Google Groups
Google Groups makes it easy for groups of people - such as project teams, departments, or classmates - to communicate and collaborate over topics of common interest. Request a Google Group for easy group email distribution.
About Google Groups
Allow group members or campus community to easily communicate with members of a group through the group email address.
Organize meetings or share documents among members of a group by inviting/sharing with the group email address (event guests automatically update when group membership changes!)
Hold online discussions about a specific subject, host a question and answer forum, or track and manage requests from customers or co-workers (as a Collaborative Inbox).
Faculty or staff can request a group* and will need
- Email addresses and SOLAR IDs for at least 2 people who will be admins for the group
- A name of 2-30 characters for your group; the name will be the first part of the email address (ex: Department_MailboxName of Department_MailboxName@stonybrook.edu)
- The purpose of the Google Group
*Google Groups can only be created for faculty, staff, or officially approved student organizations.
Once you've created your group, check out these tips for managing it:
Frequently Asked Questions
You can invite almost any email address to a Google Group: Stony Brook Google emails, Stony Brook Medicine emails, most* external users' email accounts.
Learn how to add members to Google Groups.
*You cannot add child Google accounts or externals accounts' that don't allow membership in other Workspace environments.
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