7.8 Google Apps Vault
Google Apps Vault, an archiving and eDiscovery service exclusively available to Google Apps customers, was announced on March 28, 2012. Vault allows customers to find and preserve email messages that may be relevant to litigation. It also helps them manage business data for continuity, compliance, and regulatory purposes. As of June 25, 2014, Vault customers can also search, preview, and export Google Drive files.
Google Apps Vault is included as part of Drive for Work with unlimited storage, available for $10 per user per month.
7.9 Usage
Google Apps claims that over five million businesses are using their tools, either the free or the paid version.[84] According to Google for Work President Amit Singh, 60% of Fortune 500 companies are using Google for Work services.[85] Customers range across industries around the globe including Uber,[86] AllSaints,[87] BuzzFeed,[88] Design Within Reach,[89] Virgin, PwC[90] and more. Many of the customers using Apps are featured on the Apps customer page.[91]
Practice №8 Microsoft Office Live Workspace
8.1 Setting up Microsoft Live Workspace
To use Microsoft Word online, you need a Workspace on the servers of Microsoft. You can upload your documents and view or edit them from anywhere. The Microsoft Live Workspace is a place like that, along with some extras that can ease some common operations. Best of all, you can access your workspace directly from any of a number of Microsoft applications.
To use the online version of MS Word from your desktop, you can click the Office button and then again Word Options. Under Resources, click Go Online (Fig 1 towards end of the article).
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Figure 1 – Online version of MS Word |
This action takes you to Office Live Workspace. You need to create a personal workspace if you are using it for the first time. You have the choice to create a blank workspace or use from a list pre-existing formats (Fig 2). You can select one based on your requirements.
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Figure 2 – Create a blank workspace or use from a list pre-existing formats |
Before you can create the workspace, you need to login into Office Live. If you do not have a Microsoft .NET Passport, you can sign up at Hotmail or MSN Live to get an ID for free. You can use this ID, often referred to as .NET Passport to access all web applications of Microsoft: Hotmail, Live, Messenger and many more.
Once you have your Microsoft Office Live Workspace ready, you need to give it a name and description, so that others can understand what the workspace is about. The term "Others" refer to people with whom you will be sharing your documents for collaboration: viewing, editing, saving, and printing a local copy etc.
You can always create more than one Workspaces to share them with different people. To create a new Workspace, just click the "plus" sign on the left side of your current Workspace (Fig 3).
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Figure 3 – Creating a new Workspace |
NOTE:
You need Internet Explorer 6 or later to access Office Live Workspace. Other browsers may not work with Office Live.
You will also need Microsoft Silverlight.