Google Chat is making it easy for you to ditch Microsoft Teams

Date:
Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:03:00 +0000

Description:
Google is making it even easier for you to ditch Microsoft Teams with its
chat migration service.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Google admins can now migrate Microsoft Teams channels data to Chat Customization, including date ranges, is supported Its available to all Google Workspace subscribers now

Google has launched a new offensive in the online collaboration market with a new service making it easier to migrate Microsoft Teams conversations into
its own Chat service.

Were expanding our data migration experience to include the ability for
Google Workspace admins to migrate conversations from channels in Microsoft Teams to spaces in Google Chat," the company noted in a Google Workspace updates blog post announcing the news.

The hope that that businesses can deploy Google Chat more easily by experiencing less downtime during the transition. Teams-to-Chat migration is now even easier

Within the Chat migration menu of Google Chat, admins can connect to opposing Microsoft accounts to import Teams data. Migration maps and identity maps can be uploaded as csv files, and admins will also have the option to enter the start date for messages to be migrated from.

You can also run a delta migration, which will migrate any messages added to Teams channels since the primary migration. Messages that are already successfully migrated are skipped," Google added.

Admins can also produce reports based on completed migrations to identify content that skipped, failed or had warnings.

Moreover, the feature requires those taking the action to be Google super admins and Microsoft Teams Global Administrators.

Google said the feature is available to all Google Workspace users now, however a screenshot of the process shared shows a Beta icon next to the Chat migration heading. TechRadar Pro asked Google to confirm if the feature is
now generally available or whether it remains in beta, but we didnt get a response immediately.

Although Microsoft has settled a complaint that its bundling of Teams into Microsoft 365 puts competitors at a disadvantage, the company still faces distrust if only by its competitors.

Companies that still need to use the two platforms (and/or others) should consider enabling Mio. Google announced its interoperability with Teams and Zoom using this third-party service earlier in 2024. You might also like
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