G Suite Legacy Free is being retired - need to migrate to paid by July 1st

[mikeroq]

In case you have any clients still using the G Suite free version that was offered before 2012. Google is finally killing it off.

Legacy G Suite editions - Google Workspace Admin Help

You can no longer sign up for G Suite Basic, G Suite Business, or the legacy free edition of G Suite. If you have a G Suite edition, you can continue with your subscription and all related servic

support.google.com

If you have the G Suite legacy free edition, you need to upgrade to a paid Google Workspace subscription to keep your services. The G Suite legacy free edition will no longer be available starting May 1, 2022. Starting May 1, Google will seamlessly transition you to Workspace, which you can use at no cost until July 1, 2022.

 

[NviGate Systems]

Already migrated. What sucks is they want you to pay for management tools now. Before, I had to approve new devices, now it just open the door if they have the password. I may upgrade to get that back. I just use it as my personal email service, so I don't run into many issues. I don't even use the storage or other features.

 

[VISA MC]

Thanks! Got one client been trying to get off of this for a few years, this might be the way to finally get it done.

 

[mark-tech]

This threw a wrench in my personal family gsuite domain I was using. Thankfully they have an opt-out for personal use.

 

[Markverhyden]

This threw a wrench in my personal family gsuite domain I was using. Thankfully they have an opt-out for personal use.

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Do you have a FQDN attached to it? A lot of email activity and file storage? If yes to those I wouldn't be surprised, even completing attesting to personal use, if Google doesn't try to force you onto a paid sub.

 

[mark-tech]

@Markverhyden
Hi there, yes we have a FQDN fully qualified domain name with it. So far the transition has been ok. Yes, I do agree with you that Google may charge me for it in the future so have a backup plan in place. Just using it mainly for family photo sharing. We use to use it for email but everyone in the family opted to use their personal email instead.

 

[Markverhyden]

@Markverhyden
Hi there, yes we have a FQDN fully qualified domain name with it. So far the transition has been ok. Yes, I do agree with you that Google may charge me for it in the future so have a backup plan in place. Just using it mainly for family photo sharing. We use to use it for email but everyone in the family opted to use their personal email instead.

In that case you may never show up on their radar. A huge expense for those types of companies is transmission, the size of the pipe. I'm sure it's relatively low volume.

 

[HCHTech]

We use to use it for email but everyone in the family opted to use their personal email instead.

Best laid plans, huh? I've lost count over the years of the wonderful things I setup for family use that were never really adopted - haha. I had fun anyway!

 

[mark-tech]

@HCHTech

Yep I agree