News!! Google Apps, Google Accounts Together With Blogger

This article is close Google Apps:  what it is, how to access it, in addition to what the account-names await like.   It discusses the nifty similarity betwixt Google in addition to Google Apps accounts, in addition to looks at some of the pocket-size differences betwixt them in addition to how these relate to Blogger.

Note:   the data hither was  correct inwards 2011 when the article was originally written.   Various aspects bring changed since then:   Google has stopped providing 10 costless apps accounts for every domain purchased through them, in addition to the corporate apps (now called g-Suite) bring been developed further.    The next fabric is kept for historical reference in addition to because many of the full general concepts apply, but the details may no longer locomote 100%correct.

What is Google Apps?

Google Apps is a grouping of on-line applications in addition to services that Google bundle together.  They are sold equally a service to companies in addition to other organisations, in addition to people (individuals in addition to companies/organisations) tin utilisation services on Apps for free, for upwardly to 10 users.

You tin custom-domain that you lot purchased from some other domain registrar, or yesteryear purchasing a domain-name (ie URL) through Google.

Also, people who buy a custom-domain through Google / Blogger or Sites are strongly recommended to set upwardly i Google Apps draw of piece of occupation concern human relationship to administer their domain with, in addition to may exercise upwardly to 10 user-accounts inwards the domain.  

Google Apps account-names are  groups of letters in addition to numbers that look like an e-mail address,  for example, Joe.bloggs@ACompany.com.

Initially Google Apps included things like:

• Docs (to supervene upon MS Word etc)
• Spreadsheets (to supervene upon Excel etc)   
• Presentations (to supervene upon PowerPoint),
• Google-mail which looked in addition to worked real much similar Gmail inwards regular Google accounts - but was all the same dissimilar (to supervene upon Outlook / Exchange) etc.
• Google Sites (for point-and-click website creation)

Today, many other software-as-a-service applications bring been added to this list.

Google accounts vs Google Apps account

Initially, in addition to until belatedly 2010 / early on 2011, a Google Apps draw of piece of occupation concern human relationship was NOT the same equally a Google account, fifty-fifty though they appeared similar inwards many ways.  If an Apps user (even the domain Administration) wanted to utilisation AdSense, Blogger, Picasa-web-albums, Google Maps, in addition to some other applications from Google, therefore s/he needed to prepare a split Google account.

However since sometime inwards early on 2011, Google Apps has been extended to include almost all the services that were previously available to Google accounts.   Effectively this agency that instantly a Google Apps draw of piece of occupation concern human relationship is almost totally the same affair equally a Google account.

To brand this happen, Google had to resolve conflicting Google in addition to Google Apps accounts.  This included cry for owners of Google accounts amongst the same elevate equally Google Apps accounts to select a novel elevate for their account.  They bring also transitioned existing Google Apps accounts to Google, which has seen domain administrators acquire a flurry of alert emails.

Using Blogger amongst a Google Apps account

Today, if you lot bring a Google Apps account, you lot tin utilisation it to log inwards to Blogger, Picasa, etc precisely similar you lot did amongst a Google account, in addition to you lot tin exercise things similar transfer weblog ownership to Google Apps accounts.

The solely exception is if your domain administrator has restricted your access to sure enough services.   For example, if your domain administrator has turned Blogger off for users inwards your domain, in addition to you lot endeavor to utilisation Blogger amongst that account, you lot acquire a message similar this:

It reads:

This service is non available
Blogger is non available for YOURDOMAIN.XXX. Learn to a greater extent than close Google products that you lot tin utilisation amongst YOUR-LOGIN@YOURDOMAIN.XXX.
If you lot are the Google Apps administrator, delight read these articles to larn to a greater extent than close controling user access to Google Apps services in addition to turning services on/off for sure enough users.
Did you lot utilisation this production amongst a dissimilar Google Account? Sign out of your electrical flow Google Account in addition to therefore sign inwards to the draw of piece of occupation concern human relationship that you lot want.

The solely way to a greater extent than or less this is to inquire your domain administrator to give access to Blogger (which they may locomote unwilling to exercise because it agency giving access to all users inwards the domain, non precisely you) or to utilisation another, different, Google account for Blogger.

Apps Security vs Blogger Security

Security restrictions that your domain administrator has laid inwards Google Apps don't currently apply inwards Blogger.   For example, Google Docs may locomote prepare therefore that solely people inwards your domain (eg company) tin run across your documents.  But this if you lot exercise a weblog inwards Blogger, this uses the Blogger safety setting that you lot impose (under Settings > Permissions) - in addition to yesteryear default it volition locomote visible to the whole world.  This is why some domain administrators are non keen to enable Blogger for users inwards their domains.

(I haven't investigated, but it's probable that the same affair applies to other apps that were previously accessed via Google accounts non Google Apps accounts - eg Picasa.)

Other Google-account tools

There are a few Google products that currently are non available using Google Apps accounts:

• Buzz
• Health
• Powermeter
• Google Profiles
  (NB  Blogger Profiles are available inwards the commons way via the Blogger Dashboard > Edit Profile link)

(ref:  http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/answer.py?answer=182213&hl=en&ctx=ch_b%2F0%2FServiceNotAllowed&p=blogger)

Again, if you lot desire to utilisation these applications, you lot demand to utilisation another, different, Google account.

Google Sites

Some Bloggers utilisation Google Sites, accessed amongst their Google account, to host files.

Currently, the Google Sites login hide that gives a choice betwixt logging inwards amongst a Google Account, or amongst a Google Apps account, similar this:

Despite this, if the Sites service is enabled for your domain, you lot tin utilisation your Google Appts draw of piece of occupation concern human relationship details to log inwards via the top, Google Account, utilisation of the screen.  And if you lot select the "Sign inwards amongst a Google Apps Account" link, the hide instantly asks for your e-mail address (ie your draw of piece of occupation concern human relationship name), in addition to only puts it inwards the top utilisation of the hide in addition to asks for your password there.

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