Tag Archives: G Suite Security
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Optimizing SSO on Chromebooks
October 2020 Setting up Chrome Devices to sign-in using an established Single Sign-On (SSO) platform is often desired by schools that are leveraging SSO to simplify user management. Whether wanting to audit sign-in activities through Active Directory Federated Services (ADFS) or using badges for younger students, SSO offers an alternative to the standard Google sign-in […]
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Google Meet and the Remote Classroom
September 2020 Over the past several months, school IT Administrators have had to do a lot of thinking on their feet. Nearly overnight in some cases, dependency on technological resources became exponentially important as cities and states went into lockdown, and schools were put into remote learning situations. Technology departments went into overdrive to get […]
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Gaining Control of your Google Groups
August 2020 In May 2020, Google announced the new Groups settings in General availability along with a rollout schedule which end users would see the modernized user interface. Unless disabled by an administrator, all users should now be seeing the updated version of Google Groups. Although it is welcomed to have a new user interface […]
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Google and Primary Domain Changes
Whether it is because you’re shortening the domain name for users to sign-in or you’re consolidating multiple Admin consoles into one, the question of when to do a primary domain change, and why you might not want to do one, is a popular topic of support this time of year. What does a primary domain […]
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Managing Windows devices
In November 2018, Google publicly released the ability to have an LDAP server authenticate users on Windows machines using their Google Workspace credentials. Our team published an article on how to set this up, and we noticed a lot of interest in this topic. This was an exciting advancement, but left some administrators wanting more […]
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Understanding Drive Shortcuts
Recently Google announced a feature designed to increase the security of files that live in multiple locations. Previously, users could press Shift+Z with a file selected in the Google Drive interface, and the users could add the file to a new folder within their My Drive. The file would then inherit all the sharing settings […]
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Google Vault: Beyond Setup
Vault is a powerful tool that allows users that have access to it the ability to search and view all Gmail messages, Google Group posts, most files in Google Drive and shared drives (excludes Jamboards and Sites as of now), conversations in Chat with history turned on, and all recordings in Meet. If you are […]
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Google Voice for Education Overview
Recent events and school closures have brought to the forefront the immediate need for communication between staff, students, and parents. Google Workspace admins from K-12 to higher education are searching for a simple, smart, and scalable phone system to support faculty, staff, teachers, and administrators. Google Voice ticks all the boxes. It provides users the […]
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Take-home device settings
Over the last few weeks, several schools have had to pivot their classroom technology from a cart base or stay at school model to a take home situation. As schools have been doing this, one of the most common concerns that has come up is “What settings should we have in place now that we’re […]
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Google DLP Rules
One of the major themes of Amplified IT’s Audit is addressing the fact that the Google Workspace for Education platform is designed with business in mind first and its education usage a very distant second or third. As a result, many of the settings found within the Admin console make a lot more sense when […]
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Your Systems Weakest Link
One thing that will remain true is that no matter how strong the technology policies you have in place, your system is only as secure as its weakest link. And with more information being linked to our email addresses it’s no surprise that this becomes a prime target for potential thieves as a one-stop location […]