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5 Most Important Group Settings to Check
Allowing a user to send a message to a single email address and reach an entire group of people, Google Groups provide a way for users, teams, and communities to engage in discussion and collaborate online. Whether discussing a project with a team internally, sending announcements to a listserv, or…
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These 40 Stats Will Change the Way You Think About Google Apps
This past October, we published a post rounding up 47 of the most vital stats about the state of the Google Apps ecosystem. The post was one of our most shared ever and it’s clear that people operating in this space are looking for more information about the success, growth…
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Recapping the Global Enterprise Partner Summit: Partners are the Cornerstone of the Ecosystem’s Success
Nick Freund is the Director of Business Development at BetterCloud where he oversees all partner relationships and business development initiatives. Last week was Google’s second annual Global Enterprise Partner Summit. The event, which brought more than 700 partners to San Francisco, was a showcase of sorts for Google’s current partners…
Read moreGoogle Introduces Add-ons, Monitor with Apps Explorer
Yesterday, Google announced add-ons, a valuable new update to Drive and a power play to win over even more Microsoft Office users. Available now within Docs and Sheets, add-ons offer advanced functionality, such as citation formatting, mail merge, and graphs, not natively available in Drive. Bringing features that users were…
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3 Qualities Shared by the Most Effective Google Apps Admins
Eli Winderbaum is the Director of Customer Success at BetterCloud where he interacts with dozens of Google Apps administrators daily. Follow Eli on Google+. Google Apps administrators play an integral role in any organization operating on Google Apps. They have the power to drive a company’s IT strategy, implement that…
Read moreGoogle Drive Sharing: Let's Meet in the Middle
Based on a question we asked in our recent customer survey, we discovered most admins take an all or nothing approach when it comes to Drive sharing. The question, “Which of the following most accurately describes your organization’s policy regarding Google Drive or Docs exposure and public sharing?” asked survey…
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8 Google Apps Admin Communities You Should Join
Any Google Apps admin knows that Google is regularly rolling out updates and adding new features to its existing suite of products, and though this evolution is welcomed and exciting, technical changes also mean changes to the way we work. By following and contributing to the forums profiled below, engage…
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6 Reasons BuzzFeed Uses BetterCloud to Manage Google Apps
To read the BuzzFeed case study, visit bettercloud.com/customers/buzzfeed. Here are six reasons BuzzFeed uses BetterCloud to manage and secure Google Apps: 1. To edit Google Group permissions in bulk – something you can’t do in the Google Admin Console. 2. To deprovision users. Saying goodbye is never easy, but a custom checklist…
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3 Reasons the New Chromebox for Meetings Should Be Your Next IT Investment
Last year, we predicted Google would launch a GoToMeeting competitor in 2014. The company delivered this month with Chromebox for Meetings and we couldn’t be happier! The system, which combines software and hardware to deliver one seamless web conferencing experience, takes the best of Google Hangouts and Chrome OS, and…
Read moreBulk Functions Added to Email Delegation Tool
BetterCloud’s email delegation tool is a widely popular one, allowing admins to delegate the inbox of one user to another so they can read and send messages on the user’s behalf. After hearing several requests from customers to add bulk delegation management tools, we did some research and were surprised…
Read moreQ&A with BetterCloud Support
The Google Apps community is a very collaborative one, with regular activity among Google product forums, Google+ communities, and Google Groups. Not surprisingly, we receive great questions from admins within BetterCloud’s own community forum, as well. We’ve gone through recent support tickets and forum posts in order to share Q&A’s…
Read moreTop 10 Timesavers in FlashPanel Enterprise
1. Templatize new user creation by following a guided walkthrough and imaging another user 2. Update user contact information in bulk using a templated spreadsheet 3. Prevent inappropriate Google+ posting by defining policies with content filters that search for certain words or proprietary information 4. Auto-correct document sharing across your…
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