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Next Generation API Data Protection for Google Drive

Using API Data Protection involves configuring the API connection for your Google Drive app.

To use the Next Generation API Data Protection for Google Drive, you need to log in to your Google admin console, enter the Client ID and OAuth scopes, and authorize it. The following sections explain how to client ID and OAuth scopes and how to configure the connection.

Capability Differences Between Classic & Next Generation API Data Protection

Here is a list of feature parity for Google Drive between classic and Next Generation API Data Protection.

Feature	Sub-category	Classic	Next Generation
Multiple Instances (Apply a policy to multiple SaaS app instances)	-	No	Yes
User policy selection	All Team Drives with exception	Yes	Yes (achievable via the Specify Resources to Scan/Exclude option in the policy wizard)
	Subset of Team Drives	Yes	Yes (achievable via the Specify Resources to Scan/Exclude option in the policy wizard)
	User profiles	Yes	Yes
	User groups	Yes	No
	Exclude users	Yes	Yes
	Exclude user profiles	Yes	Yes
File sharing	All sharing option	Yes	Yes
	Specific sharing option	Yes	Yes
	Private sharing option	Yes	No
	Public sharing option	Yes	No Following public sharing options are not supported: Public Public indexed Public unlisted
	Share content internally	Yes	Yes
	Share content with more than 'x' number of internal users	Yes	Yes
	Share content externally	Yes	Yes
	Share content with all external domains	Yes	Yes
	Share content with specific external domains	Yes	Yes
	Share content with more than 'x' number of external users	Yes	No
	Share content across enterprise organization	Yes	No
	Enterprise share with everyone	Yes	No
	Enterprise share with everyone except external users	Yes	No
	Share content with select set of user groups	Yes	No
File type scan	All file type	Yes	Yes
File type scan	Specific file type	Yes	Yes
DLP	Multiple DLP Profiles (apply multiple DLP profiles in a single policy)	No	Yes
Threat protection	Malware	Yes	Yes
Threat protection	Configuration settings under Settings > Threat Protection > API-enabled Protection	Yes	No
Action	Alert	Yes	Yes
	Legal hold	Yes	No
	Quarantine	Yes	No
	Restrict access to owner	Yes	Yes
	Restrict access to internal collaborators	Yes	Yes
	Restrict access - remove public links	Yes	Yes
	Restrict access - remove individual users	Yes	Yes
	Restrict access - remove organization-wide links	Yes	Yes
Notification	Notify every 'x' minutes	Yes	No
	Notify after each event	Yes	No
	Notify owner	Yes	No
	Notify administrator	Yes	No
	Notify collaborators	Yes	No
	Notify select users	Yes	No
	Notify entries in "From Email" field	Yes	No
	Ability to select email template for owner	Yes	No
	Ability to select email template for administrator	Yes	No
	Ability to select email template for collaborators	Yes	No
	Ability to select email template for select users	Yes	No

^*Refer to policy documentation located here.

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