For AI agents: a documentation index is available at /llms.txt. A markdown version of this page is available at /guide/cloud/integrations/google-workspace.md.
Google Workspace
Sync deadlines to Google Calendar and attach files from Drive without consuming workspace storage.
Pro and Premium
Google Calendar and Drive integrations require Pro Unlimited or above.
#Google Calendar
Pushes Orangescrum dates into Google Calendar so deadlines sit alongside meetings — which is where most people actually look.
Connect your Google account
From your profile or project settings. You will be asked to grant calendar access.
Choose what syncs
Your assigned task due dates, project milestones, and sprint dates.
Pick a target calendar
Use a separate calendar, not your primary one. You can then toggle it off during a focused week without losing your meetings.
Sync everything and you will read nothing
Forty task entries a day buries your actual meetings, and people respond by hiding the calendar entirely — including the deadlines that mattered. Sync your own due dates and project milestones. Nothing else.
#Direction
Sync runs from Orangescrum to Google. Editing an event in Google does not move the task — change the date in Orangescrum.
#Google Drive
Attach Drive files to tasks by link rather than uploading a copy.
Counts against storage. A frozen snapshot. Orangescrum permissions apply.
Link for living documents — specs, designs, sheets people keep editing. Upload for point-in-time evidence: a screenshot of a bug, a signed-off document.
Drive permissions are separate
A linked file is only visible to people who have access in Drive. Someone can be a project member and still hit "request access". Check sharing when you link something the whole team needs.
#Google sign-in
Sign in with a Google account instead of a password. Distinct from full SSO, which is Premium and enforces organisation-wide identity policy.
#Connecting well
Grant the narrowest scope
Calendar access does not require Drive access. Only grant what you use.
Connect per person for calendar
Calendar sync is personal — each user connects their own account.
Review connections periodically
Disconnect what nobody uses.
#Troubleshooting
Calendar events stopped appearing
The Google authorisation expired or was revoked — often when a workspace admin changes app access policy. Reconnect.
Events are on the wrong calendar
Change the target in the integration settings. Existing events do not move; they will need clearing manually.
Colleagues can't open a linked Drive file
Drive sharing, not Orangescrum permissions. Share the file or the containing folder with the team.
Deleted a task but the calendar event remains
Deletions do not always propagate. Remove the event in Google.