{"id":42074,"date":"2011-02-14T11:43:33","date_gmt":"2011-02-14T16:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=42074"},"modified":"2025-01-21T11:24:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T16:24:05","slug":"google","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/support\/google\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Apps at Boston University"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>About BU Google Apps<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>BU Google Apps is hosted through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/a\/help\/intl\/en\/edu\/index.html\">G Suite for Education<\/a>. Many, although not all, services provided through commercially-available Google are also available through BU Google Apps.<\/li>\n<li>Those with a BU Google Apps account can access mail sent to <em>login<\/em>@bu.edu through BU Google Mail. In addition, the BU Google Apps account provides access to Calendar, Drive and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Featured Apps<\/h3>\n<ul id=\"featured-apps\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/email\/google-mail\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"\/tech\/files\/2013\/10\/googlemail.png\" alt=\"The Gmail icon that, when clicked, takes you to BU Google Mail.\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/email\/google-mail\/\">BU Google Mail<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/email\/google-mail\/google-calendar\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"\/tech\/files\/2013\/10\/calendar-64.png\" alt=\"The blue calendar icon that, when clicked, takes you to the page, Using Google Calendar.\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/email\/google-mail\/google-calendar\/\">Google Calendar<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/hangouts\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"\/tech\/files\/2013\/10\/Hangouts-64.png\" style=\"padding-top: 13px; padding-bottom: 1px;\" alt=\"The Google Hangouts icon that, when clicked, takes users directly to Google Hangouts.\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/hangouts\/\">Google Hangouts<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/drive.google.com\/a\/bu.edu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"\/tech\/files\/2013\/10\/drive-64.png\" style=\"padding-top: 13px; padding-bottom: 1px;\" alt=\"The Google Drive icon that, when clicked, takes users directly to their Google Drive's account.\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/drive.google.com\/a\/bu.edu\">Google Drive<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 aria-hidden=\"true\">Account Access<\/h3>\n<p><!-- This h3 is not included in the accessibility tree and therefore ignored by the rule --><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Access to BU Google Apps is secured by Web Login and available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/google\">www.bu.edu\/google<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/webmail\"> www.bu.edu\/webmail<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>A BU Google Apps account is provisioned to all incoming students. Faculty and staff who would like a BU Google Apps account, can enable one at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/about\/policies\/google-create\/\"> Account Creation page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>BU Google Apps account requires Duo two-factor authentication. For more information and to enroll visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/duo\">www.bu.edu\/tech\/duo<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>*If you&#8217;re already enrolled and using Duo, you do not need to enroll again, you will be automatically prompted starting on 11\/12\/20<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>For Alumni Account Access information, please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/admin\/dar\/aoc\/alumni\/\">Alumni Account Information page.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"background-color: #ffebe8; border: solid 1px #cc0000; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><strong>Please Note: Faculty and staff are welcome to enable Google Apps to utilize BU Google Calendar and Google Drive, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/email\/office-365-outlook\/\">Office 365 Outlook<\/a>&#8211; NOT BU Google Mail \u2013 should be used for official University communications. Additionally faculty and staff must adhere to the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/about\/policies\/google\/\"> University Security <\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/infosec\/policies\/data-protection-standards\"> Data Protection<\/a><\/strong> policies prior to enabling a Google Apps account<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<h3>Other Helpful Information<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/support\/storage-options\/google-storage-faqs\/\">Changes to Google Storage FAQs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/infrastructure\/storage-backup\/cloud-file-storage\/backup-your-data-with-bu-google-drive\/\">BU Google Drive<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/about\/policies\/google-drive-security-guide-for-ferpa\/\">Google Drive Security Guide for FERPA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/edu\/training\/\">Google Apps for Education Trainings from Google<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About BU Google Apps BU Google Apps is hosted through G Suite for Education. Many, although not all, services provided through commercially-available Google are also available through BU Google Apps. Those with a BU Google Apps account can access mail sent to login@bu.edu through BU Google Mail. 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