Google Workspace Administrator Associate | Exam Prep

Learn to create a Google Workspace trial account, switch to the plus plan, verify a public domain, and activate Gmail for your domain via the admin console.

Complete every lecture for 360-degree knowledge, repeat for clarity, and study explanations to master admin roles, security settings, context aware access, vault dlp, and device management for exams and tasks.

Learn to recreate a google workspace trial with a new mail id and reused payment, and reclaim a domain from a prior trial by contacting support and dns verification.

Verify domain ownership via DNS to enable a Google Workspace trial, then submit the request and receive emails about domain removal and mapping to your new trial account.

Learn to manually provision a Google Workspace user by adding a user in directory, configuring first name, last name, primary id, secondary email, and organizational unit, then sending sign-in instructions.

Automate bulk user creation in Google Workspace using the bulk update users feature and a downloadable CSV template; fill required fields, upload, and review success logs.

Update user attributes by editing personal and employee details, reset or create passwords, add alternate emails, assign groups, suspend or delete accounts, and restore data within 25 days.

Select organizational units to target users for bulk updates. Download a CSV, edit attributes such as last name, then upload to apply changes.

Understand Google Workspace organizational units and their hierarchy to apply granular policies, enforce security, and streamline user management by moving users between OUs and documenting the structure.

Create Google Workspace organizational units in the directory, name and describe them, and place them under the root or another OU to manage users and groups by department.

Explore Google groups, including email groups for mass communication and security groups for access control, with creation options via admin console, groups for business, or directory API.

Learn to create and configure Google Groups in the Admin Console by specifying group name and email, adding a description, assigning owners, and adjusting access, join, and permission settings.

Learn how Google Workspace uses secondary and alias domains, when to create separate mailboxes versus alias addresses. Explore acquisitions and multi-brand setups as examples.

Learn how to add domains to Google Workspace, choose between secondary and user alias domains, and verify ownership via manual DNS records before activating Gmail.

Learn how to activate Gmail for your domain by creating and verifying MX records in Google Workspace. Follow manual DNS setup to configure MX values and enable domain-wide email delivery.

Configure POP and IMAP access in Gmail and control forwarding for users in Google Workspace. Disable or enable POP/IMAP, and manage automatic forwarding and warnings for emails from additional recipients.

Learn how to manage Gmail quarantines by creating quarantine folders, assigning a quarantine reviewers group, and configuring actions for inbound and outbound messages to keep your inbox safe.

Configure spam, phishing, and malware protection in Google Workspace Gmail, including IP allow lists, enhanced pre-delivery scanning, and security sandbox rules for inbound emails.

Configure spam, phishing, and malware protection policies for your organization, referencing Gmail gateways and trusted domains, with aggressive scanning, whitelisted and blocked sender lists, and customized rejection messages.

Learn to enforce Gmail attachment controls in Google Workspace by creating filters for file types, names, and sizes, applying actions like prepend subject or quarantine for inbound or outbound mail.

Configure mail footers in Google Workspace Gmail to add disclaimers and company policy text, and control whether they apply to external or internal emails.

Discover what SPF records are and how they work at a high level to prevent email spoofing, phishing, and spam by listing authorized servers.

Explore how DKIM text records use a private key to sign emails, enabling recipients to verify authenticity with a public DNS key, prevent spoofing, and improve email delivery.

Configure and verify DKIM in Google Workspace by generating the DKIM record, adding a text record to the public DNS, and testing with a sent email to confirm DKIM passes.

dmarc defines how to handle non-compliant emails by policies for SPF and DKIM, guiding actions like reject, quarantine, or monitor and sending reports to a designated address.

Configure Google Drive and Docs sharing in Google Workspace, restricting external sharing with organization policies, including domain allow lists and per-user settings to control who can share outside the organization.

Learn to use target audiences to share Google Drive folders with groups, create and manage audience groups in the Google Workspace admin console, and apply them in Drive sharing settings.

Learn to create and manage Google shared drives for team collaboration, assign roles like viewer, commenter, contributor, and content manager, and manage members from the admin console.

Learn how to transfer file and folder ownership in Google Drive from one user to another using the transfer owner setting in Google Workspace, ensuring no data loss.

Install google drive for desktop by downloading the setup from drive.google.com, running the wizard, signing in, and choosing offline access and syncing on windows or mac.

Configure calendar service in Google Workspace to enable or disable for users, organization units, or the whole organization, and tailor sharing, conferencing, and scheduling policies.

Learn how to manage calendar events in Google Workspace by canceling, transferring, or releasing resources for suspended or deleted users, and handling event ownership transfer to ensure seamless handovers.

Configure advanced calendar settings in Google Workspace to control invitations and reduce spam, using known senders or interacted with contacts, and set offline access and default duration per policy.

Enable or disable Google Meet for your organization or organizational units through the Google Workspace admin panel. Learn to set the service status for the whole organization or individual units.

Configure Google Meet video settings by organization or department, controlling reactions, recording permissions, video quality, background effects, transcription, and attendance reporting to tailor meetings.

Learn to configure Google Meet safety settings to control who can join meetings, enforce host-first joins, and manage in-call chat, screen sharing, Q&A, and polls, including external participant tagging.