Migration software
Google Workspace Migration for Microsoft Outlook
Suggested in 3 of our migration playbooks, mainly for Email and domains and Google Workspace. Here is what it handles, how it treats key settings, and other tools for the same jobs.
What it handles
The limits of the built-in tools that Google Workspace Migration for Microsoft Outlook gets around, as covered in our playbooks.
Microsoft 365 to Google Workspace migration
- Plan on the data import tool, not Google Workspace MigrateLets users import their own email, calendar and contact data from an Outlook account or PST file. Admins can push it as an MSI, Google advises running only one GWMMO instance for each user, and accounts must exist first.
- Data import reads Exchange Online mailboxes, not PST files (Outlook data files) kept on PCs or file shares.Lets users import their own email, calendar and contacts from an Outlook account or PST file. Accounts must exist first.
How it handles key settings
From the settings checklists in our playbooks: what Google Workspace Migration for Microsoft Outlook carries across.
| Setting | How it handles it | Playbook |
|---|---|---|
| What the import moves, and what it leaves behind | From an Outlook PST file: mail, the default calendar and personal contacts. Not rules, tasks, standalone notes, signatures or categories. | cPanel email to Google Workspace migration |
| Folders, deleted mail and spam | Deleted items and junk mail are optional, and arrive in Trash and Spam. | cPanel email to Google Workspace migration |
| Large messages | Skips messages over 25 MB, and attachments Gmail blocks, in the same way. | cPanel email to Google Workspace migration |
| What the import moves, and what it leaves behind | From an Outlook PST file: mail, the default calendar and personal contacts. Not rules, tasks, standalone notes, signatures or categories. | IMAP email to Google Workspace migration |
| Folders, deleted mail and spam | Deleted items and junk mail are optional, and arrive in Trash and Spam. | IMAP email to Google Workspace migration |
| Large messages | Skips messages over 25 MB, and attachments Gmail blocks, in the same way. | IMAP email to Google Workspace migration |
| Archive mailboxes and PST files | Lets users import their own email, calendar and contacts from an Outlook account or PST file. The Google account must exist first, and Google advises running only one GWMMO instance per user. | Microsoft 365 to Google Workspace migration |
Tools for the same jobs
Other tools our playbooks suggest for the same migrations.
We write these notes from the vendor documentation cited in each playbook. Tools cannot pay to be included or to change them. Check the vendor's current documentation and terms before you buy.