Bring your team. Bring your channels. Bring your history.
A weekend-shaped migration from Google Chat to OmniTeam. Concept mapping, week-1 timeline, downloadable runbook PDF. No sales call, no implementation services to buy.
THE GOOGLE CHAT → OMNITEAM MIGRATION
What you bring with you, and what stays behind.
We are honest about which Google Chat concepts import directly, which we approximate, and which we don’t handle yet. The table below is the contract — if a row says imports, you can rely on it.
CONCEPT MAPPING
From Google Chat terms to OmniTeam terms.
| Google Chat | Our equivalent | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Space | Channel | ✓ imports |
| Threaded message | Threads | ✓ imports |
| Direct message | DMs | ✓ imports |
| Drive file attachments | Direct file upload to EU storage Files copied; sharing permissions translated | → approximated |
| Calendar invites in chat | Plain Markdown links | → approximated |
| Smart Compose | No AI on by default | ✗ not yet |
| Google Meet integration | Jitsi/Whereby integration | → approximated |
| Bots & apps | Webhooks + bots (v1.1) | → approximated |
WEEK 1
What the first week actually looks like.
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Audit your spaces
Most Workspace orgs have ~10 active spaces and ~50 dormant ones. List the active ones; ignore the rest.
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Spin up {brand}
Import the active spaces via Google Vault export. Members migrate via SSO if you have it.
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Test with one team
Pick the team most frustrated with Google Chat. Run their workflows in OmniTeam for a week.
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Roll out broadly
Once one team has cut over, expand. Workspace adjacency stays — Drive, Calendar, Gmail keep working as before.
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Disable Google Chat
Workspace admins can disable Google Chat per-org-unit. Your Workspace seats still work for everything else.
FAQ
What people ask about migrating from Google Chat.
Can we keep Google Workspace?
Yes. We replace the Chat surface only. Drive, Docs, Sheets, Calendar, Gmail all continue. Disabling Chat in the Workspace admin console is a per-org-unit toggle.
What happens to Drive file attachments in old chat threads?
During import, we copy referenced Drive files to EU-owned storage. The original Drive files remain (you can keep using Drive). Future {brand} files live in our storage.
Calendar integration?
For launch we integrate by parsing event links in messages. Native calendar UI in chat is a v2 commitment. Most teams find Calendar in a tab works fine.
Can the import preserve our Spaces structure?
Yes. Google Spaces map cleanly to {brand} Channels. Threading model imports too. Direct messages and group chats all come over.
What about Google Meet?
We integrate with Jitsi (sovereignty-friendly), Whereby (EU-headquartered), and yes, Google Meet (some teams keep it). Meet links in messages remain functional.
Is the migration tool Google Vault compatible?
We import Google Vault exports for organizations that have Vault enabled. For organizations without Vault, we use the standard Google Takeout export per user.
Will this work with our SAML SSO?
Yes, immediately. We support OIDC and SAML SSO out of the box on every paid tier. Google Workspace is a supported IdP.
What about the AI features in Google Workspace?
We do not have a Smart Compose-equivalent in v1. AI features (when they ship) are opt-in per feature with audit trail. We do not train on customer messages.
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