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Filling the G-Apps: RIP Google Legacy

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For all those that don't know Google announced Change is inevitable and   The G Suite legacy free edition will no longer be available starting July 1, 2022 Upgrade to Google Workspace by May 1, 2022 If you're one of the lucky few that managed to set yourself up with what was called "Gmail for your Domain" and then " Google Apps for Your Domain " back in 2006 and have managed to keep ahold of your account I'd recommend filling in the form ASAP! For those that don't know the Legacy Edition was originally just the ability to use your own personal domain with some limited personalisation and collaboration through associated Apps such as Google Plus, Calendar, and adding email address accounts to the same domain which then evolved into the back end Admin Console. It's understandable Google wants to deprecate Legacy, it's been around for over 15 years. Whilst storage and business functionality has been limited in comparison to the entry-level busin...

Google Apps for Business

I'm currently in the process of migrating our network to Google Apps in a phased project. We've decided to make the jump from Exchange to Google Apps for Business for a number of reasons: Lower infrastructure costs — All your email will be stored securely on Google's servers, so we'll no longer have to maintain email servers on-site or upgrade to a new server as has been required for a while.  Ability to consolidate our platforms — We can eliminate a large portion of redundancy costs by moving all of our email and calendar platforms to Google Apps  Lower support costs — Because Google hosts the email and calendar services, there's no more email client software to maintain on your computer  Innovative solutions — We can leverage the ongoing creative and technical solutions of the Google Apps platform to provide employees with powerful, easy-to-use tools for getting their work done. In particular we have integration with our CRM to enable smooth and efficie...