Google Apps Committee
We had our second committee meeting yesterday regarding moving CSP’s e-mail to Google Apps. I feel that it was a productive meeting and that we are moving forward, but it would have been better to have more committee members there. Here is a short recap of what was discussed.
- Pilot Group
- We are asking that all committee members join the full pilot of Google Apps.
- We are going to release the pilot to the campus community for volunteers to join in.
- We hope to get a good sampling of different types of users to give this potential transition a thorough test.
- FAQ Page
- We would like to compile a FAQ page to answer some of the most common concerns that have been expressed through the Google Apps blog
- This FAQ page will also include some of the rationale behind considering this move (i.e. financial, server administration, reliability, legality issues with storing user data, etc.)
- We would like to compile a FAQ page to answer some of the most common concerns that have been expressed through the Google Apps blog
- Client Support
- We discussed whether or not we would support a client. At this point we thought it would be ideal not to support a specific client, but this may be difficult to accomplish after leaving Outlook.
- What sync tools are we going to support/purchase to handle syncing calendar and e-mail with mobile devices and or a client like Outlook.
- Insights from Macalester
- Macalester College is also considering moving off of their Oracle e-mail solution to Google Apps. So, we are hoping to gain some insight from them on what they have discovered so far.
- Decision Time
- We are looking at making the final decision to move on this or not in approximately 1 month.
- If we decide not to move on it at this point, this will not rule out the possibility of doing it down the road, and we will continue to look at this option.
If there is anything that I missed, feel free to comment.
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