Exercise 1 - Add users individually

Introduction

In this exercise, you'll manually add an individual user: Alex Bell, the IT Manager.

Directions

1. If you are not already signed in, sign in to your domain as the administrator at
admin.google.com.

2. Click the Users icon.

3. Click Add new user.

4. In the dialog box that appears, create your company's IT Manager user account as follows:

● First name: Alex

● Last name: Bell
● Primary email: alex.bell@yourdomain

Tip: If your account has multiple domains associated with it, you will see a domain drop-down
list so you can choose the correct domain for each new user. The domain is the part of the
user's email address that appears after the @ symbol.

● Each user is assigned to an organizational unit. At this stage of the course we have
just one single top level organization so Alex will by default be placed into that
organization. We will discuss organizational structure later in this course.
● Leave the secondary email and phone number fields empty.
● You can assign a temporary, randomly generated password or manually enter a
temporary password. Note: Passwords must be at least 8 characters long and
cannot exceed 100 characters. Either way, it’s best practice to ensure that the new
user changes this when signing in for the first time so ensure that 'Ask for a
password change at next sign in' is enabled. For this exercise, allow Google
Workspace to generate the temporary password.

5. Click ADD NEW USER to create Alex's account.

Congratulations! You've added your first user in your new domain!

Notice the 'Eye' icon in the dialog box. This allows you to see the temporary password
generated. You can also copy the password to your clipboard using the 'COPY PASSWORD'
link.

From here, you can use the EMAIL USER SIGN-IN INFO button to email sign in instructions, or
click MORE ACTIONS to add the user to a Google group, edit their profile, and print login
details.

5. Click DONE.

Help Center resources

● Add an account for a new user