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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 that you need to get started with Google Workspace.

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De-mystify 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.

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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 to achieve its goals – from adopting more secure tools to uncovering new ways to collaborate and get work done.

In collaboration with your Google Accounts Team and implementation partner, you will define your goals and a phased timeline to get the most out of your migration.

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Step 2: Prepare your data and teams

Working with your Google Accounts Team and implementation partner, you will create your organisation's technical migration and change management plans. Together, you will analyse your organisation'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.

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Step 3: Go live with Google Workspace

Build excitement with your employees to celebrate the transition and offer support.

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Step 4: Create a sustainable new way of working

Using your change management plan as a blueprint, help your employees to work with confidence. This could include tactics such as a Google Guides or champions programme, office hours, learning resources and more.

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Integrate, customise 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.

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Customer stories

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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.

Adam Nerell, CIO, Humana
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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.

Kim Anstett, CIO, Trellix
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In 2015, we made the decision to adopt Google Workspace as our collaboration suite. Now, everyone from the C-suite to the post room at Colgate has a Google Workspace account and uses it daily.

Mitch Cohen, Director of Collaboration, Colgate-Palmolive
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From day one, we saw the value of enhanced efficiency and communication with Workspace.

Stephen Toups, CEO, Turner Industries
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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 that we offer our citizens.

Giacomo Angeloni, Councilor for Innovation, Comune di Bergamo
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Argentina's second-largest bank migrated 7,700 employees in 460 branches to Google Workspace in 4 months. Now, Banco Macro uses Google Workspace as a foundation for cross-organisational collaboration.

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Resources

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Explore our implementation partners

Find the right partner for your migration.

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Forrester: How Workspace can deliver a 336% ROI

Read the blog summarising the Forrester Total Economic Impact™ of Google Workspace study.

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Change management methodology

Learn about the four key work streams of managing change – from go-live day and beyond.

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Workspace change management guide

Access our guide for long-term success with Workspace.

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Help Centre migration resources

Discover our data migration tools and documentation.

Visit Help Centre
Icon of the globe and a magnifying glass
Explore our implementation partners

Find the right partner for your migration.

Learn more
Upward trending arrow
Forrester: How Workspace can deliver a 336% ROI

Read the blog summarising the Forrester Total Economic Impact™ of Google Workspace study.

Read the blog
Fast forward icon
Change management methodology

Learn about the four key work streams of managing change – from go-live day and beyond.

Read the blog
Book icon
Workspace change management guide

Access our guide for long-term success with Workspace.

Read the blog
Question mark icon
Help Centre migration resources

Discover our data migration tools and documentation.

Visit Help Centre

Frequently asked questions

Take a look at our FAQ to learn more.

  • Customers often benefit from starting the process one to two 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.

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  • Google Workspace offers many first-party integration tools to help with existing systems. For example, legacy Office editor files can be accessed and modified. In addition, the Google Chrome Web Store has third-party integrations and add-ons that are easy to install and manage for the entire organisation. Google API access is also available for unique custom applications if needed.

  • The number of months that it takes can vary by organisation, 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).

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  • To be well prepared for the transition to Google Workspace, focus on change activities for end users. Google maintains a Learning Centre for end users to learn by product, including 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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