{"id":137,"date":"2026-07-09T01:19:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T01:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailjuke.com\/blog\/migrate-shared-smtp-to-google-workspace\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T01:19:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T01:19:32","slug":"migrate-shared-smtp-to-google-workspace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailjuke.com\/blog\/migrate-shared-smtp-to-google-workspace\/","title":{"rendered":"Migrating From Shared SMTP to Google Workspace Without Losing Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shared SMTP is cheap until deliverability, support, and compliance costs show up. Migrating to Google Workspace is straightforward if you sequence DNS and users correctly.<\/p>\n<h2>Pre-migration inventory<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Every domain and subdomain that sends mail<\/li>\n<li>Devices and apps using old SMTP credentials<\/li>\n<li>Forwarders, aliases, and groups<\/li>\n<li>Who owns billing and DNS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Recommended cutover order<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Provision Workspace and verify the domain (do not switch MX yet if you need parallel setup).<\/li>\n<li>Create users and optionally stage mail with dual delivery if your old host supports it.<\/li>\n<li>Publish SPF\/DKIM\/DMARC for Google.<\/li>\n<li>Lower old TTL on MX a day ahead, then switch MX to Google.<\/li>\n<li>Update every app\u2019s SMTP to Workspace settings + App Passwords.<\/li>\n<li>Monitor Postmaster and support tickets for 72 hours.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Reputation reality check<\/h2>\n<p>A brand-new Workspace domain does not inherit miracles. Authenticate first, send to people who expect your mail, and ramp volume. Migration is a trust reset \u2014 treat it that way.<\/p>\n<h2>Where MailJuke helps<\/h2>\n<p>MailJuke shortens the painful middle: domain + Workspace + DNS authentication in one place, so migrations are a checklist instead of a scavenger hunt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A cutover plan for teams leaving generic SMTP: MX sequencing, DNS authentication, user data, and the reputation reset new Workspace domains need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"saved_in_kubio":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,8,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-email-deliverability","category-google-workspace","category-guide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mailjuke.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mailjuke.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mailjuke.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailjuke.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailjuke.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mailjuke.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailjuke.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mailjuke.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailjuke.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailjuke.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}