Tuesday, March 5, 2019

G Suite Migrate, new first-party data transfer product, launching in beta

What’s Changing 

We’re launching G Suite Migrate in beta. This new first-party product will help admins assess and plan migration projects, and confidently migrate large amounts of valuable content directly into G Suite. G Suite Migrate is built on the technology from Google Cloud’s AppBridge acquisition in 2017.

Who’s impacted 

Admins only

Why you’d use it 

With G Suite Migrate, you’ll be able to securely migrate large amounts of your organization's data, making the transition to G Suite even easier. Specifically, G Suite Migrate will provide assistance with:
  • Assessment - Quickly scan source environments to help accurately plan for key project milestones and watch points 
  • Migration - Quickly migrate valuable data from a variety of sources (see below) 
  • Tracking - Quickly identify project progress and health with detailed aggregate and granular logging functionality 

How to get started 



Additional details 

To prevent disruption to end-user productivity, G Suite Migrate maintains a high level of fidelity for migrated content from supported sources: Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, and File Shares. The following versions will be supported as part of this beta:

  • Exchange: Exchange 2010, 2013, 2016, and Office 365. 
  • Sharepoint: SharePoint 2010, 2013, 2016, SharePoint Online, and OneDrive for Business. 
  • File Shares: Windows File Servers, NAS, SAN, Network Shares, and NFS repositories. 

Availability 


  • G Suite editions G Suite Business, G Suite Enterprise, G Suite Enterprise for Education, and Drive Enterprise customers are eligible to register for the G Suite Migrate beta program. 
  • Not available to G Suite Basic, G Suite for Education, and G Suite for Nonprofits.


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