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Scott Hanselman’s Migrating a Family to Google Apps from Gmail, Thunderbird, Outlook and others: The Definitive Guide

Scott has a great post about what it took migrate his entire family to Google Apps.

I am sure his experience applies to many families out there:

The migration is complete. The Hanselman Family has moved to Google Apps. Why? Here’s why:

• I trust them (more or less).
• I’m smart (I think), but I’ve recently lost 3 years of a family member’s email. Backups are hard.
• It’s clean and easy.
• Family members now have 10 gigs of space vs. their previous 50 megs.

However, we had a complex setup, as I assume most families do. Or at least, most Geek Families. This includes not just my wife, but also parents, brothers, cousins, in-laws, etc. Being IT for the family is hard. I’ve changed the names to protect the innocent, but all the tech is real.

Part of his migration strategy was of course to use gMOVE from LimitNone!

Related posts:

1. Scott Hanselman’s migration report card
2. gMOVE: Outlook to Gmail migration utility
3. The Google Apps Migration Guide
4. LimitNone announces gXFER: migrate accounts from Gmail to Gmail and Gmail to Google Apps
5. Record number of emails migrated from Outlook to Gmail with LimitNone’s gMOVE
6. The Enormous Gmail Productivity Guide
7. Gmail migration redux: The Diagram
8. Making sense of Google’s migration options
9. “Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home”
10. Google acquires Postini; Gmail gets archiving, secure communications and more