Upcoming Changes to Microsoft Exchange Migrations

What’s changing Beginning May 31, 2025, the legacy Data Migration Service will no longer support migrating email, calendar, and contact data from Microsoft Exchange on-premises servers (e.g., Exchange 2010, 2013, or 2016). Admins will not be able to start new migrations after May 31, 2025 – migrations that are in progress will continue until completion. Instead, admins can use the Google Workspace Migration for Microsoft Exchange (GWMME) data migration tool to perform these migrations. This tool can be run on Windows machines and supports migration from Microsoft on-premises Exchange servers. We highly recommend all admins to start leveraging Google Workspace Migration for Microsoft Exchange as soon as possible.You’ll see warning banners letting you know that support for on-premises Microsoft Exchange data migration will be ending on May 31, 2025 and to use Google Workspace Migration for Microsoft Exchange insteadAdditional detailsIf you need to migrate Microsoft Office 365 content from online sources, you can use the Microsoft Exchange Online to Google Workspace tool, part of our new Data migration service.Getting startedAdmins: Visit the Help Center to learn more about the Google Workspace Migration for Microsoft Exchange data migration tool.End users: There is no end user impact or action required.Rollout paceThis change will take effect May 31, 2025AvailabilityThis update impacts all Google Workspace customersResourcesGoogle Workspace Admin Help: Google Workspace Migration for Microsoft Exchange

May 14, 2025 - 19:26

Upcoming Changes to Microsoft Exchange Migrations

What’s changing

Beginning May 31, 2025, the legacy Data Migration Service will no longer support migrating email, calendar, and contact data from Microsoft Exchange on-premises servers (e.g., Exchange 2010, 2013, or 2016). Admins will not be able to start new migrations after May 31, 2025 – migrations that are in progress will continue until completion.

Instead, admins can use the Google Workspace Migration for Microsoft Exchange (GWMME) data migration tool to perform these migrations. This tool can be run on Windows machines and supports migration from Microsoft on-premises Exchange servers. We highly recommend all admins to start leveraging Google Workspace Migration for Microsoft Exchange as soon as possible.

You’ll see warning banners letting you know that support for on-premises Microsoft Exchange data migration will be ending on May 31, 2025 and to use Google Workspace Migration for Microsoft Exchange instead

Additional details

If you need to migrate Microsoft Office 365 content from online sources, you can use the Microsoft Exchange Online to Google Workspace tool, part of our new Data migration service.

Getting started

Admins: Visit the Help Center to learn more about the Google Workspace Migration for Microsoft Exchange data migration tool.
End users: There is no end user impact or action required.