Venn’s integration with Google Drive allows users to access, open, work on, save, and delete files from Google Drive seamlessly from their File Explorer when they are working in Blue Border. Learn how to use Google Drive with Venn on a PC as an end user.

As a Company Manager, you can enable the use of Google Drive in Blue Border for all users as part of your Default Data Loss Prevention Policy or for a subset of users as a Policy Override by completing the following steps:

1. Enable Google Drive File Storage
2. Enable Google Workplace Account Access

Enable Google Drive File Storage

As a Company Manager, you can configure which file storage solution(s) are available for use in Blue Border using the File Storage Data Loss Prevention Policy. Under this policy, you can determine which file systems are available to users and the default save and download locations for users' documents.

To enable Google Drive File Storage for users as part of your default DLP Policy or a Policy Override:

1. Navigate to the Admin Portal.
   • In your browser, go to https://login.venn.com/ and sign in if prompted. Then, click Open Admin Portal.
   • From the desktop app, click the Open web app icon. Then, click Company Admin in the top right.
2. Click Policy Admin and select DLP Policy in the left menu.
3. Locate the policy you would like to change or add.
   • To update your default policy, look under Default policy.
   • To update an override policy, click Edit to the right of the override record under Policy overrides.
   • To create a new policy override, click Add override to the right of Policy overrides.

4. Click Edit next to File storage.

   

5. In the policy editor, locate Google Drive and toggle it On. 

   

6. When you enable Google Drive, it will automatically be selected as the default save and download location under Set file storage default. We recommend using Google Drive as your primary save and download location if OneDrive will be the primary file system for the users that the policy applies to.
7. Click Apply.

Once you apply your changes, the following will happen for users that the policy applies to:

• Google Drive will be authorized for use in Blue Border.

• The Google Drive desktop application will be assigned to them in Blue Border.

  This policy will assign the appropriate app to users. Do not assign the application from the All apps page in Company Admin.
• The Google Drive virtual drive will be mapped as a folder inside of Venn Disk.
• The Google Drive app will launch automatically when the user logs in to Blue Border, similar to how some apps are set to automatically run when you log into a computer. 

Enable Google Workspace Account Access

As a Company Manager, you can enable users to access Google Workspace accounts in Blue Border using the Tenant Restrictions Data Loss Prevention Policy. Under this policy, you can determine whether or not users can access Google Workspace and restrict access to specific business domains.

To enable Google Workspace account access for users as part of your default DLP Policy or a Policy Override:

1. Navigate to the Admin Portal.
   • In your browser, go to https://login.venn.com/ and sign in if prompted. Then, click Open Admin Portal.
   • From the desktop app, click the Open web app icon. Then, click Company Admin in the top right.
2. Click Policy Admin and select DLP Policy in the left menu.
3. Locate the policy you would like to change or add.
   • To update your default policy, look under Default policy.
   • To update an override policy, click Edit to the right of the override record under Policy overrides.
   • To create a new policy override, click Add override to the right of Policy overrides.

4. Click Edit next to Tenant restrictions.

   

5. In the policy editor, expand Google Workspace and choose one of the following options:
   • Allow access with any account: This option allows login with any Google Workspace business account.

   • Allow access with specific business accounts: This option only allows login if the account is linked to specific Google Workspace business accounts. In order to allow the use of specific Google Workspace business accounts in Blue Border, you must specify one or more business domains. You can specify multiple domains by separating them using the "Enter" or "Return" key.

     

6. Click Apply.

Once you apply your changes, the users that the policy applies to will be able to log in to their Google Workspace account in order to use Google Drive in Blue Border.