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Auto assigning Workspace licenses question

Hello!I have certain student OU's set to auto-assign our Google Workspace for Education Plus licenses. No problem there.  Students are auto-assigned licenses when created or added to said OU's.Should licenses be auto-REMOVED if students are taken OUT...

"Wider Reports" extension

I wrote and published this extension. It will adjust the width of reports you reach off the Google Admin Console Security Center Dashboard as well as the reports in the Investigation Tool. You can see before and after screenshots on the extension pag...

find application versions installed on chromebooks

I was wondering if there is a way through investigation tool, or other means (Gam, Big query, etc) to check across all our chromebooks we manage via Google Admin console, and get a list of all chromebooks that have a specific app installed and what v...

Tardy/Check in Receipt Printer

Greetings all,One of our front offices was wanting to try and streamline their tardy process. Turns out our SIS (Synergy) has a self service app for it though it looks like we're effectively forced to use an iPad as ChromeOS still doesn't support And...

MattDPenn by Contributor II
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Resolved! Google Docs/Sheets renaming issue

So the issue we are having is after you create a google doc or sheet and you go to rename it to something different it reverts back to the original name.  (Using Chrome) For example you create a google doc called: Training and then you go and rename ...

Clements by New Contributor
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Good practice structure for a school

Hi all,Joanne here from Dubai. New to the role. Does anyone have a suggested 'best practice' structure for a school's Google environment? I need to reengineer ours so interested to know how schools have their set up.Thanks

Feedback from Districts Using Gemini?

Are there any districts here using Gemini with staff (or students age 13+)? What has the experience been like so far?We (6,000 student K-8 district) are considering it, but wanted to get some feedback from anyone already venturing down that path.Than...

JW38 by New Contributor II
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downgrade Workspace edition?

If a school has Workspace Fundamentals and they upgrade to Education Plus, what happens if, after a year, they decide it is not worth the cost and downgrade back to the free version?  What are some considerations when downgrading?  Obviously, they wo...

kmcmahon99 by New Contributor II
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Intermittent Connection Errors in Chrome OS 130?

Hi there.  We've received some reports today of students not being able to continue working in a particular software program (i-Ready).  The vendor support just mentioned the following:We are aware of an issue with this month's Google Chrome OS 130 r...

[Update!] Education Navigator now available in 18 languages

Dear Admins!  Have you seen the Education Navigator? The Google for Education team is excited to share that Education Navigator is now available in 18 languages.  You can now find free of charge resources on Google for Education tools like Google Cla...

Kristal by Community Manager
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Resolved! ❓ PD for GEAG Members ❓

If Google for Education were to provide a full day workshop for GEAG members, what topics of professional development opportunities would be most helpful to you in your role? 

Kristal by Community Manager
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Looker Studio -adding data sources

I am trying to help out our data person whom uses Looker Studio all day everyday for her job and is now having issues on her account. If anyone can give me ideas of how to help her it would be great. -Nadine Gilkison Google Super Admin I use a progr...

Defender for Cloud Apps

Does anyone have any experience using microsoft defender for cloud apps in your google workspace?  Things you like, things you hate,  giant red flags?  

smac by New Contributor
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multiple desks on chromebooks

Hello.  Do we have a way to prevent students from opening multiple different "desks" on chromebooks?I get the idea of what they are used for, but some students are maxing out to 7 desks, and then opening dozens of tabs each.Just curious.

2025 Community Content Request

We're gearing up to plan amazing content for 2025!  To make sure it truly benefits this community, we need your input. A big thanks to everyone who shared their thoughts on professional development topics last month. We're taking those ideas seriousl...

Kristal by Community Manager
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Base64/UTF encoding of From in email header

We just got an user impersonated email from a consumer gmail. Wondering if anyone has seen where they use an encoding of the From header as shown below. Google shows this as "From: Impersonated User <random@gmail.com>"This is completely new to me, an...

AI

What do you know about Pi AI?  Pro/Con--is it appropriate for school use including student use?

Metz49 by New Contributor II
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Youtube - Account verification when scheduling an event

We have a user who is getting a "verify account" when trying to schedule a youtube event. They're logged into the youtube account already as the account, but when they go to create a scheduled event, it prompts them to verify the number they see on s...

Google Sheet not showing forumla results

I have user with a pretty involved Google spreadsheet of budgeting figures that has multiple formulas that are not displaying any results in the cell, where there should be.The formula is there, and is referencing dollar amounts in other cells that a...

Disable Global Directory for an OU

We have an OU in google that houses terminated users temporarily, and I am wondering if there is a way via the Dashboard to remove these accounts from the GAL. We would like all other users not to be able to see these users in this specific OU as the...

Prevent PWA installs?

I've been dealing with trying to successfully block a couple specific "gaming" websites from our students using our web filter (Securly).  Students are on Chromebooks.I've got the domain(s) blocked currently, but have learned that some students did t...

Justin_W by Contributor II
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KnowBe4 in Education

Hi,I was wondering if anybody uses KnowBe4 in their school district.User education is very important and it is something we lack. I used KnowBe4 at my old job and I thought it was amazing!I know one big turn-off for some districts (like mine) is the ...

mgoller by New Contributor II
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GEAG Feedback Request

Your opinion matters! Every 6 months, Google asks us to gather user feedback. I'd be grateful if you could take 5 minutes to complete this form. I understand how busy you are but we value your opinions and want to ensure they are captured to improve...

Kristal by Community Manager
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strange additional profile issue

Hello.  Get a load of this one.Windows 11 Pro workstation, and Windows 11 Pro laptop.  Both at version 23H2 (OS Build 22631.4317).Both using Chrome browser version 130.0.6723.59 (Official Build) (64-bit).I have two student "test" accounts I have crea...

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