Migrations & Systems

Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 migration.

From Gmail and Drive to Exchange, Teams and SharePoint — without your team losing a single day. We move mail, calendars, contacts, files and permissions in phases and fully tested, with a fallback option as a safety net.

Why this direction

When Microsoft 365 is the logical next step.

Google Workspace is a fine starting point: lightweight, fast and hassle-free. But many organisations eventually outgrow it. Clients and partners work in Teams and expect you to be there too. Quotes and reports lean on heavy Excel and Word work that never quite flows in Docs and Sheets. Or a major client sets requirements around device management and compliance that you can answer head-on with Intune, Entra ID and Purview.

Sound familiar? Then a switch to Microsoft 365 isn't a passing fad but a logical step. The main hurdle is the move itself — and that is exactly what we take off your hands. We run this migration as a project with a playbook: take inventory, run a pilot, sync in advance and only switch over once everything is tested. Still unsure which direction is right? Then start with our honest comparison Google Workspace vs Microsoft 365 — after all, we also migrate the other way around, so we have no stake in a predetermined outcome.

What comes along

From Google to Microsoft — structure, permissions and all.

Gmail → Exchange Online

Mail, calendars & contacts

Everything from Gmail and Google Calendar comes back in Outlook — including labels, which we translate into a tidy folder structure.

  • Email incl. labels → folders
  • Calendars & recurring appointments
  • Contacts & distribution lists
  • Shared & functional mailboxes
  • Forwarding rules & alias addresses
  • Signatures set up again
Drive → OneDrive & SharePoint

Files, Sites & permissions

Personal Drives go to OneDrive, Shared Drives to SharePoint or Teams — along with the access rights that go with them.

  • My Drive → OneDrive
  • Shared Drives → SharePoint / Teams
  • Google Sites → SharePoint pages
  • Docs/Sheets/Slides → Word/Excel/PowerPoint
  • Folder & permission structure
  • Users, groups & MFA setup
The step-by-step plan

A phased move, no big bang.

The essence of migrating without downtime: move as much data as possible in advance while Google Workspace is still running, test on a small group, and only make the final switch at a quiet moment. In short:

01

Inventory

Users, mailboxes, Shared Drives, integrations and licence choice per user group — the scope is fixed before we move anything.

02

Tenant & pilot

We set up the Microsoft 365 tenant (domain, MFA, SharePoint structure) and first migrate a representative test group.

03

Sync

We move Gmail and Drive across in bulk to Exchange and SharePoint in advance — translating labels into folders and Docs into Office formats, while everyone carries on working in Google as usual.

04

Cutover & aftercare

At a quiet moment outside working hours, mail switches over to Exchange after a final delta sync. Google Workspace stays available as a fallback; support and clean-up follow.

Want to know exactly what happens in each phase — including the pitfalls around shared mailboxes, permissions and mobile devices? Then read the full step-by-step plan for migrating to Microsoft 365 in our knowledge base.

How we work

Clear agreements, on paper up front.

Timing

Good moments to switch to Microsoft 365.

A switch can happen at any time, but in practice these triggers are the ones we see most.

A major client sets requirements around management or compliance

Clients asking for Intune device management, DLP or demonstrable data policy are often the direct trigger — with Microsoft 365 you can answer that head-on.

Your Google Workspace renewal is coming up

Switch before the annual renewal date of your Google licences and you won't pay for two environments at once.

Office work keeps getting stuck in Docs and Sheets

Heavy Excel models and Word templates that never quite flow in Google? The sooner you switch, the less there is to convert later on.

Everyone is already in Teams anyway

If clients and partners already meet via Teams, that's a logical starting point: the rest of the workplace naturally follows to Microsoft.

Looking further

The other direction, or beyond the switch?

Frequently asked questions

From Google to Microsoft: what you want to know.

How long does a migration from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 take?

For a small team there is usually one to two weeks between the inventory and the final switch-over. In this direction, the schedule is driven by converting Docs, Sheets and Slides to Office formats and translating Gmail labels into a tidy folder structure. Larger or more complex environments are phased over several weeks, starting with a pilot group.

What happens to our Google Docs and Sheets?

We bring them along. During the migration, Google documents are converted to the matching Office formats: Docs to Word, Sheets to Excel and Slides to PowerPoint. Very complex Sheets and Apps Script customisations sometimes need extra attention — we map those during the inventory beforehand, so nothing grinds to a halt after the switch.

Will our mail stay reachable during the switch?

Yes. We sync mailboxes in advance while Google Workspace keeps running, and we schedule the final switch-over outside working hours. A final delta sync picks up any mail that arrived in the meantime, and until the migration is final the old environment remains available as a fallback.

Do Shared Drives move to SharePoint?

Yes. Shared Drives move to SharePoint sites or Teams, personal Drives to OneDrive — including folder structure and access rights. Your team can carry on in SharePoint and OneDrive straight after the switch, without permissions having to be handed out again.

What does a migration from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 cost?

The price depends on the number of users, the amount of data and the complexity — think shared mailboxes, Shared Drives and connections to other systems. We work with a fixed project price based on a short inventory, so you know where you stand up front.

Get started

Ready to switch to Microsoft 365?

Book a no-obligation intro call — we'll look at your Google Workspace environment and sketch out a migration plan with zero downtime.

First a message, then a short video call, then a fixed-price proposal — you decide.