Google Apps Deciphered : Compute in the Cloud

The first comprehensive guide to deploying, customizing, securing, and extending Google Apps in any organization.- Say goodbye to old-fashioned 'shrinkwrapped' software: use Google Apps, and save a fortune!- Covers gmail, IM, Calendar, Chat, Contacts, Google Docs office productivity software, and much more.- Brings together brand-new information on successfully implementing Google Apps -as well as information currently scattered across the Internet in hundreds of locations. Through its Google Apps offerings, Google provides free and inexpensive network-based services to millions of companies, organizations, and individuals. Google's growing number of Google Apps include email, calendaring, contacts, Web page publishing, collaboration via wikis, and even 'office suite' software such as word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations. Most Google Apps are reasonably easy to use at a basic level. However, it can be far more complicated to set them up, migrate to them, customize them, and take advantage of their most powerful features. This book covers everything organizations and individuals need to do all that - and use Google Apps to the fullest. Scott Granneman begins by describing how Google Apps work, and the growing advantages of using them. Next, he offers start-to-finish guidance on getting started with Google Apps, and making them work for you. Granneman covers all of today's most valuable Google Apps services, from Gmail through the Google Docs office suite. He doesn't just cover using these tools: he offers advanced tips and tricks for collaborating with them; extending them; safeguarding the security of your data; migrating from other email providers and software; customizing your organization's Start Page; and much more.

Scott Granneman is an author, educator, and consultant. Scott has written three books (Don’t Click on the Blue E!: Switching to Firefox, Hacking Knoppix, and the seminal Linux Phrasebook), co-authored one (Podcasting with Audacity: Creating a Podcast With Free Audio Software), and contributed to two (Ubuntu Hacks and Microsoft Vista for IT Security Professionals). In addition, he is a monthly columnist for SecurityFocus, with op/ed pieces that focus on general security topics, and for Linux Magazine, in a column focusing on new and interesting Linux software. He formerly blogged professionally on The Open Source Weblog and Download Squad.

As an educator, Scott has taught thousands of people of all ages–from preteens to senior citizens–on a wide variety of topics, including literature and technology. He has worked to educate people at all levels of technical skill about open source technologies, such as Linux and Firefox, and open standards. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at Washington University in St. Louis, where he teaches a variety of courses about technology, the Internet, and security.

As a Principal of WebSanity, he works with businesses and non-profits to take full advantage of the Internet’s communications, sales, and service opportunities. He researches new technologies and manages the firm’s UNIX-based server environment, thereby putting what he writes and teaches into practical use, and works closely with other partners on the underlying WebSanity Content Management System (CMS).

Foreword	p. xxv
Preface	p. xxvii
Acknowledgments	p. xxxi
About the Author	p. xxxiii
Introduction
Computing in the Cloud	p. 1
The Rise of Cloud Computing	p. 3
Further Reading	p. 7
Getting Started with Google Apps	p. 11
Choosing an Edition of Google Apps	p. 13
Standard	p. 15
Premier	p. 15
Team	p. 15
Education (and Nonprofits)	p. 16
Partner	p. 17
Conclusion	p. 17
Further Reading	p. 18
Setting Up Google Apps	p. 21
Signing Up for the Various Google Apps Editions	p. 21
Signing Up for the Standard Edition	p. 21
Signing Up for the Team Edition	p. 25
Signing Up for the Premier Edition	p. 27
Signing Up for the Education (and Nonprofit) Edition	p. 29
Enabling Additional Services	p. 30
Enabling Web Pages	p. 31
Enabling App Engine	p. 31
Enabling Message Security and Recovery	p. 31
Configuring DNS	p. 33
Verifying Domain Ownership	p. 33
Creating Custom URLs	p. 36
Setting Up MX Records for Email	p. 40
Setting Up SRV Records for Google Talk Federation	p. 43
Setting Up MX Records for Policy Management and Message Recovery	p. 46
Fighting Spam with SPF Records	p. 48
Using a Domain Purchased Through Google	p. 50
Buying a Domain Through Google	p. 51
Accessing Advanced DNS Services	p. 55
Should You Purchase Your Domain Through Google?	p. 56
Creating Users	p. 58
Adding Users Manually	p. 58
Adding Users in Bulk	p. 59
Syncing with Your Active Directory or LDAP Server	p. 61
Canceling Google Apps	p. 62
Solving Common Problems	p. 62
I Canrsquo;t Get Back to the Control Panel!	p. 62
I Lost the Admin Password!	p. 63
Conclusion	p. 64
Further Reading	p. 64
Migrating Email to Google Apps	p. 67
Plan Carefully Before Migrating	p. 69
Molding Your Email Folder Structure into the One Used by Gmail	p. 69
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