Maximize Productivity and Collaboration with Google Workspace
Google Workspace offers a tightly integrated collaboration platform — but realizing its full value requires license right-sizing, security hardening, governance design, and the change management that drives adoption of tools that displace entrenched Microsoft habits.
What RLM Delivers on Google Workspace
Google Workspace migrations and optimizations require expertise that goes beyond the defaults. RLM advises on Workspace deployment strategy, Google Vault and Workspace security configuration, AI feature enablement, and the license structure that fits your organization.
How We Approach Google Workspace
Our cloud advisory runs from discovery and market evaluation through vendor selection and post-deployment optimization — scoped to the Google Workspace decision in front of you.
Workspace Utilization & License Assessment
We analyze usage across your Workspace tenant — Gmail, Drive, Meet, Docs, Sheets, Chat, AppSheet, Gemini — identifying underutilized capabilities, license tier optimization opportunities, and adoption gaps.
Security & Data Protection Configuration
Google Workspace security — Vault, DLP, Context-Aware Access, Endpoint Management, and Admin Console controls — requires deliberate configuration to protect enterprise data. We assess and optimize your security posture.
Google AI & Gemini Enablement
Google's AI capabilities — Gemini in Workspace, NotebookLM, Duet AI for Meet and Docs — represent significant productivity potential. We advise on enablement strategy, data governance requirements, and the rollout approach.
M365 Coexistence & Migration Planning
Most enterprises have legacy Microsoft assets (SharePoint, Exchange PSTs, Office files). We design the coexistence strategy and migration approach that maintains productivity during the transition.
Google Workspace Evaluation Criteria
The questions below are the ones that decide whether a Google Workspace investment pays back — and the ones vendors are least eager to answer.
License Tier Optimization
Business Starter vs. Business Standard vs. Enterprise Starter vs. Enterprise Plus have significant capability and price differences. Evaluate storage requirements and advanced security needs by user population before committing to a single tier.
Data Residency & Sovereignty
Google Workspace Data Regions controls where customer data at rest is stored. Evaluate data residency requirements and the configuration needed for compliance with data sovereignty regulations.
Vault & eDiscovery
Google Vault provides email and chat archiving and eDiscovery for regulated industries. Evaluate Vault configuration, retention policies, and litigation hold procedures for your compliance requirements.
Context-Aware Access
Context-Aware Access allows access policies based on device trust, location, and identity context. Evaluate configuration against your BYOD policy and zero-trust security requirements.
AppSheet & Apps Script Governance
Low-code tools in Workspace (AppSheet, Apps Script) create shadow IT without governance. Evaluate the policy framework for managing citizen developer activity.
Migration Tooling & Timeline
PST migration, SharePoint-to-Drive migration, and calendar migration have specific tooling requirements and data fidelity limitations. Evaluate migration tooling quality and timeline realism before committing.
"RLM helped us rationalize our multi-cloud spend and identify over $1.2M in annual savings. Their approach was methodical and unbiased — exactly what we needed."
The benchmark comes first. Without a baseline, “savings” is just a number a vendor gave you.
Where This Matters Most
Sector-specific considerations we see repeatedly in cloud and managed services engagements.
A Sample of the Cloud & Managed Services Providers We Evaluate
RLM is vendor neutral. These are among 600+ providers in our evaluation set — inclusion here is not an endorsement, and we are paid by the provider you choose, not by any provider in particular. How that works →
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