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| ====== Adding the Google Drive Storage Provider ====== | ====== Adding the Google Drive Storage Provider ====== | ||
| - | ##### Last updated on April 24, 2019. | + | ##### Last updated on August 17, 2020. |
| You can add your Google Drive account as a storage provider and access documents and files through the File Fabric or through Google applications. | You can add your Google Drive account as a storage provider and access documents and files through the File Fabric or through Google applications. | ||
| Since Google Drive accounts are associated with individuals it's more common for individual users to add Google Drive as a private provider. Only they will have access to files in Google Drive. The File Fabric makes it easier to transfer information between different clouds, and adds additional sharing options and governance on Google Drive. | Since Google Drive accounts are associated with individuals it's more common for individual users to add Google Drive as a private provider. Only they will have access to files in Google Drive. The File Fabric makes it easier to transfer information between different clouds, and adds additional sharing options and governance on Google Drive. | ||
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| + | Shared drives are supported. | ||
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| + | **NOTE**: Unusually for a file storage provider Google Drive supports duplicate folders and duplicate files. The File Fabric presents as a file system and does not support this behaviour. | ||
| ===== Choosing the Google Drive Provider ===== | ===== Choosing the Google Drive Provider ===== | ||