Note: This is absolutely not intended to be salesy. Moderator, please feel free to remove if you feel otherwise. I thought this was helpful insight from a small business that just passed their CMMC Level 2 assessment. None of the products discussed are from my company.

I wanted to share a real-world perspective from a small business in the DIB that recently successfully completed their CMMC Level 2 assessment. They faced the usual financial and operational burdens but took a unique approach to IT infrastructure, passing their assessment using Google Workspace—without any Microsoft products. We were discussing this in passing with him, and he agreed to share his team's experience in an interview.

Here’s their take:
"So I'm gonna say that again for all the people that tend to post on LinkedIn that it's impossible to use Google for CMMC. We passed the DOD CMMC assessment using Google Workspace with zero Microsoft products whatsoever."

There’s a lot of misinformation suggesting Microsoft GCC High is the only solution, but their experience shows otherwise. For those in similar situations, their journey offers valuable insights.

For more on their strategies and challenges, including a full interview, here’s the blog post: CMMC 2.0 Title 32 GoesLive: A Reality Check from the Front Lines.

I hope this may be helpful for those of you still on the journey that are contemplating whether you can make this work with Google Workspace or not.