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Has anyone migrated from one Google Workspace to another after a company merger?
Hi all,
Our company recently went through a merger and we now have two separate Google Workspace accounts that need to be consolidated into one.
I need to move everything across, emails, contacts, calendars and tasks, for all users without anything getting lost in the process.
Honestly not sure where to begin. Google's native tools seem limited for something like this and I don't want to start without a solid plan.
Has anyone gone through a similar consolidation? How did you handle it and is there anything you wish you had known before starting?
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I've been through a fair few of these consolidations over the years, and two Workspace accounts merging into one is always the trickier sort if you don't map it out first. Last time it came up we went with EdbMails. There's no third-party caching, so the data moves straight between the two accounts. It's SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO certified and covers GDPR and HIPAA, which tends to be the first thing legal asks about the moment a merger is on the table.
Mail, contacts, calendars, and tasks all came across without much fuss. The folder structure held together and nothing went missing on either account, which was honestly my biggest worry going in. Support held up as well. It's 24/7, and we actually reached a real person on live chat to clear up a couple of questions. All in all, well worth it for a Google Workspace migration.We recently assisted with a similar Google Workspace consolidation after a company merger. The biggest lesson was to spend time planning before starting the migration. Verify user accounts, storage requirements, domain settings, and decide whether you'll migrate everyone at once or in phases.
For the actual migration, using a dedicated migration tool makes the process much easier, especially when you need to preserve mailbox folders, contacts, calendars, and other mailbox data. We had a good experience using the EdbMails Google Workspace Migration Tool because it supports direct Google Workspace-to-Google Workspace migration and allows incremental migrations. That means if new emails arrive after the initial migration, you can rerun the job to migrate only the changes instead of starting over.
Yes, Google provides official pathways for consolidating two Google Workspace environments after a merger, but the approach depends on whether you want a full domain transfer (handled by Google Cloud Professional Services) or a manual merge using the Data Migration Service and domain management tools, knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/domains/transfer-your-domain-to-another-host
