"Google is trying to capitalize on what it calls "frequent and severe" Microsoft 365 outages by offering up services like email, storage, and videoconferencing to businesses in the event of a Microsoft outage. The search giant's new Business Continuity plan runs a Google Workspace in parallel with Microsoft 365, so if there's an outage then businesses just switch over to Gmail and Google Meet instead of Outlook and Microsoft Teams."
""Workspace, with support from our partners, will sync emails, calendars, chat, and more with Microsoft 365, so customer data is right where organizations need it, without requiring migration," explains Google. "This can protect against disruptions to the core business and impacts to customers." Google says "it's a question of when and for how long, not if," Microsoft 365 goes down, and points to the company's Microsoft 365 Status account on X that regularly posts outages."
Google offers a Business Continuity plan that runs Google Workspace in parallel with Microsoft 365 so organizations can switch to Gmail and Google Meet during Microsoft outages. Workspace will sync emails, calendars, chat, and other data with Microsoft 365, keeping customer data accessible without requiring migration. Google frames Microsoft 365 outages as recurring and cites a recent outage on October 8th tied to a configuration change that affected mailbox connectivity. Google also offers a Work Transformation Set combining Workspace and Gemini with identity options like Okta for customers seeking alternatives to Microsoft's ecosystem. Microsoft and Google have a history of public competitive conflicts.
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