If shared drive creation is turned off for an organizational unit's users, people inside and outside of your company or school can still add these users to their shared drives.įrom the Admin console Home page, go to Apps Google Workspace Drive and Docs. You can let users create shared drives for specific organizational units, such as a sales department or regional office. Make sure that for your organization, Google Drive is turned on. By default, shared drives inherit Google Drive sharing settings from the top-level organizational unit. For example, if external sharing is off for the user’s organizational unit but on at the top-level organizational unit, the user can still share documents in shared drives with people outside of your company or school. Compare your editionĪs an administrator, you can manage the settings and members of shared drives in your organization. Supported editions for this feature: Business Standard and Plus Enterprise Education Fundamentals, Standard, Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Plus Nonprofits G Suite Business Essentials.