Google's upcoming Team Drive

[Primus]

We've got it - I sent out the survey and I know some staff completed it.

 

It seems hit and miss as to whether team drive appears in the iOS app at the moment.

[jmak]

Had anyone got good or bad experiences to share from their testing? And any idea when it might be launched? I can't find it on their release schedule...

 

Does it work with the client to synchronise to either a PC or a server?

[rogerdnixon]

We have been using it. Seems to work as expected. The only down side other than no Vault support is atm you cannot put folders of stuff into it. But this is coming as I've just done their feedback form on exactly how this would work especially in situations where the folder contains stuff owned by many users. As far as I know it does not work with the sync tool - but we don't use it anyways. No general release date yet.

[jmak]

I might have another go at signing up for the trial....

[markwilfan]

Had problems with link sharing. The links are just dead but sharing normally works

[fiza]

Google just announced team drives on general release as of today. Announced at Google Next 17

[fiza]

https://www.blog.google/products/g-suite/introducing-new-enterprise-ready-tools-google-drive/

[Arthur]

Google just announced team drives on general release as of today.

Looks good!

 

https://blog.google/products/g-suite/introducing-new-enterprise-ready-tools-google-drive

 

Team Drives: work confidently together in the cloud

Most file storage solutions weren’t built to handle the explosion of files that are now created and shared in the cloud — because they were initially designed for individuals, not teams. With this amount of shared data, admins need more controls to keep their data safe and teams need to feel confident working together. Team Drives deliver the security, structure and ease-of-use enterprises need by making it easy to:

 

• Add new team members. You can manage team members individually or with Google Groups and give them instant access to relevant Team Drives.
   
   
  
• Keep track of your files if a team member leaves. Team Drives are jointly owned by the team, which means that anything added to Team Drives stays there no matter who comes or goes. Whirlpool Corporation, for example, uses Team Drives to manage file access. Says Troy McKim, Collaboration Principle at Whirlpool Corporation, “If you place files for a project in Team Drives, you don’t have to worry about losing them or moving them when files are re-owned.”
   
   
  
• Understand and manage sharing permissions. Team members automatically see the same files regardless of who adds or reorganizes them. You can also manage share permissions by defining the restrictions for editing, commenting, reorganizing or deleting files.
   
   
  
• Manage and view Team Drives as an admin. Admins can see Team Drives for a user and add new members if necessary: “Team Drives also ease the speed at which a team member can onboard and become effective in their new role,” says McKim.
  

Team Drives are generally available to all of our G Suite Business, Education, and Enterprise customers starting today. Set up Team Drives for your organization.

Edited March 9, 2017 by Arthur
Too slow! ;)

[jmak]

 

Not going brilliantly. Tried to migrate a load of documents which were already shared in Drive. About 80% of them moved. Some of the sub-folders appear in the old folder, but when you attempt to access them you get an error message that the folder has moved. Some have been left with almost all of the files moved to the Team Drive, but the sub-folder now exists in both the old location and the new location with the files split between them. Some of the files can be moved individually to correct the error, but others seem stuck and every time I try, I get "An error occurred while moving the file".

[jmak]

 

Not going brilliantly. Tried to migrate a load of documents which were already shared in Drive. About 80% of them moved. Some of the sub-folders appear in the old folder, but when you attempt to access them you get an error message that the folder has moved. Some have been left with almost all of the files moved to the Team Drive, but the sub-folder now exists in both the old location and the new location with the files split between them. Some of the files can be moved individually to correct the error, but others seem stuck and every time I try, I get "An error occurred while moving the file".

Things improved. All of Drive seemed slow here today. Don't know if it was our internet (no other problems apparent), some kind of reconfiguration to do with enabling team drive or just random. Will be watching for a while.

[jmak]

 

Not going brilliantly. Tried to migrate a load of documents which were already shared in Drive. About 80% of them moved. Some of the sub-folders appear in the old folder, but when you attempt to access them you get an error message that the folder has moved. Some have been left with almost all of the files moved to the Team Drive, but the sub-folder now exists in both the old location and the new location with the files split between them. Some of the files can be moved individually to correct the error, but others seem stuck and every time I try, I get "An error occurred while moving the file".

Things improved. All of Drive seemed slow here today. Don't know if it was our internet (no other problems apparent), some kind of reconfiguration to do with enabling team drive or just random. Will be watching for a while.

[FN-GM]

Its a little bit rubbish you can't move files from a personal drive to team drive as an end user Edited March 10, 2017 by FN-GM

[FN-GM]

Its a little bit rubbish you can't move files from a personal drive to team drive as an end user Edited March 10, 2017 by FN-GM

[fiza]

Its a little bit rubbish you can't move files from a personal drive to team drive as an end user

Has that changed since EAP? Our users were able to move files in. What access do your end users have to team drive?

[fiza]

Its a little bit rubbish you can't move files from a personal drive to team drive as an end user

Has that changed since EAP? Our users were able to move files in. What access do your end users have to team drive?

[Arthur]

It's a little bit rubbish you can't move files from a personal drive to team drive as an end user

I can moves files, but not folders.

 

Edited March 10, 2017 by Arthur

[Arthur]

It's a little bit rubbish you can't move files from a personal drive to team drive as an end user

I can moves files, but not folders.

 

Edited March 10, 2017 by Arthur

[FN-GM]

I can moves files, but not folders.

 

I didn't try with a file. Just a folder and it wouldn't let me.

[FN-GM]

I can moves files, but not folders.

 

I didn't try with a file. Just a folder and it wouldn't let me.

[Arthur]

I didn't try with a file. Just a folder and it wouldn't let me.

Post #36 says you did.

 

I agree. It is rubbish. It's almost as if Google made Team Drives available before it was ready.

[Arthur]

I didn't try with a file. Just a folder and it wouldn't let me.

Post #36 says you did.

 

I agree. It is rubbish. It's almost as if Google made Team Drives available before it was ready.

[jmak]

I just dragged and dropped 😀

 

Now I feel that an 80% hit rate was quite good....

[jmak]

I just dragged and dropped 😀

 

Now I feel that an 80% hit rate was quite good....

[Arthur]

I had another go, but this time dragged and dropped some folders from the "Shared with me" folder to a Team Drive and it worked! A little box pops up saying "Migration process has begun..." and a few seconds later the folders appear in the Team Drive.

[Arthur]

I had another go, but this time dragged and dropped some folders from the "Shared with me" folder to a Team Drive and it worked! A little box pops up saying "Migration process has begun..." and a few seconds later the folders appear in the Team Drive.