How to Move Box Files to Google Drive With Shared Links

Shared links allow you to simply copy and distribute hyperlinks to Box content with your coworkers and clients inside and outside the company. Sending someone a shared link to a file or folder is one way to collaborate on content.

Why Migrate Shared Links From Box to Google Drive?

Box makes it simple to work on and share files and documents with anyone, within or outside your organization. Users would have stored and shared several files in their Box account to collaborate with their colleagues. So, after migrating from Box to Google Drive, it is important to ensure that your users have access to all their own and shared files and can collaborate in the same way as they do in Box.

As a result, businesses should transfer files from Box to Google Drive with shared links to avoid resharing the links in the destination after migration.

CloudFuze, the advanced data migration tool, makes it a breeze for businesses that need to migrate shared links when moving Box files to Google Drive.

How CloudFuze Migrates Shared Links when Copying Files/Folders?

CloudFuze migrates all the shared files and folders in your Box account with the same permission levels to Google Drive in a simple way. Following user mapping, CloudFuze allows you to select migration options to meet your business objectives, as shown below.

As you can see, in addition to migrating shared links, CloudFuze migrates other important file features such as permissions, versions, timestamps, comments, embedded links, and external links.

On successfully completing your Box to Google Drive migration, the users can see all the files and folders shared with them in the “Shared with me” of Google Drive.

Example of Shared Links Migration From Box to Google Drive

1. Box to Google Drive Migration

During the move Box to Google Drive, assume you copy the files for users A and B to Google Drive, where user A shares a file with user B. As user A owns the file, it will be copied into his My Drive and shared with user B so that it displays on his Google Drive Shared with me view.

• Let us consider an example where “Eric E” is the owner of the folder and shared with “Ben”.

• As “Eric E” owns the folder, it will be migrated to his My Drive

• As the folder is shared with Ben, it will be migrated to the “Shared with me” of Ben’s account

2. Box to Google Shared Drives Migration

Similar to Box to Google Drive migration, migrating to Google Shared Drives from Box transfers your owned data to shared drives and shared files to the Shared with me view.

• Let us consider an example where “Eric E” is the owner of the folder and shared with “Ben”.

• As “Eric E” owns the folder, it will be migrated to his Shared drives.

• As the folder is shared with Ben, it will be migrated to the “Shared with me” of Ben’s account.