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Silly Google Vault service question
Our Google Workspace was set up years before I got here and I'm wondering about this probably dumb question: the Vault services is turned on for Everyone at the root level of our Workspace... If I turn that off, will that affect retention at all (see...
GCPW & 2SV long login time after verification?
This is specific to Windows devices using GCPW and 2SV. Does anyone else notice a lengthy period of time for the login process? We are seeing varying times but the word I am getting on average time is 5 minutes. That just seems like a really long tim...
Resolved! What is Google Workspace for Education Plus (Extra Student)?
Apparently Google Workspace for Education Plus (Extra Student) is a type of licence, separate from an ordinary Plus student license.I've never seen or heard about it until today.@Kristal - I think we need an official responding.https://developers.goo...
Resolved! Third-party apps automatically configured/unconfigured
I am really struggling with the third-party apps settings. I opened a support ticket with Google 3 weeks ago and we've had a lot of back and forth, but my issue is still unresolved. Our "configured apps" list started with almost 700 apps. There wer...
Students browser auto launching site
We have the students logins set to open to a specific page and for the most part it works. We're seeing on a few that does work and then after the login finishes it changes page to another site crazygames.com which our content filter blocks. I'm sure...
Apps Script collaboration
All right stopCollaborate and listenYoda is back with a brand-new inventionSomething grabs hold of me tightlyFlow like a harpoon daily and nightlyWill it ever stop?Yo, I don't know.OK, enough of that. I was thinking of collaborating with everyone on ...
YouTube Approve Button (Missing)
I'm looking to test using the YouTube Approve button, but can't get it to be shown.I've recently checked the Special Approvers: Google Classroom Teachers setting, but it's been a few hours.I've identified this video that is not viewable by users with...
Camera recording keeps coming out black / sometimes audio sometimes not
In the last few weeks I've had a number of students complain about camera recordings not working.Sometimes it will come out black with audio. Other times it will show one frame with audio but the video shows to be several years long.Initially, this w...
Email, but no Login?
I have a situation where a student who recently left and I failed to close their account in a timely manner. That part is on me. However, my question to the group is...If the there is an email that came from an account, shouldn't there be some other ...
Drive for Desktop moving files randomly!
[BUG!][Drive for Desktop][macOS]This is serious. DfD is moving files randomly.Google is investigating. People should probably avoid using DfD with macOS Sonoma for the time being.
Cloud backup services?
For years, I have recommended Spanning Backup as a cloud backup service. Since Spanning was assimilated by the Kaseya collective, the product and our service from them has suffered. We're now looking for non-Kaseya cloud backup services. (Backupify ...
Google Print Preview locks up Chrome
Anyone else see this now or in the past? So far I've only had one student and one staff member see this issue, but both this week. One is on a Chromebook and one on a Windows laptop. When they go to print preview it hangs at loading preview then all ...
Is there any way to get a list of "Less Secure apps in use"
For this https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2023/09/winding-down-google-sync-and-less-secure-apps-support.html Is there any way to get a list of "Less Secure apps in use" so I know what apps this would affect? I think our copiers use tan account...
Context Aware Access - know issue with some ISPs
Just flagging an know issue with Context Aware access. We restrict access to the UK using context aware access. Some ISP issue what presents as a UK IP - but does not validate as being definitely UK in the Google backend and therefore get flagged and...
Dynamic groups
So I created my first dynamic group in workspace. I set the "who can post" access setting to nobody (unchecked every box) thinking that would prevent sending messages to the group.I then sent a message to the group from my email and it got delivered...
Vote to let Google know that we'd like to keep the Jamboard service for Education
You never know, sometimes they listen.https://www.googlecloudcommunity.com/gc/Feature-Ideas/Jamboard-for-education-to-continue/idi-p/643393Yes, you may need to apply to get access to Feature Ideas first.
Can we hide a group from being seen when composing a message?
I know we can hide individual user accounts using directory sharing, but does this option exist for groups, and dynamic groups?
Jamboard No More
Giveth with extended Chromebook life. Taketh away with the end of Jamboard I am very sad as we use this extensively. Dear Edu Administrator,We’re writing to let you know that we will wind down the Jamboard application next year. From now until Octob...
Resolved! YouTube Premium- purchase page not loading
I have a staff member who wants to purchase YT Premium with her school account.... but anytime she goes to the purchases and membership page, it is blank. The page itself loads, but the purchase interface does not. YouTube is turned on for staff; wha...
In a year, you can't use LSA anymore- which you should have stopped doing a long time ago...
Beginning September 30, 2024: third-party apps that use only a password to access Google Accounts and Google Sync will no longer be supportedYou will have quite some time to reconfigure or replace hardware and software that rely on insecure login.
Windows Endpoint Management - Applocker policies fail to push
I am working with Google on this, but wanted to check here and see if anyone has some insight to my problem.I am attempting to push some Applocker policies to devices, but it fails every time, based on which type I send (MSI, EXE, Script).The script ...
Share Drive Permission Structure
Hey everyone...I started a Feature Requests a while back that's gotten little traction - although a Google insider was the first to respond...and someone recently upvote it as wellI would appreciate you guys upvoting it IF you would find this useful ...
Extended life for Chromebooks.
I read a very interesting article about longer lives for Chromebooks. Ithought this was the most interesting part. Does anyone had any insider info to this?"The change is to take effect in 2024. Chromebooks released in 2021 and thereafter will automa...
Chat Spaces updates and inline threading coming for real now
From the blog: https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2023/09/in-line-threading-transition-update-september-2023.htmlQuite a few features we've been waiting for, and also the final period before the old Topics formatted Spaces are all converted to i...
Gmail Redirect Notices
Good Morning All, has anyone else noticed that we now get sent to a redirect notice page sometimes when clicking links in Gmail. I haven't pinned down what exactly is the criteria to get the notice but I have heard of it happening mostly with the l...
K12 Sysadmin Discord
Just FYI, I know that since the other community was closed down the original post was lost. Lance has approved the posting of the original message but if that has changed please let me know. For those that enjoy a realtime discussion I had set up a D...
Installing Android app on Google Workspace chromebook
We are'nt having much success installing Dolphin Easy reader on Chromebooks. It's installed under Apps, Web and Mobile Apps. Settings for the app are User Access- On for Everyone. Access Method-Available, Allowed All Runtime Permissions. When the use...
Strange DNS error
We've been having a random issue on chromebooks in our district. People will say the internet is not working. What it seems it is on those the DNS servers are gone. A reboot fixes it but we know they were there at logon because the users were in and ...
Using (requiring) Google Authenticator and Sync for "Service Accounts"
What are people's thoughts on this now that Google Auth can sync OTP to multiple devices when signed into the Google account?For example, our environment (as probably every other environment) has these types of "Service Accounts", such as "president@...
