft Windows file share, the path is case-sensitive. |
To exclude subfolder temp1, enter Equals and then \\DESKTOP\Users\user1\Desktop\file-share-test\temp\temp1. To add a partial folder path, use Folder\SubFolder. |
Last accessed–Date in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM format |
To exclude folders that were last accessed after 2022-01-27 00:00, enter After and then 2022-01-27 00:00. |
Google Workspace Migrate path–Predicted Google Drive folder path on the target account Separate nested folders with a hash (#). Special characters must be HTML-encoded. |
To exclude subfolder test3 that resides in folder test1, enter Contains and then #test1#test3. |
Last Modified Date–Date in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM format | To exclude folders that were modified before 2022-01-27 00:00, enter Before and then 2022-01-27 00:00. |
Created Date–Date in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM format | To exclude folders that were created after 2022-01-27 00:00, enter After and then 2022-01-27 00:00. |
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File size–Size of file (in bytes) |
To exclude files that are smaller than 3 bytes, enter Less than and then 3. |
File Name–Name of file | To exclude files with the string abc in their file name, enter Contains and then abc. |
File Extension–3-letter file extension | To exclude executable files, enter Equals and then exe. |
Mime Type–Type of content contained in the file For more information, go to Common MIME types. |
To exclude files that contain plain text, enter Contains and then text/plain. |
File path–Network path of the file
If you're migrating from a Microsoft Windows file share, the path is case-sensitive. |
To exclude the file abc.txt, enter Equals and then \\DESKTOP\Users\user1\Desktop\file-share-test\temp\temp1\abc.txt. |
Last accessed–Date in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM format |
To exclude files that were last accessed after 2022-01-27 00:00, enter After and then 2022-01-27 00:00. |
Google Workspace Migrate path–Predicted Drive file path on the target account Separate nested folders with a hash (#). Special characters must be HTML-encoded. |
To exclude the file test.txt that resides in the predicted Drive path #temp#temp1, enter Contains and then #temp#temp1#test.txt. |
Last Modified Date–Date in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM format | To exclude files that were modified before 2022-01-27 00:00, enter Before and then 2022-01-27 00:00. |
Created Date–Date in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM format | To exclude files that were created after 2022-01-27 00:00, enter After and then 2022-01-27 00:00. |
Property | Example |
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Google Workspace Migrate path–Predicted Google Drive file path on the target account Separate nested folders with a hash (#). Special characters must be HTML-encoded. |
To exclude permissions associated with the subfolder temp1, enter Contains and then #temp#temp1. |
Associated User–Username
To find the username, on your Windows machine:
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To exclude permissions associated with user1, enter Equals and then DOMAIN\user1. |
Related topic
Set up or select a settings template
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