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Google Apps – Part 3a: Notes and Tasks

Google Apps – Part 3a: Notes and Tasks

I have been playing (WoW) with my Guild mates and having a bit to much fun at night so I have not made much progress with Google Apps. Ahh, the choices we make in life 😉 My wife plays WoW with me and we are in the same Guild. We give up “TV” time to play this game together, most of the time. My how times have changed. I did realize, today, the e-mail import tool by Google will not…

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Google Apps – Part 3: Account Setup

Google Apps – Part 3: Account Setup

The basic setup of a Google Apps account is a snap. I made the DNS changes in minutes and was logged in under 30 minutes. I started to see mail flow into my Gmail account in under an hour. Way to go Google and DynDNS. Goggle had step-by-step instructions on how to change the DNS, even though the great IT person here did not need them. I created logins for my wife and daughter…All is well. Google has an application…

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Google Apps – Part 2: Initial Thoughts About Google

Google Apps – Part 2: Initial Thoughts About Google

I am a fan of Google. I use Reader – one of the best RSS readers around, Blogger, iGoogle – and all kinds of great gadgets on the page, Google Mobile, and Bookmarks. All of these services work great and under one log in. I use Reader and iGoogle all of the time as they are the mainstay of my digital life. I started using a bit of Google Docs to keep some documents that I use at home and…

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Google Apps – Part 1: Background

Google Apps – Part 1: Background

I run most technologies in my home that I run in the office. I have used my home network to test and learn how to do things for my entire IT working life. I believe it always best to try something new in a test environment so you do not jack-up the production environment. Current Setup: At my home, I run a Windows 2003 server with Microsoft Exchange. I have network drives for family documents and use GPOs to redirect…

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