Get Started for Google Admins

Overview

As a Google Workspace Admin, you can use JumpCloud to simplify, secure, and extend your Google Workspace environment. JumpCloud 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 JumpCloud features designed to integrate with Google.

Identity Management

To integrate with Google Workspace, first determine which platform will act as your primary identity provider (IdP) for user authentication:

• JumpCloud: Users authenticate and manage their passwords in JumpCloud with changes syncing to Google Workspace. 
• Google Workspace: Users will be redirected to Google to authenticate and leverage federated authentication to use Google Workspace as your primary IdP. 

Using JumpCloud as the IdP

Use the Google Workspace Directory Integration to extend Google identities into JumpCloud. JumpCloud 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:

• Get Started: Google Workspace Integration
• SSO with Google Workspace

Using Google Workspace as the IdP

Federating JumpCloud with Google Workspace lets you preserve Google as your primary IdP for user management and authentication while taking advantage of all of JumpCloud’s device management and reporting features. See the following resources to learn more:

• Get Started: Federated Authentication
• Configure Google Workspace as an Identity Provider

Expanding SSO and IdM Connections

When JumpCloud is your IdP configured with the Google Workspace Integration, you can leverage JumpCloud’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:

• Get Started: SAML Single Sign-On
• Get Started: SCIM Identity Management

Go Passwordless with JumpCloud Go™

With JumpCloud Go, users can access their User Portal and SSO apps with a biometric passwordless verification experience. See Get Started: JumpCloud Go to learn more. 

Device Management

Utilize JumpCloud’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 JumpCloud 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. 

Remote Assist

Simplify remote access with JumpCloud Remote Assist. Bundled with the JumpCloud agent on supported devices (macOS, Windows, and Linux), Remote Assist lets you view, control, and maintain end user devices - onsite or remote. See Get Started: Remote Assist to learn more. 

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 JumpCloud 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. 

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:

• Get Started: User Groups
• Configure Dynamic User Groups

Managing Device Access and Permissions

With your devices enrolled in JumpCloud, 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.