Master Google Workspace Delta Migration to Microsoft 365

Are you worried about missing data during your migration? Not anymore! With Delta Migration, you can rest assured that your Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 migration is smooth, fast, and up-to-date. Delta migration only migrates new or modified data—new emails, updated files, and calendar events—so your systems stay in sync without delay. This incremental approach makes your migration quicker and more cost-effective.

Delta migration is one of CloudFuze’s top features for businesses moving large amounts of data (PBs and TBs). This process allows your team to keep working in your existing Google Workspace environment while your data is being migrated to Microsoft 365. It ensures zero downtime and continuous productivity, which is crucial for businesses that can’t afford to hold off working during a migration.

What is Delta Migration?

Delta migration is a smart way of moving only the changes made after the initial migration. Instead of moving all the data again, it syncs only the new or modified data, which reduces the time and resources required for the migration. This is especially useful when moving from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 as it ensures only the updates are transferred without duplicating data.

Delta Migration: Google Workspace to Microsoft 365

Let’s understand with an example:

Suppose your business wants to migrate files from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365. You’ve already migrated your emails, Google Drive files, contacts, and calendar events. Now ,your team is still working in Google Workspace, receiving new emails, editing documents, and adding calendar events.

However, these new changes don’t automatically sync with Microsoft 365 (Outlook, SharePoint, OneDrive, etc.) during the initial migration. Here’s how Delta Migration captures those updates:

All your existing data – emails, files, contacts, and calendar events – are moved from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365. After the initial migration, your team continues to work in Google Workspace, creating new files, sending new emails, and updating documents. Those changes aren’t automatically reflected in Microsoft 365.

When Delta Migration is triggered, only the updated or new data – emails received in Gmail or files modified in Google Drive – will be moved to Microsoft 365. The system will detect what’s changed since the initial migration and only move those files or emails.

For example, if a user receives 50 new emails in Google Workspace Gmail, those will now be migrated to Microsoft Outlook.

Likewise, any updated or new files in Google Drive will be moved to OneDrive for Business.

This prevents data duplication and minimizes migration time and disruption.

Delta Migration Process

Delta migration kicks in after the one-time migration is complete. After that, CloudFuze Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 migration tool schedules the delta migration to migrate any changes or updates made during the migration process. We schedule delta migrations for weekends to minimize the impact on your workday.

What Gets Migrated in Delta Migration?

During delta migration, when a business transfers from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365, CloudFuze moves only the updated or changed data from the source cloud—Google Workspace. This could be:

• New files added to Google Drive
• Modifications or deletions of existing files
• New emails received in Gmail
• Updated calendar events

How long does Delta Migration take?

Since delta migration only moves the updated data, it’s faster than the one-time migration. Time depends on the amount of changes and number of users in the source cloud. Since Delta Migration doesn’t move entire datasets, it’s a faster and more efficient way.

How much does Delta Migration cost?

Delta migration is included as a feature for all CloudFuze customers. Cost depends on your company’s specific migration needs. Contact us today to see how CloudFuze can make your migrations from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 easy and painless!

In summary, Delta Migration is the way to ensure your migration is accurate, fast, and seamless. By only moving new or changed data, businesses can migrate to Microsoft 365 without losing any critical data and avoid delays.

Contact CloudFuze today to know more about delta migration when transferring Google Workspace to Microsoft 365.