Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 Migration

SkyTerra - Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 Migration

SkyTerra offers a reliable, secure, and user-friendly migration from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365. We manage identity, mail, calendars, contacts, file repositories, and governance, ensuring a smooth transition with minimal disruption and data integrity. Our approach aligns Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Exchange Online, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft OneDrive, Microsoft Teams, and Microsoft Purview with your business goals.

What You Get A Microsoft 365 tenant aligned with best practices and security standards. Structured migration of Gmail to Microsoft Exchange Online. Migration of Google Drive and Shared Drives to Microsoft OneDrive and Microsoft SharePoint. Calendar and contact migration. Security, compliance, and retention design using Microsoft Purview. A clear cutover plan, pilot, and wave strategy with rollback options. Admin runbooks, configuration documentation, and knowledge transfer. Targeted end user training, communications, and support plan for adoption.

Why Choose SkyTerra Experience in financial services and regulated industries. A three-thread delivery model balancing technical execution, IT enablement, and adoption. Tool-agnostic approach, selecting native or third-party tools based on scale and risk. Predictable timeline and measurable migration quality criteria.

Three Thread Delivery Model 1-Technical Execution Discovery and Readiness: Inventory, domain and DNS, licensing plan, Google Workspace org units and policies, security baseline, Microsoft 365 tenant readiness. Design: Coexistence or cutover strategy, identity design with Microsoft Entra ID, conditional access, mail flow, archive strategy, SharePoint information architecture, OneDrive plan, Teams channel structure, Microsoft Purview controls. Tooling Selection: Native tools or third-party migration platforms sized to mailbox and data volume. Configuration: Tenant setup, Microsoft Exchange Online, Microsoft Entra ID groups, SharePoint site collections, OneDrive provisioning, Teams enablement, Microsoft Purview policies. Pilot: Test mail routing, calendar booking, delegate access, folder and label mapping, file permissions, migration speed, and error handling. Migration Waves: Schedule by business unit or geography, preflight checks, delta syncs, quality gates, incident management, and cutover communications. Cutover: DNS changes, final delta, calendar re-delegation, mobile and Outlook profile guidance, training, issue triage, and rollback criteria. Handoff: Runbooks, architecture diagrams, admin training, post-migration improvements, and closeout report.

2-IT Team Enablement Admin deep dives for Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Exchange Online, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft OneDrive, and Microsoft Teams. Operational runbooks for mail flow, permissions, backups, and DLP investigations in Microsoft Purview. Monitoring and alerting recommendations. Shadow to lead model during pilot and first wave, then full handoff.

3-End User Adoption Role-based training plans for executives, knowledge workers, and frontline users. Quick start guides for email, calendar, and contacts, Outlook and mobile device setup. File collaboration training for OneDrive, SharePoint, and Microsoft Teams. Communications plan, champions network, and office hours during cutover week.

Detailed Scope Identity and Access: Microsoft Entra ID tenant configuration, domain verification, user/group provisioning, multifactor authentication, conditional access, single sign-on, and device registration. Mail, Calendar, and Contacts: Gmail to Microsoft Exchange Online migration, shared mailboxes, aliases, distribution lists, groups, resource mailboxes, calendar items, recurring meetings, room mailboxes, mail flow design. Files and Collaboration: Google My Drive to Microsoft OneDrive migration, Google Shared Drives to Microsoft SharePoint, link remediation, search optimization, Microsoft Teams enablement, chat migration advisement. Security and Compliance: Retention and records strategies in Microsoft Purview, data loss prevention, sensitivity labeling, eDiscovery, legal hold procedures, audit-ready documentation.

Assumptions and Prerequisites Licensed Microsoft 365 tenant available and accessible Administrative access to Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 tenants, DNS, and any third-party tools Source data in a supported state for export and migration Change window availability for DNS and cutover activities Project sponsor, IT lead, and business champions identified