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Overview, Timeline – Google Apps Premier Edition Reference Guide for Administrators User Manual

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OVERVIEW

Google Apps gives everyone at your organization a custom email address, tools for word
processing, spreadsheets, and presentations, a shared calendaring system, and access to a
flexible intranet system.

Gmail

Email with lots of storage, search

tools, and integrated chat.

Google Docs

Create, share, and collaborate on

documents in real-time.

Google Calendar

Coordinate meetings and company

events with sharable calendars.

Google Sites

One-stop sharing for team

information.

Google Talk

Free text and voice calling around

the world.

Security and compliance

Set email policies and recover

deleted messages.

TIMELINE

Launching Google Apps is not difficult, but getting the most out of the product requires
some planning. The following sections will help with your planning, and will assist in
providing a great Google Apps experience for you and your users.

The planning process is broken down into four sections:

Setup

Pilot

Deployment Maintenance

Each of these sections will have descriptions of various aspects of successfully launching
Google Apps, as well as links to useful articles. Please refer back to the Online Resources
section above for a comprehensive list of links.