This article provides basic information regarding UW-Madison Google Workspace.
You can log in using your NetID and password at https://apps.google.wisc.edu/
Your UW-Madison Google Workspace account uses your NetID as your account name (netid@wisc.edu). Your other email addresses are also added to your account such that people who look you up by another address (e.g. first.last@wisc.edu) will find your one account.
See: UW-Madison Google Workspace - Sharing Files and Folders with Google Drive
See: UW-Madison Google Workspace - Sharing UW-Madison Google Sites
Provides access to all Google products and services, such as Gmail, Blogger, Hangouts, and My Google Activity.
Can be created with any email address, such as the email address you have with your organization, or with any webmail address (example: @yahoo.com, @hotmail.com, etc.).
Signing up for Gmail automatically creates a Google account with an "@gmail.com" email address.
While sharing content with individuals outside of the university does not remove the protections of the UW-Madison Terms of Service, non-UW-Madison users may be subject to their own Terms of Service. Therefore, UW-Madison users should be confident that these users will safeguard their intellectual property.
Google Drive has no quota limit other than a limit for an individual file size of 5 TB (yes, that's T as in 'tera'). The ability to sync data to your computer is limited by your local drive's capacity.
Data within Google Workspace services is stored on Google Workspace's servers. More information about how Google Workspace stores data is here: UW-Madison Google Workspace - Privacy Policy and Terms of Service
The license agreement with Google Workspace forbids unauthorized access to data stored on Google Workspace's servers. However, if this is still a concern, we don't recommend storing data within the Google Workspace service.
When you are no longer eligible for a NetID (NetID - Eligibility Policy), your access to UW-Madison Google Workspace will also end. A few days prior to your account being deactivated, you will receive an email notification. It is up to the individual user to make sure that they have downloaded all of the data they need from Google Workspace's servers to their own computer or external UW account. For information on exporting files, please see: UW-Madison Google Workspace - Preserve your data
UW-Madison negotiated a terms of service agreement with Google Workspace to protect University intellectual property and individual privacy rights. Many students and staff were already using Google Workspace with a personal account, which does not provide the level of protection that the university agreement does.
A UW-Madison Google Workspace Account will have access to Drive (includes Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations, and Forms), Sites, Hangouts, Groups, Calendar, Contacts, and Google+.
Additionally, Google Workspace provides access to its consumer applications like Picasa and YouTube through your UW-Madison account. You can view the list of consumer applications that are provided as a convenience to you, but please understand they NOT covered under the UW-Madison agreement.
Google Workspace applications and services are made available after a review by members of the campus community to determine their value and appropriateness for the university environment. Some applications like Gmail are currently unavailable due to policy and technical reasons.
Members of the campus community can make a request to include additional apps by opening a ticket with the Help Desk. The app will be reviewed by the Google Workspace team when two or more requests have been submitted.
Google Mail is not being implemented at this time. As a result of the Administrative Excellence Email and Calendaring Consolidation project, the campus has decided to adopt Microsoft Office 365 as its email and calendaring solution.
We recommend that Google Workspace not be used for storing restricted information. Other sensitive information is likely ok if you limit who has access to the information. See also:
Google Workspace does offer additional applications through the UW-Madison Google Workspace Service. These applications are personal and unique; however, they are not covered under the Google Workspace for Education terms of service. Each of these applications has its own Google Workspace Terms of Services. Be aware that you (the user), not the University, are accepting these terms.
A list of Google Workspace Consumer Applications available to UW-Madison users can be found at UW-Madison Google Workspace - Consumer Applications (non-core).
The Terms of Service of these Google Workspace commercial applications can be found at here. Because these Google Workspace commercial applications are not covered by the Google Workspace for Education terms of service:
Guidelines for use of non-UW-Madison applications can be found at: Non-UW-Madison Applications and Services Guidelines