SFV Cloud migrates Los Angeles businesses to Google Workspace from Microsoft 365, Exchange, GoDaddy and IMAP mail, moving email, calendars, contacts and files with mail flow cut over in a planned window. We handle the admin console build, the security baseline and the first week of user questions, so your team logs in Monday and works.
You are standardizing on Gmail, Drive and Meet. We move mailboxes, calendars, contacts and OneDrive or SharePoint content, convert shared mailboxes to Google Groups, and rebuild your security policies in the Google admin console.
You are on an old Exchange server, a GoDaddy mailbox plan or basic IMAP hosting. We migrate mail history, fix the DNS records that keep mail out of spam, and retire the old platform once delivery is verified.
You acquired a company, split one, or inherited two domains. We merge or separate tenants, move users without losing shared drive permissions, and keep both domains delivering mail during the transition.
Moving the other direction? See our Microsoft 365 migration services in Los Angeles.
Full mail history with folder structure preserved, converted to Gmail labels. Nothing is left behind on the old platform until you say so.
Events, recurring meetings, room and resource bookings, and delegated calendar access.
Personal contacts and shared directory entries, plus distribution lists rebuilt as Google Groups.
OneDrive and SharePoint content into My Drive and shared drives, with ownership and sharing permissions mapped rather than flattened.
Accounts provisioned, groups built, admin roles scoped, and two-step verification enforced from day one.
MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records cut over in a planned window so mail keeps delivering and does not land in spam.
Most migration problems are tooling problems. Google changed its migration stack during 2026, and the right tool now depends on where your mail lives today and how many users you have. Here is what we use and when.
Google's data import in the admin console
Generally available since April 2026 for email, calendar and contacts, at no additional tool cost. Google's recommended path for organizations up to 1,000 users, with advanced data import above that. Google has said OneDrive, SharePoint and Teams support is coming.
Google Workspace Migration for Microsoft Exchange (GWMME)
Still the right tool for a server in your closet or colo. We run it from a staging machine so your Exchange server is not doing the heavy lifting during business hours.
Data import for small teams, GWMME for larger ones
Covers GoDaddy mailbox plans, cPanel mail and most legacy hosting.
Data import
Google added Dropbox to Drive migration in January 2026 for smaller teams.
Google Workspace Migrate
Reserved for larger or on-premises file estates.
Data import, or Google Workspace Domain Transfer for larger merges
Tenant merges are the ones that go wrong quietly. Shared drive permissions and group membership need to be mapped before anything moves.
One planning note that saves money: Google is retiring Google Workspace Migrate for Exchange Online, SharePoint Online and OneDrive at the end of 2026, so any project scoped on that tool needs to move to data import. If a vendor quoted you a migration built around a tool that is going away, ask what happens to your timeline.
We inventory every mailbox, shared mailbox, alias, distribution list, calendar resource, mobile device and third-party app that authenticates to your current platform. This is where most surprises live, and finding them now is what keeps the cutover boring.
We provision Google Workspace, configure organizational units, groups and admin roles, turn on two-step verification, set sharing and retention policy, and connect endpoint management before any data moves.
We migrate a small group first, usually three to five users across different roles, and confirm mail, calendar, contacts, files, mobile and printing all work. The pilot is what turns a plan into a tested process.
Bulk data moves in the background while the old platform still delivers mail. MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC change in a planned window, usually a Friday evening, and we verify delivery both ways before anyone is asked to switch.
We run a short session on Gmail, Drive and Meet for your team, stay available through the first week when the questions actually arrive, and run a final sync so nothing sent during the transition is lost.
Microsoft 365 shared mailboxes have no direct equivalent in Google Workspace. Done carelessly, a shared mailbox becomes one person's inbox. We convert them to Google Groups with collaborative inbox enabled, so the whole team keeps access and history.
Executive assistants lose mailbox and calendar delegation in almost every botched migration. We map delegation before the cutover and reapply it in Google, then test it with the people who actually use it.
Recurring meetings and room bookings created in Outlook can lose attendees or organizers. We migrate calendars after mail, verify recurring series, and rebuild resource calendars for conference rooms rather than importing them blind.
Changing MX without updating SPF, DKIM and DMARC is the single most common cause of "our email goes to spam now." We publish the records first, verify alignment, then move MX.
Years of local PST files are invisible to server-side migration tools. We find them during discovery and import them so nobody loses a decade of history.
Scanners, line of business software, CRM connectors and billing tools often authenticate against Microsoft 365. We inventory them in discovery and reconnect them to Google Workspace or SMTP relay before cutover, instead of discovering them when invoices stop sending.
A ten-person office with tidy data is usually two weeks end to end: a few days of discovery and tenant build, a pilot, then a weekend cutover. A fifty-person firm with years of shared drives, delegated calendars and PST archives typically runs four to six weeks.
Migration is quoted as a fixed project price based on user count, mailbox size, file volume and how many third-party systems connect to your current platform. You get the number before we start, not after. Google Workspace licensing is billed separately by Google and we help you right-size it rather than putting everyone on the top tier.
We rebuild matter-based file structures as shared drives, with retention rules that satisfy bar requirements.
We put a signed BAA in place with Google before any patient data moves, and turn on access logging across shared drives.
We schedule migrations around tax season, never during it.
Agents keep mobile access throughout, because a broker who loses email for an afternoon loses deals.
Large CAD files and shared drive permissions are mapped rather than flattened.
Client folder structures and external sharing links are preserved.
We hold Google Cloud Partner status and work in Workspace admin consoles every day, so your migration is run by a team Google recognizes rather than a generalist learning on your tenant.
Cutover weekends and first-day support happen in person when you want hands on site. We commit to one-hour remote response and four-hour on-site response across the San Fernando Valley, the Westside and Ventura County.
The tenant is yours, the admin accounts are yours, and documentation is handed over at the end. No hostage situations if you ever leave.
For a ten-person office with reasonably tidy data, two weeks end to end is typical: discovery and tenant build, a pilot group, then a weekend cutover. Firms of fifty or more with years of shared drives and archives usually run four to six weeks. Mail history keeps syncing in the background, so your team is working in Google Workspace long before the last archive finishes moving.
No. Your old platform keeps delivering mail while data copies in the background. Mail routing changes in a planned window, usually a Friday evening, and we verify delivery in both directions before anyone is asked to switch. A final sync afterward captures anything that arrived during the transition.
Yes, and it is the most common migration we run. Google's data import tool in the admin console moves email, calendar and contacts from Exchange Online, and we handle OneDrive and SharePoint content, shared mailbox conversion to Google Groups, and the security baseline in the new tenant.
Google Workspace has no direct equivalent of a Microsoft 365 shared mailbox. We convert them to Google Groups with collaborative inbox enabled, which keeps team access and history intact. Distribution lists become Google Groups with the same membership and the same email addresses.
Both. We move OneDrive and SharePoint content into My Drive and shared drives, and map ownership and sharing permissions rather than flattening them. File structure and who can see what are preserved, which is the part most migrations get wrong.
Migration is a fixed project price based on user count, mailbox size, file volume and how many third-party systems connect to your current platform. You get the number before the project starts. Google Workspace licensing is billed separately by Google, and we help you match each person to the right edition instead of putting everyone on the most expensive one.
Yes, and we will tell you if staying put is the better answer. We manage both platforms for clients, so the recommendation comes from how your team actually works: the file types you handle, the software you depend on, what your clients send you, and your compliance obligations.
We migrate businesses across the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles and Ventura County, including Woodland Hills, Burbank, Glendale, Sherman Oaks, Encino, Van Nuys, Santa Monica, Century City, Culver City, Downtown Los Angeles, Pasadena, Camarillo and Thousand Oaks.
Tell us what you are running today and we will map the migration, the timeline and the cost before you commit to anything.
