Google Apps, now known as G Suite, is a cloud-based online office suite. Google engineers have created a full suite of online software using Gmail as the foundation. If you're thinking about it, you're not alone. This is a very popular service with reasonable pricing (it starts at $6 per user per month).
G Suite is Google's cloud computing brand. Instead of traditional desktop computing and location-based servers, your data and software are hosted online (or "in the clouds").
Google Apps Can Help Your Business in 3 Ways
1. Upkeep, Improvement, and Investment Allow Google and secondary service providers to worry about power surges, failed hard drives, upgrades, and compatibility while you focus on running your business.
2. Total Mobility: With Google Apps cloud computing, you can travel the world (or at least leave the office now and then) while accessing your entire business, regardless of whether you have your laptop with you. You will have access to your data and software with an internet connection.
3. Easy Collaboration: Share files, videos, and ideas quickly and without the confusion of email duplication. Multiple people can work on the same file at the same time. You'll even get different colored cursors so you can see where each user is at a glance. This facilitates collaboration.
How Does It Work?
Google provides online office tools such as email, word processing, calendars, spreadsheets, etc. The Marketplace apps that integrate with Google's primary services are what distinguishes G Suite from traditional software. While Google provides the core services, the Google Marketplace contains every other tool imaginable, allowing users to pick and choose as needed. They have collaborated with several leading online service providers, from Xero to Copper. While some of these applications are free, others offer free trials for a limited time or with a certain number of users. After the trial period expires, these are frequently charged every month.
Cloud computing, by definition, allows for complex collaboration with colleagues, clients, and outsourcers. For example, if a colleague is added to your group, they will be able to view and edit documents on your online account. You can also restrict who sees which documents by creating shared folders to which only certain people have access.
This feature ensures security and prevents multiple copies of the same document. It also keeps your inbox from becoming clogged due to the back and forth of a project or proposal.
Why it’s well-liked.
Google and its service providers are responsible for everything, including hardware and software maintenance and upgrades, so users have nothing to do but use the software and make money. There's no need for an office tech or a large room to house your servers.
Users can work more effectively and with less confusion because of the ease of collaboration, and it costs much less than other options - ranging from $6 per user per month to $25 per user per month.
Who Uses It?
Google Apps is used by over two million organizations, ranging from the City of Los Angeles to the billion-dollar-giant Avago Technologies, which has over 4100 users on their system. G Suite is also used by Google, which has over 20,000 employees.
Interesting Characteristics
Because the service is domain-based, users can have distinct Web addresses for each service. For example, the mail program can be found at mail.yourdomain.com. This can be said of the numerous other components. It's simple to remember and is associated with your domain.
The ability to brand your email and document drives with your company name while retaining all of the functionality of the Google suite of tools gives you advantages in branding and productivity.
There is also an app that connects your Microsoft Office programs to online Google Docs. So keep working as usual, but your documents are backed up online and accessible to anyone in your group.
Starting Over
App installation should take less than an hour. Another couple of hours spent experimenting with the tools should help you decide which ones to use and how they function. The online tutorials are clear and simple. Always remember that there is no specific installation. Simply create an account and get started.