How to Move 10K+ Users from Microsoft 365 to Google Workspace

When it comes to moving 10,000+ users from Microsoft 365 to Google Workspace, having a well-informed migration strategy is a must. By implementing proven migration methodologies, you can seamlessly migrate a large pool of users without causing any disruption or operational impact.

In this guide, we have shared some of the proven strategies to migrate more than 10,000 users from Microsoft 365 to Google Workspace (and between other cloud platforms).

1. Prepare the Scope of Migration

One of the first and the most important boxes to check when planning to move more than 10,00 Microsoft 365 users to Google Workspace is to prepare a detailed scope of work that includes all the items to be migrated, such as:

• Data types (files, folders, chat messages, emails, and calendar)
• Types of metadata to migrate
• Total number of hyperlinks to migrate
• Final count of users to migrate
• Total size of data to migrate

It is also equally important to review the SLA (service level agreement) to understand the type of support and assistance you will be receiving from the migration vendor you choose to work with.

2. Segregate Users Into Batches

It goes without saying that migrating 10,000+ users is a considerably large sized migration that’s riddled with challenges. And one of the best ways to manage such a large sized migration is to segregate the total number of users into equal batches and migrate them batch by batch.

This approach not only makes it easier for you to manage such a large pool of users but also eliminates API throttling risks, which, otherwise, can lead to downtime and significant disruption.

Here’s an example of creating a migration roadmap based on the several batches you create out of a large pool of users.

3. Check Available API Calls

The more the number of users and size of data to migrate, the more API calls you need for seamless execution. Therefore, it is important to make sure that Your organization has ample API calls available in both Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace licenses.

Make sure to check available API calls in both cloud platforms during the migration planning stage itself. Running out of API calls during the actual migration raises significant downtime risks.

4. Use Enterprise-Grade Instances

High performance migration is a non-negotiable when it comes to moving 10,000+ users from Microsoft 365 to Google workspace without any downtime or disruption. Make sure that the migration solution provider that you partner with uses high performance migration infrastructure to ensure seamless user, data, and metadata migration.

At CloudFuze, we use enterprise-grade instances with high performance configurations to make the entire process of moving 10,000+ users seamless and secure.

5. Validate After Each Batch’s Migration

To simplify the process of migrating a large pool of 10,000+ users, it is important to validate after the migration completion of each batch. This way, your IT team does not have to deal with a long list of users and data to validate after migration completion.

Here’s an example of this validation sequence:

Our advanced migration tool, CloudFuze Migrate, generates detailed migration reports that provide you with a clear picture of how many users are migrated, data size migrated, metadata and hyperlinks migrated, file and folder conflict status, and more

Move 10,000+ Microsoft 365 Users to Google Workspace Successfully

Leverage our industry-leading migration tool and proven migration methodologies to migrate more than 10,000 users from Microsoft 365 to Google Workspace without facing any downtime or security issues.

Contact us today for a free and no-obligation demo of our migration tool.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is the process for migrating users from Microsoft 365 to Google Workspace?

The best way to migrate a large number of users from Microsoft 365 to Google Workspace is to use a proven migration tool like CloudFuze Migrate and use proven user mapping methods like the CSV based mapping method.

2. What preparations should be made before migrating users from Microsoft 365 to Google Workspace?

Ensuring users are provisioned, scope of work is created, service level agreements are met, admin login credentials are ready (for cloud adding), users are accurately mapped, are some of the preparations to make before migrating users from Microsoft 365 to Google Workspace.

3. Which migration tool is the best for 10,000+ users?

CloudFuze Migrate is the best migration tool for migrating 10,000+ users from one cloud platform to another as it has a proven record of helping some of the world’s largest organizations migrate thousands of users and petabytes of data without any security risks or downtime.