How to Sync SharePoint With Google Drive Easily

Introduction of SharePoint

Microsoft SharePoint is a web-based application. It can be very useful for file sharing, business intelligence, advanced search, content collaboration and more. Users can upload a file to SharePoint and immediately share it with others who need to see it. Links to shared files or collaborative spaces can also be sent via email, making it easy for users to be quickly directed to what they want to see.

Normally, SharePoint can help the businesses that use it to improve data management, streamline business functions, guarantee compliance and data security, and increase productivity. In addition, SharePoint has a similar user interface to Office 365 and is known for its ease of use and great user experience.

Companies love using it to create websites. This is because it can be used as a secure place to store, organize, share and access information from any device. And to achieve this, all you need is a web browser.

Why Do We Need to Sync SharePoint to Cloud?

Since many users regard SharePoint as a safe platform to manage files, users must have a lot of important data on their devices after a long period of use. Sometimes, you need to work with your files on another device or share them with others at any time. Thus, syncing SharePoint to the cloud storage becomes very essential. 

Moreover, it avoids inconsistencies in the endpoints used by users and makes it easier for them to manage their data. 

Why We Choose Google Drive?

Nowadays, there are lots of cloud storage services on the market such as OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, and so on. You can choose to sync SharePoint with OneDrive or Dropbox, but we tend to recommend you to sync SharePoint to Google Drive. So why do we choose Google Drive?

Google Drive and SharePoint are not quite the same in terms of both how they display data and where it is stored. Google does this through My Drive and Shared Drive, whereas SharePoint centralizes data within a site that teams can access and work on.

Besides that, Google offers Shared Drive, which operates in a flattering way but is much easier and simpler to use. Google's shared drive is centralized, which allows businesses to host content with permissions in a centralized way.

In addition, your data will grow and expand with long-term use. SharePoint tends to struggle with indexing and handling large amounts of data, whereas Google Drive is better suited to handling large volumes of files and data.

After the above, you must have learned the benefits of syncing SharePoint to Google Drive. Do you need to migrate from SharePoint to Google Drive now? Continue reading to do it.

Way to Sync SharePoint With Google Drive

Unlike OneDrive, Google Drive doesn’t have the feature to sync SharePoint directly. So how to move files from SharePoint to Google Drive? Follow the steps here to get it:

Step 1. Open your SharePoint and log in, find the files or folders you want to sync. Right-click on them to select the Download option.

Step 2. Then open your Google Drive and log in. Select Google Drive Backup and Sync icon in the system tray, and choose three dots icon > Preferences.

Step 3. Choose the My Computer option on the left, click CHOOSE FOLDER. Then you can choose the folder that consists of SharePoint files. And click OK.

Use CBackup to Get More Free Space

If you want to sync SharePoint with Google Drive because you have increasing files, you can create several Google Drive accounts to get more free space. Then, if you feel it complex to sync to different accounts, we recommend you to use CBackup to combine your Google Drive accounts, which can greatly improve your working efficiency.

CBackup is a reliable cloud backup service, which not only has the combine cloud storage feature but also allows you to backup from local to combined cloud. You don’t need to worry about your data safe at all. CBackup acts as third-party software and just connects to your cloud drive accounts. All your files are stored in your trusted cloud storage service and only you can access them, CBackup will not read your information.

Let’s see how to use the feature of combine cloud storage in CBackup to combine all your Google Drive accounts together.

1. Download and install CBackup, sign up for a new account, and log in.

2. Press the My Storage, and click + Add Cloud button.

3.  Choose Google Drive and click on Add. You can add as many Google Drive accounts as you have.

4. Press the My Storage + button, then a New Combined Cloud tag will appear in the menu. Click it.

5. Tick the box next to the cloud storage account that you want to combine, then click on Next.

6. After the above, a Combined Cloud will appear in your clouds list. You can select the Combined Cloud as a backup destination to enjoy huge backup space.

7. Click Backup Tasks > New Task to create a backup task.

8. Click Add Source and select files you want to backup. Then, click Add destination to choose Combined Cloud as your backup destination.

Conclusion

That's all about how to sync SharePoint with Google Drive. You can follow the steps mentioned to sync your files. If your Google Drive storage is not enough, you can choose to use CBackup, enjoying larger storage space for free and ensuring the security of your files.