Avoid Broken Links: Copy Files from Google Drive to SharePoint

Moving files from Google Drive to SharePoint can streamline your operations and centralize your data. But one of the biggest challenges in this process is broken links when migrating. Broken links can disrupt workflows, hinder collaboration and cost post-migration fixes. Here’s how to fix broken hyperlink and save your company from costly repairs for cloud migration.

Why Do Google Drive Links Break in SharePoint Online?

When files are moved from Google Drive to SharePoint Online, the links within documents often retain the original paths pointing to Google Drive locations. The move from Google Drive to SharePoint changes these URLs and breaks the links. When links are embedded within documents (e.g. in a Google Doc, Sheet or Slide) they will also fail due to broken hyperlinks migration.

Since these paths are no longer valid in SharePoint, the links break and become unusable. This is a common issue in cloud migrations and affects all sizes of businesses.

For example, let’s say you’re moving files from Google Drive to SharePoint for your sales team. One of the shared files, “Client_Contracts.xlsx,” has a link to a Google Drive folder: https://drive.google.com/folder/d/xyz456. After the migration, that link would no longer work because SharePoint doesn’t recognize the Google Drive location.

To fix broken links, businesses need to update all file links, embedded links, and shared links to point to the new locations in SharePoint. This can be a tedious and time-consuming process without the right tools.

With CloudFuze Hyperlink Fixer, you can avoid the issue of broken hyperlink during the migration. It will update the link to something like: https://company.sharepoint.com/sites/sales/Client_Contracts/xyz456. So, your team won’t be disrupted; all links will be corrected automatically, saving you time and thrifty costs and keeping collaboration smooth.

Broken Links Impact

Broken links can disrupt across teams, productivity and collaboration. From inaccessible files to time wasted fixing links, the consequences can be costly and frustrating. For large scale link migrations, the cost of manual link fixes can be overwhelming, so a robust solution is essential.

Our CloudFuze HyperLink Fixer stands out for its ability to handle complex link migrations efficiently and keep data and links intact during the process.

Whether preventing issues upfront or resolving them post-migration, CloudFuze Hyperlink Fixer delivers reliability and scalability, and preserves link integrity – all you need for your migration success.

Fixing Broken Links After Migration

Already migrated and have broken links in SharePoint? No worries. HyperLink Fixer can also be a reconciliation tool. It scans your SharePoint environment, finds broken links, and fixes them super-fast. This saves you time and money and minimizes downtime.

No More Broken Links During Migration with HyperLink Fixer

Preventing broken links is crucial in cloud migration. With a complete solution like CloudFuze HyperLink Fixer, you can avoid costly downtime, protect your data environment, and enable team collaboration.

Our link fixing tool is the solution to prevent link breakage when migrating from Google Drive to SharePoint. Hyperlink Fixer migrates links without slowing down data transfer or causing downtime, even for large enterprise migrations.

By keeping links intact, you can avoid the ripple effect of broken links and keep workflows running. For post-migration fixes, Hyperlink Fixer is a quick reconciliation tool to get your SharePoint environment up and running again without manual intervention. It fixes hyperlinks during the migration process. Also, it supports link fixing across multiple file types:

Migrate with HyperLink Fixer

Use CloudFuze’s HyperLink Fixer to migrate from Google Drive to SharePoint without broken links. No more data integrity issues, no more team collaboration headaches in SharePoint Online.

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