GOOGLE CLOUDGoogle Cloud Associate Google Workspace Administrator
The Google Cloud Associate Google Workspace Administrator certification validates your ability to deploy, configure, and manage Google Workspace for an organization. It is designed for administrators who oversee user accounts, security, and collaboration tools. Earning it demonstrates you can keep a Google Workspace environment secure, efficient, and aligned with business needs.
499 practice questions · Updated 2026-07-30
6Domains
26Objectives
170Concepts
499Questions
ASSOCIATE-GOOGLE-WORKSPACE-ADMINISTRATOR Curriculum
Every domain, objective, and concept the ASSOCIATE-GOOGLE-WORKSPACE-ADMINISTRATOR exam measures.
- Migration strategies and tools
- Manual user creation
- Automated provisioning and deprovisioning
- Third-party identity provider integration
- Basic SAML SSO configuration
- First-party sync tools use cases
- User attribute modification
- Account lifecycle management
- Drive data ownership transfer
- License management
- Password administration
- OU hierarchy design principles
- Google-recommended OU practices
- Creating OUs
- Managing OUs
- Assigning users and objects to OUs
- OU hierarchy and inheritance
- Group structure design principles
- Creating and managing distribution lists
- Shared mailboxes (Collaborative Inbox)
- Dynamic groups creation and management
- Security groups creation and management
- Applying settings to security groups
- Adding primary domains
- Verifying domain ownership
- Adding secondary domains
- Managing domain aliases
- Bulk creation of buildings and rooms
- Managing resources for booking and scheduling
- Resource booking permissions
- Resource features and details
- MX record configuration
- Basic mail routing scenarios
- Content compliance rules
- Spam, phishing, and malware settings
- Attachment size limits and blocked file types
- Gmail forwarding and POP/IMAP access
- Email security practices (SPF, DKIM, DMARC)
- Email migration to and from Gmail
- Gmail delegation
- Compliance footers and email quarantines
- Default sharing options for new files
- Drive trust rules
- Limiting external sharing
- Target audiences
- Custom Docs templates settings
- Shared Drives creation and management
- Storage quotas for users and OUs
- Google Drive for desktop availability
- Transferring file and folder ownership
- Drive Labels management
- Offline access settings
- Creating resource calendars
- Managing resource calendar settings
- Configuring booking policies
- Delegating calendar access
- Setting default internal sharing options
- Configuring shared calendars for teams
- Managing external sharing options
- Transferring event ownership
- Preventing invitations from unknown senders
- Enabling/disabling Meet at org level
- Enabling/disabling Meet per OU
- Meet safety settings overview
- Configuring external meeting participants
- Managing in-meeting chat and screen sharing
- Configuring Meet video quality
- Managing Meet recordings
- Managing Meet transcripts
- Managing Meet note taking
- Enable/Disable Chat for organization
- Configure Chat service settings
- Manage external Chat access
- Manage Chat invite settings
- Add and manage Chat apps
- Data privacy and security controls for generative AI
- Enabling or disabling Gemini for the organization
- Enabling or disabling Gemini for specific organizational units
- Enabling Google Workspace extensions for the Gemini app
- Generating Gemini usage reports
- AppSheet use cases
- Apps Script use cases
- Comparing AppSheet and Apps Script
- Enabling AppSheet for organization
- Enabling AppSheet for specific OUs
- Archive user licenses
- Retention policy setup
- Data holds configuration
- Retention rules creation
- Vault search and export
- Export location settings
- Audit report generation
- Identify Workspace services supporting DLP
- Understand DLP content detectors
- Create automatic DLP rules
- Configure DLP rule actions
- Apply DLP rules to specific services
- Customize DLP notification messages
- Drive trust rules overview
- Limiting sharing to specific OUs, groups, domains, or users
- Blocking sharing with specific OUs, groups, domains, or users
- Restricting external sharing
- Google Takeout settings management
- Data Export tool usage
- Geographic data location selection
- Legal and compliance settings configuration
- Use cases for data classification labels
- Configuring classification labels in Google Drive
- Configuring classification labels in Gmail
- Strong password policies
- Two-step verification (2SV) rules
- Password recovery options
- 2SV methods configuration
- Context-aware access policies
- Applying security policies to users and groups
- Prebuilt administrative roles
- Custom administrative roles
- Google Session Control
- Audit log investigation
- Security center overview
- Threat identification
- Security health page analysis
- Activity rules creation
- Alert management
- Marketplace allowlist management
- Marketplace app deployment and restriction
- Google Play Store app management
- SSO configuration for third-party apps
- Additional Google services access control
- Connected applications and sites removal
- Choosing a mobile management solution
- Applying basic mobile management policies
- Managing registered devices
- Offboarding mobile devices
- Chrome browser policy overview
- Applying Chrome browser policies
- Enrolling Chrome browsers
- Applying policies to enrolled browsers
- Managing Chrome extensions and apps
- Admin console navigation for audit logs
- Interpreting audit log entries
- Using the Google Workspace Status Dashboard
- Recommending mail delivery solutions
- Troubleshoot user account access issues
- Use Email Log Search for email delivery troubleshooting
- Analyze email headers for SPF, DKIM, and DMARC
- Troubleshoot email forwarding, filters, and labels
- Troubleshoot Calendar sync and display issues
- Troubleshoot Calendar sharing and permissions
- Troubleshoot free/busy information sharing
- Troubleshoot Drive sharing and permissions
- Resolve Drive for Desktop problems
- Recover deleted files in Drive and Gmail
- Troubleshoot Drive offline access
- Diagnose network performance with Meet quality tool
- Troubleshoot Meet access issues
- Monitoring app usage
- Monitoring storage limits
- Using audit reports to check admin activity
- Using audit reports to check user activity
- Using audit reports to check calendar activity
- Using audit reports to check Drive activity
- Using audit reports to check Gmail activity
- Monitoring device activity
- Documenting reproduction steps
- Collecting relevant log files
- Searching application status and known issues
- Generating HAR files
- Following Google-recommended practices for opening support cases
- Using Google Workspace updates blog, status dashboard, and release calendar
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