Google Apps

Google Apps for Education is the primary email system for everyone at Stony Brook University except Hospital employees and members of the School of Medicine and School of Dental Medicine. Stony Brook's Google Apps suite of products includes Mail, Calendar, Drive, Contacts, Sites, Groups, Hangouts and a host of other applications to enhance communication and real-time collaboration across campus.

Google Apps Benefits

Accessible: Anytime, Anywhere

Access your content on Google Drive from anywhere with an internet connection: computers and mobile devices

SBU Branded E-mail

Email addresses follow this format: firstname.lastname@stonybrook.edu (common names will have some variation to this).

Privacy and Security

Learn more about Google Privacy and Security

Offline Access

Enable Offline Access in Chrome or on your device and you can access your content even if you're offline in GmailCalendar and Google Drive.

Simplify Collaboration

Easily share and collaborate on documents, calendars, and websites through Google products and edit files collaboratively in real-time with Google Drive! 

No More Updates

As a web service, Google Apps is automatically updated by Google. You will not have to worry about installing updates yourself. 

Chat Your Way

Use text, voice and video chat with Google Hangouts. Need to share what you're seeing on your screen? Google Hangouts does that, too!

Group Management Tools

Create your own groups to simplify communication and collaboration. Request a Google Group, and then you can add and remove members and manage group settings. 

Who Gets An Account?

Accounts are automatically created for all eligible students, faculty, and staff. Special domains exist for retirees and alumni, too.

Available Workshops

Staff/Faculty-focused Workshops

Click Events at the top of the page to see scheduled faculty/staff-focused DoIT events.

Student-focused Events

Find student-focused events through SB Engaged or the CORQ app

 

Browse Workshop Catalog

Browse DoIT's Workshop Catalog