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Introduction to Google AppsTRANSCRIPT
Google Apps for Free
Jason Noblehttp://jasonnoble.org
Slides are available Online
• http://slideshare.net/jasonjnoble/– Google Apps
Google Apps for Business (free)
• Gmail (Up to 50 users) (7.5GB/user)• Google Calendar• Google Docs• Google Sites• Google Reader, Blogger, Picasa (photos),
AdWords and more
Google Apps (paid)
• Unlimited Users• Google Video for Business• Google Groups for Business• 25GB email storage/user• Custom password strength requirements• 99.9% uptime SLA and 24/7 support
Getting started
• http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/group/index.html
• Click Get Started• Enter your domain name– Google will register one for you at $10/year
Contact Information
Create first administrator
Login to Gmail
Accept changes to account
Verify you own that domain
•You can upload a verification file to mattesons.net•Select this option and then follow directions
•You can also add a CNAME record to the DNS for your domain•Selecting this option will give you directions
Google Apps Setup Guide
Helpful URLs• Control Panel: http://www.google.com/a/your-domain.com
– Setup Users, Applications, etc
• Mail: http://mail.google.com/a/your-domain.com– Check your email via Gmail Web interface
• Calendar: http://calendar.google.com/a/your-domain.com– See appointments, create, etc
• Docs: http://docs.google.com/a/your-domain.com– Access Documents, Presentation, Spreadsheets and more
• Sites: http://sites.google.com/a/your-domain.com– Add webpages to your site
Using custom domains
Using custom domains (cont.)
• For each service, you can change the domain name
• Instead of http://mail.google.com/a/mattesons.net your users can use http://mail.mattesons.net/– Useful for Docs, calendar, etc
Gmail Web Interface
Calendar Interface
Docs Interface
Let’s add some users
• Paul Smith (President)– [email protected]
• Hector Diaz (Admin Assistant)– [email protected]
• Ted Adams (Tech Support)– [email protected]
Adding Users
• Open the control Panel then Organization and Users Tab
• Click Create New User
Allow Access to other calendars
• Paul can provide Hector (Admin Assistant) access to his calendar
• Go to Calendar -> Settings– Click Shared: Edit settings
Access to other calendars
• Now when Hector logs in, he sees both his and his boss’ calendars
Publicly available calendar
• Add a calendar, make it public
Copy and Paste the code
• Copy the code google provides into your website’s page(s)
Any Questions?