After reading this article students, faculty, and staff should be able to:

Google Takeout is the backup service provided to you through your G Suite Account.

 

What can I backup with Google Takeout?

Home & Office Contacts Drive Mail Calendar

Social Profile Hangouts Google+ Circles Google+ Stream +1s Google+ Pages Messenger

Media YouTube Google+ Photos

 

Use Google Takeout to Backup G Suite Apps Data

1. Navigate to: www.google.com/takeout/
2. Check what you would like to backup and then click Next.
3. Choose the file format for the downloaded data. The default type is a zip file.
4. Choose a Max Archive size.  If your data exceeds this size, it will be split into multiple files.
5. Choose a delivery method, and Create Archive.
6. You do not have to stay on this page.  An email will notify you when the zip file is available. This may take a while depending on the amount of data you have stored.

 

Access files from the backup

1. Open the zip file you downloaded. Windows has the ability to open zip files without 3rd party programs.
2. You can view the folders inside the zip file and move them anywhere.

 

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Last Modified: 7/18/2017

After reading this article students, faculty, and staff should be able to:

G Suite is the collective name for a group of Google apps such as Gmail, Docs, Drive and Calendar available to the university.

 

 

Android Devices

1. To use any G Suite mobile apps, download them from the Google Play Store.
2. Open the app after it installed.
3. Click Sign In.
4. Login using your G Suite Account email and password.

 

iOS Devices

1. To use any G Suite mobile apps, download them from the App Store.
2. Open the app after it installed.
3. Click Sign In.
4. Login using your G Suite Account email and password.
5. A popup will ask if you would like to receive notifications. Choose either Don’t Allow or Allow.

 

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Last Modified: 6/16/2017

After reading this article students, faculty, and staff should be able to:

iOS Devices

iOS Mail App

1. Go to Settings > Mail > Accounts > Add Account.  Choose Google.
2. Enter your FirstName.LastName@uconn.edu and press Next.
3. Enter your NetID Password then press NEXT.
4. Select Mail and any other Apps you want your account to use.
5. Press Save.
6. If you do not have a passcode setup, press Continue when Passcode Requirement popup.
7. Enter new passcode and press Continue.
8. Re-enter your new passcode and press Save.

Outlook for iOS

1. On your mobile device, go to the App Store and download the Microsoft Outlook app.
2. Open the app after it is installed.
3. Press Get Started.
4. Choose whether or not you would like Outlook to send you notifications.
5. If you chose to get notified, a popup displays saying Outlook would like to send you notifications. Press OK.
6. When prompted to add an email account, enter firstname.lastname@uconn.edu and press Not Office 365.
7. Press Change Account Provider.
8. Select Google.
9. Choose your UConn Google Account if prompted.
10. Enter your Google password and press Next.
11. Press Allow.
12. You have the option to add another account.   Press Maybe Later to proceed to your Gmail in Outlook.
13. A few screens of help text are presented, which you can read or skip. Your Gmail Inbox then displays.

 

Android Devices

1. Open Settings.  Navigate to Accounts > +Add account.
2. Select Google.
3. Select Existing.
4. Login using your G Suite account and wait for your account to sync.
5. Click on your Google Account under Accounts and check off which apps you wanted synced to your device.

 

Outlook App

1. On your mobile device, go to the Google Play Store and install the Microsoft Outlook app.
2. Open the app after it is installed.
3. Press Get Started.
4.  Enter your @uconn.edu email address and then press Continue.
5. No password is required at this time.  Press the back button.
6. When prompted to choose an account type, press Google.
7. Press Add account or select your Gmail if its already listed.
8. Enter your UConn Gmail address and press Next.
9. Enter your UConn Gmail password and press Next.
10. Press Accept.
11. Select your account on the “Choose an account from uconn.edu” window.
12. Press Allow.
13. Press Skip.  Your account will be setup and you will have the option to go through a tutorial for using the Outlook app or you can choose to skip it.

 

Windows Phone

Windows Phone 7

1. From the Home screen, slide  right to the Apps windows.
2. Scroll down to select Settings.
3. Under System select email+accounts.
4. Click add an account.
5. Select Google from the list.
6. Enter your full UConn Email Address, and the password for your Google Apps account (this may not be the same as your NetID), then click the sign in button.
7. You should now be shown a screen that indicates that you added account.  Email, contacts, calendar, and tasks are enabled by default. If you’d like to deselect one of these, tap the account icon and choose which ones you’d like to sync

Windows Phone 8

1. Go to the home screen by pressing the windows key and then swiping to the left-most screen.
2. Scroll down and open Settings.
3. Inside Settings, make sure you are under the system tab and choose emails + accounts
4. Select add an account
5. Choose Google from the list of accounts.
6. Enter your firstname.lastname@uconn.edu email into the Email address field, and your UConn Google apps password into the Password field. Click next.
7. You can then choose to sync email only or email, contacts, and calendar. Once a choice is selected, click sign in and the phone should start syncing your information.

 

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Last Modified: 6/16/2017

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Apple Mail is the built-in email client for Mac operating systems.

 

Outlook for Windows

1. Open the Windows Start menu, search for the Control Panel, and click on the icon for Mail.
2. Click the Show Profiles button (note: if this is the first time you have setup your email you may not see this dialogue).
3. Click the Add… button to create a new email account.
4. Enter a Descriptive Name as your profile name and click OK.
5. In the Email Account fields, enter the following information:
6. Your Name: First name Last name
7. E-mail address: firstname.lastname@uconn.edu
8. Password: NetID password
9. Retype password: NetID password
10. Click Next to continue.
11. A pop up will appear with your firstname.lastname@uconn.edu. Enter Your NetID password, and then check “Remember my credentials.” Click OK.
12. Click Finish.

 

Outlook for Mac 

1. Open Outlook.
2. Navigate to Tools > Accounts.
3. Click Add Account or + at the bottom left of the window.
4. Enter your UConn Gmail address and click Continue.
5. Exit out of the Office 365 login that pops up.
6. On the set up your email window, click Not Office365?
7. Click Gmail.
8. Enter your Gmail password.
9. Click Done and Exit out of Accounts window.

Apple Mail

1. Open Apple Mail and go to Mail > Add Account…
2. Select Google and click Continue.
3. Enter your email (firstname.lastname@uconn.edu) and click Next.
4. Enter your password and click Next.
5. Select Mail and any other Apps you want to use with this account.
6. Click Done.

 

 

 

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