Decommissioned Google Apps

Google usage on campus is not going away, however, some apps and services that have been retained as part of a 'grandfather' clause will soon be discontinued. See the accordion boxes for information about which apps and services these are and learn how to ensure that you will be able to keep your data.

PLEASE NOTE: Google Drive and other Google Docs sharing services are not going away. We encourage the use of a Microsoft Teams based SharePoint site for any bulk departmental file storage or file archival.

The Gmail application within your Google Account and messages have been retained as part of a ‘grandfather’ clause from when Gmail service was shut off for all new users as part of the UM Information Security Policies and standardization effort to reduce support and security exposure for services that are no longer supported by UM System. The grandfathering timeline is drawing to a close, and Gmail service will be fully discontinued as of November 1, 2023.

Service of your Gmail account will end and content within the mailbox will be removed on November 1 with no ability to recover any content from it after that date. If you wish to retain content from within the mailbox, you must move it out by November 1. To move your content from the mailbox, please utilize Google Takeout to help with the export of messages and files. 

The Google Calendar application within your Google Account and messages have been retained as part of a ‘grandfather’ clause from when the Google Calendar service was shut off for all new users as part of the UM Information Security Policies and standardization effort to reduce support and security exposure for services that are no longer supported by UM System. The grandfathering timeline is drawing to a close, and the Google Calendar service will be fully discontinued as of November 1, 2023.

Service of your Google Calendar application will end and content within the calendar will be removed on November 1 with no ability to recover any content from it after that date. If you wish to retain content from within the calendar, you must move it out by November 1. To move your content from the calendar, please utilize Google Takeout to help with the export of messages and files.