Google to M365 Migration
By migrating to Microsoft 365, staff and students will enjoy a better, enterprise-level online platform, with the following features:
- Enterprise IT skills –Large enterprises and HK universities are using M365. Students gaining M365 skills will help their careers.
- Integrated functions– Office, Outlook Email, OneDrive, Teams, etc.
- Document Management– SharePoint for document management with automation and collaboration capabilities.
- Online Collaboration– Users may co-edit Word, Excel, and PPT files online.
- Better Security– M365 provides good access and document control functions.
- Single-sign-on– No need to maintain two separate accounts (Google/Microsoft)
- Available in Mainland– Students may access email and files in Mainland.
Migration Phases And Important Dates
Migration Phases
Important Dates
- Date of Domain Switchover: June 2023
- Date of Google service suspension: April 2024
- All data in google removed: May 2024
Service Mapping
| Service | Google (Before) | Microsoft 365 (After) |
|---|---|---|
| Forms | Google Forms |  Microsoft Forms |
 Gmail |  Outlook |
|
| Drive |  Google Drive |  SharePoint (for shared drive)  One Drive (for own documents) |
| Calendar |  Google Calendar | Outlook |
| Communication tools |  Google Chat |  Teams |
| Office |  Other Google Docs Editors ( Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides,) |  Microsoft Office (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint) |
What you need to do
Should you have any inquiries, please contact ITSC at 3963 5160 or email itsc@hsu.edu.hk