Clean · Before a Google Drive → OneDrive & SharePoint migration
Clean the data before it moves to SharePoint / OneDrive, not after.
Carrying an unresolved mess into a new platform buys you the same problem at a higher price.
We profile the Google Drive source, resolve what this specific route is known to break on, and agree the mapping decisions in writing. Then the migration runs once.
- Profiled before mapping
- Route-specific risks resolved first
- Decisions in writing
- One transfer, reconciled
Price cue, ex GST
From $2,500
Scope a pre-migration cleanup Or call 1300 652 280Cleanup can sit in front of a Google Drive → OneDrive & SharePoint migration we perform, in front of one your own team performs, or stand alone against your current environment. The deliverable is the same either way.
- Australian managed
- Delivered remotely
- Source data never deleted
- Verification report at sign-off
What gets resolved before a Google Drive → OneDrive & SharePoint migration runs
The sequence is deliberate. Profiling determines the decisions, the decisions determine the mapping, and the mapping determines what the migration is allowed to create.
- Orphaned files owned by departed accounts identified and reassigned, since these migrate to nothing
- Google-native documents inventoried and a conversion decision made per type, with fidelity tested on the complex ones
- Files residing in multiple Drive locations resolved to one, so they do not arrive as duplicates
- My Drive versus shared drive content separated, so personal content lands in OneDrive and team content in SharePoint
- Shared drive membership documented as the basis for SharePoint groups
- External sharing inventoried with an owner for each link that must keep working
What this route breaks on when nobody prepares
Google Docs and Sheets converted badly, and formulas or formatting broke
Files owned by departed staff were orphaned and did not migrate at all
A file in several Drive locations at once arrived as duplicates
Shared drive access collapsed to a single broad permission level
Link-shared files became inaccessible to external collaborators
My Drive content was migrated into SharePoint when it belonged in OneDrive
The proof you keep
The migration is verified against the cleaned source.
Cleanup and migration share one reconciliation: what the cleaned source held, what the destination accepted, and every item that did not make it with the reason why. Example format below.
Migration Verification Report
Cleaned source → SharePoint / OneDrive · Example format
| Storage class | Cleaned source | In destination | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| My Drive accounts | 52 | 52 | Verified |
| Shared drives | 27 | 27 | Verified |
| Files | 488,116 | 488,004 | 112 Accepted Exception |
| Folders | 36,884 | 36,884 | Verified |
| Google-native files converted | 82,441 | 82,441 | Verified |
| Permission entries | 6,208 | 6,208 | Verified |
Accepted exceptions are itemised individually with a reason. Anything the destination cannot hold appears in the exclusions register before the migration, not as a surprise afterwards.
Free · About three minutes · No sales call required
Tell us what is moving to SharePoint / OneDrive.
The route is already filled in. Add the volumes and whether history has to survive, and an engineer will come back with a range.
Questions about preparing this route
Why clean before the migration rather than after?
Because you pay twice otherwise, and the second time is harder. Data that arrives dirty has already been associated with the destination’s own structures — workflows, permissions, lifecycle stages, site hierarchies — so fixing it afterwards means unpicking those associations too. Cleaning at the source means the associations are built once, correctly.
What happens to files owned by staff who have left?
They are the single most common cause of data loss on this route. A file owned by a deleted Google account frequently cannot be migrated at all. Finding and reassigning ownership before cutover is part of the source scan, and it is why the scan happens before the price is fixed.
Should content go to OneDrive or SharePoint?
Personal working files to OneDrive, team and business records to SharePoint. Google Drive blurs that line and most organisations have team content sitting in individual My Drives. Sorting it is a decision made with you during mapping, and getting it right is what stops the new environment feeling like a mess.
Does cleanup delay the migration?
It usually shortens the migration and lengthens the preparation, and the total is normally lower. Volume reduction and pre-resolved mapping decisions both cut the cutover window, which is the part of a project that carries business risk.
Can you clean if someone else is doing the migration?
Yes, and it is a common arrangement. You receive the cleaned source, the mapping document and the exclusions register. Whoever performs the migration works from those. We do not need to be doing the move to do the preparation.
How is the cleanup itself verified?
A before-and-after count on every class of data touched, plus a list of everything deliberately excluded and why. A cleanup that cannot be quantified is indistinguishable from one that did not happen.