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Link Google Drive and OneDrive files

Files your team keeps in Google Drive or OneDrive can sit in the room beside everything else, without uploading them again. Linking a Drive file adds it to the room's Files so the room can open it, chat on it and act on it, while the file itself stays in your Drive. You can also create a new Google Doc, Sheet or Slide, or a Word, Excel or PowerPoint file, straight from the room. Everyone in a room can link Drive files.

  1. Open a room and select Files.
  2. Select the Google Drive or OneDrive button in the header. On a phone, tap + and choose Attach Drive files.
  3. Choose Add Google Drive file or Add Microsoft Onedrive file.
  4. The first time, select Connect new account and sign in to the Google or Microsoft account that holds the file. Connected accounts are listed under Drive Accounts for next time.
  5. Pick the file in the Drive picker. It is added to the room's Files.

How to create a new Drive file from a room​

  1. In a room, open the create menu (Create).
  2. Under Google Drive, choose New Google Doc, New Google Sheet or New Google Slide. Under OneDrive, choose New Word document, New Excel spreadsheet or New PowerPoint presentation.
  3. The new file is created in your Drive and linked to the room.
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Your company decides which Drive sources are allowed. When the Google Drive or OneDrive integration is switched off for your company, its buttons do not appear in Files. See Google Drive and OneDrive.