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As part of the ongoing IT separation of Syensqo, your Google accounts will be migrated into the new Syensqo Google Workspace instance on March 26th; with some targeted changes occurring sooner.
In general, you can assume if its not listed below; that items and settings will move seamlessly to the new Syensqo Google Workspace. The most widely used items not moved and/or negatively affected, are listed below; with special apps/data types listed further down under special topics.
Trash/Spam: Email items in both of these are not moved
Any calendar sharing with Solvay users will be downgraded to Share Free/Busy only. This includes full calendar delegation
Secondary Calendars are not migrated and must be manually exported before the cutover; and imported after. See instructions here: Exporting/Importing Your Secondary Calendar
All events in your primary Google calendar are moved as part of the cutover; however, any room bookings in those events are lost and must be re-invited by event owners once the cutover is complete.
All Group Chats are not migrated and cannot be retained.
Any Chat spaces owned by Syensqo users; will not be migrated and all content will be lost. To ease in recreating them; you can export the Space members lists from within the Space's Manage Members screen.
Solvay and 3rd party owned Chat Spaces are unaffected by the move.
Most My Drive and Google Shared Drive files owned by Syensqo users will be moved on March 26th without changes to how they are accessible (ie. links, bookmarks, Drive attachments will all function normally.) However the following two notable exceptions apply:
Any item you've set to share with “Anyone in Syensqo, will be reset to Restricted; meaning only users/groups specifically listed in its share list will retain access. You can set sharing back to Anyone in Syensqo after the migration.
Likewise, If you find that you cannot access a Drive file you previously could and are presented with a You need access sharing screen like the one below; its likely that your lost access was based on this or a similar sharing rule that was cancelled by the move. You can request a new share to reestablish access.
(Replaced with Syensqo-Only copies - STARTING MARCH 10)
There are limited instances where you might still be collaborating on Solvay owned Drive files. Starting March 10 we will end any remain Syensqo access to Solvay owned Google Drive content. There are some exceptions for a select group of users authorized to continue collaboration; for more details see: TSA User access.
In their place, users will be provided Syensqo-only copies. In general, we have made an attempt to communicate to users when items they access are affected; but due to the nature of Google Drive, this is not possible in all cases. Additionally, an unfortunate impact of working with new Syensqo-only copies, is that all links/references to these items will no longer work (as they point to the Solvay owned originals); this includes Drive item bookmarks and links; as well as Google Sheet lookups to other sheet, etc.
If you find that a Google Drive item you previously accessed, is now blocked, presenting the screen below; this is most likely the cause. There are some exceptions for a select group of users authorized to continue collaboration; for more details see: TSA User access.
In most cases, a Syensqo-only copy of these Drive items has been made and is available to you. You can find items by:
Between March 24-26, users will temporarily lose access to the company directory. Access to your own Google Contacts will not be affected.
Exporting/Importing Your Secondary Calendar
The cutover will start on March 26th at around 12h00 (noon) CET. At that time you should... ...continue to work normally. You don't need to log out or interrupt what you are doing. In fact, you likely may not notice anything has changed. You will receive an email update once its complete; with some notes about what to do first and some temporary odd behaviors that you may (but probably won't) notice.
Need additional migration information or help? Email the AppSpace migration team at:
it.separation-program+gws@syensqo.com