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Primarily, the service modifications will affect:
- eligiblity eligibility to access the Syracuse University Google Workspace for Education services.
- available storage allowed in Google Drive (including Gmail and Photos).
- access to, some, Google applications available through the g.syr.edu Google domain.
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User consider eligible to have accounts in the service, includes current Syracuse University students (including SUNY ESF students), faculty, and staff (limited).
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Ineligible Users
Syracuse University alumni, dependents, applicants, and non-affiliated persons will not have access to the g.syr.edu Google Domain.
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Google is making minor changes, generally addtionsadditions, to the Core suite of application for Google Workspace for Education. Some changes will include feature sets to some applications. The addtional additional services available (such as YouTube, Blogger, Google Analytics, and more) are under review to identify those needed to support approved needs of the service.
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Syracuse University routinely assesses Syracuse University's computing resources and provided services. This assesment includes assessment includes review of the who accesses services and the intended purpose and audience. A recent change to Google’s terms of service and a review of active accounts has resulted in a decision to limit access to Syracuse University's Google Workspace for Education services. This limited access means that a large number of current users will no longer qualify for access to the Google Workspace for Education tools and related storage. This was available previously using a netid@g.syr.edu account. In Google's words (https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/education/google-workspace-for-education/), "During the 15 years we’ve been building tools for educators, we’ve seen the needs of instructors, education leaders and students evolve. We’ve learned that a one-size-fits all approach isn't what educators need from tools like G Suite for Education. Whether you're in a rural elementary school, urban university or homeschool setting, our technology and tools should adapt so you can focus on what matters most: teaching and learning. That's why we're making a few changes to provide you greater choice and flexibility in selecting the best tools to empower your institution.". Previously Syracuse University's Google services had benefited from the singular offering with no cost, no user limits, and no data storage limits. The changes being made include adding upgraded editions to the Google for Education offering, all with added costs, named based user licensing (no longer free and unlimited), the end of unlimited data storage, and increase user management needs.
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Current users of Syracuse University's g.syr.edu Google domain, in the coming days, will either be eligible or will be uneligible ineligible to continue using the service. Those users who are determined to be uneligible ineligible will recieve receive notification from Syracuse University's Information Technolgy Technology Services department informing them to begin migrating away from the services immediately. Users will be granted a short time (7-10 days) in which to complete their migration. Eligible users should commence with review of their data use and needs. Users will need to bring their storage usage down to set quota levels in order for compliance with Google's new storage policies.
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Before attempting to migrate your g.syr.edu account/data be sure that you have a destination in place with adequate features and resources (ie. storage space) to handle your needs.
Google does offer a paid plan, Google One, which offers more than a the standard, free, personal Google account with it's 15Gb of Drive storage. Google Drive is a storage service. Google One is a subscription plan that gives you more storage to use across Google Drive, Gmail, and Google Photos. Plus, with Google One, you get extra benefits and can share your membership with your family. More information on Google One is available from Google at https://one.google.com/about. A Google One FAQ is available at https://one.google.com/faq.
With a Google One account in place you can use the Google Takeout method to transfer data from g.syr.edu. However they will have a new email address won't be able to use the <user>@g.syr.edu anymore.
Google Takeout - please see our Google Takeout Answers page for more information.
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