How to Move G Suite to New Domain: A Step-Wise Solution

The purpose of this article to help the G Suite administrator easily move G Suite to another domain. There are numerous ways for executing this task, but there are a set of best practices that should be followed for effortless and errorless migration.

There are few complications involved while moving from G Suite to a new domain, such as deleting the old account, setting up the MX record, etc. But, the biggest difficulty that arises is while transferring data between the user accounts of an old and new domain. To tackle such complications you need the right solution, and this is where this blog will help you. Here, you will understand the best technique to move data between G Suite domain without leaving a bit of data in your old domain account. So, without further ado, let’s get started with the approach.

Pre-Requisites While Moving G Suite to New Domain

1. Admin account of old and new domain
2. User accounts should already be created in the destination domain
3. The new domain should on G Suite

Methods to Move G Suite to New Domain

Unfortunately, there isn’t a button to switch to new G Suite domain – but that doesn’t mean that its impossible. There are methods using which you can easily move G Suite to new domain in few simple steps. Here, we will discuss two methods; first inbuild migration service in G Suite admin console for “Email” migration and another is by using an automated utility to move complete account data between different domains. So, let’s see both of them one by one.

Move G Suite Data to New Domain Using In-build Migration Service

G Suite has a unique feature to move G Suite data to new domain called Data Migration Service. This service is specifically desired for G Suite email migration. The G Suite account contacts, calendars and documents need to be migrated separately using other means.

1. First, login into the new G Suite domain to click on the “Data Migration” tab in Admin Console.

2. Click on SET UP DATA MIGRATION link >> and select migration source as “G Suite” (Now known as Google Workspace).

3. To customize the migration, select:

• Migration Start Date
• Include/Exclude Folder
• Include/Exclude Junk and Trash

4. Now, click on “Select User” button for mapping source and destination user accounts. Here, you can choose from:

Add User: This option allows to perform the mapping between single user account of old and new domain. You can provide the account details of source user account and authorize it, then choose the new G Suite account.
Bulk Upload CSV file: This feature allows performing mapping between multiple source and destination accounts of the same or different domain. Create a CSV file containing mapped source and destination domains and Authenticate.

5. Once the authentication is completed, click on Start Migration button to move G Suite to new domain.

That’s it! Wait till all the emails get moved from old domain to new domain. Once completed, click on More button to generate report or exit the migration service.

Limitation Of Data Migration Service

• Move only emails between accounts
• No support for transferring contacts, calendars and documents
• Sometimes, data transfer stuck at 99 due to label migration.
• Doesn’t offer delta migration to migrate newly arrived emails in old domain.
• Need to manually enter source and destination G Suite domain users ids.

Move Complete Data From Old G Suite to New Domain

The in-build migration service in G Suite admin console is unable to move contacts, calendars, and documents between G Suite domains, this is where the third-party tool helps you.

SysTools G Suite to G Suite Migration Tool helps you in move all 4 types of items from the old domain to new domain in a hassle-free manner. Moreover, it offers delta migration, error-handlers, advanced mapping features to ease your troubles. This utility is self-explanatory with an in-build help section along with a project setting guide to guide you to move G Suite to new domain in few clicks.

Tso understand how the tool works, simply click here…

Features offered by this automated tool

• Move emails, contacts, calendars and document
• Offers concurrent and batch transfer of user data
• Set category and date filter of your choice for moving specific data
• Error handlers to tackle failed items due to internet connection issues
• Advanced mapping feature to auto fetch source user account.
• Unlimited delta passes to move newly arrived emails in next attempt.
• Generate dual migration report once the process is completed.

Final Thought

In this blog, we have explained how to move G Suite to new domain in an effortless manner. If you want to move only emails between domains, then the data migration service is a free way of doing the job. But, for a complete transfer of data between old and new G Suite domain, it is highly recommended to go for an automated tool. You can compare both the technique by implementing on test accounts. And, for testing of tool, use its free demo version that come up with 2 free licenses for complete data transfer without any restrictions.