Google Workspace Launch Service

Successful Launch of Your Institution on Google Workspace

When institutions decide to adopt Google services, the default configuration of the Google Admin console may not align with the specific requirements of your education institution. Consequently, valuable time and resources are invested by technical staff to develop a flexible, reliable, and secure Google Workspace for Education domain that caters to administrators, educators, and students. However, without a solid understanding of Google for Education best practices, domains could suffer from misconfigurations, improper organizational unit (OU) structures, excessive delegated permissions, and security vulnerabilities.

To address these challenges, we present the Google for Education Lauch Service. This comprehensive package equips your technical staff with a meticulously crafted configuration guide based on EDU best practices, tailored to meet the unique needs of your stakeholders. The result is a secure and well-prepared domain for effective teaching and learning from day one.

Moreover, our team of Google IT Specialists will provide ongoing support to ensure the smooth maintenance of your domain. With 10 hours (in 2 hour blocks) of included technical support, you can also benefit from other AppsEDU technical services. Together, we will streamline your institution’s journey to success with Google for Education.

Admin Console Settings

The Google for Education Launch Service will configure your institution’s domain by setting up your profile and security policies.

Google Service Settings

Google IT Specialists will determine the most effective settings for Gmail, Contacts, Calendar, Drive, Classroom, Meet, Groups, Sites, and many more core and additional services.

User Account Management

Provided recommendations for Organizational Unit structure, account provisioning, and usernames for domain users.

Marketplace Applications

Institutions receive 10 hours of support for the Google IT Specialists' AppsED Services and Google Marketplace applications to help train your technical staff, manage your settings, and secure and backup the domain. We recommend using these hours over the course of the year to prepare for the following academic year.

Complete list of supported areas

Complete management of users (creation/update/deletion)
License management
Security updates and analysis
Groups management
Chromebook licenses
Email security settings
Whitelisting
Vault (Gmail and drive retention policies)
Single point of contact for P1 and P2 incidents, perform domain impact assessments, coordinate and carry out suitable resolution involving key technical teams, including Google support.
AppsEDU would provide problem-resolution reports for leadership as required.
Staff onboarding and offboarding process
Escalate support issues to Google Support, follow up, and resolve them promptly.
Apsevents will action anything not listed above that can be actioned in the Admin console.

AppsEDU Team

Charlie Love and Peter Horner will manage the launch service. Charlie and Peter are both highly respected Google Admin experts with decades of experience managing large Google installations. Both work on ongoing technical projects directly for the Google for Education team with AppsEDU.