Introduction to G Suite - Borealis¶

• Table of contents
• Introduction to G Suite - Borealis
  • Gmail
    • Using Outlook for Mac with Gmail
  • Google Calendar
  • Google Drive
    • Setting up Google Drive Filestream

Welcome to G Suite! We've created a Google account for you, which includes a suite of different tools including:

• Gmail
• Calendar
• Google Drive

Borealis now owns and manages all accounts that end with @borealisphilanthropy.org.

Gmail¶

Your email can be accessed here: http://gmail.com/

Google has created a pretty comprehensive guide to Gmail's web functionality. We'll be walking through these parts in the webinar.

• Create and send email:
  https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/9259846
• Organizing your inbox: https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/9260550

Google also has a guide to its web interface that is specific to former Outlook users. that you can consult if you're looking to replicate certain Outlook functionality in the web interface.

Using Outlook for Mac with Gmail¶

You can also choose to continue using Outlook for Mac as a desktop email client with Gmail.

Google Calendar¶

Your calendars can be accessed here: https://calendar.google.com/

Google's made this comprehensive guide to Calendars. We'll be walking through these parts in the webinar.

• Schedule events: https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/9282963
• Share and view calendars: https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/9282964

There are some differences between Outlook and Google Calendars.

Google Drive¶

You can access your Google Drive here: https://drive.google.com/

Google's guide to Google Drive is here. We'll be walking through these parts of it in the webinar.

• Creating and editing files: https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2424368
• Sharing files and folders, transferring ownership: https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2494822
• Uploading files: https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2424368

Setting up Google Drive Filestream¶