G Suite to Office 365 migration – Complete Guide

This post includes a complete guide on migrating emails from G Suite to Office 365. We offer a manual as well as a professional solution to users to migrate G Suite/Google Apps to Office 365. Before jump to the solution, let us know the reasons behind this migration.

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Why need to migrate from G Suite to Office 365?

G Suite is suitable for small businesses while Office 365 is better for large-scale business firms that use desktop application to collaborate with cloud productivity apps.

One major factor behind this migration is Office 365 provides facility to work with MS Office Suite applications like Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. that can be used to work offline and later on synchronize to cloud apps.
Office 365 offers a wide range of subscription plans as compared to G Suite so that organizations can choose the best plan for them with Office 365.
Office 365 offers a wide range of subscription plans as compared to G Suite so that organizations can choose the best plan for them with Office 365.

Methods to migrate Google Apps to Office 365

Two methods are available to migrate G Suite mailboxes to Office 365.

Manual method
Third-party automated solution

Steps of the manual solution to migrate G Suite mailboxes to O365

Sign in as admin user in Office 365 account
For the migration, check that the domain is owned by yourself.
Add single or multiple users using CSV file
Get the user list from G Suite account
Connect Office 365 with G Suite accounts
Create a batch and start the migration
Now, update DNS records
Wait for updated in records and step synchronization

These are the basic steps involved in migrating G Suite emails to Office 365 with the manual solution.

Problems with manual solution to export G Suite to O365

Users do not find the manual solution a better option due to various reasons like –

It is tough to understand the process of manual process
Complex task and can’t be executed without technical expertise
Lengthy and time-consuming process
No assurance of safe and accurate results

Third-party tool to migrate from G Suite to Office 365

You have seen that the manual solution is difficult to execute therefore automated solution is required. Mail Migration Tool will easily help you to migrate selected mailboxes from G Suite into Office 365. Moreover, its simplified interface creates no problem for you to execute the steps. Without any kind of confusion and having full safety of your data, unlimited data is migrated to Office 365 from G suite account.

Here are some of the highlights of this software –

Straight-forward migration of G Suite emails to Office 365 with attachments
Instant and easy process of migration
Keep mailbox hierarchy and email components intact
Allow migrating filtered data to Office 365 from G Suite
Export mailboxes from G Suite to O365 independently
Facility to try the free trial before investing in the software

Steps of exporting G Suite mailboxes to O365 via software

Download and Install the software on your Windows PC.
Add login details of G Suite account and click on Authenticate button
Now, provide login details of Office 365 account and also authenticate the account
Select the desired folder or all folders of G Suite account for migration. You can apply filters to export selected items from G Suite account.
Select a new folder or choose the targeted folder so that the data from G Suite is migrated to respective folders in Office 365 account.
To begin the process of migration, hit Process Now.

Summing Up

You have met with two different solutions to migrate G Suite mailboxes to Office 365. Looking at the drawbacks of the manual process, we suggest you to go with the automated solution that is not only safe but also offers a lot of benefits to make the migration process smooth and easy for all.