You can use Globus to migrate your data from Google Drive, Box, or Dropbox to your University Microsoft 365 account (OneDrive, Teams, or SharePoint). It is highly recommended that you use Globus for ease of use and efficient transfer of your data. Perform the following key tasks to successfully move your data to your Microsoft 365 account:
Getting Ready for Data Migration
Delete data in your account (Box, Google Drive, or Dropbox) that you no longer need, and remove yourself from collaboration on any files shared with you that you do not want to be copied to OneDrive. (refer to Best Practices for data storage in collaborative file services for more information). Globus will migrate anything that remains in your source account, whether it is owned by you or not, and you will be the owner of that data in OneDrive.
Important Notes
For Box data shared with you, if the owner has enabled download notifications, they will be emailed if you migrate that data using Globus.
The sharing permissions applied to files and folders do not transfer to your OneDrive account. Once the migration is complete, you need to move the data to an appropriate group storage space, such as Microsoft Teams or a SharePoint site appropriate to the group that uses the data. Alternatively, you can share the data directly from your OneDrive account with people you want. Refer to the Best Practices for Data Storage in Collaborative File Services for more information.
Understand what will happen with proprietary data types
Box Notes will be transferred but not converted.
Globus will not transfer files you created in Google Apps.
Migrate Data using Globus
2. If moving data using Globus, we recommend first adjusting your settings within Globus as follows:
- In the File Manager menu, click on Transfer and Timer options.
- Enable (check) the option for "sync - only transfer new or changed files," and select where the "file does not exist on destination."
- Enable (check) the option to "preserve source file modification times."
- Enable (check) the option "do NOT verify the integrity after transfer."
- Leave all other options (checkboxes) blank/disabled.
3. From the File Manager tab, select the Two Pane panel option.
4. With two panes available (in this example, let's assume the left is Source and the right is Destination), select (click) the left panel Collection search field to search for a collection.
5. Search for the Collection you’d like to use as a source. (In this example, we will use Yale Google Drive). You can search the tag YaleU to find Yale’s collaboration storage offerings. Once you find it, select (click) the name of the Collection.
6. You should now see the Collection in File Manager. To select the Destination collection, repeat steps 4 and 5 on the right-side Collection pane. SharePoint is selected here as an example.
7. The Source and Destination collections have been set. On the Source pane, you will choose the files you want to transfer.
8. On the Destination pane, choose an existing folder, create a new folder, or transfer directly to the root of the Collection. You can also set transfer settings in the Transfer & Timer Options dropdown. When ready, press Start to start the transfer.
9. Once started, you can select (click) View Details in the green pop-up to see the transfer status.
10. Transfer Status (the image that follows is only an example - your view may differ). The status overview will display text stating "Transfer completed." Once all files have been migrated, you will receive an email from no-reply@globus.org indicating the transfer is complete.