Google Drive permission denied migrating folders to Shared Drives

In this video we'll walk through a strategy to allow users to migrate their files to Shared Drives, and avoid the Permission denied error when trying to move folders.
Last updated: April 24, 2024

Are you helping your users migrate their My Drive files and folders into Google Shared Drives?

In this video we’ll walk through a strategy to allow users to migrate their files to Shared Drives, and avoid the Permission denied error when trying to move folders.

We’ll make a Shared Drive just for that user, make them a Manager of that Shared Drive, then Create an Admin role with just the right permission for them to be able to migrate folders AND files!

Relevant Google Help Documentation https://support.google.com/a/answer/7374057

Thanks for watching!

Duncan Isaksen-Loxton

Educated as a web developer, with over 20 years of internet based work and experience, Duncan is a Google Workspace Certified Collaboration Engineer and a WordPress expert.
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