From Gmail and Drive to a Managed Microsoft 365
Switching from Gmail and Drive to Outlook, Teams and OneDrive changes how your staff work every day. Ceifa delivers the move with Regroove, our sister consultancy, then stays on as your managed IT provider, so the questions in week two and month six have somewhere to go.
What changes, and who helps with it
A route the group knows
Gmail, Drive and Calendar into Microsoft 365 is familiar ground, including setups where a Google domain and a separately hosted domain are combined into one tenant.
Old email stays searchable
Past Gmail messages are brought into Outlook, so staff can still find last year’s quote or contract after the switch.
Files in a sensible home
Personal files go to OneDrive and shared ones to SharePoint, with folders and sharing reviewed rather than copied blindly.
Secured to our baseline
MFA, conditional access and Defender are set before anyone signs in, using the same baseline every managed client gets.
Help with new habits
Outlook and OneDrive behave differently from Gmail and Drive. Our helpdesk takes the how-do-I questions for as long as your staff have them.
On site from Burnaby
Our Burnaby team can be in your Vancouver office on switch-over day to help people sign in and find their files.
From Google to managed Microsoft 365
List what is in Google
Every Gmail account, shared drive and calendar in scope, plus the sharing that people rely on day to day.
Ready the new tenant
Licences, the security baseline and file locations are set up in Microsoft 365 before any data moves.
Copy data ahead of time
Mail, files and calendars copy across in batches, so the final step on switch-over day is small.
Switch the domain
MX and DNS records change in a planned window, and mail delivery is tested right after.
Settle in with support
Staff get a short walkthrough of Outlook, Teams and OneDrive, then call our helpdesk for anything after that.
Questions about leaving Google Workspace
Moving from something other than Google? Read about moving to Microsoft 365 in Vancouver or about moving servers to the cloud with managed support.
Other Vancouver area services
Microsoft 365 Support Vancouver
Day to day Microsoft 365 management from our Burnaby team: helpdesk, licences, a security baseline and monthly reports.
Learn moreMoving to Microsoft 365 in Vancouver
A planned move into Microsoft 365, delivered with Regroove and supported by our helpdesk from the first morning.
Learn moreSharePoint Support Vancouver
Everyday SharePoint support: access requests, file restores and sharing checks, with bigger builds delivered with Regroove.
Learn moreFile Server to SharePoint Vancouver
File servers moved into SharePoint with Regroove, then permissions and sharing kept in order as part of managed IT.
Learn moreMicrosoft Teams Administration Vancouver
Teams support for Vancouver staff: calls, meetings and channels, plus regular housekeeping that keeps sprawl down.
Learn moreIntune Device Management Vancouver
Laptops and phones enrolled, patched and kept compliant through Intune, managed by our team in Burnaby.
Learn moreManaged IT Services Vancouver
Helpdesk, monitoring and on-site support for one flat monthly fee per user, from our team in Burnaby.
Learn moreCybersecurity Services Vancouver
One security baseline across identity, email and devices, monitored as part of managed IT and reported on monthly.
Learn morePower Automate Support Vancouver
Approval and notification flows built with Regroove, then kept running and supported as part of managed IT.
Learn moreReady to switch off Google Workspace?
Book a free call. We will ask how your team uses Gmail and Drive today and explain how the switch, and the support after it, would run.