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G SUITE LEGACY FREE EDITION TO GOOGLE WORKPLACE TRANSITION
When Is This Happening?
View the timeline* of this transition below:
- Customer Notification: January 2022
- G Suite Legacy Free Edition Support End Date: July 1, 2022
- Auto Transition Date: For customers that take no action Google will begin automatically transitioning them on May 1, 2022
Who Is Impacted?
Existing customers on the Legacy G Suite free edition who have not yet upgraded to Google Workspace.
If customers take no action, starting May 1, 2022, Google will begin automatically transitioning them to the recommended Google Workspace subscription. Once they are automatically transitioned, they can use their new Google Workspace subscription and functionality at no-cost through July 1, 2022. After July 1, they will have access to generous discounts for 12 months.
Why Change?
In 2020, Google launched the new Google Workspace editions to provide more tailored offerings based on customer collaboration and implementation needs. Google continue to invest in Google Workspace to ensure Google can meet the needs of every organization—from smaller businesses that are looking for fast, often self-service, secure collaboration and productivity tools, to larger enterprises that require enterprise-grade administrative controls, and advanced security and compliance capabilities.
In 2021 alone, Google launched over 275+ new enhancements including smart canvas in Docs to supercharge collaboration, the launch of Spaces in Chat as a dedicated place for organizing people, topics, and projects, and over 30 improvements to Google Meet alone. Google have also added important security enhancements like Client-side encryption.
COMPARISON TABLE
Standard
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Number of users
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Storage per user
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24/7 Support
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Collaboration with trusted external domains
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Fundamental Endpoint Management
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Custom Email Address
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Google Drive Collaboration (My Drive)
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Google Drive Collaboration (Shared Drive)
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Google Calendar
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Content creation (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Sites)
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Google Meet Participant Limit
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Google Meet Recording, Breakout Room, Polling, Hand Raising, Noise Cancellation
G Suite Legacy (Free Edition)
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10*
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15GB
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100
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Business Starter
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1 - 300
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30GB
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100
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Business Standard
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1 - 300
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2TB**
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150
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*Current limit is 10; it was previously unlimited.
**Requires 5 or more users (1 TB if 4 or fewer users).
Find out more about Google's Announcement.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Google is not offering any exceptions for customers as Google will no longer be supporting the Legacy G Suite free edition after July 1, 2022. Despite turning down new signups for the legacy free edition in 2012, Google have continued to support this edition with new innovations over the past 10 years. To help make the transition to Google Workspace as smoothly as possible, Google is providing generous migration discounts for 12 months.
The Legacy G Suite free edition will no longer be available starting July 1, 2022 as Google continue to invest in Google Workspace. In 2021 alone, Google launched over 275 + new enhancements including smart canvas in Docs to supercharge collaboration, the launch of Spaces in Chat as a dedicated place for organizing people, topics, and projects, and over 30 improvements to Google Meet alone. Google have also added important security enhancements like Client-side encryption. By upgrading to Google Workspace, Google can get double the storage or more, as well as 24/7 support with a specialist to troubleshoot unforeseen issues, 99.9% uptime SLA for continued productivity, premium security and collaboration features, and all the great future Google Workspace innovations.
Plus, Google is offering migration discounts to help make the transition even smoother.
When transition to Google Workspace you will benefit from double the storage or more, as well as 24/7 support with a specialist to troubleshoot unforeseen issues, 99.9% uptime SLA for continued productivity, premium security and collaboration features (see transition one pagers for specific features), and all the great future Google Workspace innovations. In 2021 alone, Google launched over 275+ new enhancements including smart canvas in Docs to supercharge collaboration, the launch of Spaces in Chat as a dedicated place for organizing people, topics, and projects, and over 30 improvements to Google Meet alone. Google have also added important security enhancements like Client-side encryption.
Google will no longer be supporting the Legacy G Suite free edition after July 1, 2022. Despite turning down new signups for the legacy free edition in 2012, Google have continued to support the offering by adding new innovations over the past 10 years. To help make the transition to Google Workspace easier for you, Google is providing generous migration discounts for 12 months so that customers can enjoy access to your new security and collaboration functionality at a discounted price.
Please reach out to us for assistance.
Background
- Before December 6, 2012, Google offered a free edition of G Suite. As of December 6, 2012, Google stopped offering the free edition to new customers. While sign-ups stopped for new customers, we continued to support existing customers who were using the Legacy G Suite free edition.
- In Q1 2022, we will begin notifying customers that the Legacy G Suite free edition will no longer be available after July 1, 2022 and will be encouraging them to upgrade to a Google Workspace subscription for continued access to our services.
- If the customer chooses to self-upgrade to a Google Workspace subscription, they will have access to the new security and collaboration functionality of their new addition at no cost through July 1, 2022. After which they will have access to generous migration discounts for an additional 12 months*
- When customers upgrade to Google Workspace, they will benefit from double the storage or more, as well as 24/7 support with a specialist to troubleshoot unforeseen issues, 99.9% uptime SLA for continued productivity, premium security and collaboration features, and all the great future Google Workspace innovations.
- If the customer’s needs have changed and they do not want to upgrade to a Google Workspace subscription, they can use the data takeout feature.
*If customers take no action, starting May 1, 2022 Google will begin automatically transitioning them to the recommended Google Workspace subscription. Once they are automatically transitioned they can use their new Google Workspace subscription and functionality at no-cost through July 1, 2022. After July 1, they will have access to generous discounts for 12 months.
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