Overview
As a Google Workspace Admin, you can use ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú to simplify, secure, and extend your Google Workspace environment. ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú is integrated directly into Google Workspace, allowing you to seamlessly deploy, manage, and secure all your desktop, server, and mobile devices (macOS, Windows, Linux, Apple iOS/iPadOS, and Android) from a single console for better control and greater visibility. This article covers ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú features designed to integrate with Google.
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Identity Management
To integrate with Google Workspace, first determine which platform will act as your primary identity provider (IdP) for user authentication:
- ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú: Users authenticate and manage their passwords in ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú with changes syncing to Google Workspace.Ìý
- Google Workspace: Users will be redirected to Google to authenticate and leverage federated authentication to use Google Workspace as your primary IdP.Ìý
Using ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú as the IdP
Use the Google Workspace Directory Integration to extend Google identities into ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú. ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú serves as the IdP for you to manage user identities, passwords, and access. You can also configure single sign-on (SSO) with Google Workspace to streamline the user login experience to a single set of credentials.
See the following resources to learn more:
Using Google Workspace as the IdP
Federating ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú with Google Workspace lets you preserve Google as your primary IdP for user management and authentication while taking advantage of all of ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú’s device management and reporting features. See the following resources to learn more:
Expanding SSO and IdM Connections
When ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú is your IdP configured with the Google Workspace Integration, you can leverage ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú’s extensive catalog of SSO and Identity Management (IdM) apps to provision and manage access to additional SaaS apps. See the following resources to learn more:
Go Passwordless with ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú Goâ„¢
With ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú Go, users can access their User Portal and SSO apps with a biometric passwordless verification experience. See Get Started: ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú Go to learn more.Ìý
Device Management
Utilize ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú’s fully featured Device Management for a variety of device types and OSs including macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS/iPadOS, and Android. For an outline of supported device types, see Get Started: Devices and MDM in ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú to learn more.
Once your devices are enrolled you can:
- Enforce policies to ensure security and consistency on devices. See Get Started: Policies.
- Track device health with System Insights. See Get Started: System Insights.
- Provision users to devices and manage their permissions. See Managing Device Access and Permissions.Ìý
Remote Assist
Simplify remote access with ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú Remote Assist. Bundled with the ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú agent on supported devices (macOS, Windows, and Linux), Remote Assist lets you view, control, and maintain end user devices - onsite or remote.ÌýSee Get Started: Remote Assist to learn more.Ìý
Patch Management
OS Patch Management
Ensure your macOS, Windows, and Linux devices are compliant, secured, and up to date with the latest OS patches. See Get Started: Patch Management to learn more.
Chrome Browser Management
Enroll your devices in Google Chrome Browser Cloud Management with ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú to protect the primary access point to resources - the web browser. You can enforce Chrome update policies and deploy extensions. See Create a Universal Browser Patch Policy to learn more.Ìý
Access Management
Managing Your Directory
Leverage user groups as the foundation of managing access to devices, directories, SSO apps, RADIUS networks, and more. Further reduce IT overhead with Dynamic Groups automation. See the following resources to learn more:
Managing Device Access and Permissions
With your devices enrolled in ºÚÁϺ£½Ç91Èë¿Ú, manage access user by binding them to devices. See Bind Users to Devices to learn more. In addition, control admin privileges for users on their devices. See Set Admin/Sudo Permissions to learn more.