Google drive on Azure without GCP

Question

Hello, I'm wondering what options I have to transfer Google Drive data to Azure without GCP access. I found that the Google Drive API and Google Storage API require a Google Cloud account. What other options do I have to securely connect to and transfer confidential data from Google Drive to Azure? The main purpose is to do RAG on this data in Azure open ai. Would someone be able to help, please? Kind regards

Answer 1

Hi Tony,

I'd recommend exporting Google Drive data and uploading to Azure Blob Storage:

Export Google Drive Data Using Google Takeout

1. Go to Google Takeout (https://takeout.google.com/settings/takeout?pli=1)
2. Select Google Drive from the list of available data to export.

Upload the Exported Data to Azure Blob Storage

1. Download and install Azure Storage Explorer if you haven’t already. (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/storage-explorer/vs-azure-tools-storage-manage-with-storage-explorer?tabs=windows)
2. Open Azure Storage Explorer and connect to your Azure account.
3. Navigate to the Blob Storage section and select the container where you want to upload your data.
4. Click on the Upload button and choose Files from the dropdown menu.
5. Browse to the location of the Google Takeout archive file on your local system and select it for upload.

Hopefully this helps!

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Dillon Silzer, Director | Cloudaen.com | Cloudaen Computing Solutions

Answer 2

@Tony Minozi - Thanks for the question and using MS Q&A platform.

You may checkout the below article which helps to ingesting Data from Google Drive to Azure Data Lake Gen2 using Azure Data Factory: Ingesting Data from Google Drive to Azure Data Lake Gen2 using Azure Data Factory

And also, checkout the video on Ingest Data from Google Drive to Azure Data Lake Gen 2.

Hope this helps. Do let us know if you any further queries.

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