Restrict the Use of Drive File Stream to Company-owned Devices

Earlier this year, Google gave admins more control over their corporate data by integrating controls for Drive File Stream in Google’s device management interface. The option to restrict the use of Drive File Stream to company owned-devices only is now available to opt into.

Admins can access the setting by going to the Admin console and navigating to Apps > Google Workspace > Settings for Drive and Docs > Features and Applications. Then, select “Allow Drive File Stream in your Organization” and “Only allow Drive File Stream on authorized devices (Beta)”.

Availability

Google Workspace editions

• Available to all Google Workspace editions

On/off by default?

• This feature will be OFF by default and can be enabled at the OU level.