Google Apps Technical Transition Guide For Business, Education, and Government - Manual (Page 11)

Transition Overview 11
Moving forward after this phase is complete, you should continue to improve the
Google Apps experience for your users by teaching them advanced features and
staying informed about the latest updates.
• See Post-Transition Topics (p. 55) for useful post-transition resources.
Recommended order of tasks per phase
The outline below shows the recommended order of tasks to perform during each
phase of your Google Apps transition. The remaining chapters of this guide describe
these tasks in further detail, and provide links to the primary documentation resources
for them.
These tasks should be completed by your IT team, with the exception of tasks under
the Change Management topic, which should be completed by your change
management team.
Click any task below to navigate to its discussion.
Task Topic
1 Verify your primary domain with Google Apps (p. 25) Domain Management
2 Verify additional domains with Google Apps (optional) (p.
25) Domain Management
3 Add your IT team to Google Apps manually (p. 27) User Account Migration
4 Set up a subdomain for mail routing (p. 25) Domain Management
5 Set up dual delivery (p. 35) Mail Routing
6 Determine a web browser policy (p. 51) User Policies
7 Designate a change management coordinator (p. 21) Change Management
8 Educate employees about your Google Apps transition (p.
21) Change Management
9 Select your early adopters (p. 23) Change Management
10 Identify change impacts (p. 22) Change Management
11 Determine your company’s mobile IT strategy (p. 45) Mobile Configuration
12 Test basic mobile connectivity to Google Apps (p. 45) Mobile Configuration