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Google Apps Standard (Free) Now Limits User Accounts

Google announced recently that the Standard version of Google Apps is now limited to a maximum of 50 users. If you were a previous customer with more than 50 accounts on the Standard version, you will be allowed to keep your users in excess of this number but future implementations will be limited.

Frankly, I don?t see this as a deterrent to the use of Apps. Anyone with more than 50 users should be either in a position to pay for the service or, if they were a non-profit organization they can apply for a free version of the Premium edition of Google Apps.

From Google Apps help:

Standard Edition User Accounts

Effective 14 January 2009

For new organizations using Standard Edition:
Standard Edition users get a custom email address, tools for word processing, spreadsheets and presentations, a shared calendaring system and access to a flexible intranet system. Organizations using Standard Edition get up to fifty free, ad-supported user accounts. If your organization requires more than fifty user accounts, Google recommends using Premier Edition.

For organizations already using Standard Edition:
If your organization currently uses Standard Edition, you may continue using Standard Edition free of charge with your existing user account allowance free of charge. If you need to add additional user accounts over your current user account allowance, you’ll need to upgrade your entire domain to Premier Edition.

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