Technical deployment guides

Additional help with Google Workspace setup & management

Use the following PDF guides to access additional information when you're setting up and managing your organization's Google Workspace account.

Note: The PDFs are available only in English.

Data migration guides

Migrate user data from your old environment to Google Workspace.
Google Workspace Migrate: Data migration best practices Plan large-scale migrations of user data (email messages, calendars, files, and so on) to Google Workspace using Google Workspace Migrate.
Google Workspace Migration for Microsoft Exchange (GWMME) Migrate your users' mail, contacts, and calendar events directly from Microsoft Exchange, Novell, GroupWise, Cyrus, Courier, Dovecot, and other RFC 3501-compliant IMAP servers.
Google Workspace Migration for HCL Notes (GWMHN)

Migrate users' mail, contacts, and calendar events directly from an HCL Notes server.

Google has announced that it will shut down GWMHN and discontinue product support and maintenance on November 20, 2024. 

You can also find more information on all of Google Workspace's migration products in these Help Center articles: Google Workspace migration product matrix and Migrate your organization’s data to Google Workspace.

User provisioning guide

Set up your users and synchronize their data and passwords with your existing LDAP servers.
Best Practices for Managing Identities When You Move to Google Cloud Manage identities as a Google Cloud, Google Workspace, and Cloud Identity admin when you move to Google Cloud.

Networking guide

Determine the best approach for complex networks or multiple domains (for medium to large organizations).
Google Workspace Networking Best Practices for Large Deployments Optimize your large-scale IP network for Google Workspace. Intended for admins of complex, globally distributed networks. Admins of smaller networks might also find this information useful.

Security guides

Make your Google Workspace environment safer.
How to mitigate ransomware risks for Google Workspace documents Reduce ransomware and crypto-locking risks for your Google Workspace documents.
Zero trust best practices guide for U.S. public sector agencies Align your Google Workspace deployment with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
Security Agency (CISA) Zero Trust Maturity Model.
Google Workspace AI classification Learn about Google's approach to data classification and how AI classification works for Google Drive.

Google Workspace coexistence guides

Select the best coexistence scenario for your situation (for medium to large organizations).
Calendar Interop in Hybrid Setup with Microsoft Exchange and Exchange Online Set up Calendar Interoperability between on-premises Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Online, and Google Workspace. The goal is to help users find the free/busy status of other users between the different systems.
Google Workspace & Microsoft Office 365 coexistence overview Understand how Google Workspace can coexist with Microsoft Office 365. Learn how to use and customize services and settings for mail, calendar, chat, video meetings, device management, and many others.


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