Supported & unsupported features

Review the tables below for information on what features are supported and unsupported when you're running a Google Workspace to Google Workspace migration using Google Workspace Migrate.

Gmail  |  Calendar  |  Drive  |  Contacts  |  Groups  |  Other types of data

Gmail

Supported Gmail features	Notes & monitoring points
Messages Attachments Filters and blocked addresses Email delegation POP & IMAP settings	Messages in Trash and Spam are skipped.
Labels and label structure	Monitoring point: Label colors
Signature	The default signature for the primary Gmail account is migrated. Monitoring point: You must also use an identity mapping (map the source user to the target user). For details, go to Create & manage an identity mapping.
Stars	Only the default star color and shape is migrated.
Forwarding settings	Forwarding to an external domain is not preserved. Monitoring point: Email forwarding
Drive attachments and hyperlinks	Drive attachments and hyperlinks in messages are unaltered during a migration. They continue to link to the original content.
Scheduled send status	The message is migrated, but you must reschedule it manually.

Unsupported Gmail features

• Messages in Trash and Spam
• Forwarding to an external domain
• Send as settings
• Snooze status
• Signatures from nonprimary Gmail addresses
• Migration to Google Groups

Calendar

Supported Google Calendar features	Notes & monitoring points
Primary and secondary calendars
Calendar events (including recurring calendar events)	Events are migrated even if the creator or organizer of the event is outside of your organization.
Calendar event attachments	If the Drive item is also migrated, Google Workspace Migrate reattaches the item to the event.
Calendar permissions	Permissions to share calendars with users, groups, organizations, and the public are migrated.
Calendar resources	You must first create the calendar resources  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.

Unsupported Calendar features

• Events (external domain aliases)
• Video and audio conferencing links in events
• Extended properties
• Google Meet links
• Reminders
• Deleted Calendar events

Drive

Supported Google Drive features	Notes & monitoring points
Drive folder structures Files and file versions outside of the Google ecosystem (.docx, .pdf, and so on)
Sharing permissions	Monitoring point: General access options & target audiences
Orphaned Drive files	Monitoring point: Orphaned content
Drive platform-specific files and comments	Supported Drive platform-specific files are: Google Docs Google Sheets Google Slides Google Forms Google Drawings Jamboard Monitoring points: Forms Comments in Google Docs files
Drive folder and file metadata	Modified date and last modified user metadata is preserved for folders and files.
Drive sharing for external users	Monitoring point: Content shared with users outside of your organization
Externally owned files	Monitoring point: Externally owned files in a user's My Drive
Shared drives	Monitoring point: Mapping shared drives

Unsupported Drive features

• Google platform file revisions (for example, revisions of Sheets and Docs)
• Migration from shared drives to My Drive
• Drive stars
• Links within Drive files
• Files and folders in Trash
• Folder colors
• Shared drive background images
• Descriptions attached to files and folders
• Custom application properties
• Drive shortcuts

Contacts

Supported Google Contacts features	Notes & monitoring points
Personal contacts Contact groups

Unsupported Contacts features

• Stars
• Other contacts (not supported from Google Workspace Migrate version 2.4.2.0 or later)

Groups

Supported Google Groups features	Notes & monitoring points
Groups	Monitoring point: Groups
Members	Roles are migrated.
Settings: Group description Who can see group Who can join group Who can post Who can view conversations Who can view members	Monitoring point: Other settings, including member privacy, posting policies, email options, and member moderation are skipped. To manually update the settings, go to Update group details.

Unsupported Google Groups features

• Group email history and archive
• Member subscription preferences, pending members, and ban status
• Migration from Gmail

Other types of data

Other supported types of Google data	Notes & monitoring points
Google Tasks Lists	Tasks are migrated as part of Gmail data. To do so, you must turn on the setting in the settings template. For details, review Migrate Mail content. Monitoring points: Only the primary recurring task is migrated. Email links in tasks aren't migrated. The date of the task is migrated but not the start time.

Other unsupported features

• Classroom
• Currents
• Google Apps Script
• Google Chat (Chat contacts and history)
• Google Hangouts
• Google Keep
• Google My Maps
• Google Sites
• Google Vault
• Google Workspace user license assignments
• Third-party licenses

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