If you want to keep the google accounts working for things that free (photos, YouTube etc) you can switch first to the business essentials plan and then to the cloud identity plan. Then you can move the email elsewhere but the google accounts still work.
This was essential for me as I used g suite for my family and some are using it for photos.
So say your custom domain is example.com and you have a user who logs in with me@example.com that has data in Google Gmail, Drive, Photos and Calendar. What are the migration steps? I'm finding this really confusing.
Backup Gmail and Calendar, switch to business essentials plan, then cloud identity plan, set up email for me@example.com with some other provider and you can still use me@example.com to access your old Drive and Photos?
Thanks! I was wondering if there was a way to do this. I don't really need calendar on a personal account, and for email I was thinking about shuffling over to somewhere else anyway.
danielx|4 years ago
Info about Cloud Identity Free: https://support.google.com/cloudidentity/answer/7319251
Steps for adding Cloud Identity Free: https://support.google.com/cloudidentity/topic/7555155
You will only lose access to Gmail and Calendar, though make sure you migrate email and calendar before moving to Cloud Identity Free.
Disclaimer: i haven't followed the steps myself since i'm paying for a personal Workspace account since a few years ago.
seanwilson|4 years ago
Backup Gmail and Calendar, switch to business essentials plan, then cloud identity plan, set up email for me@example.com with some other provider and you can still use me@example.com to access your old Drive and Photos?
deadgiveaway|4 years ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/gsuite/comments/s7t45q/g_suite_lega...
There's only going to be one correct answer!
Sanzig|4 years ago