How to Migrate AOL to Google Workspace? Complete Guide
AOL is a division of Yahoo that provides web-based email services widely used for professional as well as personal use to manage contacts, compose, access, and send emails. But, recently its users have started facing many problems with accessing their email accounts and hence, want to migrate to other platforms like Office 365. Therefore, in this blog, we will discuss the best ways you can use to migrate AOL to Google Workspace.
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Why Transfer AOL Emails to Google Workspace?
Google Workspace (earlier known as G Suite) is one of the most widely used email services with a collection of various tools and software that are offered by Google. It consists of Gmail, Contacts, Meet, Calendar, Chat, Drive, etc., and helps enhance the productivity and collaboration of its users. Therefore, let us understand the various reasons why you should migrate AOL to Google Workspace in brief.
- While using Google Workspace users get better security because of the authentication and two-factor encryption of their emails and other files.
- Google Workspace provides its users with various tools and services like Slides, Calendar, Docs, Drive, Sheets, etc. which helps users to easily manage all their data in one place and thus, leads to better productivity.
- Google Workspace helps users with efficient management because of its various advanced features like file task management, calendar integration, sharing, custom email addresses, etc.
Now let us have a look at the different methods following which users can easily transfer AOL emails to Google Workspace.
Manual Solution to Migrate AOL to Google Workspace
- Open the “Google Workspace Admin” in the web browser and then log into your dashboard.
- Now, click on “Account”, then go to “Data Migration” and click on the link “SET DATA MIGRATION UP”.
- After this, enter the required details such as the source server, type of source server, type of items, and the IMAP server address.
- Enter the “Username” and “Password” of your AOL email under the “Role Account” section.
- Now select the migration options, start date, and add destination in the “Configuration Setting” page.
- Next, click on the “Start” button to commence the migration process and you will see the “Complete” status after successful migration.
The manual method may not be the best solution for many users as it requires good technical knowledge because of the high risk of data loss. Hence, an ideal solution to migrate AOL to Google Workspace in a safe and easy way is with the help of another solution discussed in the next section.
Professional Solution to Transfer AOL Emails to Google Workspace
The manual solution to transfer AOL emails includes a high risk of data loss and therefore, an ideal solution to migrate AOL to Google Workspace in an easy way is with the help of the professional Cloud Migration Tool. With this professional software, users can simultaneously migrate emails from multiple IMAP mailboxes in bulk mode.
Steps to Migrate AOL to Google Workspace
Now, let us have a look at the steps following which you can easily transfer AOL emails to Google Workspace.
- Open the professional migration tool on your system and then select “IMAP” as source and “G Suite” as destination.
- Now, from the “Workload Selection” section enable the “Email” checkbox and “Date Filter” to migrate only selective data.
- From the “Source” screen select the “Other” IMAP server and provide details like “IMAP Server URL” and “Port Number”.
- Next, provide the destination details like “Admin Email”, “Service Account”, “Certificate File” and then click on the “Validate” button.
- From the “Users Screen” select from the available ways in which you can add users from the source account.
- After this, add the “Source App Password” of the accounts that you want to migrate and then click on the “Validate” button.
- Next, click on the “Start Migration” button at the top right corner of the tool interface and check your accounts from the “Completed” tab.
Advantages of Using the Automated Migration Tool
The professional migration tool has a lot of features that are beneficial for users who want to migrate AOL to Google Workspace, let us have a look at few of them.
- Users can easily migrate multiple mailboxes from all IMAP servers with attachments simultaneously in the bulk mode.
- With the Delta migration option users can migrate only the new files which have not been migrated earlier to avoid any chances of data duplication.
- By using the Date Filter users can migrate only the selective data from their source accounts by choosing the from and to date.
- The professional tool allows users to retry the failed items after the migration process or re-run the entire migration process to ensure they don’t lose any important data.
Conclusion
Above, we have discussed the manual as well as professional ways to migrate AOL to Google Workspace, but the manual solution won’t work for users as they can lose their important data during the migration process. Therefore, an ideal solution for users will be to go for the professional migration tool and migrate their data from AOL in an easy and secure way.