Considering a move from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 (or back)
In NL SMB, M365 dominates and the average hire knows Outlook better than Gmail. The other way around, Workspace is stronger when teams are fully browser-based and live in Drive and Docs.
Try this first
- 1Map where everyone sits: mailbox size, shared drives, calendar delegations
- 2Build a test tenant and migrate one department first, not the whole org at once
- 3Use a migration tool (BitTitan, MigrationWiz, CloudM) for mailboxes and files, not IMAP export
- 4Plan a two to four week parallel period where the old tenant stays readable
When to bring us in
For shared mailboxes, distribution lists, or legacy public folders, map who actually uses them first. Half can usually be cleaned out before migrating.
See also
- Everyone logs in with the AWS root accountRoot is for emergencies and billing. Day-to-day work belongs in IAM users or SSO.
- Every developer has AdministratorAccessAdministratorAccess everywhere is convenient now, painful later. Start with role-based policies.
- Everyone has individual IAM users with their own passwordIdentity Center (formerly AWS SSO) links to your IdP and issues temporary credentials per session.
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