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The document is a user manual for cloud computing, detailing its definition, history, types of services, benefits, and potential problems. It emphasizes the importance of cloud technology for both personal and business use, highlighting its growth and the shift from traditional IT solutions. The manual also provides insights into securing data and building custom cloud services.

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Cloud Computing User Manual - 24th Edition 2025

The document is a user manual for cloud computing, detailing its definition, history, types of services, benefits, and potential problems. It emphasizes the importance of cloud technology for both personal and business use, highlighting its growth and the shift from traditional IT solutions. The manual also provides insights into securing data and building custom cloud services.

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For the SMB Sante nfo SOVIMIC Pre user, you can even go up nas to 3078; these options don't become available ow z Until you'te already on the 278 plan sper You can upload any kind of fle es Security is always atthe forefront of MENTED 30 into Google Drive, be ita SSC IRAP ost user's minds when it comes Microsoft Ofice created file, PF, to cloud computing. Google Drive image, video or audio. You can even view the contents of is, thankfully, a pretty secure service. It uses a military ‘Adobe and Microsoft-based filetypes, as well as archive standard 256-bit AES encryption cipher, and a two-step and text files, from within Drive. verification process that can interact with your phone's, security ‘vppubiationscom UE Rea Caer Cl Rm UUM ed TA aa eee Ue RR eRe Ce server can offer, there's still a lot you can do with Gmail’s easy to use interface. Group emails are great, but they can become distraction when you're trying to work. Clicking on the More button in a group-wide email and selecting Mute will, letyou get the message conversations but without the notifications. to ny TpordAcoemne. Pov) e actne Priconeoton san} WL osee bronorzo. peng © Materuvent hrapatorois ae © sae nom Pisrommnon. 18 rom Bere * Srmmeus et sae foumsto. 10 Pwaneieeo 6 . Fedenate rom Kaya bs) penn nen wanton {00 meena? HOV201831= To get to the Advanced tab, INES with options to show the next conversation instead of your inbox after you delete, archive or mute a conversation, turn frequent messages into templates and more click the Settings icon (the cog), click Se all Settings and then choose the Advanced tab cmt een ® = sete -can also quick change by entering a number into the ‘Gmail address, For example: https://mailgoogle.com/ mail/u/0/#inbox, for one account, https://mailgoogle. com/mail/u/1/#inbox, for another, and so on. Clicking on the cog icon followed GSS by settings will present you with a bewildering number of features that you can activate and use within Gmail Add a signature, Desktop Notifications, Personal Level Indicators, create Labels, use a new Theme, send mail as another account, create filters and block addresses, and even alter the default text style, there's plenty to include. vretancon Google Cloud - In Focus Calendar Cee eI ae eur a UR gee aT Mie eee ee ee ert Cte Cee Munn Ecc CCN ai tu kur You can add another Google account user's Calendar to your views easily by clicking on the ‘Add a Friend's Calendar box, under the Other Calendars option. This launches a separate window, which sends a message to the other user's mail account requesting permission, It's surprisingly easy to add 2 video call to any Calendar appointment All you need to dois click on the Create button in Calendar, et up the ‘event, and click Add Video Call When the invitees receive their Calendar event email, there'll be a link to a Google Hangouts video chat session ys You can import all, sorts of Interesting Calendars by licking on the Plus icon next to Other Calendars, and choosing Browse Calendars of Interest from the menu, You can now subscribe to calendars displaying international holidays, sporting events, phases of the ‘moon, sunrise and sunset times for your locale and more. ‘The various Calendar views: Day, Week, BD onth, and 4 Days are fairly self- ‘explanatory. The Schedule view, though, lists your events or appointments in chronological ‘order, with the ability to expand and edit each event accordingly. Ifyou have the Birthdays options enabled in Calendars, you'll even have your Google contacts! birthdays included 5 eH ovo es 20 elm Gog = - 2 *b 20 a tome . S a so 8 Docs On the surface, Google docs might appear to be just another, simplistic word Peer eR ee ke eM Uae Uk cg ERM Ces Eee tc gees ‘when you'te collaborating ‘The days of using the keyboard for entering text are fon a document with seriously numbered, ITyou ‘numerous people, it use Google Chrome, and you fave a microphone attached can be difficult to track changes. Click on the Pencil to your system, click the Tools option inthe Docs menu, icon in the upper right comer of the Docs interface and followed by Voice Typing Make sure the microphone is’ select Suggesting. This tracks changes, and allows other Working, and click the Mic icon to start talking Click the collaborators to accept or reject the edit icon again to stop Voice Typing O- ams & ~ Beaax 2 eiing 8 a eae Bg i 4 sermetne Docs has a good number of fonts from While collaborating, hich to choose when creating a new keeping track of a document. f you want, though, simply document's revision lick on the fonts box, followed by More Fonts This brings history is as important as tracking its on-the-fly changes. up a new window displaying hundreds more from which Click on File, followed by See Version History, to view the to choose. just click the fontto start using it entire history of the ‘chosen document. ssn | Google Cloud - In Focus Sheets ete eR UCL CU acd cele CATR Lee om UTR CLR) ieee a CR iCeen te eect ats Mca cmc Mace ce There are different ways of Sharing and collaboration within SEES getting started with Google IME sheets is easy. simply click the share Sheets, You can create a new button in the corner of the screen, spreadsheet, upload an existing spreadsheet from a then add the Email collaborators and enter the details computer, or use a template from the Templates Gallery, of those with whom you wish to share the fle. This to create a spreadsheet with a specific purpose. allows you to edit and collaborate on the Google Sheet, document online There are some interesting Add- When you upload a ns available for Sheets, which can ‘spreadsheet into Google Drive, you have the choice be found in Extensions > Add-ons to keep your spreadsheet in the original format or {along the top of the main Sheets window). These include convert it into the Google Docs format. Ifyou don't functions such as mail merge, Google Analytics and more. convert the spreadsheet, you may not be able to access it collaboratively within your teams, _ Ss Destinatior - Ner 2018 oo —— Photos ‘automatic backups are important to You can even upload images TED sien users partciary of ther TEAL tier ser been taken bya images imagine taking an important Strartphone. What's more, you pictur, ony to drop your device ino the sea rroments click on the nf button fora non-smartpone nage, later Providing you have a good connection, thatimage tells you which device took he picture and that dewce’s isacked-up and categorsea witha time and date settings athe ime samp. TED sina narcer otter aoneth ESLGREORNUSUINED sour maces cresting altering the contrast and colours and 2 Shared Album or by rotating The effects are minimal, but with the right image, sharing individual images with your Gmail contacts. You they can be quite stunning. can even post the image to other sites such as Facebook or Twitter. Zz Google Cloud - In Focus How to Use Google Drive er ec eae nO RSC eom aa and documents in the Cloud. These files and documents can then be accessed OER Meee Cm Racer Rim ea this a great way to free up space on your devices, it also lets you access your files reese as Boe @ search ‘You can search Google Drive in the same way that ‘you can search Gmail or one of the other Google products. Onew Click the New button to open a new document, spreadsheet, presentation, form or drawing. © rowers ‘Your preset Google Drive folders are shown here, along with any that you have created. Click More to see Labels mieten “ oougs @ uRRENT FOLDER ‘The contents ofthe currently selected folder are shown here. You can change how items are displayed (List or Grid). @ pisPLay contRoLs ‘Change how items in your folders are displayed ‘and how they are sorted. The gear icon lets you ‘access the G Drive settings. © vPioan ust When you upload multiple items to Google Drive, the Upload box appears, to show you the progress of each item INSTALLING BACKUP AND SYNC — PC/MAC Click tne cog icon in the top-right commer of the Google Drive website, and in the menu that appears, choose ‘Get Drive for desktop’ You're then taken to a new page with a blue download button, o@#& mana | Be lowe = le ° Beta 29p does open automaticaly SEED ren hecen cick nett et toned ES Cees button. When requested, sign in to your = yom |. Coosle acounttaioningtie onsren ratucion GF Hs a Bm Click the blue download button, and - SUSI the download starts. when it's finished, os ot come install the app on your PC or on your Mac - sae in the usual way. = You get to choose which folders you syne between your Google Drive on the cloud . 3 and the app on your computer Folow the Seto ee on-screen instructions ROID AND 1OS Welcome to Google Drive vreptainscon (AS) Google Cloud - In Focus How to Use Gmail UES ce ua eu ee Cr CRU U eC munUrls Re Cees CM eee COCs g Peers aa °° a & oa wean 5) of oa + _ —.. oO 2 stim £ OT ~@:-:---—— . @ maisoxes @ vaceis FS EES ipo Gan eee hee slow yor eeawour menage Maku aniberte wanmaibecshon evan heaton cetom aes teen eS aaa eee esse a Sr ees oe ao a tal anane int alone beuarcnat woes © Har contRois ‘This section shows alist of your available Chat contacts, as well as containing the various chat controls: Add Contact, Status Update, ec. You can read more about Gmail Chat later inthis section. be to use your nw Gmail ae SEARCH BOX Search for any message or contact in your Gmail inbox Clicking on the small arrow at the end of the search box allows you to refine your search in several different ways, MESSAGE CONTROLS This set of buttons only appears when viewing ‘a message. They allow you to archive, delete or report the message as spam, as well as letting ‘you mave the message to a particular mailbox or apply a label. The More button reveals even more controls CONVERSATION Gmail displays multiple messages from a contact, ina conversation format. IF someone replies to your message, both the reply and the original message are shown stacked in the window. You can expand the conversation to make it easier to read, QUICK REPLY Click anywhere in this box to start a quick reply to the last message in the conversation. To Forward a message, click the Forward tab in the Quick reply window that opens. Quick reply offers the same formatting options as creating a new message does HOW TO COMPOSE A NEW ENN GMAIL ON ANDROID & IOS fou can download the Gmail app for ————— — Google Cloud -In Focus } y GREEN CLOUDS Global arming, excuse te pun, hot topic at the moment. arguments fr ané agains; those who believe our climate is changing rapidly, due to our industry, versus those who don", and the impact of pollution aver cost have been ongoing for ail However, the problem sit going away, infact, depending on to whom you listen its possibly going to get alat worse very quick Using cloud solutions to help reduce the environmental impact ‘of madern technology may seem somewhat counterpraductve. ‘Mer lla cloud service runs onan extensive cluster farm of werful serves inside a datacentre, ll requiring a amount of energy to run, However, that's quite the opposite way of thinking Consider a scenario involving a thousand diferent companies, allof other equipment. The total energy requirements to keep these thousand server rooms up and running are quite substantial. Bu what fall those companies decided to adopt a cloud approach to their technology needs and, instead, used virtualisation technology within a cloud service The service could essentially house al of those thousand companies neds within the hich have server rooms filed with several servers anc Naess) Seater ea aed ee oer oat rit cers cee en ear ee recente ee eae ents resource limitations of usta faction ofthe datacentre's cluster lous service provide emissions savings, while reducing technology's impact onthe environment through resource virtualisation, and data centres utilising renewable energy sources. These solutions can include are, fac, the leading crivers in Security systems, computing technology and storage efficiencies to name but a fe. Energy is typically last due to a company's server underuse, causing servers to sit idle and building what's known as e-naste, Datacentes that use cloud technologies, require less equipment to monitor systems and manage workflows freeing up the energy typically consumed by machines and reducing the total physical server footprint. Furthermore, such environments provide the flexibility to expand a company’ technology infastructure as is available funds increase In essence, a doud technology datacentres capable of housing the virtual server rooms of tens, not hundreds of thousands, of individual companies Each vitual server room saves the individual company money, as well as cuting own on the eco footprint a Server room generates throug wer use aicondtion and soon, Ce CO eee Pe eet Pere yes the Ce ere elling across the as eee een RENEWABLE ENERGY Using renewable energy sources isa werldwide goal for most companies these days, However ifs not easy fr smaller businesses to adopt Datacentres require alot of power to run but youl be surprised to discover that, overall they are far more cefcient than most mid-sized nner- onedrive rE TD tut the world’s most used word processor is available sa cloud application. We are, of course, talking about [MS Word. Using its latest version, you can log into your ‘Microsoft account and use the online version of Word in your browser as you would the desktop version You may not be aware ofthis, 13 fas te) As you expect, its not just word processing that Microsoft has exported to its cloud servers. Excel is also available through the office Online portal and you can use a fully functional, modern version of the popular spreadsheet app via your Microsoft account, ee eR the bane of the office meeting, Microsoft's PowerPoint gets a bad reputation. You can't deny though what a powerful, and wel-used resource it actually is Ifyou don't have a locally installed version, then the company’s new cloud-based app will suit you just as well often ridiculed as Microsoft's OneNote quite as much by bo Microsoft Sway is described asa digital storytelling app. I's designed for creating presentations in an easier-to-view format than that of PowerPoint in fact, think of itasan alternative to PowerPoint There's a lot you get from it, and its certainly ‘worth exploring. SWAY Microsoft has had some version of an email client since its early Windows 311 ED) days. Outlook replaced MS Mail in later lie, and although the company has re-adopted the Mail name once more, itis stil essentially Outlook. Mails the ‘company’s cloud-based app that interacts with its cloud- based email solution Ms calendar Online isa pretty PEL LGD setr-exlanatory app. i'you use the desitop version with ‘Windows 81 or lates then you'l be able to get to all your appointments and events via the online, cloud app. ae Launched in 2003 and purchased by Microsoft in 2011 forthe princely sum of [ESE $85 billion, Skype is one ofthe Internet's ‘most prominent success stories. With an estimated 300, milion monthly active users, it litle wonder Microsoft brought Skype into its cloud services. Microsoh 38is liht AE GD sitcrenvesioncra tea based sore a localy installed suite of office poses but ts sold through a subscription model and updates elas [angen pall or Seta epee ‘alrewear ahr irate daa ova rete searlony ate Wadena esas ome nary ways, it's a hybrid cloud service. - emcosiainson CEE (AS) Microsoft Cloud - In Focus OneDrive Meet eRe rete eaies ag eats Pe oe Mu Mae eee RR CEC eel eles Uc ee Google's service, but the pricing for expansion is quite competitive. ‘Although there's only 5GB of storage Photos stored on your OneDrive ETL available (which is stil quite a lot for PALE account can be easily navigated ‘most folks), you can easily upgrade and explored through the All Photos to 10068 for just £199 per month. Beyond 10068 you can options from the main OneDrive menu. You'll also be able move up to 1TB of storage for just £599 per month, or __tocteate Albums, Tags and share them with others, Cpt for the more comprehensive solution of adding more users (si, with TTB available each), BCU i isneny scceseoconet — EEEGERR SEEMED your Oneorve account Vault. Here you can store is exceptionally easy sensitive files in a heightened secure environment, You can create links to the shared folder, email the people complete with two-step verification, which auto-locks _with whom you're sharing i, or even post the share to any after twenty minutes of inactivity. of the popular social media platforms. Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 is a hybrid solution, in that it’s cloud-based while still being installed on your computer; think of it as offering the best of both worlds. It’s the most-used productivity suite in the world, which the company strives, constantly, Cree a ae eatacuscu ctu ct es As icosot 35 subsciion fs icra 36 party ED tesccitinensthatyourversons — RRIEREEETD conc ses you can setup of the individual apps: Word, Excel, better collaborations with PowerPoint, and so on, are always goingto be updated _other users than with previous Office versions. In Word, to the latest release. So there's no concern over Excel, or PowerPoint, i's possible to have multiple people compatibility, across versions/other Microsoft 365 users. editing a document at the same time. that works for you — Family “E7999 Personal £5999.- {hy Contoso? Wats moe withthe Calaboraton sone MD tomesutscipionsou — SESE srine many ponents cetcrson 5 ctworting with ac tablets and phones or upto fe wsers nyour | clou-tased sence. Tobe abl to have mull people home) plus wth te compan/sOneoriecloud service, wertng onthe same projet om arcu the worn Mbt sowge Youcontytforfeefora ned time eatin singlaniy pressive Mosh 35 aes the claboraton element step further allowing you to 5; launch aSigpe ssoon fom thn wertng document atis rosoft 365 Your productiviy coud across work and fe Vic=I0E oe (A8) Microsoft Cloud - In Focus How to Use OneDrive Microsoft's OneDrive has been available for the last 17 years or so; having Oa eae een ren Cr Cem eee nc] upgrades during that time though and is now a far more capable cloud solution. DO MORE WITH ONEDRIVE To start using OneDrive you need a Microsoft account. Head on over to wnw.onedrivelive.com and click the Sign Up ForFree button to begin. (Once you've signed into your OneDrive Clicking on the Share link within the new EAD account you'l be presented with the ELLE folder will all you to create a link, email default Files view, From here you can (or social media post that will enable {drag and drop any files and content into your OneDrive other people to access and view or edit the contents of window to populate it. You can also click the Upload link the shared folder. You can manage permissions of the at the top of the screen to open your OS File Manger to other users, as well as retrieve information regarding the browse for files or folders. contents and set alerts for any edited changes. You can create folders within OneDrive ‘The Photos section allows you to view all WEED 2 cicking on the New ink towed ERTL the uploaded images in your Onebrve by Folder Youll then be able to cick account according to date added and by to enter the new folder and drag files into, or use the certain tags such as people, sign or text. Tis allows you Upload link You also notice that you can create a new to group and search for any images; handy when you have Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Plain Text Document, sing TTB of photos to sift through Offic Online. > ee Mit Ge we aS BA ie & ONEDRIVE DESKTOP OneDrive is: desktop version. Windows 81 and 10 users will ‘automatically have the OneDrive installed with their system; just search for, OneDrive after clicking the Windows Start button, Users of earlier Windows versions wil need to go to ww.onedrive, livecom/about/en-G8 /download to get hold of a copy Sting Acant Aosove Nate fcr About howe ner you vant ove yo cers nd che cone Theres = eats ‘sPey a Cpt ne pata seo Crane heer cmt (cn poe, sober Sens omy re ble as.a desktop and mobile app. There are some great features on offer, especially with the Once you've set your security, return to the web-based version of Onebrive and click on the PCs link in the sidebar. This ‘should open a list ofall the computers that have been authenticated and checked by OneDrive. Click on the computer you've just added and you'll be able to browse its hard drives and files. er (AS) Microsoft Cloud - In Focus How to Use Tools Online De eu eee Un Rone Uno ce ee eee ula ee Teena Tn naam ened Ree eee mec ioe nieceeit rect OFFICE FOR EVERYONE Take a moment to sign up fora Microsoft account, then head overtoofficetve.com. You' notice a range of Office icons, dick one to get started. ‘There are ten Office cloud options ‘The layout ofthe individual office cloud ED available rom the officetive.com site ELLE apps is similar to the latest version of ‘The familiar, and well used, Word, Office, removing the necessity to re-learn fxcel and PowerPoint take the first three places, with how to use a particular app. Compatibility across older ‘OneNote, acess to your OneDrive account, Mail, and so versions of Office is covered too, allowing you to load up (on after that. 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