Google+ is a social networking platform that lets users share information and collaborate with others, both inside and outside your organization. Learn more

Google+ is available with all versions of Google Apps.

For the most part, Google+ for Google Apps users is the same as the consumer version, with just a few differences:

• As an administrator, you can restrict the use of Google Apps to only specific users, and enable or disable the service at any time. However, you can't restrict what content users can share or with whom they can share that content, either inside or outside your organization.
• Along with their sharing circles, users will see your organization's domain name as a sharing option. This option allows users to quickly share content internally with all other Google+ users in your organization, even if they haven't added all of those users to a circle.
• Users can choose whether to restrict a post to your organization only. Users in your organization who receive a restricted post can't re-share it with people outside your organization.
• Profile labels help users in your domain recognize other Google+ profiles within your domain and distinguish them from personal or other external profiles.

If you activate Google+ premium features, you can:

• Set the default setting for sharing posts in Google+ to "restricted." With this setting, users can't share a post outside your organization unless they remove the restriction for that post.
• Prevent others outside your organization from joining a hangout unless they're invited.
• Start hangouts with up to 15 people.
• Enable or restrict Hangouts on Air, which lets users broadcast a hangout to a large number of viewers.
• Correct the age of a user who entered the wrong age when signing up.
• See which users have a Google+ Profile associated with their Google Apps account.

Learn more about Google+ premium features

Yes, your users can transfer all data from one Google+ profile to another, using Google Takeout. The transfer process also replaces your users' original profile with their new profile in other people’s circles. For complete instructions, see the Google+ Help Center.

Google+ is outside the core suite of Google Apps services and is currently not covered by the Google Apps support guidelines or service level agreement (SLA) for core services. However, you can find assistance through the Google+ Help Center and Help forum.

A Google+ Profile lets users manage their online identity across all Google Apps products, and includes the user's name, biographical information, contact details, and more. It's visible to others both inside and outside your organization; however, users can choose which information in their profiles to share publicly or with just specific circles, and which information to keep private. Learn more about Google+ Profiles

Google+ Pages provide businesses, products, brands, and organizations with a public identity and presence on Google+. Google+ Pages help businesses, for example, connect and interact with their customers. Other Google+ users can add Pages to their circles to receive updates in their streams. Learn more about Google+ Pages

To use Google+, you'll need to enable:

• Google Drive, for document sharing in hangouts
• Google Calendar, for Google+ Events
• Google Talk, for instant messaging
• Picasa Web Albums, for photo sharing

The Hangouts feature is included with Google+ and provides multi-user video conferencing with coworkers or other Google+ users in your circles. Hangouts provide screen sharing and integrate with Google Docs for collaborative editing. Learn more

Hangouts on Air let users broadcast a hangout, makingvthem ideal for large presentations, demonstrations, or lectures. Learn more

See System requirements for Hangouts

Google+ Events let users schedule events in Google+ and allow attendees to contribute photos in a shared album. Learn more

Yes, your users can use Google+ on mobile devices, using either a native app or a mobile web browser. Learn more

Because the version of Google+ that you can enable for your organization is the same as the consumer version, and your users are subject to the Google+ consumer terms of service, the same consumer privacy policy applies.

However, as an administrator, you can manage the availability of Google+ to your users and may have access to their Google+ data, depending on your organization's own policies. We suggest that you inform your users of any applicable policies your organization may have.

For details about what information is private and public, and how users can control visibility of their data, see the Google+ Help Center and click "Privacy Guide."

No, Google+ doesn't include controls for limiting sharing with others outside your organization. However, users can choose to restrict their posts to your organization only, preventing anyone from re-sharing their posts with external Google+ users. And, if you activate Google+ premium features, you can make restricted posts the default for your users, so if they do choose to share a post with external users, they'll need to remove the restriction before posting. 

Yes, users can start or join hangouts with any other Google+ users, both inside and outside your organization.

No, any users for whom you've enabled Google+ (and who've signed up) can set up Google+ Pages.

As an administrator, you have control over only the on/off setting for Google+.

Because users access Google+ through their Google Apps accounts, Google+ data is owned by either your organization or the user, depending on your organization's data policies.

Yes, if you delete a user's Google Apps account, all that user's Google+ data will be deleted from the Google+ service, including the user's profile, posts, and photos.

You'll find the Google+ on/off setting in your Admin console, under Organization & Users > Services > Other Google Services. Learn more about turning on Google+

In your Admin console, go to Settings > Google+. Learn more about activating Google+ premium features

Yes, you can turn on Google+ just for users in specific organizational units. Learn more

Yes, if you turn on Google+ at the top-level of your organization structure, it applies to all your users in all your domains. Also, if you separate users into domain-specific organizational units, you can turn on Google+ for only specific domains. Learn more about managing multiple domains

No, you'll need to sign up your domain for Google Apps, because users need to sign in to the service using their domain email address.

Yes, after you've signed up your domain for Google Apps, you can turn off the services you don't want to use. However, you'll need to keep the following services turned on, because they're required for Google+:

• Google Calendar
• Google Drive
• Google Talk
• Picasa Web Albums

Learn more about disabling services

No. When users join Google+ and follow the defaults in the sign-up process, no data is moved from existing services into new services.

If a user already signed up for a personal Google+ account using his or her personal email address, the user can continue using that account.

If you disable Google+, your users can no longer sign in to Google+ using their Google Apps account. However, their profiles and posts will still be visible to anyone who has access, unless users downgrade from Google+ to remove Google+ from their Google Apps accounts. Keep in mind that before they downgrade from Google+, users can export their Google+ data. Learn more about disabling Google+

If you delete the user's account: All the user's Google+ data will also be deleted. Depending on your organization, however, you might want to let the user export his or her Google+ data first. Learn more

If you suspend the user's account instead of deleting it: The user won't be able to access Google+. However, the user's Google+ data will still be visible to anyone who has access, unless you downgrade the suspended user's account from Google+ to remove the service. (As an administrator, you can access the user's suspended account). Learn more about suspending users

Educational institutions: If you provide students or faculty with a life-long email address, you can disable Google+ without deleting their Google Apps account. Learn more about disabling Google+