Power up The Business with Google Apps – G Suite

Google Apps is a set of services or tools used for business email, messaging and content sharing, etc. The Apps is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses as well as enterprises. The Google Apps is the best alternative option for Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes etc. The main advantage of Google Apps is accessibility and it provides web-based workplace.

G Suite - Pricing Plans

Google basically offer 3 pricing plans and it is Basic, Business and Enterprise. All plans have its own benefits and all plan includes the below apps.

Business Email

Shared Calendar

Secure Team Massaging

Collaboration Apps - Google Docs, Google Sites and Google Video for Business etc.

Additional Features: https://gsuite.google.co.in/intl/en_in/pricing.html

Setup G Suite Basic

We have discussed the basic about Google Apps so let us move to set up the G Suite. The Google offer 14 days trial for G Suite Basic so if anyone has the domain can start the G Suite very easily.

For staring the service, open the https://gsuite.google.com/ link and click Get Started

Step 1 – Type the Business name and User count | we can increase the user limit later if required

Step 2 – Enter the details for contact before setting up a new Admin

Step 3 – Click ‘Yes’ if we have a domain – I had purchased thewantricks.com for this site

Step 4 – Type the domain name

Step 5 – Click ‘Next’ and continue the setup

Step 6 – Crete the User on the new domain, this will be the Super Admin

Step 7 – Wait for a few second to create the account

Step 8 – The new account info@thewantricks.com has been created

The next is the domain verification and the most important step. We need to add the MX records in Domain DNS for verifying the domain with The WanTricks - G Suite.

Step 9 – Click Activate - After the User creation the page will redirect to the domain activation window

Step 10 – Read the details and click Continue

Note – Before moving to the next step, open domain control the panel in a new web browser tab and navigate to the DNS management section. Here I am using Google Domain and almost all others are in the same format.

Step 11 – Open Copy the MX verification code and click ‘Activate Gmail’

In the Google Domain, we have a ‘Synthetic record’ options and this will help to create the record in a single click

Step 12 – Select the records as per the below image – SPF Validation, DKIM Signing & Subdomain

(Note – Untick the ‘MX Records’ because we will add this manually otherwise will get “MX record already in user error”)

Step 13 – Create MX records in the Custom Resource Record table and save the settings

Step 14 – The next is record verification, it will take 2 to 3 minutes to complete. If getting record ‘missing’ error then ‘Retry Activation’

Step 15 – The domain verified successfully, Skip to next step

Step 16 – From this window, we can be setting up things like our requirements including Gmail, Mobile Device, and Mail Migration, etc.

The G Suite Basic setup is completed so we are able to send the emails 14 days without a billing.

Topic Conclusion

The G Suite set up almost completed and the next important things are to enable the mail authentication features and other security features. The next article will explain that in detail.