You can migrate Box content to your users' My Drive or shared drives. 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
Migrate Box contentSetting | Enabled by default? | Details |
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Migrate folders | ✔ |
When enabled, Box folders are migrated to Google Drive folders. |
Migrate files | ✔ |
When enabled, Box files are migrated to Drive files. Check the Migrate versions box to migrate versions of file. To limit the number of revisions that are marked with Drive’s Keep forever tag, enter a number in the Max pinned revisions field. The tag is applied to the specified number of revisions, beginning with the most recent. |
Migrate collaborations | ✔ | When enabled, Box collaborations are migrated as Google permissions. |
Allow email invitations | When enabled, users outside of your organization that are assigned permissions for a Drive folder or file are sent an email notification. |
Note: All string-based filters are not case-sensitive.
Setting | Enabled by default? | Details |
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Exclude Box folders
Exclude Box versions Exclude Box collaborations
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When enabled, you can use filters to exclude content from your migration.
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Setting | Enabled by default? | Details |
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Map users | ✔ |
When enabled, users are mapped according to the identity mapping associated with the bridge. Note: If you enable this setting, your identity mapping should include users who are the same on the source and target environments. You can omit these users if the Allow unmapped users setting is enabled (details below). |
Allow unmapped users | When enabled, all user permissions are migrated, including users who aren’t specified in the identity mapping.
Note: If your organization does not allow sharing with outside users, enabling this setting might cause errors. |
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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:
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Migrate to shared drives
Migrate Box to shared drivesSetting | Enabled by default? | Details |
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Migrate folders | ✔ |
When enabled, Box folders are migrated to shared drive folders. |
Migrate files | ✔ |
When enabled, Box files webs are migrated to shared drive files. Check the Migrate versions box to migrate versions of file. To limit the number of revisions that are marked with Drive’s Keep forever tag, enter a number in the Max pinned revisions field. The tag is applied to the specified number of revisions, beginning with the most recent. |
Migrate folder permissions | ✔ |
When enabled, folder permissions are migrated to the target shared drive. Restricted permissions are not migrated. See Migrating permissions to shared drives. |
Migrate file permissions | ✔ |
When enabled, file permissions are migrated. Restricted permissions are not migrated. See Migrating permissions to shared drives. |
Allow email invitations | When enabled, users outside of your organization who are assigned permissions for shared drives are sent an email notification. |
Note: All string-based filters are not case-sensitive.
Setting | Enabled by default? | Details |
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Exclude Box folders
Exclude Box versions Exclude Box collaborations |
When enabled, you can use filters to exclude content from your migration.
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Setting | Enabled by default? | Details |
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Map users | ✔ |
When enabled, users are mapped according to the identity mapping associated with the bridge. Note: If you enable this setting, your identity mapping should include users who are the same on the source and target environments. You can omit these users if the Allow unmapped users setting is enabled (details below). |
Allow unmapped users | When enabled, all user permissions are migrated, including users who aren’t specified in the identity mapping.
Note: If your organization does not allow sharing with outside users, enabling this setting might cause errors. |
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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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