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App-specific settings and configurations

App-specific settings and configurations

Welcome back, before deep diving into each application that Workspace provides and looking into its features and settings, it is critical to understand the basics of application specific settings and configuration in the admin console. We already saw how to enable or disable in the admin console. But think of it like this, enabling an application is like giving someone a musical instrument. But the application specific settings allow you to fine tune that instrument to get the desired sound and performance. Within the admin console, we can fine-tune how each application behaves, things like controlling who can share files outside your domain, restricting video call features in Google Meet, managing Gmail routing, spam filtering, or confidential mode, customizing drive sharing permissions, setting up calendar visibility rules, and much more. You might wonder, why do we need these detailed settings? Because different applications serve different purposes and have different security…

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