How do I share My Drive with users within my organization?

[nathan-nz]

I've been on the starter pack for 6 months and have just added another user to help out in the business. All my business files are saved on my user's drive. How do I simply share the entire drive with other users? 

I can't see any button to share the entire drive in Google Drive, I have gone to console apps>google workspace> drive and docs> and there is nothing there to share drives. 

Why is this so hard? It seems fundamental to working as a team.

[icrew]

It’s not possible to share your entire “MyDrive” with others. Shared Drives are usually the best choice for collaborative work.

One critical feature of a shared drive is that everything in a Shared Drive belongs to the organization as a whole, not to the account that created it. That means you don’t risk losing data if you delete a person’s account after they leave the organization.

See https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/7212025 and it’s related articles for all the details.

Hope that helps,

Ian

[nathan-nz]

Thanks for the response Ian,

However, how do I create a Shared Drive? Does the google workspace business starter subscription not allow this feature?

I have followed this link on how to create a shared drive. However I get a message saying I'm signed into a personal account and can not create shared drives (which Isn't true). I then click on the link 'sign in to your work and school account' this makes me resign in, and then takes me to a page which shows how to share a file (not create a shared drive)

https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/9310249?hl=en&ref_topic=9298590&sjid=2439698487770418087-A...

I have verified that I am the administrator for the account.

And my google drive looks like this, no shared drive option anywhere.

[icrew]

If you’re on Business Starter, see https://www.googlecloudcommunity.com/gc/Workspace-Q-A/Update-about-Shared-Drives-becoming-available-... for more details about the roll out of Shared Drives.