You can see it againUnder pressure people bring back shapes and positions long after the wording has gone.
Picture superiority · Shepard 1967, Standing 1973
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.
Exam formatMultiple choice and multiple select
DeliveryGoogle Cloud
Free questions499
Content last reviewed 30 July 2026 · Up to date
The certification
What Google Cloud Associate Google Workspace Administrator proves, and what it asks of you
What this certification covers, who it is written for, and what the exam itself looks like on the day.
6domains
26objectives
170concepts
What it is
What this certification is
What it validates, who it is written for, and the experience it assumes.
About this certification
The Google Cloud Associate Google Workspace Administrator certification validates the skills needed to manage Google Workspace services for an organization. It covers provisioning and managing user accounts, configuring security and compliance settings, and supporting collaboration tools like Gmail, Calendar, and Drive. This certification is for administrators who are responsible for the day-to-day operation of Google Workspace.
Earning this certification shows that you can handle core administrative tasks such as setting up new users, managing groups, enforcing security policies, and troubleshooting common issues. It also demonstrates your ability to keep the environment reliable and aligned with organizational requirements. The certification is a valuable credential for IT professionals who support Google Workspace deployments.
Who it’s for
This certification is for IT professionals who administer Google Workspace for their organization. It is ideal for those who are responsible for managing user accounts, configuring security settings, and supporting collaboration tools. The role typically involves working with end users to resolve issues and ensuring the environment runs smoothly. Candidates should have hands-on experience with Google Workspace administration, including managing users, groups, and security policies. They should be comfortable with the Google Admin console and understand how to apply organizational policies to meet business needs.
Recommended experience
Google Cloud recommends that candidates have at least one year of hands-on experience administering Google Workspace, including managing users, security, and collaboration tools. Experience with the Google Admin console for user and group management; Understanding of Google Workspace security and compliance features; Familiarity with Gmail, Calendar, Drive, and other core Google Workspace services; Ability to troubleshoot common administrative and user issues
The syllabus
What you’ll learn
Every domain and objective Google Cloud measures, with the weight they carry on the exam.
The official Google Cloud exam outline · checked 30 July 2026 · See the source
Managing user accounts, domains, and Directory
- 1.1 Managing the user life cycle
- 1.2 Designing and creating organizational units (OUs)
- 1.3 Managing groups
- 1.4 Managing domains
- 1.5 Managing buildings and resources
Managing core Workspace services
- 2.1 Configuring Gmail
- 2.2 Configuring Google Drive and Docs
- 2.3 Configuring Google Calendar
- 2.4 Configuring Google Meet
- 2.5 Configuring Google Chat
- 2.6 Using generative AI for Google Workspace
- 2.7 Supporting Workspace development
Managing data governance and compliance
- 3.1 Using Google Vault for eDiscovery and data retention
- 3.2 Creating and managing data loss prevention (DLP) rules
- 3.3 Creating and managing Drive trust rules
- 3.4 Determining how to store and export your environment’s data
- 3.5 Classifying data
Managing security policies and access controls
- 4.1 Securing user access
- 4.2 Reporting, auditing, and investigating security risks and events
- 4.3 Enabling additional Google and third-party applications
Managing browsers and endpoints
- 5.1 Managing mobile devices
- 5.2 Managing Chrome browsers
Monitoring and troubleshooting common issues
- 6.1 Identifying and diagnosing Workspace issues
- 6.2 Troubleshooting and resolving common issues
- 6.3 Viewing, creating, and managing reports and audit logs
- 6.4 Using support resources
On the day
The exam itself
Everything Google Cloud publishes about sitting it, and nothing we inferred.
Prerequisites
No mandatory prerequisites — this certification has no required predecessor exam or credential.
CertificationGoogle Cloud Associate Google Workspace Administrator
Exam formatMultiple choice and multiple select
DeliveryGoogle Cloud
LanguagesEnglish, Japanese
Certification levelAssociate
After you pass
Where this credential goes next
The path Google Cloud lays out, how the credential is kept, and where to book.
Step-by-step path to Google Cloud Associate Google Workspace Administrator
Credential earnedGoogle Cloud Associate Google Workspace Administrator Associate level certification Renewal and maintenance
Google Cloud certifications are valid for two years. Renewal maintains certification status and certificate number. Stay current with the latest technologies and maintain your certification.
Learn more about renewal requirements Lifecycle status
This certification is currently active and available. Google Cloud maintains this certification to validate current skills and industry relevance.
Exam status: ActiveMaintained by Google Cloud
Exam registration
Register for the exam through Google Cloud, Google Cloud’s authorized testing partner.
Schedule your examVisit the official Google Cloud certification page for exam policies and requirements.
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Questions people ask
How does the Associate Google Workspace Administrator certification relate to the retired Google Workspace Administrator certification?
The Associate Google Workspace Administrator certification is the current credential for Google Workspace administrators. It replaces the previous Google Workspace Administrator certification, which has been retired. Existing certifications remain valid for their full duration.
Do I need to earn a lower-level Google Cloud certification before taking this exam?
No. There are no mandatory prerequisites for the Associate Google Workspace Administrator certification. You can take the exam directly, though Google Cloud recommends relevant hands-on experience.
Is there a hands-on lab component in the Associate Google Workspace Administrator exam?
The exam is primarily multiple choice and multiple select. Google Cloud does not publish details of a hands-on lab component for this exam.
If I fail the exam, when can I retake it?
Google Cloud's retake policy requires a waiting period of 14 days after the first failed attempt, and 60 days after subsequent attempts. There is no limit on the number of attempts.
What job roles does the Associate Google Workspace Administrator certification map to?
This certification is designed for Google Workspace administrators who manage user accounts, security, and collaboration tools for their organization.
Can I recertify by passing a different Google Cloud exam?
Yes. Earning a higher-level Google Cloud certification, such as the Professional Google Workspace Administrator, may renew this certification. Check the Google Cloud certification renewal policy for details.
Information freshness · Content last reviewed on 2026-07-30 Up to date
Practice free questions 499 questions, free, no account needed.
The curriculum
The whole exam, mapped and written
Every domain, every objective, and every concept Google Cloud measures — each one written out.
6domains
26objectives
170concepts
109free pages
The domains, and what sits inside them
Every objective below is a page you can open and practise now, without an account.
The official Google Cloud exam outline · checked 30 July 2026 · See the source
1Managing user accounts, domains, and Directory95 questions
2Managing core Workspace services137 questions
2.1 Configuring Gmail10 concepts · 8 pagesOpen →2.2 Configuring Google Drive and Docs11 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →2.3 Configuring Google Calendar9 concepts · 4 pagesOpen →2.4 Configuring Google Meet9 concepts · 3 pagesOpen →2.5 Configuring Google Chat5 concepts · 2 pagesOpen →2.6 Using generative AI for Google Workspace5 concepts · 4 pagesOpen →2.7 Supporting Workspace development5 concepts · 3 pagesOpen →
3Managing data governance and compliance73 questions
3.1 Using Google Vault for eDiscovery and data retention7 concepts · 3 pagesOpen →3.2 Creating and managing data loss prevention (DLP) rules6 concepts · 6 pagesOpen →3.3 Creating and managing Drive trust rules4 concepts · 1 pagesOpen →3.4 Determining how to store and export your environment’s data4 concepts · 4 pagesOpen →3.5 Classifying data3 concepts · 2 pagesOpen →
4Managing security policies and access controls63 questions
5Managing browsers and endpoints35 questions
6Monitoring and troubleshooting common issues96 questions
Not a table of contents
Every line on this map already opens
In front of every objective the practice pages are already there, free and without an account. This is one objective, opened.
1.1 Managing the user life cycle7 pagesOpen →
Free in front of it
34 questions on this objective, five to a page. Every range above is a real page, open now, with no account.
Reading the map is not the same as knowing the ground
The curriculum tells you what is on the exam. Proving you know it is a different job — and it is the one the closed-book run does.
Free questions
499 questions. No account, no card.
The whole bank is open. 5 questions to a page, every answer explained, and a discussion thread on each one.
499questions
109pages
26objectives
Freealways
Browse by domain
Every objective, and every page range, is a link — so you can pick up exactly where you left off.
1Managing user accounts, domains, and Directory95 questions
2Managing core Workspace services137 questions
3Managing data governance and compliance73 questions
4Managing security policies and access controls63 questions
5Managing browsers and endpoints35 questions
What a practice page gives you
1Five to a page
Short enough to finish, long enough to matter.
2Every answer explained
Not only which one is right — why the others are wrong.
3A discussion on each
Ask, answer, and vote. Every question has its own thread.
A question, and the idea behind it
Every question comes from a concept
These are not trivia. Each one is written against a concept in the book, so when you get one wrong there is somewhere to go and find out why.
The visual book
See it once. Carry it into the exam.
The pages shown here come from our AI-900 book — an example of how each concept is written in plain language and, where the idea needs one, drawn as a full page you can take in at a glance.
170concepts
499free questions
Why a picture, and not another paragraph
Three reasons, and each one is a real finding rather than a slogan.
You can see it againThe whole idea at onceWhere it starts, what happens in the middle, what comes out, and the mistake to avoid.
Multimedia principle · MayerThe look-alikes sit togetherThe pairs the exam tests are drawn side by side, so the difference is seen, not told.
Dual coding · PaivioWhat one page is made of
You are never asked to read a poster here — only to see how one is built. After that, every other page is legible at a glance.
1A numbered strip on top
The idea as a sequence, followed with a finger before a word is read.
2Panels for the parts
What it is, how the machine learns it, when it is the right tool.
3The trap, framed
The distinction the exam tests, given its own box instead of buried in prose.
4One line at the bottom
The sentence to carry into the exam room.
Open book, on purpose
Answer it with the picture beside you
This is the part that teaches. The illustration and the written explanation stay where they are while you work, so a scenario stops being a memory test and becomes something you can simply look at.
It teaches · it does not count
A smartphone uses AI to unlock when the owner looks at the camera. Which AI capability is being used?
AImage classification
BFacial recognition
COptical character recognition
DObject detection
Look at the five steps. Detect finds a face, align straightens it, encode turns it into numbers, search compares it with a stored face, and decide answers one question: is this the same person? Classification would only say “a face”. Detection would only draw a box. Neither decides whose.
Then the page shuts, and it starts counting
The same questions come back with the book closed — that run is the one that counts. After it, your coach picks one thing for tonight, sized to the time you have, and brings pages back before you lose them.
Testing effect · Roediger & Karpicke 2006 · spacing effect · Cepeda et al. 2006
Official resources
Straight from Google Cloud
Where the exam is defined, scheduled and scored.
2official links
170concepts mapped
The source
Google Cloud’s own pages
We link to them rather than repeat them, so nothing here goes stale behind them.
Checked against the source
Every objective on the official Google Cloud outline already has questions here
We build from the official skills outline, not from a summary of it — 26 objectives, 170 concepts written under them, and free questions against every one. When Google Cloud changes the outline, this page changes with it.
26objectives on the outline→170concepts written→499free questions
An official page tells you what will be asked. It cannot tell you what you will get right.
That is the only question worth answering the night before, and no link answers it. You answer it by taking the questions with the book closed, and seeing what comes back.