I’ve been testing Google Apps Premier Edition for the last month and this note details my likes and dislikes about the service offering. Overall, while I think Google Apps holds promise, its smartphone support is lacking and might not be the best choice for all companies.
Likes
- Multiple calendars – while at first I thought the lack of category capability was a bit of a pain, I’ve started to warm up to the concept of multiple calendars for tracking different types of appointments/events. The best part about the multiple calendars is that you can view them all on the same calendar view. Different calendars are represented by different colours on the same view.
- Interesting calendars (sports teams, holidays, etc) – as part of my experimentation with multiple calendars, I noticed that there are numerous public interesting calendars available that can be easily integrated into Google Calendars. Once you’ve subscribed to them, adding them to your calendar view is as easy as clicking a checkbox.
- Easy to setup – the Google Apps Setup Guide is detailed and easy to follow.
- Integration of your domain name – you can set it up with webmail.yourdomain.com, docs.yourdomain.com, calendar.yourdomain.com, etc.Continue reading