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To get started, you'll first need to sign up for Google Apps, using our sign up form. When you sign up:

• Get a 30-day free trial for up to 10 users
• Experience no disruption to your current email or website settings
• No credit card required; submit payment after the trial (see pricing)

You just need a your_company.com domain name to sign up. Don't have a domain? 

After you've signed up for Google Apps, the Setup Wizard will start automatically. You can also start the wizard at any time: Log in to your control panel at www.google.com/a/<your_domain> and click the Setup tab. 

Here are the key steps the Setup Wizard will help you complete:

Verify your domain: To protect your domain, we ask that you verify that you're the rightful owner. You have several options, such as adding a record in your domain settings or a tag to your home page. To do this, you'll need to access your account with your domain or website host (such as GoDaddy or Network Solutions). Don't worry, this step won't affect your domain or website.

Add users: Create accounts for your users individually or in bulk. Email won't be redirected to these accounts until you activate the email service. 

Activate email: You'll need to change your MX (mail exchange) record at your domain host so all incoming email is delivered to your Google Apps account. There won't be any downtime to your email delivery.

Set up mobile devices: Sync your Google Apps data with your Android, Blackberry, iPhone, or Windows Mobile device. Learn more

Migrate data: Optionally, migrate your email, calendar, and contacts from your email server, webmail provider, or computer. The Setup Wizard will help you choose the most appropriate migration option.

Sync email with other clients: If you'd rather access your email in Microsoft Outlook instead of Gmail, you can install our plug-in for Outlook. You also sync email with most other desktop email programs (such as Apple Mail) using IMAP.

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Here are some things we recommend you do after setup:

Transition from Outlook to Gmail: Learn how to do all of the things you're used to doing with your email. See our transition guides and our getting started guide

Learn about your calendar: Find out how to create calendar events, book rooms, share your calendar, and more. See the getting started guide

Get familiar with Google Docs: Learn how to create documents that you can access from any computer, and how you and your colleagues can edit documents at the same time, so you'll never again have to consolidate multiple versions. See the getting started guide

Use Google Groups: Learn how to create distribution lists and e-mail addresses for groups of employees. See more information for administrators and the getting started guide for users

Explore templates: You'll find hundreds of free Google Docs templates in our template gallery, so you can do things like build your business processes or collect feedback on a project idea.

Learn tips and tricks: Our library of tips and tricks will show you how set up canned responses, call back a message you just sent, use the Priority Inbox feature, and more.

Help users make the switch: If you need a plan for communicating the switch to Google Apps and training your users, check out our transition guide for small businesses.

Get more apps: The Google Apps Marketplace has hundreds of third-party apps, such as accounting, invoicing, customer relationship management, project management, and more. Now you can move all of your computing tools onto the web and manage everything in one place.

Stay up to date: See our What's New site to learn about new and upcoming features and choose when you'd like to receive new features.