WHAT:

Starting March 1, 2019, San Ramon Valley Unified School District will move from the current Microsoft Outlook email/calendar/contacts provider to Google G Suite. Outlook emails, calendars and contacts will migrate from Outlook to Google G Suite (Mail, Calendar, and Contacts).

WHY:

Currently, Outlook storage on SRVUSD servers is becoming extremely limited and continued use would require significant and costly upgrades.

Last year an Email/Calendar Committee was formed. This was a group of district-wide representatives that was established to explore email and calendar options. It was determined that office staff preferred having an application for email and calendaring; whereas, instructional staff were less concerned about using a web interface to access email, however they did appreciate that GMail integrates well with many current Google workflows including Classroom.

Ultimately, Google G Suite was selected by the Email/Calendar Committee as the best path forward. The move (migration) from Outlook to Google G Suite will increase email/calendar functionality, provide better collaboration and availability features, and offer unlimited storage, which our current systems cannot provide. This was recommended as the most cost-effective solution for our district.

WHO:

All SRVUSD staff

WHEN:

Schools will be transitioning between March, 2019 - May 10, 2019. Check with your administrator to see when your site is transitioning.