Google Workspace and Microsoft Office 365 Migration Service

Any business- regardless of size, is most likely to opt for a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform like Google Workspace (previously known as G Suite) and Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) due to the following benefits:

Migrating to cloud-based applications can be the best decision you make for your business, as they provide constant availability, universal accessibility, and seamless integration. Though it may seem daunting initially, rest assured that we will support and guide you every step of the way. In fact, you may already be familiar with Microsoft’s applications such as Outlook (for email, contacts, and calendar) and Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, or their equivalents offered by Google, mailboxes including Gmail, Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Calendar, and many more apps.

Google Workspace guarantees a 99.9% service level agreement (SLA), which it usually surpasses.

Through the Admin console, Google Workspace/G Suite apps enables you to manage all aspects from a single location, including user and group additions, security settings configuration (such as 2-factor authentication), custom domain additions, and feature activation, like Inbox by Google for your employees.

Google Workspace is developed on the Google Cloud Platform, which is recognized for having the most advanced security features in the industry.

Google Workspace provides encryption for email while it is in transit.

Gmail has a better compatibility with third-party applications.

Your end-users are likely already familiar with Gmail and other tools such as Google Drive, Calendar, and Keep, meaning that the learning curve will be minimal. Overall, Google Workspace provides an all-in-one cloud services for email hosting, storage, and file share that is suitable for any contemporary small business seeking managed services.

Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) provides enhanced functionalities across commonly used applications, as it is integrated with Microsoft Office.

It features robust security, compliance, administration capabilities, permissions and supports integration with other services.

Microsoft 365 offers convenient collaboration capabilities with tools like Microsoft Teams, Groups, Yammer, Delve, Planner, and Power BI.

Moreover, it includes advanced virus protection, rights management, and performance monitoring features.

Microsoft 365 is a natural choice for businesses that primarily use Windows-based systems.

While Google Workspace is designed as a cloud-based suite of tools, Microsoft 365 offers both desktop and cloud versions of their products. Many business users are drawn to the feature-packed desktop versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other applications, which appear more advanced than their Google Workspace equivalents. Although cloud availability is present, numerous businesses still prefer creating, editing, and sharing files locally, necessitating the need for desktop applications, making Microsoft 365 the go-to option.

Stalled Migration:

Many organizations start their cloud migration without evaluating their current deployment’s state, thus overestimating their internal IT specialist’s abilities or underestimating the migration process’s complexity. These lapses can cause an Office 365 migration project to stall. If you are facing such challenges, don’t hesitate to reach out to LevelUp MSP to complete your migration promptly and successfully.

Disrupted On-Premises and Cloud Environments:

Hybrid migration necessitates comprehensive knowledge of both on-premises and cloud deployments and monitors attention to every migration detail. Mistakes in hybrid migration can lead to authentication issues, synchronization difficulties, and poor performance of both environments. Our team will help you avoid these obstacles and ensure trouble-free user work in a migrated hybrid solution.

Failed Migration of Custom Solutions:

Migrating custom on-premises solutions can be a stumbling block in your cloud migration project. In most cases, migrating custom solutions requires additional development to customize, reset, or redevelop existing customizations from scratch to align them with cloud environment requirements. Our developers can easily handle these tasks.

Security and Compliance Issues:

For many companies, Office 365 migration entails several security and compliance concerns. By choosing LevelUp MSP as a migration partner, organizations can be confident that their cloud and hybrid solutions will align with Microsoft’s best practices and comply with industry standards and corporate policies.

Office 365 User Adoption:

Poor user adoption can undermine your migration project, regardless if the migration itself was successful. To prevent rejection of a new solution and its low usage, our Office 365 consultants conduct training sessions for various user groups and provide hands-on recommendations on how to use Office 365 for collaboration, project management, content management, and other critical processes.