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Although most remote companies avoid email for internal communication, we still need email for external communications. The vast majority of companies use either Google Workspace or Microsoft Office 365 as their main email and office systems.

The Google Workspace Apps

In addition to GMail, Google Workspace comes with five commonly-used applications.

• Google Calendar - We'll cover how to use calendars in detail later in the course.
• Google Sheets - Similar to Microsoft Excel, if your company uses this you should always use this in preference to a local copy of excel. It allows multiple people to collaborate on the same document at once, which is invaluable in a remote environment.
• Google Docs - Similar to Word. As above, you should use this in preference to local Word documents.
• Google Slides - Similar to PowerPoint.
• Google Drive - Similar to Dropbox, this allows people to share and sync files and is tightly integrated with the rest of google workspace.

If you're not familiar with Google Workspace, Google have some excellent tutorials below. Focus on GMail, Google Calendar and Google Docs.

Gmail training and help

Google Calendar training and help

Google Docs training and help