Is Google Accounts and Google Apps Same?
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Question: Is Google Accounts and Google Apps Same? if no then What's
the Difference Between Google Accounts and Google Apps?
I'm confused by all this terminology.
What's the difference between a Google Account and Google Apps?
Answer:
It is confusing.
Google Account
Your
Google Account is used to log in to Google services. It is an email address and
password combination, and it's generally what you'd type in any time Google
asks you to log in. It can be a Gmail address, although it doesn't have
to be. You can associate a new Gmail address with an existing Google Account,
but you can't merge two existing Google
Accounts together.
It is
generally wise to go ahead and associate a Gmail account with your Google
Account. Add any other email accounts you use (that haven't been associated
with another Google Account), so that anyone sending you an email invitation to
share a document will send the invite to the same Google Account. Make sure you
are logged in to your existing Google Account before you create a Gmail
account, or you'll accidentally make another Google Account!
As of this writing, you're out of luck if you've already
accidentally made several Google Accounts. Perhaps Google will come up with some
sort of merging tool in the future.
Google Apps
Google
refers to their Web applications as "apps," so part of the confusion
here is Google's fault. However, Google
Apps ("Apps"
with a capital "a") is a specific suite of hosted services that
businesses, schools, and other organizations can administer using Google's
servers and their own domain. Google Apps comes in several free varieties and a
fee-based Premier Edition.
You log in to Google Apps using your work or organization email
address. This account is not associated with your regular Google Account. You
could use the same email address for both Google Apps and a
Google Account, but it's unwise. You still have to log into your Google Apps
account separately, but it can be extremely confusing to figure out if your
shared services are going through Google Apps or your regular Google Account.
Your best option if this happens is to add a Gmail address to
your Google Account and use the Gmail address to log in.
It is
possible to be simultaneously logged in (using separate emails) to both a
Google Account and a Google Apps account. Look on the upper right hand corner
of your Google service to see which email address is associated with the
service you are using.
