Introduction to Google Workspace
Introduction to Google Workspace is the first course in the Google Workspace Administration series of courses. This series will serve as the starting place for any new Google Workspace admin as they begin their journey of managing and establishing Google Workspace best practices for their organization. These courses together will leave you feeling confident to utilize the basic functions of the admin console to manage users, control access to services, configure security settings, and much more. Through a series of readings and step-by-step hands-on exercises, and knowledge checks, learners can expect to leave this training with all of the skills they need to get started as Google Workspace administrators. In this course you will sign up for a Google Workspace account and configure your DNS records for Google Workspace. You will learn how to provision and manage your users, and will create groups and calendar resources for your organization. You will be introduced to your Cloud Directory and will learn how to split your organization into organizational units to simplify user and service management. Finally you will learn how to delegate admin privileges to other users in your organization. IMPORTANT - To get the most out of this training course, learners should be prepared to: - Purchase a new domain through a registrar such as enom or GoDaddy. Note: If you already have a domain that you would like to use for the trial you can do this but this course does not provide detailed steps on how to associate an existing domain with a Google Workspace trial account. For detailed instructions on how to do that, please refer to this Help Center article: https://support.google.com/a/topic/9196 - Provide credit card details as part of the Google Workspace account setup. You will be using a 14 day trial Google Workspace account during this course. As part of the sign up flow you will be required to provide credit card details. No charges for Google Workspace are made to your credit card until the trial period has ended. You must ensure that you CANCEL YOUR SUBSCRIPTION before the trial period ends to avoid and charges. This is very IMPORTANT so don't forget! - Install and be ready to use the latest version of Chrome web browser available at https://www.google.com/chrome/
What you'll learn
Introduction to Google Workspace is the first course in the Google Workspace Administration series of courses.
This series will serve as the starting place for any new Google Workspace admin as they begin their journey of managing and establishing Google Workspace best practices for their organization. These courses together will leave you feeling confident to utilize the basic functions of the admin console to manage users, control access to services, configure security settings, and much more.
Through a series of readings and step-by-step hands-on exercises, and knowledge checks, learners can expect to leave this training with all of the skills they need to get started as Google Workspace administrators.
In this course you will sign up for a Google Workspace account and configure your DNS records for Google Workspace. You will learn how to provision and manage your users, and will create groups and calendar resources for your organization. You will be introduced to your Cloud Directory and will learn how to split your organization into organizational units to simplify user and service management. Finally you will learn how to delegate admin privileges to other users in your organization.
IMPORTANT - To get the most out of this training course, learners should be prepared to:
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Purchase a new domain through a registrar such as enom or GoDaddy. Note: If you already have a domain that you would like to use for the trial you can do this but this course does not provide detailed steps on how to associate an existing domain with a Google Workspace trial account. For detailed instructions on how to do that, please refer to this Help Center article: https://support.google.com/a/topic/9196
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Provide credit card details as part of the Google Workspace account setup. You will be using a 14 day trial Google Workspace account during this course. As part of the sign up flow you will be required to provide credit card details. No charges for Google Workspace are made to your credit card until the trial period has ended. You must ensure that you CANCEL YOUR SUBSCRIPTION before the trial period ends to avoid and charges. This is very IMPORTANT so don't forget!
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Install and be ready to use the latest version of Chrome web browser available at https://www.google.com/chrome/
Table of contents
- Welcome and Getting Started Guide 0m
- Introduction to Account and Domain Setup 0m
- Exercise #1 - Create your Google Workspace Trial Account 0m
- Exercise #2 - Log in to the Google Workspace Admin Console 0m
- Exercise #3 - Review your Domain Name System (DNS) Records 0m
- Exercise #4 - Navigating the Admin Console 0m
- Exercise #5 - Review your Company Profile 0m
- Introduction to Provisioning 0m
- Users Overview 0m
- Exercise #1 - Add Users Individually 0m
- Exercise #2 - Add Several Users at Once 0m
- Sync Users to Google Workspace with GCDS 0m
- GCDS Demonstration 9m
- Provision Users using the Admin SDK API 0m
- Groups Overview 0m
- Exercise #1 - Create Admin Managed Groups 0m
- Calendar Resources Overview 0m
- Exercise #1 - Adding Calendar Resources 0m
- Managing Users 0m
- Exercise #1 - Add an Email Alias for a User 0m
- Exercise #2 - Reset a User's Password 0m
- Exercise #3 - Rename a User 0m
- Exercise #4 - Suspend a User 0m
- Exercise #5 - Delete a User 0m
- Exercise #6 - Restore a Recently Deleted User 0m
- User Licenses 0m
- Organizational Structure Overview 0m
- Exercise #1 - Create Organizational Units 0m
- Exercise #2 - Restrict Access to a Google Workspace Service 0m
- Directory Overview 0m
- Exercise #1 - Verify Directory Settings 0m
- User Profiles and Custom Directories 7m
- Exercise #2 - Update User Profiles 0m
- Exercise #3 - Custom Directories 0m
- Shared Contacts 0m
- Admin Roles Overview 0m
- Exercise #1 - Add a new Super Administrator 0m
- Exercise #2 - Create and Assign a Custom Role 0m
- Cancelling your Trial 0m
