The collaborative platform, Google Workspace, hosts more than 3,000 users daily, through tools such as Gmail, Chat, Calendar, Meet, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides etc. With the new version that the company has presented, workers will also be able to have the applications that until now they used in their private lives.
The new one Google Workspace Essentials Starter Edition is a no-cost solution for businesses that want to improve teamwork and foster innovation through secure collaboration by design. With Essentials Starter, employees can easily choose your own productivity tools and bring the latest collaboration modalities to work.
As the world of work has evolved into ways we weren’t aware of (because of its speed and scale, as well as its use of multiple platforms and multiple devices), the collaboration Safe has become more important than ever. Essentials Starter can help employees and their teams break out of silos and find new ways to work through collaboration, even if your company uses legacy productivity tools that weren’t designed for the era of hybrid work.
No new email addresses, plugins or desktop software needed, and there’s no need to convert files either – all the tools in Essentials Starter will work quickly and easily in your current business environment. And because Google Workspace is designed to run on our cloud, which is the most advanced in the industry, Essentials Starter offers secure, encrypted access to files, protecting user security and data privacy.
How does it work
- Sign up with your professional email to open a free Essentials Starter account. No credit card is required and there is no limited trial period.
- Invite your teammates to collaborate using Google Docs, Slides, Sheets, Chat, Drive, and Meet.
- Foster innovation through new ways of working, with virtual and immersive meetings, storing, sharing and collaborating in more than 100 file types, including Microsoft Office, without the need to convert them.
In a Google hybrid work survey, when workers were asked what was most important to doing well with this mode, their first choice was “new technologies that allow flexibility of schedule and location”.
Google Workspace was born on the cloud and it was designed with maximum flexibility in mind, to be used from wherever you want and on the device you want. Google Workspace brings together chat, files, meetings and your favorite apps in one smart hub so you and your team can connect, create and collaborate from your computers, tablets and smartphones, in any location and time zone.
Because Google Workspace is primarily cloud-focused, teams can:
- Experience modern collaboration, without the burden of version control or email attachments. Can be done brainstormingcreate presentations, and gain insights from data using Google Sheets, Slides, and Docs.
- Organize secure video conferences to bring everyone together in one place. Video conferences can be held one to one or immersive team meetings (from 3 to 100 people and up to 60 minutes each).
- Exchange messages in real time with Google Chat. Quickly exchange information and files, or send greetings to the whole team through Google Chat (from one-on-one messages to large group conversations).
- Have a space in Spaces reserved for collaboration. Spaces is tightly integrated with some Workspace tools like Chat, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Meet, and Tasks, making it easier to engage in topical discussions, share knowledge and ideas, move projects forward, build culture common and create a team spirit.
- Securely access professional content from your devices. Thanks to the 15 GB of Google Drive storage, the user can store, share and access professional content from their mobile, tablet or computer; In addition, the desktop version of Drive allows you to sync files and folders to your computer, whether it’s a PC or a Mac. Drive storage limits in the user’s personal account and in the Workspace Essentials Starter account remain separate.
- Work with existing tools without having to convert files. More than 100 file types, including Microsoft Office documents and PDFs, can be stored, shared, or co-edited without conversion.
- Easily manage a team of collaborators. It is very easy to add or remove team members from a simple panel.
