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Gemini-powered AI classification in Google Drive is now available in open beta.

By automating file identification and labeling across Drive, AI classification helps organizations enforce granular data loss prevention (DLP) policies at scale, establish retention rules, and utilize label metadata during audit investigations. This also becomes a critical aspect in elevating an organization’s security posture in the agentic era, preventing agentic workflows from accessing and acting autonomously on sensitive data. 

This feature leverages Gemini models to apply data classification labels to files in Google Drive. Previously, AI classification required admins to identify and manually label training files for the AI model to learn the types of data associated with each data classification level. With this new capability, Gemini models offer admins an alternative method for data classification that is faster and more efficient, eliminating the need for manual model training and replacing it with administrator-defined instructions.



In the Admin console, Gemini models interpret instructions, evaluate files, and apply appropriate data classification labels.


Administrators maintain full control of the Gemini-based data classification process. They select the label, provide Gemini with instructions, and scope the audience for the files being evaluated. For Gemini-labeled files, editors and owners of those files with the appropriate label permissions will have the opportunity to either review and accept, or modify the automatically-applied label. Audit logs capture when files are labeled, including any user acceptance or modification of a Gemini-applied label.



In the Admin console, once enabled, Workspace Admins can see metrics on the labels applied to files by Gemini.


Data classification is a critical activity for organizations that are conscious about data protection, compliance, and reporting. However, data classification can also be challenging to put into practice, particularly when it comes to accurately classifying files at scale. By using the new Gemini-based capabilities in AI classification for Drive, admins are able to achieve a higher degree of data classification accuracy at scale.

Rollout pace

Getting started

  • Admins: For customers on a supported product license, the option for configuring Gemini-based AI classification instructions will appear in the Workspace Admin Console under the Data Classification option in the Security section (Security > Access and data control > Data classification). Use our Help Center to learn more.
  • End users: There is no end user setting for this feature.

Availability

  • Enterprise: Enterprise Plus
  • Education: Google AI Pro for Education
  • Other Editions: Frontline Plus

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Client-side encryption (CSE) provides organizations control over access to their confidential data, with customer controlled encryption keys and data that is indecipherable to third-parties, including Google. Google Drive now supports direct file previewing for CSE files. Previously, users needed to download encrypted non-native files to their local devices to view the contents. With this capability, authorized users can immediately preview encrypted content in their web browser without leaving Drive.

This feature streamlines productivity and bolsters security by eliminating unnecessary downloads. At launch, preview is supported only on Drive, and for:

  • Encrypted PDF documents
  • Encrypted Image file formats

Admins with eligible Workspace licenses can sign up for the beta program, which provides access to the feature.



Preview of an encrypted PDF, accessible in Drive

Getting started

  • Admins: Admins with eligible Workspace licenses can sign up for the beta program. We’ll provide more information on how to get started if you’re accepted.
  • End users: This feature is ON for users in domains that have registered for the beta program.

Availability

  • Enterprise: Enterprise Plus
  • Education: Education Standard and Plus
  • Other Editions: Frontline Plus, Assured Controls, Assured Controls Plus

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We are excited to introduce Room Display mode, a new dual-window experience for Google Meet on the web. Launching in beta, this feature is designed specifically for "Bring Your Own Device"  meeting spaces, where users connect a personal laptop to a shared external display, such as a TV or projector.



Joining in Room Display mode

Historically, setting up a meeting on a shared display (e.g. in a meeting room) meant manually dragging browser windows across screens, dealing with clunky display layouts, and risking showing your browsing windows. Room Display mode removes this complexity by automatically splitting your meeting interface into two dedicated views the moment you connect your device and join the call:

  • Shared View (TV/Monitor): A clean, distraction-free, entire-screen view on your external display. It displays remote participant video tiles and shared presentations edge-to-edge. You can choose to go full screen by clicking the full-screen window button.

Shared View (TV) in Room Display mode with and without and active presentation
  • Personal View (Laptop Controller): Your laptop screen becomes a private personal view and "control center" for the meeting. In addition to your persona
    l view of the active presentation, it houses the meeting controls, peripherals selection, presentation controls, the participant roster, chat panels, and your "Ask Gemini" panel. This ensures you can manage the meeting privately without displaying your browser window or personal workspace to the entire room.

Personal View (Laptop) in Room Display mode with an active presentation with speaker notes and with the Ask Gemini side panel open

Whether you’re hosting a team sync, leading a pitch, or watching a presentation, Room Display mode makes running meetings on a shared display and collaborating in hybrid environments more seamless and professional.

Note: This requires a Chromium-based browser (such as Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge) with Window Management permissions enabled.

Getting started

  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
  • End users: This feature will be available by default when a laptop running a Chromium-based browser is connected to an external display (set to Extended mode, not mirrored). Room Display mode will be highlighted as the main option to join the call when the laptop detects  a shared external display like a meeting room TV. To help us improve the feature, provide feedback via the thumbs up/down icons and the feedback link in the Personal View UI. Visit the Help Center to learn more about joining meetings with Room Display mode.

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Business: Business Starter, Standard, and Plus
  • Enterprise: Enterprise Starter, Standard, and Plus
  • Other Editions: Frontline Starter, Standard, and Plus; Essentials Starter, Enterprise Essentials, and Enterprise Essentials Plus; Nonprofits

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Admins can now bulk export client-side encrypted (CSE) Slides using Vault or Data Export (takeout), and then convert those exports into PowerPoint files. This allows your organization to retain complete ownership, access, and control of sensitive data in a highly portable format.

Eligible Google Workspace admins can sign up for the CSE Office Interop beta program, which provides immediate access to CSE compatible export, import, takeout and office editing features. Organizations who’ve previously signed up for the beta program should see this feature in their domains now.

Getting started

  • Admins: Admins with eligible Workspace licenses can sign up for the CSE Office Interop beta. We’ll provide more information on how to get started if you’re accepted.
  • End users: This launch has no impact on end users.

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Enterprise: Enterprise Plus
  • Education: Education Standard and Plus
  • Other Editions: Frontline Plus, Assured Controls, Assured Controls Plus

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We’re excited to announce the beta release of a new, simplified way for very small and small-sized businesses to import their users from Microsoft to Google Workspace when setting up their Workspace account for the first time.

This new feature allows these businesses and educational institutions to automatically copy their existing Microsoft users into Google Workspace. Once you connect to Microsoft, the system automatically identifies users in your Microsoft account and prepares to add them in your new Google Workspace account. This feature significantly reduces the time and effort of switching from Microsoft and helps you get your organization up and running in no time.

You can complete the import in a single click after connecting to your Microsoft business account.




Additional details

Getting started

  • Admins: This feature will be available in the setup process for Google Workspace. Once you’ve verified your domain and activated your email records, you will find an option to import your users from Microsoft to Google Workspace before completing the setup. Visit the Help Center to learn more about importing business data during setup.
  • End users: This feature is for admins only.

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Business: Business Starter, Standard, and Plus
  • Enterprise: Enterprise Starter, Standard, and Plus 
  • Education: Education Fundamentals, Standard, and Plus
  • Other Editions: Frontline Starter, Standard, and Plus; Essentials Starter, Enterprise Essentials, and Enterprise Essentials Plus; Individual; Nonprofits; Cloud Identity Free and Premium
  • Education Add-ons: Google AI Pro for Education; Teaching and Learning; Endpoint Education

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At Cloud Next ‘26, we announced a new suite of agent tools for Google Workspace, including a Workspace MCP server, command line interface (CLI), and remote MCP integrations. 

Today, we are opening the Workspace MCP server to public developer preview. As AI agents become a central part of how we work, they need a standardized way to access the right context and tools. The Workspace MCP server provides that bridge, allowing AI agents to safely tap into the richness of Workspace capabilities.

Workspace MCP server: Now in public developer preview

The Workspace MCP server allows developers to access a suite of dedicated tools to power agents interacting with Workspace data:

  • Gmail MCP: Profile access, drafting, searching, and read/write capabilities.
  • Drive MCP: File fetching, permissions management, listing, and uploading.
  • Calendar MCP: Finding available times and managing events.
  • Chat MCP: Finding conversations, searching messages, and reading/sending replies.
  • People dictionary MCP: Managing user contacts and accessing profile information.

Empower agents with a secure ecosystem

As these agents scale, we are committed to maintaining a healthy ecosystem by addressing the unique risks associated with large-scale agentic actions, such as API abuse and unintended large-scale data egress. To foster innovation while managing the potential impact of high-volume data access, we are introducing a standardized tiering model for all agent tools inclusive of our APIs in Workspace.

This model is designed to manage agent workflows at scale, providing a structure as application impact increases The framework is intended to maintain the agility of developers:

  • Empowering the community: We expect less than 1% of active Workspace developers will need to move beyond our standard usage tiers. This means the vast majority of our developer community can continue to build and innovate without friction.
  • Scalability with confidence: For those developers and agents that grow to serve millions of users, the model provides a clear, predictable path to scale safely, ensuring the performance and data integrity that enterprise customers expect.

Getting started

Rollout pace

  • Workspace MCP server: Gradual rollout starting May 1, 2026
  • Workspace API and MCP tiering: Updated usage quotas for new projects only will roll out starting May 1, 2026. We'll notify owners of existing projects at least 60 days before any changes go into effect to ensure a smooth transition.

Availability

  • Available to all Google Workspace customers and developers

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We’re committed to continuously improving Sheets to ensure it is a powerful, responsive, and scalable spreadsheet tool for your needs. To that end, we’re announcing significant performance improvements across the entire Sheets experience, especially for larger data sets, making it faster than ever to import, analyze, and manage your data.

Some of the key Sheets journeys we’ve optimized to help you work with larger datasets more efficiently include:

  • Get started faster: You can now open and start working in large spreadsheets (1M+ cells) up to 30% faster. 
  • Rapid data analysis: You can now filter large spreadsheets (1M+ cells) up to 60% faster.
  • Easier formatting: You can now apply conditional formatting to large spreadsheets (1M+ cells) up to 60% faster.
These enhancements are part of our broader effort to ensure a smooth experience even as your spreadsheets grow in complexity.

Beta now available: Sheets capacity doubled to 20 million cells

Alongside faster analysis, we’re opening a new beta program to give users early access to doubled cell limits in Google Sheets—from 10 million cells to 20 million cells. This limit applies to new, existing, and imported files. Fill out the form to register your organization for the beta program and double Sheets limits.

Getting started

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Available to all Google Workspace customers and users with personal Google accounts

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We are pleased to share that export capabilities are now available for client-side encrypted (CSE) Slides files. Beta users can "Download and decrypt" CSE Slides files and export their Slides as PowerPoint files, facilitating seamless interoperability between platforms. This launch includes high-quality conversions of core elements—such as text, styling, tables, images, and comments—from Slides to Microsoft PowerPoint format.

Getting started

  • Admins: This feature is ON by default for customers who have registered for the CSE Interop beta program. CSE customers can sign up for the beta program at any time to access the feature.
  • End users: This feature is ON for users in domains that have registered for the CSE Interop beta program.

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Enterprise: Enterprise Plus
  • Education: Education Standard and Plus
  • Other Editions: Frontline Plus

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Organizations that use both Google Workspace and other calendaring systems, like Microsoft Outlook, can now more easily coordinate shared resources, such as rooms, projectors, or company cars. We are introducing an open beta that allows non-Google users to book Google Workspace resources directly from their preferred calendar service.

Google Workspace admins can grant specific non-Google users or entire non-Google domains permission to book Workspace resources. Once these permissions are configured in the Admin Console, non-Google users can reserve a resource by simply adding its email address to the calendar event guest list. If the resource is configured to auto-reply, it automatically accepts or declines the invitation based on its availability and sends an email notification to the organizer.

Additionally, for organizations using both Google Workspace and Microsoft Outlook, admins can configure Calendar Interop. This allows Outlook users to find and book Workspace resources by their name and view their availability before sending an invite.


Getting started

  • Admins: This feature is OFF by default and can be configured at the resource level in the Admin console. Admins can specify which non-Google users or entire domains are permitted to book specific rooms. Visit the Help Center to learn more.
  • End users: Once an admin has granted permission, non-Google users can book a room by adding the resource email as an attendee to their calendar event.

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Business: Business Starter, Standard, and Plus
  • Enterprise: Enterprise Starter, Standard, and Plus
  • Education: Education Fundamentals, Standard, and Plus
  • Other Editions: Frontline Starter, Standard, and Plus; Nonprofits

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We’re introducing data loss prevention (DLP) policies for Google Calendar in beta. Currently, DLP policies protect Calendar attachments such as Docs, Sheets, and Slides in meeting invites. To further expand our data protections, administrators can now prevent sensitive data from being shared in the event details for Calendar, including event title, location, and description. 

Key functionalities include:

  • Choice of actions: Admins can choose to audit when an event is saved with sensitive content, warn users about sensitive content in their event, or block event creation or updates if a DLP policy is violated. 
  • Event details: DLP rules scan free-text fields in the event, including the event’s title, description, and location fields. 
  • Owner-based policies: Rules are applied based on the organizational unit (OU) of the owner (event organizer on primary calendars or calendar owner on secondary calendars), consistent with other Workspace DLP configurations. 
  • User notifications: With DLP policies for Calendar, users receive immediate feedback when sensitive data is detected. On the web, users see a pop-up notification explaining the issue. Admins can also customize this message with more specific details. If a meeting update is blocked on Android, iOS, or via the Calendar API, the user will receive an automated email notification explaining the policy violation and why changes to the meeting invite were not successful. 

Getting started 

  • Admins: To participate in this beta, sign up via this form before February 27, 2026. Please note you may not see the feature in the Admin console immediately; you will be notified via email once the setting is available. The feature will be OFF by default and can be enabled at the OU or group level. Visit the Help Center to learn more about DLP for Calendar.
  • End users: There is no end user setting for this feature.
DLP settings in the admin console to configure policies for sensitive data, including actions and alerts when creating Calendar events 

An end user is prompted with a message asking them to remove sensitive information 

Availability 

  • Enterprise Standard and Plus 
  • Enterprise Essentials 
  • Frontline Standard and PlusEducation Fundamentals, Education Standard, and Education Plus 
  • Cloud Identity Premium

Resources 

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Last year, we announced the launch of the Google Classroom API Student Groups endpoints through the Google Workspace Developer Preview Program (DPP). Now, Student Groups endpoints are generally available, so developers no longer need to be in the Developer Preview Program (DPP) to access them. 

Student Groups endpoints enable developers to manage student groups and group members on behalf of administrators and teachers. Specifically, developers can: 

  • Create, modify, and delete student groups within a course 
  • Add and remove members within student groups 
  • Read members of student groups 

With this launch, developers can programmatically read and manage student groups in Google Classroom, enabling greater integration between Google Classroom and other tools used by teachers and schools. 

Getting started 

Rollout pace 

Availability 

  • API requests are permitted on behalf of teachers and administrators who have Google Workspace for Education Plus licenses 

Resources 

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What’s changing

Earlier this year, we announced a series of changes to AI classification for Google Drive, including a revamped user interface, an on-demand model training process, and support for multiple custom-trained models. Today, we’re excited to share the next step in the product’s evolution: Gemini-based models for data classification, now available in closed beta.  

This feature leverages Gemini models to apply data classification labels to files in Google Drive. To date, AI classification requires admins to identify and manually label training files for the AI model to learn the types of data associated with each data classification level. With this new capability, Gemini models offers admins another method to set up AI classification by eliminating the need for manual model training, replacing the process with administrator-defined instructions or prompts.

Gemini models interpret prompts, evaluate files, and apply appropriate data classification labels based on the provided instructions. For files labeled by Gemini, editors and owners on those files with the appropriate label permissions will have the opportunity to review and accept or modify the automatically applied label. 

Administrators maintain full control.

Administrators maintain full control. They select the label, provide instructions via a prompt, and scope the audience whose files are being evaluated. Audit logs capture when files are labeled or any user acceptance or modification of a Gemini-applied label occurs.  

Who’s impacted

Admins 

Why it matters

Data classification is a critical activity for organizations that are conscious about data protection, compliance, and reporting. However, data classification can also be challenging to put into practice, particularly when it comes to accurately classifying files at scale.  Using AI for data classification aims to address this problem by using a model’s ability to reason to achieve a high degree of data classification accuracy, at scale. 

Rollout pace

  • Closed Beta - customers must be manually enrolled to begin testing.

Getting started

  • Admins:  For customers interested in testing, we kindly ask that you share your interest by filling out this form. 
    • Please note – during this phase of product validation, enrollment will be limited. Our intent is to gradually onboard customers leading up to an Open Beta. 
    • Ideal closed-beta participants will be organizations with existing data classification programs, who have the capacity to actively test the models and are willing to engage with the Workspace product team to provide direct feedback on their experience. 
    • If you are selected for the Closed Beta, you will receive an email detailing specific onboarding instructions. 
  • End users: There is no end user setting for this feature.

Availability

Available to Google Workspace:

  • Enterprise Plus 

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What’s changing 

We’re adding two new features to help organizations minimize the impact of ransomware attacks on personal computers. Specifically, we are adding these features in beta: 

  • Ransomware detection: When users have Google Drive for desktop installed on their computers, file syncing will be paused when ransomware is detected. The user will see a notification appear on their computer. Admins will see an alert in the Admin console security center. And notification emails will be delivered to both users and admins. 
  • File restoration: Users are able to restore their files to a previous version in Drive with ease, saving them time and money without paying a ransom. Users can select and restore multiple files prior to when ransomware infected their computer, making their files inaccessible. 


Getting started 

Admins: 

  • Ransomware detection will be on by default for users in your organization. You can turn it on or off at the OU level by going to Admin console > Apps > Google Workspace > Settings for Drive and Docs > Malware and Ransomware. If ransomware is detected for your users, admins will receive an email and get an alert in the Alert center. 
  • Drive file restoration will be on by default. You can turn it on or off at Admin console > Apps > Google Workspace > Settings for Drive and Docs > Drive file restoration. 
  • Install the latest version of Drive for desktop on user computers (v.114 or later) to enable the detection alerts (syncing will still be paused on older versions).
  • Visit the Help Center to learn more about managing ransomware detection and file restoration for your organization. 
The Admin console setting for ransomware detection 

The Admin console setting for Drive file restoration 


Email to admins when potential ransomware is detected 


Admin alert in the Alert center with information on the potential ransomware detection 


Alert detail on the ransomware detection 

End users: 

  • The availability of this feature will depend on your admin’s settings. If turned on and ransomware is detected, you will see the alerts and access the interface below. 
  • Use the Help Center to learn more about restoring files in bulk with Google Drive. 

End user alert in Drive for desktop when ransomware is detected 


Interface to assist with file recovery 

Rollout pace 

Admin console setting 


File detection and restoration features 


Availability 

File restoration 

  • Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual Subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts 

Ransomware detection 

Available for Google Workspace: 

  • Business Standard, Plus 
  • Enterprise Starter, Standard, Plus 
  • Education Standard and Plus 
  • Frontline Standard and Plus 

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What’s changing 

The Shared Signals Framework (SSF) is a community supported initiative of the OpenID Foundation, focused on developing and maintaining a standardized protocol for cross-system communication between security platforms to share security insights and events. To support the SSF initiative, Google Workspace is implementing a SSF Receiver to ingest Continuous Access Evaluation Profile (CAEP) signals. This feature is available in closed beta for Google Workspace customers and interested partners. Eligible customers and security platform providers can use this form to express interest in the closed beta. 

Who’s impacted 

Admins 

Why it matters 

Our closed beta of the Shared Signals Framework (SSF) offers an example use case: session revocation. When Google Workspace gets a signal to revoke a session, the user's session is automatically invalidated, which cuts down the time a potentially compromised user has system access. This highlights SSF's strength: enhancing security by improving cross-system communication and speeding up responses to security events. 

Getting started 

  • Admins: If you are a security platform interested in transmitting CAEP signals to Google Workspace, or a Google Workspace customer interested in testing the Shared Signals integration in your domain, please express your interest by filling out this form. 
    • Please note: While we are in a Closed Beta development phase, we intend to gradually onboard both security platforms and customers. Submission of the form does not guarantee acceptance to the Closed Beta. We will reach out to those who’ve submitted the form if there is availability. 
  • End users: There is no end user setting for this feature. 

Availability 

Available for Google Workspace: 
  • Enterprise Plus



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What’s changing 

Google Drive Inventory reporting now supports scheduling a daily export of your Drive data assets to BigQuery, in addition to the existing weekly cadence. Compared to APIs, exporting inventory reports to BigQuery empowers administrators to understand their data more deeply, providing insights into how their data is classified, accessed, and used. Understanding these metrics can help admins to identify security risks, ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, and more. 


Getting started 


Rollout pace 


Availability 

Available for Google Workspace: 
  • Enterprise Standard and Enterprise Plus
  • Frontline Plus  
  • Education Standard and Education Plus 
  • Enterprise Essentials Plus 
  • Cloud Identity Premium 

Resources 

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What’s changing 

Last year, we announced a new feature that enables teachers to create groups of students in Google Classroom. Now, we are excited to announce the launch of the Google Classroom API Student Groups endpoints which enable developers to manage student groups and group members on behalf of administrators and teachers. 

The Student Groups endpoints are currently available through the Google Workspace Developer Preview Program (DPP). Specifically, developers will be able to: 
  • Create, modify, and delete student groups within a course. 
  • Add and remove members within student groups. 
This launch will help Developers to programmatically read and manage student groups in Google Classroom, enabling greater integration between Google Classroom and other tools used by teachers. 

Getting Started 

  1. To access Google Classroom API Student Group endpoints, join the Google Workspace Developer Preview Program. 
  2. Begin development following the Manage student groups guide. 
  3. Provide feedback. We would love to hear what you think! 

Who’s impacted 

  • Developers building integrations with the Google Classroom API. 

Rollout pace 

  • Available now through the Google Workspace Developer Preview Program. 

Availability 

  • API requests are permitted on behalf of teachers and administrators with a Google Workspace for Education Plus license. 

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What’s changing 

Google Drive is now integrated with the Workspace Events API, which allows third-party developers to create subscriptions on Drive items and receive notifications via Cloud Pub/Sub when those resources change. This offers developers a more reliable, featureful way of receiving events over the current files.watch and changes.watch methods that exist today. The following events are supported in the Developer Public Preview: 
  • A file has been: 
    • Added to a folder or shared drive. 
    • Moved to a folder or shared drive. 
    • Edited or a new revision is uploaded. 
    • Trashed or removed from the trash. 
  • An access proposal has been created or resolved on a file. 

Getting started 

  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. 
  • Developers: Developers need to be enrolled in the Workspace Developer Public Preview program in order to access the API via this sign up. Once enrolled in the program, developers can reference our getting started guides: 

Rollout pace 

Availability 

  • Available to all Google Workspace customers and Workspace Individual Subscribers 

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What’s changing

Beginning today, the New Data Migration service can be used to migrate files from Microsoft SharePoint Online to Google Drive. This allows admins to migrate data from SharePoint Online sites, including document libraries, folders, files and associated permissions, helping organizations transition to Google Workspace quickly and easily.

You can start and complete a migration in a few simple steps:

  • Connect to your SharePoint Online account from which you want to copy data.
  • Specify which sites you want to copy data from and which Drive folders should contain the copied data.
  • Specify users and groups whose permissions should be copied.

Example of a running Microsoft SharePoint Online migration



This feature is available in open beta, which means no additional sign-up is required.


Additional details

  • You can migrate data from up to 100 SharePoint Online sites at a time to Shared Drives in Google Drive.
  • You can find comprehensive reporting on migration progress, including site and file counts (migrated/skipped). You can also export migration reports for error investigation and troubleshooting. 
  • Delta updates are available to migrate newly added or updated files.

Getting started

Rollout pace 


Availability

Available for Google Workspace:
  • Business Starter, Standard and Plus
  • Enterprise Starter, Standard and Plus
  • Education Fundamentals, Standard and Plus, the Teaching and Learning add-on
  • Essentials Starter, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Essentials Plus
  • Nonprofits

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What’s changing 

Launching in beta, you can now view and edit client-side encrypted Microsoft Word files in Google Docs. Any changes made are saved in the original Word format. This update makes it easy for you to leverage Google Workspace with the tools and formats you already use while preserving confidentiality of your sensitive data with client-side encryption. 


Eligible Google Workspace admins can use this form to request access to the beta. We’ll share more specific instructions once you’re accepted into the beta.

In Google Docs, navigate to File > Open.



Additional details

Note that with this release:
  • You can only view and edit .docx Word file types. Additional Word file types are not supported.
  • The maximum file size is 20MB.
  • As we continue to improve Office editing in encrypted Google Docs, you may encounter incompatibilities for certain features. Some features may not be displayed and may not be editable, but will be preserved in the document and viewable in Microsoft Office.
  • Other features may be lost or altered in the latest version of the file when it is edited in Google Docs. You will see a notification within the document if editing will cause any features to be lost.


Getting started

Rollout pace

  • The feature will be available immediately once you're accepted into the beta.

Availability

Available to Google Workspace 
  • Enterprise Plus
  • Education Standard and Plus
  • Frontline Plus


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Update
[June 18, 2025] Rollout is complete
[May 1, 2025] We have rolled this feature back while we evaluate performance and quality. We will provide an update with new rollout information for Rapid & Scheduled Release domains when possible.

What’s changing

Beginning today, Admins can choose from several options when exporting their organization’s data (also known as ‘takeout’). Specifically, they will be able to:

  • Export data from all or multiple services, such as Gmail, Chat, or Drive.
  • Export Drive data based on existing Drive labels
  • Export data from within a specific date range
  • Export data from selected shared drives


Exporting data for specific services

Exporting data based on specific Shared Drives

Exporting data based on specific or custom date range

Exporting data based on specific Drive labels







This update is available in open beta, which means no additional sign-up is required.


Who’s impacted

Admins

Why it’s important

In 2022, we introduced the ability for admins to export user generated content by organizational unit (OU) or group, and prior to that update, data export was limited to a customer’s full set of user generated content. With this update, we continue to give our customers more flexibility and specificity over the data they export, which is important as business and compliance needs evolve.

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