Product Guides & Reference
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Turn on two-factor authentication
2 minProtect your account with a 6-digit code from an authenticator app, keep backup codes safe and turn it off if needed.
Manage your password, devices and recovery email
2 minChange your password, see where you are signed in, sign out other devices, set a recovery email and create app passwords.
Ask the assistant to do things for you
3 minUse the Ask bar in the PGB Business app to search, summarise, draft and schedule in plain words, with the assistant acting under your own permissions.
Review and confirm the assistant's actions
2 minHow confirm cards work, what the risk labels and warnings mean, and why nothing is sent or shared until you say so.
Use the mail assistant on the web
2 minAsk questions about your mail, summarise a conversation, pull out action items and draft a reply, all read-only.
A tour of Admin for workspace administrators
2 minWhat each Admin tab does, how usage and limits are shown on Overview, and where to start with a new workspace.
Create and manage users and mailboxes
2 minCreate mailboxes, add aliases and shared mailboxes, reset passwords, pause sending, suspend or delete, and understand what counts toward your plan.
Plan, billing, storage and add-ons
2 minRead your limits, change plan, pay a term from the wallet, add storage or add-ons, and ask for a higher limit.
Set the workspace security policy
2 minRequire two-factor, control public links and outside sharing, allow self-service password reset, and review who has set up protection.
Set up single sign-on with your identity provider
2 minConnect OpenID Connect or SAML, test it, turn it on, require it, and keep break-glass administrators.
Export workspace data
1 minDownload a full copy of mail, files, documents and more as ZIP parts, and what to do with it.
Approve or reject email that an AI agent wants to send
2 minReview held messages from AI agent keys, see why they were held, and approve and send or reject them within 72 hours.
Retention, legal hold and eDiscovery
2 minDelete old data on a schedule, freeze data for a legal matter, search across the workspace and export results.
Stop sensitive data leaving with data protection rules
2 minCreate rules that look for card numbers, keys, national IDs or your own patterns and warn, ask for a reason or block.
Turn on and tune the fraud shield
2 minSet sensitivity, protect executive names, notify administrators and review allowed and blocked senders.
API keys and AI agent rules
2 minCreate keys for apps and AI agents, limit mailboxes and permissions, add agent rules, and pause or revoke a key.
Sending status and production access
1 minUnderstand the sandbox, add verified recipients to test, and request production access to email anyone.
Let other tools use "Sign in with PGB Business"
1 minRegister an app that supports OpenID Connect so your team signs in to it with their workspace account.
Find your way around Calendar
2 minSwitch between day, week, month, year and agenda views, manage several calendars, and show task cards with due dates.
Create and edit events, with repeats and reminders
2 minSchedule an event, add a Meet link, repeat it, set reminders, and change one occurrence or the whole series.
Invite guests, find a free time and reply to invitations
2 minAdd guests by name or email, see when colleagues are free, and answer an invitation with Yes, Maybe or No.
Chat with your team in channels and direct messages
2 minCreate channels, message people and groups, mention colleagues, share files, reply in threads and search.
Start and join video meetings with Meet
2 minStart an instant meeting, create a room, invite guests through the lobby, and use chat, hand raising, notes and recording.
Connect your own domain
3 minAdd a domain to your workspace, copy the DNS records to your registrar and check that mail is flowing, including domain aliases.
MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC explained
2 minWhat each DNS record for your email domain does and why mail can fail or land in spam without it.
Verify DNS records and fix problems
2 minRun a DNS check, read each record's status, and fix missing or mismatched records.
Personal Drive, team folders and sharing roles
2 minUnderstand My Drive versus team folders, and what Viewer, Commenter, Editor and Manager can do.
Share with a public link, password and expiry
2 minCreate a link anyone can open, add a password or an expiry time, and stop people downloading.
Use version history to restore an earlier file
2 minSee every saved version of a file, download an old one, restore it or upload a new version.
Start your day with Today
2 minSee your meetings, mail that needs a reply, tasks, mentions, learning and invoices on one page, with an assistant summary on top.
Turn email into a table with Collections
3 minCreate a collection from a template or your own fields, choose which mail it reads, and let new messages become rows.
Review collection rows and add automations
2 minApprove or reject uncertain rows, then notify people, create tasks or call a webhook when rows arrive.
Manage the employee directory and departments
2 minFind people, edit their job details and reporting line, and organise teams into departments with leads and members.
Read and publish the org chart
2 minSee who reports to whom, edit a person's role in place, and optionally publish a public chart with privacy controls.
Request, approve and forward leave
2 minSubmit a time-off request, and how managers and HR approve, reject or forward it.
Review weekly hours and set approved hours
2 minApprove or reject each person's weekly timesheet, set the approved hours for payroll, and read the audit trail.
Create, send and track invoices and quotes
3 minAdd customers and items, write an invoice or quote, send it, record payments, remind customers and issue credit notes.
Recurring invoices, reminders, taxes and invoice settings
3 minSet up numbering, payment terms, tax rates, automatic reminders and late fees, and schedule recurring invoices.
Triage your inbox with smart views, snooze and send later
2 minUse the Needs reply, Waiting, Promised, Today and Follow up views, plus snooze and scheduled sending, to keep your inbox moving.
Organise mail with labels
2 minCreate coloured labels, put several on one conversation and find mail again with the sidebar or search.
Automate your inbox with filters
2 minBuild rules that move, label, star, forward or delete new mail the moment it arrives.
Signatures, sender names and extra addresses
2 minBuild a signature, choose which one each address uses, and send from an alias such as sales@.
Set an out-of-office reply
1 minSend an automatic reply while you are away, with optional start and end dates.
Use your mailbox in a phone or desktop mail app
2 minAdd your PGB Business mailbox to Apple Mail, Outlook, Thunderbird or your phone's mail app using the values from Settings.
Work a shared inbox as a team
2 minTurn a group address such as support@ into a shared inbox with assignments, statuses, internal notes and a response target.
Install the PGB Business app and sign in
2 minGet the app, sign in with your work email, PGBHub or your company, handle two-step verification, and find your way around the tabs.
Use more than one account in the app
1 minAdd work accounts, switch between them, colour and reorder them, and remove one from the device.
Control phone notifications and quiet hours
1 minChoose which kinds of notification reach your phone, set quiet hours, let calls through, and see which devices are registered.
Lock the app and manage your sessions
1 minRequire Face ID, fingerprint or PIN, review where you are signed in, change your password and set a recovery email.
What happens when your phone is offline
1 minHow mail drafts, chat messages, uploads and documents behave without a connection, and how to retry.
Calls and meetings on your phone
1 minJoin or start a Meet meeting, schedule one from the app, answer calls from chat, and set quiet hours that still let calls ring.
Write and share documents with PGB Docs
2 minCreate a document, work together live, comment, save named versions and export to PDF, HTML, Markdown or text.
Build and share spreadsheets with PGB Sheets
2 minCreate a spreadsheet, edit it together, bring data in and out as CSV and restore earlier versions.
Create and present slides with PGB Slides
2 minMake a presentation from a template, edit together, add speaker notes, present with presenter view and export.
View a PDF, rearrange its pages and fill in forms
2 minOpen a PDF from Drive, rotate, reorder or delete pages, fill in form fields and save a new version or a copy.
Merge, split, compress, convert and protect PDFs
2 minRun PDF tools on files from Drive: merge, split, compress, OCR, watermark, password-protect and more.
Send a PDF for signing
2 minPick a PDF from Drive, add signers, place signature fields, choose signing order and expiry, and send.
Sign a document you receive
2 minOpen your signing link, create your signature, fill the fields, agree, and sign, or decline with a reason.
Track a signing request and get the signed copy
2 minSee who has signed, send reminders, issue a fresh link, cancel a request, and download the completed document.
Plan work with boards, lists and cards
2 minCreate a board, add cards with quick-add shortcuts, move them across columns and open a card for details, checklists and labels.
Run sprints with the backlog, epics and reports
2 minTurn on sprints for a board, plan work from the backlog, start and finish a sprint, and read burndown and velocity.
Track time on cards and review your timesheet
2 minStart a timer or log hours by hand on a card, then review your week in Timesheet.
Free boards for anyone with Open Boards
2 minWhat the free Boards page is, how to make a board from a template, and how it connects to a PGB Business workspace.
Invite people outside your workspace to a board
2 minSend email invitations to a board as editor or viewer, approve join requests, and understand what an outside guest can see.
Share a board with a public link
2 minTurn on a read-only link anyone can open, choose whether names show, control search engines, and turn it off again.
Set up PGB Vault, your company password manager
3 minSign in with your company account, choose a master password, install the app on your devices and share passwords with your team.
Store API keys and environment variables in Secrets
2 minCreate a project, add secrets per environment, reveal and copy them safely, import a .env file, and give a server a read-only token.