MS Teams to Google Drive migration

Migrating MS Teams data to Google Drive or Google Shared Drive

This article will explain how to migrate your PA College MS Teams data to SJU's Google Workspace. Once you have performed this migration, you should discontinue use of Microsoft Teams for storage. If you continue saving files to MS Teams, you will need to be sure to migrate them again.

Note: this process must be completed on site or through HorizonVDI.

Steps​​​​​​

1. Connect to your T: drive.
   1. Please follow the steps in this article to connect to your T: and S: drives.
       
2. Prepare Your MSTeams Files in T: Drive.
   1. Navigate to the MS Team you are migrating and open the folder. The folder structure needs to be navigated down to the Channel name before migrating.
      
      You did not navigate far enough if you still see shortcut icons like this:
       
3. Sign into your SJU Google Account
   1. Navigate to drive.google.com and connect to your Google drive. If you are migrating the data to your SJU “My Drive” Google drive, you can navigate to the folder in which you are moving the files to.
      If you are needing to create a new “Shared Drive” in Google drive, follow these instructions.
      
4. Drag and drop your files

In your T: Drive window, select all the folders and/or files you want to transfer. Click and hold on a file, then drag it over to the corresponding folder in your Google Drive window. Drop the file into the new folder you created.

Repeat this process for all the files and folders you want to move.

5.  Check your Google Drive contents
   
   Once you've transferred all the files, go back to your Google and make sure all your files are there and organized just as you want them.
   
   To mitigate complications, consider these best practices:

• Shorten File Paths: Try to keep file and folder names reasonably short and avoid excessively deep nesting.
• Organize and Clean Up: Before migrating, clean up and organize files by removing unnecessary items, and renaming files or folders with special characters
• Involve IT Support: If you encounter challenges during the migration, ​​​​​​please contact the Technology Service Center at 610.660.2920.