Cloud-to-cloud migration

Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 Migration

Moving from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 is more than mailbox and file migration. We map users, groups, shared drives, calendars, permissions, collaboration habits, and identity settings into a Microsoft 365 operating model.

What this solves

  • ✓Discovery for Gmail, calendars, Google Drive, shared drives, groups, permissions, ownership, and retention needs.
  • ✓Target design across Exchange Online, Outlook, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, Entra ID, and governance.
  • ✓Migration wave planning, user communications, validation, and post-cutover support for collaboration changes.

Why this matters

Migration risk usually hides in ownership, permissions, identity, workflows, integrations, and business validation. Our role is to surface those risks early, design the Microsoft target state, and guide the move with clear controls.

Map collaboration patterns

Translate Google Drive and shared drive usage into SharePoint, Teams, and OneDrive destinations.

Reduce user disruption

Plan mail, calendar, files, mobile access, desktop clients, and training around realistic cutover timing.

Establish governance

Set policies for sharing, retention, identity, Teams creation, and administration before users arrive.

Representative scenarios we support

Buyers need to see that you understand their exact migration environment. These examples make the service tangible without relying on unverifiable metrics.

  • Tenant, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, Exchange, and Power Platform moves with real business validation requirements.
  • Migration programs where permissions, ownership, workflows, forms, integrations, or compliance constraints create risk.
  • Organizations that need senior Microsoft migration judgment, not only tool operation.

Common environments

  • Microsoft 365
  • SharePoint Online
  • Teams
  • OneDrive
  • Exchange Online
  • Power Platform
  • Azure
  • Entra ID

What creates drag

  • • Unclear scope, unknown owners, hidden dependencies, and migration waves based on incomplete inventory.
  • • Technical migration success measured mostly by item counts, while business validation is left until late.
  • • Legacy patterns copied into Microsoft 365 without improving governance, support, or ownership.

What good looks like

  • • An inventory-backed plan with owners, dependencies, target architecture, validation gates, and remediation priorities.
  • • Migration waves aligned to business processes, support readiness, communications, and go/no-go decisions.
  • • A cleaner Microsoft operating model with governance, documentation, and post-migration support paths.

How this supports the business case

Strong migration copy should speak to the CIO, IT director, operations leader, procurement stakeholder, and administrator.

  • ✓ Reduce unsupported platform and operational continuity risk.
  • ✓ Protect business processes during cutover and modernization.
  • ✓ Create a defensible migration roadmap for leadership, budget, and procurement conversations.
  • ✓ Improve Microsoft 365 adoption by landing users in a cleaner, governed target state.

How we approach it

Each engagement is adapted to your tenant, source systems, timeline, risk tolerance, and internal team capacity.

Discovery

Inventory users, mailboxes, calendars, drives, shared drives, groups, ownership, storage, and high-risk sharing.

Target architecture

Define Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, identity, licensing, retention, and sharing controls.

Migration and validation

Run pilot and production waves with mailbox, file, calendar, and permission validation.

Adoption and hypercare

Support Outlook, Teams, OneDrive sync, sharing changes, and administration after cutover.

Typical deliverables

You get practical artifacts your administrators, project managers, and business owners can use immediately.

  • ✓ Google Workspace discovery report
  • ✓ Microsoft 365 target design
  • ✓ Drive mapping workbook
  • ✓ Mailbox and calendar plan
  • ✓ User communication checklist
  • ✓ Post-cutover governance recommendations

FAQs

Can shared drives become Teams or SharePoint sites?
Yes. We evaluate ownership, permissions, collaboration patterns, and content type to choose the right destination.

Do you handle mail and calendar migration?
Yes. We plan Exchange Online readiness, mailbox migration, calendar validation, domain cutover, mobile clients, and user support.

How do we reduce user confusion?
We pair the technical plan with communications, quick-start guidance, pilot feedback, and hypercare coverage.