How to migrate user data in G Suite?

You can migrate email using the data migration service, if your legacy environment is listed below.

• Microsoft® Exchange Server 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, or Exchange Online (Office 365®)
• A webmail provider that uses the IMAP protocol, such as Bluehost®, Yahoo!®, or Zoho®
• Another G Suite account
• A personal Gmail (@gmail.com) account

We will discuss about Migrating email from IMAP-based webmail providers in this Article:

Step 1: Set up the data migration service

• Sign in to your Google Admin console. Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges by accessing below URL: admin.google.com
• From the Admin console Home page, go to Data migration.

• Click Set Data Migration Up.

• Under Migration Source, select GoDaddy IMAP or Other IMAP Server. Make sure Email is selected as the data type.
• Under Connection Protocol, choose an option:
  • Auto Select (Recommended)
  • IMAP and in the Server URI field, enter your IMAP         server name (for example, imap.yourdomain.com).
• Under Role Account, enter the email address and password for your role account.

• Click Start.

Note: If the connection fails, verify the role account and connection protocol information is correct. Then, click Start again.

• Under Migration Start Date, accept the option that appears or choose a start date for your migration.
• Under Migration Options, accept the options that appear or choose to exclude some data.
• Click Select Users.

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Step 2: Migrate email from IMAP-based webmail providers

Before you begin to migrate, complete the steps-1 above to set up the data migration service. Then, choose whether to migrate email for a single user or for multiple users.

Migrate email for a single user:

• Click Add user.
• In the Source Email field, enter the user’s legacy email address.
• In the G Suite Email field, start typing the user’s new G Suite email address and choose from the list of suggested users.
• In the Password field, enter the user’s password for their legacy email account.
• Click Start.

Migrate email for multiple users:

• Click Bulk upload with csv.
• Click Attach File to upload the migration CSV file containing the legacy email addresses and the new G Suite email addresses.
• Click Upload and Start Migration.
• If there are errors in your file, choose an option:
  • To update the file, click Cancel. Then, upload the updated file.
  • To ignore the incorrect mappings, check the Ignore errors box.

Note: To exit a completed migration,

•  click More >> Exit migration.