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GCDS Filter/Exception to OMIT a Single OU

I'm trying to find the correct way to get this working, and so far I'm not having any luck. Gemini was in full hallucination mode when I asked it. We've got GCDS setup and running on our Windows AD server now for several years.  No big issues.However...

Can't use recently purchased ChromeOS Education Upgrades

I recently bought ChromeOS Education upgrade licenses, but I can't figure out how to apply them to my organization. I have confirmation of delivery and purchase, but I don't see them anywhere on google admin. None of the google support articles were ...

DLP - or equivalent alerting/blocking

Hey all.I've seen headlines on the built-in DLP setting previously and even dabbled a bit in the pre-made templates. But I recently was looking to add some additional safety/security into our environment.  I thought I was going to find what I wanted ...

Nasce "Workspace Update & Upgrade": 1 ora al mese per gli Admin dell'Emilia-Romagna (Italy)

Cara Community,oggi in Emilia-Romagna in Italia suona la prima campanella dell'Anno Scolastico 2026/2027: buon rientro a tutti! Sappiamo bene che l'inizio dell'anno porta con sé una montagna di sfide legate alla gestione digitale della scuola: la con...

ChomeOS Peer-to-Peer Updates: Looking for insight and impact

Hey everyone,We're currently looking into enabling ChromeOS peer-to-peer (P2P) auto update downloads for the devices in our schools. (Workspace Admin > Devices > Chrome > Settings > Device > Auto-update settings > Peer to Peer).  We're trying to unde...

WorkspaceAudit.com

I've been contacted by someone from AppsEDU inviting us to trial workspaceaudit.com. It looks interesting, but its a new product (AppsEDU has been rebranded from Appsevents, which has been a Google Edu partner (apparently) for 14 years prior).Has any...

Hey from Alberta, Canada!

Hey everyone. My name's Dee Abson, and I'm currently an IT Specialist with Red Deer Public Schools in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. I've been with Red Deer Public for a little over 6 months, and having come from more enterprise-y environments in the pas...

Beyond Training: How Do You Know If Professional Development Actually Changes Classroom Practice?

We often measure the success of professional development by attendance, completion, or certificates. But I’ve been wondering: what happens after the training ends?A teacher may attend a Google Workspace or AI training and learn many new tools, but th...

Google Gemini PII Protection

On a call today with my district tech leadership and they are VERY concerned about PII and student data with Gemini. Is there a guide or go-to place or person to address these questions? Ideally, we'd love a person or place to submit these questions.

U.S. Feedback Request for Google Research

Hi there,   My name is Sheethal Shobowale, a UX researcher on the Google for Education team.  I am interested in speaking with US IT Admins working in K12 schools who manage Google Workspace account permissions and/or digital policies.   If you are i...

Join the Google for Education Pilot Program!

The Google for Education Pilot Program is a global program that provides K12 and Higher Education schools and organizations early access to products and features across various Google tools - including emerging AI and generative AI products and featu...

Google Admin (H)ELP Series

Da qualche mese il Circolo ELP IT Admin del Centro Italia sta producendo (inizialmente con i Facilitators ma da settembre anche con altri membri del Circolo) dei video di supporto per gli amministratori di Google Workspace delle scuole d'Italia.La pl...

ELP Admin SUD Italia....ci siete?

Un piccolo appello a tutti i ,membri dell'Admin ELP SUD Italia presenti nel Global Hub!Facciamo sentire anche qui la nostra presenza e facciamo vedere quanto è attiva e unita la nostra community. Se fate parte della nostra community Google ELP Admin ...

Hello, I'm Anna and I live and work in Gaeta.

Greetings from Rome, Italy!

Hello everyone, my name is Barbara Bernardi and I am from Rome. I work in primary education and am interested in promoting the effective use of technology in schools. I am passionate about deepening my knowledge of Google Workspace for Education; I a...

Gopher for Chrome- Worth it?

I'm doing a lot of device and user cleanup this summer, and Gopher would really help me move faster and at scale. Does anyone have pricing or privacy info on this tool? Anecdotes welcome too. 

Device Specific Pin and / or Password on a Chrome OS Device?

Hi all. I have some accounts that are only used during end of year exam time. I decided to double check that they were still working correctly since Google is forcing Gemini down our throats and into every crevice of the OS and browser. Before I coul...

How about NotebookLM Being Shared Outside Domain

NotebookLM notebooks still can't be shared outside the domain. Google Workspace came through recently by letting us manually delete Gemini chats, so I'm really hoping they hear us on this too! We need an Admin Console setting to manage NotebookLM sha...

Gemini Saved Info "Your instructions for Gemini" in Google Workspace

Our EDU Plus Staff users are not able to browser to this page.I can reach it using my standard consumer GMail account.This appears to be separate from this similar feature in Docs. Are you able to reach this, or aware of any settings or documented li...

Vault: Gemini

Happy to see that Gemini chats are being included in Vault.Note that the only choices are indefinitely, and  delete ALL conversations. This misaligns this service's setting with how we choose to implement the other services which is to Purge only del...

Education Archived User licenses & data retention

I was reading up on Archive user licenses, Does this mean after the the vault retention rules, If you don't delete the account the data that has not been deleted from the account is still there?  (IE vault retains users deleted email for x years but ...

Feature Request: Two essential additions to the Google Slides Presentation Menu

Hey everyone! I always use Google Slides for a lot of collaborative presentations, and I think two small additions to the Options Menu (during full-screen or full-browser presentation) would be massive change for the presenter experience:Share Remote...

Google Worskpace Heard My Prayers, Thanks a lot!

I've received the Google Workspace Updates email merge about the updated that I was looking forward to receiving. Now, Admins can now configure whether users can use temporary chats and delete their conversation history. Temporary chats allows users ...