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Switch to SharePoint in Microsoft 365 from Google Sites and start working together with these quick instructions on how to access, upload, and share the content, information, and apps your team relies on with SharePoint in Microsoft 365.
How are hub sites different from SharePoint Server?
The main difference is Hub sites aren’t available in SharePoint Server. We do recommend that you use the same process as in SharePoint in Microsoft 365, create site collections for each unit of work instead of creating subsites. This will make it easier when migrating your SharePoint farm to SharePoint in Microsoft 365.
As you plan your migration, we recommend that a hub site the best way to create relationships between sites. We highly recommend taking this opportunity to bring those subsites to be their own site collections in order to connect them through a hub. What is a SharePoint hub site?
How to move site collections in SharePoint Server?
In SharePoint Server, you should view this procedure as moving the site collection to a larger database. However, if site collections do not grow to their expected capacity, it might be convenient to combine several site collections onto one content database.
Files stored in Drive can be synced locally for offline use and for uploading to the site for sharing. New SharePoint sites feature responsive design to adapt to mobile web browsers. There are no mobile apps for Google Sites.
Why is it better to migrate from Google Sites to SharePoint?
Here are some reasons to migrate from Google Sites to SharePoint. SharePoint offers many more configuration options in terms of web parts, libraries, apps, and pages. The Microsoft solution offers better security features with granular permissions at the site level, pages, collections, lists, folders, and even files.
Users that strictly collaborate in G Suite Drive will receive equivalent sharing permissions in SharePoint Online for free. Data ownership needs to be considered. If a user has only shared data, and absolutely no owned data, we will transfer 0 files from G Suite Drive to SharePoint Online for that particular individual.