- Go to the APIs and Services Dashboard.
- Click Credentials.
- Click Create Credentials.
- Select Service Account.
- You will be asked you to assign roles to the account. Since we need wide-ranging access for now, we should choose Owner. This can be changed later.
- The final screen invites other users to access this service account through their own service account portals. Use as needed for your organization.
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Click DONE. You will be taken back to the service
account list for the project.
Note: Make note of the email address of this user. Any folders or Shared Drives you wish to migrate will need to be shared with this user.
- Click on the three dots under Actions, then click Manage Keys.
- Click ADD KEY then Create New Key, then select JSON.
- Click Create. You will download a json file to be used in the next step.