Now generally available: Migrate files from Dropbox to Google Drive

What’s changing

We previously announced an open beta for migrating files from Dropbox to Google Drive in the New Data Migration service. This functionality is now generally available.

Admins can use the New Data Migration service to migrate data from Dropbox business accounts, including files, folders and associated permissions, helping organizations transition to Google Workspace quickly and easily.

Example of a running Dropbox migration

Additional details

  • You can migrate data from up to 150 Dropbox users or team folders at a time to MyDrive or Google shared drives respectively.
  • You can find comprehensive reporting on migration progress, including site and file counts (migrated/skipped). You can also export migration reports for error investigation and troubleshooting. 
  • Delta updates are available to migrate newly added or updated files.

Getting started

Rollout pace

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

  • Business Starter, Standard, and Plus
  • Enterprise Starter, Standard, and Plus
  • Essentials Starter, Enterprise Essentials, and Enterprise Essentials Plus
  • Education Fundamentals, Standard, Plus
  • Nonprofits

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Manage Apple Intelligence Writing Tools in Google Workspace iOS apps

We’re launching a new administrative control to assist admins who decide to disable Apple Intelligence Writing Tools within Google Workspace apps.

With Apple's Writing Tools, part of Apple Intelligence in iOS 18.1 and later, users have options to proofread, rewrite, or summarize text. To offer additional data protection and mitigate risk on iOS devices, we are adding a dedicated setting in the Google Admin console. When this setting is turned off by an admin, the "Writing Tools" option will not appear when a user selects text within participating Google Workspace apps on their iOS device.

This feature enhances your organization's security posture by giving you granular control over how sensitive data is handled on managed iOS devices and mitigates potential conflicts with established data loss prevention (DLP) policies.

Additional details

  • This setting applies to devices under both basic and advanced mobile management. 
  • Changes to this setting may take up to 24 hours to propagate, although they typically happen more quickly.
  • Participating Google Workspace apps on iOS (including iPadOS) platforms include Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Meet, and Chat.

With protection


Without protection

Getting started

  • Admins: This new setting, called Allow Writing Tools for work data, will be on by default. You must disable it to prevent your users from accessing Apple Intelligence Writing tools. Visit the Help Center to learn more about preventing users from using Writing Tools.
  • End users: There is no end user setting for this feature.

Rollout pace

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

  • Enterprise Standard and Plus
  • Education Standard and Plus 
  • Frontline Standard
  • Enterprise Essentials Plus
Also available for:

  • Cloud Identity Premium

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