Step by Step Guide to Integrate Google Workspace with StorX Network
In today’s digital workplace, Google Workspace serves as the backbone of productivity — powering emails, documents, storage, and collaboration for millions of businesses worldwide. However, with increasing cyber threats and rising incidents of account breaches, organizations face a critical question: What happens to all that vital data if your Workspace gets hacked?
To address this challenge, StorX Network has introduced seamless integration with Google Workspace, offering decentralized, end-to-end encrypted storage and backup. This integration ensures that even if your Workspace account is compromised, your data remains secure, recoverable, and protected from any single point of failure.
- Click the link below to log in to the StorX Network. It will redirect you to the StorX login page as shown below: https://storx.io/login.
- If you’re new to StorX, you can get started by creating an account here: https://storx.io/signup.
3. Once you’ve logged in to the StorX application, you will be directed to the StorX Dashboard, as shown below.
4. Select the “Backup” option from the side panel to be redirected to the StorX Backup Tool page.
5. As shown in the above UI, there are two sections available for backing up Google data to StorX:
- Auto Mail Backup
- Manual Backup
- Manual Backup
Let’s walk through the process of manually backing up your Google data.
Google Photos
- To manually back up your Google Photos, select Google Photos from the Backup Tool page. You’ll be prompted to grant access to your Google account — once authorized, you’ll be redirected to the Google Photos Album Listing page, as shown below.
- Now, select an album to see a list of the photos it contains. The images from your Google Photos account will be displayed as shown below.
- Now, select the Google Photos you wish to upload by checking the boxes next to them, then click the Upload button to proceed.
Finally, navigate to the Vault listing page, locate the “google-photos” vault, and preview its contents to verify that your photos have been successfully uploaded. The vault content will appear as shown below.
Google Drive
- Now, let’s walk through backing up your Google Drive data to a StorX vault named google-drive.
- On the Backup Tool page, select Google Drive as your service (ensure you’re connected to your Google account from the previous step). You will then be directed to the Google Drive page, as shown below.
- From the list of files and folders displayed, select the items you want to back up. Once chosen, click the Upload button to complete the process.
- After uploading your data to StorX, navigate to the Vault section to confirm that your files have been successfully uploaded to the “google-drive” vault.
Google Mail
- Now, let’s walk through manually backing up your Gmail data to StorX.
- On the Backup Tool page, select Gmail as your service (make sure you’re connected to your Google account from the previous step). You will then be directed to the Gmail listing page, as shown below.
- Select the email or emails you want to upload to StorX. Once your selection is made, click the Upload button to begin uploading the emails to the StorX network.
- Finally, navigate to the Vault listing page and locate the vault named “gmail” to verify that your data has been successfully uploaded to the StorX network.
2. Auto-Mail Sync
- The previous section demonstrated how to manually back up your data to the StorX network. Now, let’s explore how to automatically back up your Google Mail data to StorX and sync it regularly based on scheduled Date.
- First, navigate to the Backup Tool page, where you’ll find two sections: Auto-Mail Sync and Manual Backup.
- In the Auto-Mail Backup section, click the “Connect Gmail to Backup” button and confirm your intent to enable automatic mail syncing. Then, connect your Google account by granting the required permissions to access your Gmail data. Once authorized, you will be redirected to the Edit Task Settings page, as shown below.
- On the Edit Task Settings page, you will see that the connection with Google is established. Next, connect StorX by clicking the “Connect to StorX” button and confirming the connection. Then, set your preferred backup schedule — Daily, Weekly, or Monthly. After configuring the schedule, activate the backup process, save your changes, and confirm, as shown below.
- Once completed, the account listing will automatically update in the Auto-Mail Sync section of the Backup Tool page, as shown below.
- You can add multiple accounts as needed by clicking the “+ New Gmail” button.
- To monitor the mail sync activity, click the “View Logs” icon next to the “Edit” icon in the actions column and review the logs as shown below.
- Here, you will see the status of the auto-sync activity.
- Finally, navigate to the Vault Listing page, locate the vault named “gmail”, preview the folder corresponding to the mail set for auto-sync, and confirm that the data has been successfully synced and uploaded to StorX, as shown below.
As cyberattacks become increasingly sophisticated, relying solely on centralized protection is no longer enough. The StorX–Google Workspace integration provides businesses with a vital layer of resilience: decentralized backups that safeguard emails, documents, and files against breaches, ransomware, and accidental loss. More than just secure storage, StorX guarantees data sovereignty, privacy, and reliable recoverability — empowering organizations to focus on growth without fear of disruption. In today’s digital landscape, where trust drives competitiveness, this integration is not just a safeguard — it’s a strategic advantage.
About StorX:
StorX is a decentralized cloud storage network that empowers users to store their data securely in the cloud. Each file uploaded on StorX is split and encrypted into multiple fragments to autonomous storage nodes operated by individual operators worldwide. Designed as a collection of independent storage networks, no particular operator has complete access to your data. StorX is faster than legacy centralized storage providers and also allows users to save substantial amounts on costs compared to a centralized cloud. StorX enables users with spare storage capacity to lease space and earn great returns in SRX tokens.
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