This document summarizes Google Apps, a suite of cloud-based productivity and collaboration tools including Gmail, Calendar, Drive, and more. It outlines the benefits of Google Apps such as being free for fewer than 50 users, leveraging Google's infrastructure for security and backups, and ease of collaboration. The document then provides step-by-step instructions for signing up for Google Apps and migrating existing email, contacts and calendars. It also describes some of the key features of Gmail, Calendar, Drive, and other Google tools.

1. AppsFor your businessJennifer BonnettStartupChick & CTO

2. About MeFounder of StartupChicksSerial Entrepreneur & Startup CTO

3. What are Google Apps?

4. Why Google Apps?Free < 50 users. ($50/user/yr > 50)

5. Leverage Google’s Infrastructure

6. Safe, Secure & BACKED UP

7. Spam & Virus Scanning by Postini

8. Cross-Platform

9. Ease of Collaboration & Sharing

10. Always availableWhat is Free?

11. Signing Up1.) http://www.google.com/apps2.) Enter your domain name3.) Register your admin user4.) Verify your Domain5.) Set up your Users & Groups6.) Migrate your existing data (contacts, calendars, emails) 7.) Change the DNS Records

12. Or….1.) http://mail.google.com2.) Sign-up for a Gmail Account3.) Go to Settings / Accounts & Import

13. Google MailIntegrated email, contacts, tasks and chat (Google Talk).

14. Access via desktop email clients & mobile devices via IMAP/Google Sync

15. HUGE Amount of space

16. Use of Labels to sort/organize

17. Filters

18. Priority Inbox FeatureGoogle CalendarAccess via desktop email clients & mobile devices via IMAP/Google Sync

19. Integrated w/ email

20. Share Calendars