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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
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Section 1: G Suite for Business
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Section 2: G Suite with Google Domains
10
Section 3: Security, Privacy, and Troubleshooting
12
Section 4: Apps and Sites

Setting up Google session control

At this point, you already know how to apply the different configurations that will allow users to safely log in to the platform. Users will only be active for a few hours, and then will not return until the next day.

Leaving a Google session active for too long without being used is an unnecessary risk, and to minimize this, G Suite allows administrators to define how long a session is considered valid. After this period, the user will be required to log in again.

To define the session length, click on the Session control drop-down menu and select the amount of hours it will last. It can be as short as one hour, or as long as 30 days. You can even make sessions never expire:

Ideally, a session should last an entire day. In most cases, 12 hours should be enough for a user to only be required to log in at the beginning a working day.

Being able...