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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...

If you haven't noticed Google Keep is now integrated into the GSuite products: Google’s note-taking app Keep joins G Suite, now integrates with Google Docs You can get to Keep under the Tools section of each of GSuite's core products: It will show up as a side panel like this: If you have the GSuite Training Extension enabled you can find Google Keep training available here: GSuite Training - Google Keep

What Are Chrome Apps/Extensions? Chrome Extensions are small pieces of software that integrate with Chrome browser giving it more functionality, while Chrome Apps are complete applications that use the Chrome browser as a GUI and connect to the external website for the coded processes and functions. For specific details please see: Extensions and Apps in the Chrome Web Store If you have a few extensions you used regularly we recommend that you download and install the Chrome App Launcher for your desktop as it allows for easy access and takes up less real estate: Chrome Apps Launcher Chrome Apps Below is a list of Chrome Apps that I've found useful on our network: LocalLinks - Used to open a local network folder view through neXus (will be depreciated) goo.gl URL Shortener - Create short links for long web addresses ezAutoCorrect for GMail - Auto correct for spelling, capitalization etc. Google Drive - Chrome Access to your clipboard Chrome Exten...

Vertical text in Google Drive is not something that exists yet however you can do within it's standard formatting however you can produce the same effect using a calculation where " LABEL " is the text you want displayed vertically: =ARRAYFORMULA(CONCATENATE((MID( " LABEL ", ROW(INDIRECT("YY1:YY"&LEN( " LABEL " ))), 1)&CHAR(10))))

Google Drive Sync whilst being a useful tool is not yet developed to an enterprise level. NB: Whilst the above statement is also true of Google Drive the following points are only about Google Drive Sync: ● There are currently no management tools available ● It is not supported when installed on a server ● Scope and granular functionality don't exist beyond what a basic user can see ● The local synchronisation service whilst it seems fairly reliable and it doesn't quite interfear with resources as much as something like Dropbox. It's not extremely fast, it's not a snail's pace but if you have 30+ users all working on non Google Docs documents they might not all be synchronised in a reasonable time ● Unidirectional synchronisation settings. While any files you place under the root folder will synchronise from a local computer up you can't tell it what not to synchronise at the secondary folder level or any subsequent folders ● There is no connec...

Sending an email as an attachment isn't something that's not native to Google Apps but there are a couple of methods that can get the job done depending on what you're trying to achieve. A) To attach an unrelated message as an email file you can do the following: Open the email you would like to attach Open the menu on the right and select "Show Original" - (It will open a new window with the message in plain text) In your browser, select "Save As" and use the .eml extension. NB: This will create a message that all mail clients (Outlook, Live Mail, Thunderbird...) can open, and it will include all original headers. Then upload that .eml file as an attachment to the message you're sending. B)  Attach as a Google Drive HTML file: Open the email you would like to turn into an attachment. Click the drop-down  next to ‘Reply’ in the top-right corner of your message. Select ‘Print’. On the left-hand side of the print screen, click ...

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...