Google Workspace Retirement Scheduled for Feb. 23

Purdue Northwest Faculty and Staff,

The transition from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 is scheduled for February 23, 2026.

Important Information for All Faculty and Staff

• Purdue IT will automatically transfer your emails (if you have a Google mailbox – most fac/staff do not,) and Google Drive files from Google to Microsoft. Please do not attempt to migrate files or emails yourself.
• Between now and February, you may notice a new folder (“_From Google 2026”) in OneDrive where the IT team will begin copying over files. Please disregard this folder until you receive notification that the migration is complete.

• Email addresses (username@pnw.edu) and passwords will NOT change. If you have a Google mailbox, Purdue IT will automatically transfer your emails from Google to Microsoft.

• To access Microsoft 365, continue using your username@purdue.edu and current password.

• Continue to migrate any non-Google services that you use Google authentication with your @pnw.edu address to other authentication methods.

 Please note that all Google tools and services, including the following, will no longer be accessible from your pnw.edu Google account:

• Google Calendars
• Google Drive

• Google Workspace Tools (Docs, Sheets, Slides, etc.)

• Google Classroom
• “Sign-in with Google” (using your username@pnw.edu email address) for websites and services

Information for Instructors

As you prepare for teaching in spring 2026 and this transition, take this time to review your course content in Brightspace. Identify any Google links and resources that you share with students. We recommend you:

• Make no new content in your PNW Google account. 
• Instead, create and share new files and resources using Microsoft 365 equivalents.

• Review your existing Google files/resources.

• Download any necessary files and re-upload them to Microsoft 365. Refer to this Google article for steps on how to perform this task.

• Take this time to clean up any files that are no longer needed (including files you have re-uploaded to Microsoft 365.)

• Replace shared Google links with new Microsoft links in your Brightspace courses and other materials.
• If files are shared from an external partner to your @pnw.edu address, you will need to ask them to re-share to a personal Google account.

 Visit the PNW Information Technology Services webpage for additional information and FAQs. For questions and concerns not addressed there, please contact the CSC at csc@pnw.edu. 

Thank you,

Customer Service Center
Information Services | Purdue Northwest