The university is still working on the transition plan for migrating some of the Google Services that are going away. We are currently in Phase 1: Inventory and Organize. The primary changes are the migration from Google Email (Gmail) to Microsoft Exchange and Google Drive Storage from unlimited to 5GB. 

We are working on the procedures that will help you through the migration this fall. 

Action Items

Start Packing & Prepare to Move

  1. Inventory and Organize your Google Drive and Google Shared Drives
  2. Transfer any personal files to a personal account (Policy 7000: Acceptable Use and Adminsitration of Computer and Communication Systems)

If you would like to setup a Personal Google Account to utilitze the Google products, you can. Each Google Account comes with 15GB of storage that is shared across Google Drive, Gmail, and Google Photos.  

Setup a Personal Google Account

Move your Google Photos

Plan to transfer photos out of your VT Google Photos account. Personal photos should be moved to a personal account while university photos and videos can be moved to other VT locations. 

See information on how to move photos to another Google Account.

Consulting Meetings

Pamplin IT will also be consulting with departments to understand how Google is being used in administratively. We will then recommend that a migration plan to minimize disruptions to the current workflows.