Migrate to Google Workspace
If you were starting your business today, what tools would you choose to get work done – with security, collaboration, and AI at the forefront? The status quo won’t get you there. Access the help and expertise you need to get started with Google Workspace.
Demystify the migration process
Whether you're on a tight timeline or want to take it slowly, we know every migration is unique, and we’re here to help.
Step 1: Define your technology and business goals
Migrating to Google Workspace is a significant chance to transform your business. Identify how the migration can help your business achieve its goals — from adopting more to uncovering new ways to collaborate and get work done.
In collaboration with your Google account team and implementation partner, you will define your goals and a phased timeline to get the most out of your migration.
Step 2: Prepare your data and teams
Working with your Google account team and implementation partner, you will create your organization’s technical migration and change management plans. Together, you will analyze your organization’s source data and current solutions to calculate the estimated time needed to complete the transition. Next, you will define your phased migration approach from core IT to early adopters and global go-live. At the same time, you will work with the team to build a change management plan that will help your IT teams to become platform experts and set your employees up for success.
Step 3: Go live with Google Workspace
Build excitement with your employees to celebrate the transition and offer support.
Step 4: Create a sustainable new way of working
Using your change management plan as a blueprint, help your employees work with confidence. This could include tactics such as a Google Guides or champions program, office hours, learning resources, and more.
Integrate, customize, and extend Google Workspace
Build intelligent apps and workflows using a range of developer tools that fit your needs. You can use APIs and UI toolkits to build custom solutions, build low-code apps and automations, create no-code apps and workflows, and use thousands of ready-made apps.
Customer stories
I’m 100% confident that the Humana team is happier and more productive with Google Workspace than they were with our previous platform, and together with ChromeOS it will make our data more secure than ever before.
I expected Google Workspace to be the right and easiest solution, and it was. The platform is constantly evolving, updating its integrated components, and embedding automation across its stack.
In 2015, we made the decision to adopt Google Workspace as our collaboration suite. Now, everyone from the C-suite to the mailroom at Colgate has a Google Workspace account and uses it daily.
From day one, we saw the value of enhanced efficiency and communication with Workspace.
Our main objective in transitioning to a cloud-based email and collaboration platform was to improve the quality of our work, and the quality of the services we offer our citizens.
Argentina’s second-largest bank, migrated 7,700 employees in 460 branches to Google Workspace in four months. Now, Banco Macro uses Google Workspace as a foundation for cross-organizational collaboration.
Resources
Learn more about migrating your small business to Google Workspace.
Read the blog to learn the do's and don'ts to get the most out of your migration to Google Workspace.
Learn about the key recommendations, tools, and resources for migrating to Google Workspace.
Find the right partner for your migration.
Read the blog summarizing the Forrester Total Economic Impact™ of Google Workspace study.
Learn about the four key work streams of managing change — from go-live day and beyond.
Access our guide for long-term success with Workspace.
Discover our data migration tools and documentation.
Learn more about migrating your small business to Google Workspace.
Read the blog to learn the do's and don'ts to get the most out of your migration to Google Workspace.
Learn about the key recommendations, tools, and resources for migrating to Google Workspace.
Find the right partner for your migration.
Read the blog summarizing the Forrester Total Economic Impact™ of Google Workspace study.
Learn about the four key work streams of managing change — from go-live day and beyond.
Access our guide for long-term success with Workspace.
Discover our data migration tools and documentation.
Frequently asked questions
Take a look at our FAQs to learn more.
Customers often benefit from starting the process 1-2 years before the end of their licensing agreement with a legacy provider. Once a decision has been made to implement Google Workspace, it’s important to start planning the deployment. Google recommends working with a certified Google Partner to have an expert project team that focuses on Google Workspace deployments.
Google Workspace offers many integration first-party tools to help with existing systems. For example, can be accessed and modified. In addition, the Google Chrome webstore has third-party integrations and add-ons that are easy to install and manage for the entire organization. Google API access is also available for unique custom applications if needed.
The number of months it takes can vary by organization to organization with data migration being one key consideration that may extend timelines. All projects will have a planning and design phase, technical configuration, and then user onboarding. Google recommends a three-phase approach to user onboarding (Core IT, Early Adopters and Go Live).
To be well prepared for the transition to Google Workspace, focus on change activities for end users. Google maintains a for end users to learn by product and includes transition guides from legacy systems, useful tips, and more.
Google partners with your team and your deployment partner to support project execution through a combination of best practice, deployment methodology, Google Workspace product expertise, and Google stakeholder management.
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