Migrate SharePoint to Google Drive

Your team works in Gmail and Google Docs all day, then jumps back into SharePoint every time they need a file. The email moved to Google; the files got left behind in Microsoft. NeuGenity moves your SharePoint sites, files, and permissions into Google Shared Drives with zero data loss, so the whole team finally works in one place instead of bouncing between two.

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Why Migrate from SharePoint to Google Drive?

Most businesses moving to Google Workspace are consolidating onto a single platform: email, files, calendars, and collaboration in one place instead of two. Google Drive and Shared Drives come standard with every Google Workspace Business plan, so once email moves, leaving files behind in SharePoint keeps a foot in the Microsoft world and splits your team across two systems. Bringing the files over completes the move and gives everyone one source of truth.

Files are where Microsoft-to-Google migrations get stuck, because file migration is genuinely harder than email. Email is standardized, so it moves predictably. SharePoint carries years of nested sites, inherited permissions, and folder structures nobody fully owns anymore. Copying all of that across exactly as it sits just moves the mess to a new platform, and the two failures that actually break a file migration, permissions that land wrong and version history that goes missing, are rarely caught until weeks later when someone cannot open a file they need. NeuGenity audits your SharePoint environment, designs the Shared Drive layout, maps permissions deliberately, and verifies every file and access level before cutover, which feeds directly into a stronger Google Workspace security posture on the other side.

Where a SharePoint migration actually goes wrong

Moving the files is the straightforward part. SharePoint and Google Drive secure files in completely different ways, so permissions cannot be copied one to one: sites become Shared Drives and access groups become Google Groups, and that re-mapping is where access quietly breaks if nobody owns it. The transfer also carries only the current version of each file, not full version history, so any team that relies on older revisions loses them unless that gap is planned for first. Both problems tend to surface weeks later, long after everyone assumed the move was finished.

Google does offer a native migration tool, and it is a real option. For the actual move, NeuGenity runs a purpose-built migration platform that logs every item it transfers and tracks errors file by file. On a larger migration that audit trail is the difference between a move you can verify and one you only hope worked, because every failure gets caught and re-run instead of discovered missing later. The transfer itself was never the hard part. Designing the Shared Drive layout, mapping permissions deliberately, running a pilot on one site, and verifying every file and access level before cutover is the judgment that decides whether the move goes smoothly, and that is the work NeuGenity does.

How NeuGenity's SharePoint to Google Drive Migration Works

Three phases. A pilot before the full move. Every file and permission verified.

1

Site and Permission Audit

Full inventory of SharePoint sites, libraries, and files
Document every access group and who has access
Design the Shared Drive structure before any data moves
Decide what to do about version history the tool will not carry
2

Pilot, Then Full Migration

Target Shared Drives created and mapped before transfer
A pilot move on one site validates files and access first
Permissions re-mapped: sites to Shared Drives, groups to Google Groups
Delta updates catch files that change during the move
Full transfer logging and per-file error tracking, so nothing moves silently
3

Team Training on Google Drive

Customized training session for your team's specific setup
How to navigate My Drive versus Shared Drives
Sharing and collaboration best practices in Google Drive
Two weeks of post-migration support included

What Gets Migrated

SharePoint Online sites and libraries
Each site maps to a Google Shared Drive, with document libraries and folders moved into it
Folder hierarchy
Your structure is preserved during the copy and planned in advance so files land in an organized layout, not a literal copy of years of clutter
Permissions, re-mapped
SharePoint access becomes Shared Drive membership and Google Groups, often an improvement on a permission model that has drifted over the years
Personal OneDrive content
Where in scope, individual OneDrive files move into each person's My Drive

Why NeuGenity

Google Workspace is the entire focus
NeuGenity is a Google-first specialist, not a generalist break-fix shop. Migrations into Google Workspace are the core of the work.
Purpose-built migration tooling
Migrations run on a dedicated migration platform with full transfer logging and per-file error tracking, so a larger move is verified and corrected, not trusted blindly.
Led by a certified administrator
Founded by Christopher K. Samuels, a Google Workspace Certified Administrator with 20 years of IT experience, 30-plus completed migrations, and a 5.0 Upwork rating.
Fully remote across the US and Canada
No on-site visit required. The entire migration is handled remotely, on your schedule.
Transparent pricing from $850
Clear, upfront pricing with data transfer included and no hidden fees. The value is a SharePoint move that completes your switch to Google with nothing lost, permissions and structure verified rather than discovered broken weeks later.

Want the technical walkthrough of how libraries map, what happens to permissions, and what the native tool does and does not carry? Read the full SharePoint to Google Drive migration guide in Google Pulse.

How much does a SharePoint to Google Drive migration cost?

NeuGenity's SharePoint to Google Drive migrations start at a $750 base plus $100 per account, from $850 total. Final cost depends on data volume and the number of SharePoint sites. The same pricing model covers every NeuGenity move, and the full breakdown sits in the Google Workspace migration cost guide. Book a free consultation for a precise quote based on your environment.

Frequently Asked Questions

NeuGenity's SharePoint to Google Drive migrations start at a $750 base plus $100 per account, from $850 total. Final cost depends on data volume and the number of SharePoint sites. Book a free consultation for a precise quote.

Yes, Google has a native migration tool, but moving the data was never the hard part. For the actual move NeuGenity runs a purpose-built migration platform with full logging and per-file error tracking, so a larger migration can be verified and corrected rather than trusted blindly. The native tool also carries only the latest version of each file, not full version history, and permissions re-map differently in Google Drive, so NeuGenity plans the structure, maps access, runs a pilot, and verifies every file before cutover.

The folder only three people can open in SharePoint stays locked to those same three people in Google Drive. Access is rebuilt deliberately, never loosened, so nothing quietly opens up to the whole company during the move. The one thing to plan around is version history: the migration brings the current copy of every file, not its older revisions, so if your team relies on past versions, NeuGenity handles that before cutover rather than after.

Each SharePoint site becomes its own Shared Drive, so the way your team already thinks about the client files or the marketing folder carries straight over instead of getting scrambled. Folders keep their structure, and anything in someone's personal OneDrive lands in their own My Drive. NeuGenity plans the layout first, so on day one your team opens Drive and finds their files where they expect them, not in a pile to dig through.

Most small business moves run two to four weeks start to finish, but your team keeps working in SharePoint the whole time. Nobody loses access while files copy in the background, and the switch to Google Drive happens at a planned cutover, not in the middle of a workday. NeuGenity gives you a specific date range after looking at your data volume and number of sites.

Ready to Move Off SharePoint?

Book a free 30-minute call. NeuGenity will review your SharePoint environment, walk through what the migration involves for your specific setup, and give you a precise quote. If you want the bigger picture first, start with the Google Workspace migration overview.

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