This article compares two accounts available from the Division of IT: Exchange Online-backed Virginia Tech Shared Mailbox (Personal Access for Collaborative Email (PACE)) account and a Google Groups-backed Virginia Tech Shared Mailbox PACE account.
Shared Mailbox (PACE) accounts represent different ways to have access to a single email inbox or account. It is important to understand the similarities and differences between these accounts in order to decide which solution best matches your specific use case.
Service | Shared Mailbox (PACE Exchange Resource Account) | Shared Mailbox (PACE Google Group) |
Description | This PACE account is a @vt.edu address backed by an Exchange Resource Account. Access to the account is provided by membership to the corresponding Organizational Unit (OU). | This PACE account is a @vt.edu address backed by a Google Group. Access to the account is provided by membership to the corresponding Google Group. Requesting a PACE account does not automatically create the corresponding Google group. |
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