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Hands-On G Suite for Administrators

By : Cesar Anton Dorantes
Book Image

Hands-On G Suite for Administrators

By: Cesar Anton Dorantes

Overview of this book

Hands-On G Suite for Administrators is a comprehensive hands-on guide to G Suite Administration that will prepare you with all you need to know to become a certified G Suite Administrator, ready to handle all the business scales, from a small office to a large enterprise. You will start by learning the main features, tools, and services from G Suite for Business and then, you will explore all it has to offer and the best practices, so you can make the most out of it. We will explore G Suite tools in depth so you and your team get everything you need -combination of tools, settings and practices- to succeed in an intuitive, safe and collaborative way. While learning G Suite tools you will also learn how to use Google Sites and App Maker, to create from your corporate site to internal tools, live reports that seamlessly integrate with live documents, and advanced Google Services. Finally, you will learn how to set up, analyze and enforce Security, Privacy for your business and how to efficiently troubleshoot a wide variety of issues.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Section 1: G Suite for Business
6
Section 2: G Suite with Google Domains
10
Section 3: Security, Privacy, and Troubleshooting
12
Section 4: Apps and Sites

Basic settings

The Basic settings section provides administrators with quick access to the Password Recovery flow, as well as links for setting up Two-step verification and user's access to Less secure apps.

Enabling the Two-step verification (2SV) login flow will require the user to provide a key coming from a registered device in addition to their username and password. Each generated key is only usable once, so without the device, the credentials are not enough to access the account.

You can choose any of the following options for two-step authentication:

  • Security Keys that are provided by special devices, usually USB drives that one physically inserts in the machine, or sometimes it's a card that you tap to a Near Field Communication (NFC) or Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) device. This is the safest option, but also more expensive to implement.
  • A Google Prompt that...