How to Easily Migrate Office 365 to G Suite?

Are you looking for a way to migrate Office 365 to Google Workspace? If yes, then you are in the right place. In this article, we will explain the reasons two simple techniques to move your data. To start the article, we have to first understand Office 365 and G Suite.

Microsoft Office 365 is one of the best professional productivity suites that provide secure, reliable, and easy-to-use service. Many organizations use this program to help in their work by giving several Microsoft’s products like Word, Excel, Team, SharePoint, etc. and cloud storage.

Whereas, Google Workspace, is also a cloud suite developed by Google. It is a repacked and replaced version of G Suite for small and large enterprises. Google Workspace unites the entirety of the number of applications such as Gmail, address book, contacts, calendars, drive, docs, slides, meets, forms, sheets, etc. In this, you will get all the products of Gmail, Google Drive, Doc, Sheets, Calendar, Meet, and Slides.

The purpose of this suite is to provide real-time collaboration and communication for businesses, schools, and organizations. Here, you can custom email domains, administrative controls, and secure cloud storage. From these explanations they sound the same, but they are very different from each other.

So, if you want to export your data from Microsoft 365 to G Suite. We have found a few methods that can help you. The methods are prescribed by the expert, so they will definitely work.

How to Migrate Office 365 to Google Workspace Manually?

Google has a free data migration tool that we can use to migrate our Office 365. But, for this, we have to do preparation, assign permissions and many other things. So, we divide this method in smaller parts for you to easily understand. But, before beginning the process, you have to remember some points.

• You must have the admin credentials of both Office 365 and Google Workspace.
• Each user must have a G Suite account.
• Enable Exchange Web Service in Office 365.

Download GWMMW Tool

The first part of the process is to install the GWMME tool.

1. Go to the official site of the GWMME.
2. Click on the download button. Make sure that you install it in Windows because it is only available for Windows.

Prepare your Office 365 for Migration

1. First create an admin account in your Office 365 which is used to migrate your data.
2. Enable the EWS and run the PowerShell.
3. In the PowerShell we need to grant impersonation rights in the admin account: New-ManagementRoleAssignment –Role "ApplicationImpersonation" –User "[email protected]".

Prepare your G Suite Account

1. Ensure that all your Microsoft 365 users have an account in G Suite as well.
2. From the Google Admin Console, click on the Security button.
3. Select the API Controls and enable API access.

Install and Configure GWMME

1. Open the tool as ad admin.
2. In the source server, click on Microsoft Exchange or Office 365.
3. In the destination, select the Google Workspace.
4. Sign in using your Office 365 credentials and provide necessary details.
5. Also provide the G Suite admin credentials and authorize access.
6. We have to also map the users. So, upload a CSV file from Microsoft 365 to Google Workspace in the format of [email protected], [email protected] [email protected], [email protected]

Migrate Office 365 Data to G Suite

1. Select the data that you want to migrate. Such as emails, contacts, calendar, etc.
2. You also choose the date range and set the limit bandwidth if you are transferring a large volume.
3. After that, click on the Start button to migrate your data.

So, this is the manual method to export your Office 365 data in G Suite. It is free and easy but it is only used in Windows OS, you cannot move OneDrive or Teams data and many more issues. So, it is not a reliable option. But, we have an alternative solution that can directly move your data.

Steps to Migrate Office 365 to Google Workspace

1. Launch the mentioned Migration tool on your existing system.
2. Enter your Office 365 account credentials in the user interface panel.
3. Select the required email folders from the list. Here, you can migrate the selective Microsoft 365 folders to Google Workspace.
4. After this, choose the G Suite option in the list of file-saving options.
5. Enter your Google Workspace account details in the user interface panel.
6. Click on the next button to migrate Office 365 to Google Workspace.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is Google Workspace better than Microsoft 365?
It totally depends on the size of the company or business. Both Office 365 and Google Workspace are similar, because both provide almost the same plan with the same apps. But G Suite is less expensive than Microsoft 365 with similar features. So, it can be a great choice for small businesses and companies.

Why migrate from Office 365 to Google Workspace?
As we mentioned that both services are strong competitors of each other. But Google workspace has attractive price-point, exceptional data security, and other features, which encouraged users to migrate from Office 365 to Google Workspace account.

Is an Admin account required to move data?
No, if you have admin account details then well and good otherwise you can migrate data of user accounts.

Conclusion

In this article, we have explained two ways to migrate Office 365 to Google Workspace account. The manual method is free, but you only use in Windows and cannot export all the data. But, the professional software will definitely do this and provide you more features. That’s why most IT professionals and experts prefer to use this method.

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