Review the tables below for information on what features are supported and unsupported when migrating from Microsoft Exchange using Google Workspace Migrate.
Email | Calendar | Other types of data
| Supported email features | Destination on target account & monitoring points |
|---|---|
| Email messages | Gmail messages
Monitoring point: Date headers in email |
| Shared (delegated) mailboxes | Group and user's inboxes |
| Group mailboxes | Group inboxes
Monitoring point: Migrating to Google Groups |
| Folders & folder hierarchies | Labels and label hierarchies (all folders are supported including Drafts, Trash, and Spam)
Monitoring point: Migrating folders to labels |
| Mail categories | Labels (Only categories that are in use are migrated)
Monitoring point: Label colors |
| Priorities & importance level | Gmail: Importance (High importance messages only)
Monitoring point: Normal and Low importance messages migrated without annotation. |
| Attachments | Gmail attachments
Monitoring point: Large attachments |
| Archived mail | Gmail or Google Vault
Monitoring point: You can choose how you want your archived content to appear in Google Workspace by using the Include mail in In-Place Archives option. For details, go to Migrate Exchange content. |
Settings:
|
Gmail: Filters, signatures, vacation responder, forwarding.
Monitoring point: Exchange email filters |
Unsupported email features
- Settings:
- Send as
- Delegation (For details, go to Set up delegated mailbox settings in Gmail)
- Follow-up flags
- Mailboxes in legal hold
Calendar
| Supported calendar features | Destination on target account & monitoring points |
|---|---|
| Calendars (primary and secondary) | Google Calendar |
| Reminders | Calendar reminders |
| Calendar events (internal and external events) | Calendar
Monitoring point: If more than approximately 700 recurrences are scheduled, events might stop showing up in Calendar. |
| Attendee responses | Monitoring point: Responses can be disabled to improve migration performance. |
| Attachments | Google Drive (link embedded in Calendar event)
Monitoring point: Outlook items, such as emails and tasks, are attached as .eml files. |
| Calendar resources | Monitoring point: Calendar resources must first be created manually or by bulk import in the target account. Then, their calendars and event associations can be migrated. For details, go to Set up a calendar resource migration. |
| Calendar permissions | Monitoring point: Sharing permissions are only migrated for users that are marked in Exchange as People inside your organization. |
Unsupported calendar features
- Calendar notes
- Deleted Calendar events
Other supported features
| Other data | Destination on target account & monitoring points |
|---|---|
| Groups
Public folders |
Google Groups
Monitoring point: Groups |
| Contacts
Contact notes |
Google Contacts |
| Contact folders | Contact groups |
| Tasks | Google Tasks
Monitoring point: Tasks |
Other unsupported features
- Microsoft 365 Groups
- Contact groups (formerly known as distribution groups)
- Contact photos
- Exchange Notes
- Public folders (document data)
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