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Settings Block?

So I'm kind of stuck in a loop here. heres the situation. For our content filter they say to block the setting under "Disabled system features" for students of OS settings. So we do this now I have comeplaints that the studdents cannot plug a Chromeb...

chromebook policies not updating

Our network guys recently updated our district firewall.  Seems ever since they did it, our chromebooks have stopped getting policy settings when we move them to other OUs with different polices.  Does anybody know what ports need to be open on the f...

mhermmsd by New Contributor III
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GEG newsletter 93

Check out the most recent newsletter from the Google Educator Groups from around the world!This time with some references to the BETT #edtech fair in London just a short while ago.https://sites.google.com/view/educatorgroups/newsletters/newsletter-93...

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organizing OUs

Happy Friday!  I have a question about organizing OUs and the impact on settings.  If I have an OU with some non-inherited settings, and I move it underneath a different OU, will the non-inherited settings remain in place or will they inherit from th...

Product Training Series 2024

Definitely worth relaying to your staff.This series is in English, and sometimes Google also run series in other languages, but I haven't seen anything about that yet.Hello!The Google for Education team is just back from attending BETT 2024 where we ...

Admin Meetup at IDEAcon?

Hi Admins!Anyone heading to Schaumburg, IL for IDEAcon 2024 (2/19-2/21)? I'd be happy to arrange for a meetup where fellow admins can gather, network, chat, etc. We might even get a special guest Googler. Reply if you're attending and we'll see if we...

chand by Admin Moderator
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More inSecurly and other mischievous stuff

Some or all of these you may already have blocked one way or another.https://www.disablesecurly.com/https://insecurly-vercel.vercel.app/https://discord.com/invite/unblockhttps://ading.dev/blog/posts/securly_bypass.htmlThis next thing looks to be a wa...

Resolved! Check for Updates button missing

Ever since OS version 115, when we go into the settings/About page, there used to be a blue button for Check for updates.  It has now disappeared.  We have our devices set for auto update to latest Stable channel, but sometimes when chromebooks fall ...

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Resolved! Mail relay and SPF issue

Hello all!  Our school district uses the Follett Destiny library manager product.They host this system for us in their cloud, and have spun up an SMTP server for communications from the system to parents and students.For SPF authentication , I have a...

Any Canva Users?

Hi all, A random one that I apologise is not Google related but a bit desperate for an answer. We are new to Canva, and on set up believed there would be some teacher control of who could access slides, It seems that the students can just share as th...

dochxp by Contributor
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Chromebook Accents

Hi all. A potentially random one that I fear may put me forward for the silliest question award. I have a French teacher with the following issue, and I have to say that I am experiencing the same issue. Any thoughts? I could sort languages on Keyboa...

dochxp by Contributor
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For those that use Android apps, I have some questions.

Are the android apps pushed to the users or is it just a list that they may install? Or do we decide if they are pushed or available.Do you have any issues with drive sizes? Ours are only 32 gigs.Are all android apps backupable by the user for when y...

Rick2025 by Contributor
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How many extensions do you push?

Do extensions use a tremendous amount of resources on chromebooks?  Or does it depend on which extension?We just picked up a bunch of new extension based products (Co-Writer/Read&Write for Google Chrome/OrbitNote, etc).If I push these extensions to a...

Resolved! Report

Is there a report I can run to find out if a device has been powerwashed?

Mbritt by New Contributor II
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Gmail DMARC questions

I need to make some changes to our gmail to prevent spoofing. However, in my testing when I did this our own accounts that are used for voicemail to email relay and our scan to email addresses were blocked. We're having issues atm with people who hav...

kcalderw by Contributor
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Google Meet Mic disabled by system

Does anybody else have this issue?  If so, do you have a solution?  Many of our staff are getting the orange exclamation mark on their microphone when in Meet.  The error says that the microphone is disabled by the system and they have no Mic.  When ...

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Network Traffic?

Our Firewall admin asked me to see if I can find out what is causing this. Apparently at 3 PM local time each day many chrome devices reach out to google and uses 7G of our ISP bandwidth. I have the updates set to scatter and nothing set for specific...

Gmail filtering messages question

I need the collective minds of this forum to answer this questions please.This is specifically for my personal Gmail account...Is there a way to create a filter to grab or block incoming messages that do not have a subject line?I seem to be getting a...

Resolved! Microsoft 365 Notifications to Gmail

Good afternoon!Does anyone have their Microsoft 365 configured to send notices, such as file-sharing notices, to an internal user's Gmail mailbox rather than their Exchange mailbox?  In Exchange Admin, I have a connector configured for aspmx.l.google...

brodgers by New Contributor III
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Share your Google for Education Feedback

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Kristal by Community Manager
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Admin Quarantine due to similar names, bypass?

I have a admin quarantine policy setup for similar names so that we limit emails claiming to be a staff member,  How do I Allow certain email to bypass the Similar names quarantine?   Staff works at two districts (shared staff) so they have an email ...

mfoley by New Contributor III
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Resolved! Appointment Scheduling

We are having an issue where students can't access the Appointment Schedule created by the teacher. It works between teachers and staff but not students.Does anyone know of a setting I maybe missing? The calendar is turned on for all users.Thanks