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Google Workspace User Guide

You're reading from   Google Workspace User Guide A practical guide to using Google Workspace apps efficiently while integrating them with your data

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801073004
Length 264 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Balaji Iyer Balaji Iyer
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Getting Started – Google Workspace
2. Chapter 1: Introducing Google Workspace FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Configuring Users and Apps 4. Part 2: Data Security
5. Chapter 3: Application Security 6. Chapter 4: Automated Security Auditing 7. Part 3: Data Integrations
8. Chapter 5: Beyond Workspace 9. Chapter 6: Designing Custom Applications 10. Part 4: Migrating Data
11. Chapter 7: Data Migration 12. Business Case Studies 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Transferring user data

In this section, we will look at options to transfer data from one user to another any time and also during user deletion. We will also have a peek at one of the lesser-known services – Google Takeout. We will be covering Google Takeout from both an administrator and a user's perspective.

First, we will look at transferring ownership of Google Drive contents between users.

Transferring Google Drive content

Contents in Google Drive from a user can be transferred anytime, not necessarily only during the deletion of users. We will swiftly explore those two scenarios in the next two subsections.

Transferring data any time

Administrators can transfer ownership of a user's file stored in Google Drive, including files in shared drives. The only caveat is that the target user must have enough storage to receive all the files from the user.

The following steps will transfer files in Google Drive:

  1. Log in to the Google Admin...
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