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ChromeOS System Administrator's Guide

By : Dr. Willie Sanders, Jr.
Book Image

ChromeOS System Administrator's Guide

By: Dr. Willie Sanders, Jr.

Overview of this book

Google's ChromeOS provides a great platform for technicians, system administrators, developers, and casual users alike, providing a seemingly simplistic architecture that is easy enough for a novice user to begin working with. However, beneath the surface, this operating system boasts a plethora of powerful tools, able to rival any other OS on the market. So, learning how to harness the full potential of the OS is critical for you as a technical worker and user to thrive at your workplace. ChromeOS System Administrator’s Guide will help you reap the benefits of all features of ChromeOS. This book explains ChromeOS’ unique architecture and its built-in tools that perform essential tasks such as managing user accounts, working with data, and launching applications. As you build your foundational knowledge of the OS, you'll be exposed to higher-level concepts such as security, command line, and enterprise management. By the end of this book, you’ll be well-equipped to perform a range of system administration tasks within ChromeOS without requiring an alternative operating system, thereby broadening your options as a technician, system administrator, developer, or engineer.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
1
Part 1:Working with ChromeOS
5
Part 2:Security and Troubleshooting
9
Part 3:Advanced Administration

Exploring advanced application management

Since they play such a critical role in ChromeOS systems and in Google Workspace, apps have already been the topic of discussion several times in this book. In Chapter 3, Exploring Google Apps, you learned what Google’s core app offerings are and what each of the applications is able to do. Then, in Chapter 9, Google Workspace Admin Console, and earlier in this chapter, you learned where to locate the tools needed to centrally manage applications. Now we’ll close out our discussion of apps by examining how to access their global configurations.

To begin configuring the global settings for your Google Workspace apps, you’ll need to navigate to the Apps à Google Workspace section of the Admin console, as seen in Figure 10.31.

Figure 10.31 – Apps à Google Workspace submenu

Figure 10.31 – Apps à Google Workspace submenu

In this menu, you see each of Google’s Default Apps listed. By selecting an app name from the...