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Google Drive and Viva Connections integration

Easily show your live Google Drive data inside Viva Connections

Turn Google Drive in an Adaptive Card (ACE) on your Viva dashboard and supercharge your intranet

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Google Drive

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Your Google Drive data is now securely showing in Viva Connections

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Make Viva Connections a powerhouse of information by integrating Google Drive with adenin. This coupling allows you to embed Google Drive data directly into your Viva Connections dashboard using Adaptive Cards, or ACE.

Features

  • Display Google Drive data directly on your Viva Connections dashboard.
  • Use Adaptive Cards to create visual previews of your Google Drive files.
  • Developer friendly setup.
  • Frictionless data integration from Google Drive to Viva Connections.
  • Seamless compatibility with other adenin integrations.

Benefits

  • Keep all your important data in one place, right on your Viva Connections dashboard.
  • Enjoy immediate access to Google Drive without switching apps.
  • Adapt and customize your Google Drive Cards using ACE for better visual representation.
  • Increase productivity and reduce frustration from app switching.
  • Streamline data management with an easy-to-use, developer-friendly integration.
  • Enhance communication and collaboration with critical data available at a glance.

Each Google Drive Card on your Viva Connections dashboard is an accessible, real-time update from your Google Drive. With adenin, you can make your Viva Connections dashboard a single source of data truth that's easy to manage and a joy to use.

Start your free account with adenin today and make your Viva Connections dashboard work for you.

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About adenin’s Viva Connections channel

With the Viva Connections dashboard you have the ability to turn apps from the App Directory into Adaptive Card extensions. These Cards present employees their data in bite-sized snippets and can be expanded to show more details.Use ACE Adaptive Card... Read more

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Frequently asked questions about Viva Connections Google Drive integration (FAQ)

What data sources are available for Google Drive?

Google Drive provides this data source:

Google Drive integration
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See recent files from your Google account

Is the Viva Connections integration free?

Yes, Viva Connections is one of the channels built-in into adenin, a platform that integrates all kinds of work apps into a personal dashboard as well as your other work applications, such as intranets or chatbots. Bear in mind that, even though channels such as Viva Connections are free, the use of adenin (including using data from Google Drive) incurs usage charges according to your plan. See the pricing page for details →

Who is the Viva Connections integration for?

adenin’s Viva Connections connector is a popular choice for various teams at small to large organizations. The data sources that are built into Google Drive (see above) are incredibly simple to integrate into Viva Connections and don't require any technical know-how. The adenin platform completely handles authenticating with Google Drive and then loads your data into an Adaptive Card layout that, in turn, will be embedded into Viva Connections.

Do I have to be a developer to use the Viva Connections integration with Google Drive?

No, the integration is designed to help busy managers stay on top of their various workplace applications, where Google Drive is just one of many examples (see others). As such, we designed many tools that reduce the amount of coding expected of users: Starting with the Google Drive integration, which you can set up yourself in just a few, completely code-free, steps (see instructions).

Then with the built-in Card designer we automatically generate a layout from your Google Drive data. You could tweak this further in the low-code designer, either yourself if you have some HTML-related skills, or with a little help from us – just reach out to one of the team.

Lastly, there will be the Viva Connections integration which is self-explanatory to install. Just check the installation instructions section for more details.

How does adenin ensure my Google Drive data is safely delivered to Viva Connections?

We use the secure OAuth standard which means you authorize adenin accessing your Google Drive data and in turn authorize us to share this data with Viva Connections. Both of these authorizations can be revoked by you at any point through the Linked accounts menu (requires user account). No data is ever stored on adenin servers, instead it is directly sent to the client (in this case Viva Connections) who will treat it in accordance with their privacy policy. Please also check out our Privacy Policy for more details.

Install Google Drive integration for Viva Connections

With adenin you can easily integrate any business app into Viva Connections

  1. Click the Add button below

    adenin logoAdd Google Drive to adenin
  2. Either log in or create your free adenin account. Then you will be directed to your personal dashboard where the installation of your Google Drive integration will start.

  3. Follow the steps in the modal by clicking Next including selecting your data source, authorizing your Google Drive account and more attributes (if they are required).

    At the end click Finish and our built-in smart technology generates a Card with the live data it received from the Google Drive API.

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    Google Drive

  4. Your Card will now appear on your adenin dashboard.

  5. Modify or embed your Google Drive Adaptive Card from the ··· button in the top right-hand corner of your card:

    Click Edit in Designer to open the Card’s layout in the low-code Adaptive Card designer.

    By clicking Share you can see options for embedding your Card into intranet and chatbot channels. For example, your Google Drive works as a SharePoint web part, or with chatbots such as Microsoft Teams.

To begin, add the adenin’s Viva Connections integration to your Viva Connections account.

  1. Click the Install now button above to add the Card maker for Viva Connections extension to your Sharepoint page

  2. During the installation, select to Enable this app and add it to all sites, then press Add

  3. After the installation you will be asked to "Approve access so this app works as designed" which you should follow by clicking on Go to API Access Page

  4. There select Microsoft Graph for the correct package and then press Approve. Our Viva app is now correctly installed and ready to go.

  5. Now go to your Dashboard, usually located at <your-sharepoint-domain>/SitePages/Dashboard.aspx, and add a new Card maker for Viva Connections Card

  6. Then select the icon and select Embed an existing Card

  7. Now copy your Card Share URL and paste it in the Viva Card

  8. Optionally, you can edit your Card's Quick or Card View by clicking Edit in Designer or Edit the Quick View

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