Outlook to Gmail

[plumyeti]

Afternoon,

 

We are looking to test using Gmail within the School.

 

We already use Google workspace but still have emails on Office 365

 

Is there anyway I can relay emails from Office 365 to Google Workspace for a couple people to test Gmail?

 

Thanks,

Ed

[LeMarchand]

Can you not just forward the mail?

 

[TwistedHelixis]

Its never going to be a proper test, as the MX record will still be pointing to 365.

 

Suppose you could use the Google Workspace migration tool to migrate one or two users emails over to Gmail, just so they can see how it might work.

 

LeMarchand idea is probably better and simpler, just forward some emails to their Gmail account. Although if you have used the same domain for both 365 and Google (like I have), this could be an issue.

[jthompson]

Not too familiar with 365 on the mail front, but you 'll need to see whether you can configure 365 with some kind of transport rule that will route mail for those particular users onto Google. Something like option 3 from this article (https://support.google.com/a/answer/176600?hl=en&fl=1&sjid=14219050958726383395-NA) whereby you route the message on to aspmx.l.google.com and google will then just route the messages internally to the relevant Gmail mailboxes. That's assuming that your 365 and Google domains are using the same domain name.

 

Gmail will need to be enabled for the users, otherwise things will bounce.

Edited November 9, 2023 by jthompson

[jthompson]

Hopefully that works and your test users discover far less spam waiting for them.

[jthompson]

Oh, and you'll need to make sure that your domain's DNS stuff includes the bits needed for Gmail to be able to send successfully (adding Google's bits for SPF, etc.).