Key Takeaways
- Commvault is expanding Google Workspace protection with advanced eDiscovery search capabilities to support compliance, investigations, and litigation.
- The new capabilities allow faster, more precise discovery across Gmail and Google Drive using keyword, phrase, and metadata filters.
- Flexible export options help legal teams streamline reviews and reuse standardized export sets for recurring cases.
- A centralized discovery interface enables organizations to manage eDiscovery across Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, and endpoints from one platform.
- The solution aligns with Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) standards and is available in early access, with general availability targeted for the first half of 2026.
Google Workspace is central to how many organizations communicate and collaborate, containing business-critical emails, files, and messages that are often essential for compliance, investigations, and litigation.
As a key source of discoverable data, organizations need efficient eDiscovery processes to help quickly locate, manage, and export pertinent electronically stored information (ESI) across Google Workspace services to help meet modern legal and regulatory requirements. Delayed responses and incomplete or inaccurate ESI collection can drive up legal costs, increase regulatory risk, and lead to fines or failed compliance obligations.
To help address this need, we are expanding existing Google Workspace protection by adding advanced compliance search capabilities for our eDiscovery offering. These eDiscovery capabilities for Google Workspace join existing eDiscovery support for Microsoft 365 and endpoints, making it easier to unify compliance across multiple workloads from a single platform.
Simplifying Compliance Search for Google Workspace Environments
With this release, customers can locate, filter, and export relevant data, such as email messages and files, across their Google Workspace backups faster for audits, litigation, or investigations. This expanded support is designed to help organizations reduce the time and costs associated with eDiscovery and support their legal and regulatory obligations.
Key features and benefits:
- Advanced search: Quickly find relevant emails and files using keyword, phrase, and metadata searches with granular filtering controls. Run centralized searches across Gmail and Google Drive or target a specific service to narrow the scope for focused investigations.
- Flexible export options: Export all search results or select items for legal review or external production. Utilize standardized export sets for recurring investigations to help minimize manual effort and expedite response times for future requests.
- Centralized discovery experience: Perform discovery across Google Workspace today, with the flexibility to extend searches to Microsoft 365 and endpoint data – all from a single, centralized interface.
- EDRM-compliant solution: Helps maintain EDRM compliance, adhering to identification, collection, and processing protocols.
Compliance search capabilities for Google Workspace are currently available in early access and are targeted for general availability in the first half of 2026.
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Explore Commvault Backup & Recovery for Google Workspace, or request a personalized demo to see the new compliance search capabilities in action.
FAQs
Q: Why is eDiscovery important for Google Workspace data?
A: Google Workspace contains critical emails, files, and communications that are often required for legal, regulatory, and compliance matters. Efficient eDiscovery helps organizations quickly locate and produce accurate ESI while controlling costs and risk.
Q: What types of data can be searched with Commvault eDiscovery for Google Workspace?
A: The solution supports searches across Gmail and Google Drive, allowing organizations to locate relevant emails and files. Searches can be centralized across services or scoped to a specific workload for focused investigations.
Q: How do advanced search capabilities improve compliance response times?
A: Keyword, phrase, and metadata-based searches with granular filters help teams quickly narrow large data sets. This helps reduce manual effort and enable faster responses to audits, litigation, and investigations.
Q: What export options are available for legal and compliance teams?
A: Users can export all search results or select specific items for review or external production. Standardized export sets can be reused for recurring matters, enabling more consistent and efficient workflows.
Q: How does this fit into a broader, multi-platform compliance strategy?
A: Commvault provides a centralized discovery experience that spans Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, and endpoint data. This unified approach helps enable organizations to manage compliance across multiple workloads from a single interface.
Q6: When will compliance search for Google Workspace be generally available?
A: The capabilities are currently available in early access and are targeted for general availability in the first half of 2026.
Katharine Colucci is a Product Marketing Manager at Commvault.
