To migrate Microsoft 365 accounts to Google Workspace Drive accounts you need to create migration sync pairs for all Microsoft 365 users and for all Microsoft 365 SharePoint folders:
- migrate individual user OneDrives to Google Drives (their private data and shared folders created by them)
- migrate individual users’ mailboxes to Google Workspace Gmail
- migrate SharePoint Document Libraries into Google Shared Drives
The setup steps are as follows:
- install cloudHQ on Google Workspace domain
- install cloudHQ on Microsoft 365 domain
- create sync pairs to migrate users’ OneDrive accounts to Google Drive accounts
- create sync pairs to migrate users’ Microsoft 365 mailboxes to Google Workspace Gmail
- create sync pairs to migrate SharePoint Document Libraries to Google Shared Drives
Install cloudHQ on your Google Workspace domain
The instructions on how to install cloudHQ on your Google Workspace domain are here: https://support.cloudhq.net/how-to-install-cloudhq-to-your-google-apps-domain/.
Install cloudHQ on your Microsoft 365 domain
The instructions on how to install cloudHQ on your Office 365 domain are here: https://support.cloudhq.net/it-admin-how-to-install-cloudhq-to-your-office-365-domain/.
Migrate users’ OneDrive accounts to Google Drive accounts
First, you need to set up the migration for your users’ OneDrive accounts. This means that OneDrive files of Microsoft 365 user1 will migrate to into Google Drive accounts for user1, OneDrive files of Microsoft 365 user1 will be migrated to the Google Drive account of user2, etc. Also, all sharing done by user1 in Microsoft 365 OneDrive will be replicated to Google Drive. So you need to create one-way sync pairs that look like this:
Microsoft 365 OneDrive (bob@acme.com) -> Google Drive (bob@acme.com) Microsoft 365 OneDrive (alice@acme.com) -> Google Drive (alice@acme.com) Microsoft 365 OneDrive (chad@acme.com) -> Google Drive (chad@acme.com) ...
The above sync pairs will create one-way sync of each Microsoft 365 OneDrive account to a corresponding Google Drive account (Microsoft 365 OneDrive account bob@acme.com will be migrated to Google Drive account bob@acme.com, Microsoft 365 OneDrive account alica@acme.com will be migrated to Google Drive account alice@acme.com, and so on). The data will be migrated, and it will also be kept in sync, allowing you a seamless transition.
cloudHQ will also replicate all sharing information and permissions from Microsoft 365 OneDrive account to Google Drive.
It is important that created sync pair have the following:
- All sync pairs must have the following setting:
- Sync only files I own (skip all files and folders which are shared with me) must be enabled
This means that sync pair for user bob@acme.com will migrate only and only Microsoft 365 OneDrive files and folders owned by bob@acme.com. - Replicate sharing meta-data must be enabled
This means that the sync pair for user bob@acme.com will also migrate sharing metadata when a file or folder is migrated (copied) from Microsoft 365 OneDrive to Google Drive. So if file X is shared with alice@acme.com on Microsoft 365 OneDrive then file X will be shared with alice@acme.com on Google Drive.
- Sync only files I own (skip all files and folders which are shared with me) must be enabled
- All sync pairs must have the following two options disabled:
Sync Google Shared Drives (Business Plan required)
And here is how to create sync pairs:
- Go to https://www.cloudhq.net/multi_setup_wizard?prompt_auth=true and click on Microsoft 365 icon::
- Click Switch to Migrate button:
- Click on the Microsoft 365 OneDrive icon and then select users you want to migrate:
- Click the Google Drive icon and then verify sync pairs:
- Click “Finish” to start the sync.
- Do not change the settings of the created sync pairs since it is important that created sync pairs have the following:
- All sync pairs must have Sync only files I own (skip all files and folders which are shared with me) enabled
- All sync pairs must have the following two options disabled:
Sync Google Shared Drives (Business Plan required)
Migrate users’ Microsoft 365 mailboxes to Google Workspace
Now you need o set up the migration for your users’ mailboxes. So you need to create one-way sync pairs that look like this:
Microsoft 365 Mail (bob@acme.com) -> Gmail (bob@acme.com) Microsoft 365 Mail (alice@acme.com) -> Gmail (alice@acme.com) Microsoft 365 Mail (chad@acme.com) -> Gmail (chad@acme.com) ...
The above sync pairs will migrate all emails and Microsoft 365 Mail folders. And the emails will also be kept in sync, allowing you a seamless transition.
And here is how to create sync pairs:
- Go to https://www.cloudhq.net/multi_setup_wizard?prompt_auth=true and click on Microsoft 365 icon::
- Click Switch to Migrate button:
- Click on the Microsoft 365 Mail icon and then select users you want to migrate:
- Click the Google Gmail icon and then verify sync pairs:
- Click “Finish” to start the sync.
Migrating Microsoft 365 SharePoint Libraries to Google Shared Drive folders
If you decide to migrate Microsoft 365 SharePoint Document Libraries to the Google Drive Shared Drives then you need also to create additional sync pairs that will map these document libraries to Google Shared Drives folders.
To set up migration from Microsoft 365 SharePoint Document Libraries to the Google Drive Shared Drives, the admin needs to create single-user sync pairs from document libraries to the Google Share Drives.
Microsoft 365 SharePoint (admin@acme.com)/Site_HR/Documents -> Google Drive (admin@acme.com)/Team Drives/HR Microsoft 365 SharePoint (admin@acme.com)/Site_Production/Documents -> Google Drive (admin@acme.com)/Team Drives/Production Microsoft 365 SharePoint (admin@acme.com)/Site_Projects/Documents -> Google Drive (admin@acme.com)/Team Drives/Projects ...
The instruction on how to migrate Microsoft 365 SharePoint Document Library to Google Shared Drive are here: https://support.cloudhq.net/it-admin-how-to-migrate-office365-sharepoint-document-libraru-to-google-workspace-shared-drive/