Google Meet Roadmap
November 11, 2020 In this video, Tom Woods goes through the most recent updates with Google Meet as well as what’s coming on the Google Meet roadmap.
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Migrate your on-prem data to Google Drive
November 9, 2020 Are you stuck fighting with VPN connections to allow off-campus access to your on-prem file storage systems? Do you have aging server hardware and facing a costly upgrade? Or perhaps you have been a target of expensive ransomware attacks? If your school is using G Suite for Education, you already have access […]
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Replacing Cloud Print
November 10, 2020 Last November, we published a blog post outlining Google’s announcement that Cloud Print would be deprecated by the end of 2020. Unbelievably, that is just around the corner! If you are still wanting to print from Chrome OS you will need to move to Google’s Native printing, CUPs, or explore Google’s printing […]
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Transformation Reports
As a former technology director, I was always looking for ways to find the ROI on the many initiatives and projects that we instituted around the district. Adding further complexity, Education IT tends to have different goals than a “traditional” IT department would. In education, we look for transformational changes in learning. Specifically, many schools […]
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ICYMI: 8 G Suite and Chrome Updates from Summer and Fall
These updates and timeline are written as of 10/28 Do you know what’s really difficult to do as an IT Administrator? Trying to stay up to date with Google changes, during a pandemic, in the Summer and Fall. If you’re a G Suite Admin, you know staying up to date isn’t as easy as subscribing […]
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Optimizing SSO on Chromebooks
October 2020 Setting up Chrome Devices to sign-in using an established Single Sign-On (SSO) platform is often desired by schools that are leveraging SSO to simplify user management. Whether wanting to audit sign-in activities through Active Directory Federated Services (ADFS) or using badges for younger students, SSO offers an alternative to the standard Google sign-in […]
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Google Workspace
Google did a thing today: A complete rebrand of G Suite to Google Workspace! Before we all start getting excited, nervous, or worried about what this means for your EDU G Suite environment, we want to let you know it won’t immediately impact the education space. Although Google Workspace has officially launched, the changes announced […]
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3rd Party App Security with App Access Control
The longer a district has been using G Suite for Education, the larger becomes the looming elephant of 3rd party application use. How do you know what apps on the internet your staff and students are using via their G Suite accounts? The amount of applications and sites out there is staggering, and by default, […]
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Google Meet and the Remote Classroom
September 2020 Over the past several months, school IT Administrators have had to do a lot of thinking on their feet. Nearly overnight in some cases, dependency on technological resources became exponentially important as cities and states went into lockdown, and schools were put into remote learning situations. Technology departments went into overdrive to get […]
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Keeping your Admin Console healthy and secure
September 9, 2020 One of the most popular questions I get after completing the audit process with our customers is “We are trying to figure out your accent, where are you from?” Well, I am from Rhode Island, so my accent is a mash-up of Staten Island and Boston with a hint of Jersey Shore. […]
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Anywhere School: Classroom and Meet Recap
These updates and timeline are written as of 9/1 Did you pay attention to Google’s Anywhere School Event in August? You may have thought it was geared for teachers – a lot of folks thought that. While much of the content was instructional-focused there were several major updates and timelines, especially about Google Classroom and […]
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Secure DNS: It is secure, right?
August 21, 2020 It’s always DNS. Where have I heard that before? While there are plenty of changes proposed for the future of how we should enhance and secure DNS further, today I will focus on the path Chrome is taking (and Firefox as well). DNS over HTTPS. DNS normally works on port 53 via […]