Google offers Workspace tools to identify “when, not if” Microsoft 365 fails

Google is trying to take advantage of what it calls “frequent and severe” Microsoft 365 outages by offering services like email, storage and video conferencing to businesses in the event of a Microsoft outage. The new search giant Business continuity plan Google Workspace runs in parallel with Microsoft 365, so if there’s an outage, just switch 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 fits where organizations need it, without the need for migration,” Google explains. “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 will go down, and points to the company’s Microsoft 365 Status account on X that posts outages on a regular basis. The latest outage occurred in Microsoft 365 On October 8thjust days after the problem Change configuration The affected users’ mailbox connection.

Along with the option to continue running a parallel instance of Gmail, Google is also offering a Business Transformation Suite that serves as an alternative for Microsoft 365 customers who are ready to leave Microsoft lockouts and security incidents. It combines Workspace and Gemini with options to pair them with identity solutions like Okta.

Microsoft and Google have a long history of public business strikes like this. Both companies They went back to fighting each other Last year, after Microsoft accused Google of being behind what it calls “shadow campaigns” to undermine and discredit Microsoft’s cloud business. For more than a decade, Microsoft has run attack ads that treat Google as a political opponent With her Scroogled campaignGoogle was accused of preying on consumers.