Introduction
This is an accumulation of research and resources I’ve made researching Google Drive and its implementation, FWIW.
Features of Google Drive
- In the Business, Enterprise, and Team Editions it includes unlimited storage.
- The system can be centrally administered.
- It supports granular permissions.
- Provides Vault for retaining important data thus ensuring one can meet data compliance requirements.
- Powerful searching capabilities, including in non-textual files (e.g. images) using Optical Character Recognition (OCR).
- Team Drives provide shared storage owned by a team rather than an individual.
- Drive File Stream allows one to access the files as if they were on your local network.
- 24/7 support.
Software Clients
- Google Backup and Sync
- Google File Stream
- ExpanDrive
Third Party Integrations for Google Drive
There are numerous third party integrations for Google Drive. I’ve listed a few.
- Smartsheet
- Drawing / Diagramming / Mock Ups / Design
- Lucidchart
- Moqups
- draw.io
- Kami
- Cacoo
- Concept inbox
- Notifications
- Notifications for Drive Folders
- Folder Team Notifications
- ezNotifications for Sheets
- Project Management
- Wrike
- Asana
- MindMeister
- Any.do
- Trello
- Document Management
- AODocs
- Powertools for Document Management
- Egnyte
- General Audit Tool (GAT Core)
- DocuSign
- HelloSign
- HelloFax
- Metadrive
- BetterCloud
- GAT+
- Backupify
- Spanning Backup
- gPanel
- CloudPages
- ezPanel
- Drive Mechanic
- Spinbackup
- Master Console
- JumpCloud
- Programmability
- Google Apps Script
- Zoho Creator
- Ultradox
- AppSheet
- Add Reminders
- Zapier
- Database Browser
- Collavate
- KiSSFLOW
- Business Process Simulator
- RunMyProcess
- Joget Workflow
- Clients
- cloudHQ
- Accounting
- bkper
- Zip Books
- Expensify
- ONE UP
- ERPAG
- Jivrus’ Integra for QUickBooks
- Forms
- Zoho Forms
- FormApprovals
- Spreadsheets
- AwesomeTable
- Super Metrics for Google Sheets
- SheetGo
- Migration
- Carbo Migration Tool
- MultCloud
- cloudHQ
Google App Scripts for Google Drive
- 19 Useful Google Apps Scripts to Automate Google Drive (Ashutosh KS, Hongkiat):
- Convert to PDF and Email Google Sheets
- Convert Images to Text Using OCR
- Track File Editors in Google Drive
- Save a Webpage to Google Drive
- Send a Google Doc via Email
- Convert a Google Doc to Markdown
- Set Auto-Expiry for Shared Data
- Save Gmail Attachments in Drive
- List Directory in Google Drive
- Convert Google Docs to HTML
- Combine Data from Multiple Sheets
- Export Google Sheets to CSV Files
- Convert PDF Attachments to Plain Text
- The Most Popular and Useful Google Scripts (Amit Agarwal, Labnol):
- File Permissions Explorer
- Google Form File Uploads
- Send to Google Drive
- Send Google Spreadsheets as PDF
- Download Tweets Permanently
- Schedule Gmail Emails
- Save Google Voicemails as MP3
- Gravity Forms to Google Sheets
- Google Web Scraping
- Save Gmail Images
- Email Form Data
- Schedule Google Froms
- WordPress Authentication with Google Scripts
- Extract Email Addresses
- GDocs2MD
- Auto-Expire Shared Folders
Official Google Resources
- G Suite Google Drive Official Landing/Public Facing Page.
- Compare G Suite Editions: Drive.
- G Suite Administrator Help: Data Migration Service.
- G Suite Learning Center: Drive.
- Introducing New, Enterprise-Ready Tools for Google Drive (Alexander Vogenthaler, 3/2017).
On Programmability/API/Google Apps Script
Google Drive Articles To Accomplish Specific Tasks
- Amit Agarwal. How to Keep your Folders on FTP Server and Google Drive in Sync. Labnol, 2/2018.
- How to Host Files Using Google Drive. Smash Balloon.
- Andy Wolber. How To Move Files From An On-Site Server to Google Drive. TechRepublic, 10/2017.
- Jeremy Duvall. Automate Google Sheets: An Introduction to Google Apps Script. Zapier.
Concerns About Google Drive as File Server
- Matt Miller. Cloud File Storage vs. In-House: Which One Could Make – or Break – Your Business. IT Freedom, 8/2017.