The most common starting point.
WHAT IT PROVIDES
Email on your own domain Shared calendars Document collaboration Video meetings File storage
WHY IT SUITS SMALL BUSINESSES
No mail server to maintain Access from any device Predictable per-user cost
WHAT TO SET UP PROPERLY
Individual accounts, never shared A second authentication step for everyone Mail authentication records for the service A backup of mail and files
THAT LAST POINT
The provider protects against their failures, not your deletions.
WHAT TO CONFIGURE
Sharing defaults, which are frequently more open than intended Retention, so old data is removed Access for departing staff, removed promptly
WHAT TO WATCH
Cost as user numbers grow Licences for people who left
WHAT TO TEST
That mail from the service arrives at major providers.
WHERE TO READ MORE
Our email deliverability articles cover authentication in detail.
WHAT TO KEEP
Your domain, in your own registrar account.
