Key benefits include faster completion times, reduced Google Cloud Storage consumption and costs, and the ability to establish more frequent backup schedules to mitigate the risk of potential data loss.
Specifically, admins can schedule automated exports for Gmail, Drive, and Chat, with the flexibility to scope data by organizational unit (OU), group, or specific users. They can initiate:
- Periodic full backups - establishing a baseline snapshot through regular full exports
- Quarterly (every 3 months)
- Semi-annually (every 6 months)
- Annually (every year)
- Frequent incremental backups - supplementing the baseline with frequent incremental backups, such as backing up data from the "last x days" every "y days"
- Capture data from the last 5 days, running every 3 days
- Capture data from the last 7 days, running every 5 days
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Getting started
- Admins: Super Admins: Visit the Help Center to learn more about exporting your organization’s data and incremental exports.
- End users: There is no end user impact or action required.
Rollout pace
- Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on June 24, 2026
Availability
- Enterprise: Enterprise Plus customers with Assured Controls and Assured Controls Plus
Resources
- Google Workspace Admin Help: Set up an incremental data export
- Google Workspace Admin Help: Export all your organization's data