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How to make a Google Group a Super Admin of my Cloud Identity


I get the error "Groups are not allowed to be added to this role." when I try to add a Google Group in my Cloud Identity domain as a Super Admin (through admin.google.com).

Is there anyway to provide super admin roles to a group of users rather than on individual users?

Thanks.


Solution

  • Basically you cannot create a Super Admin group, and there is a reason:

    Super admin accounts have irrevocable administrative permissions that we do not recommended using in the day-to-day administration of your organization.

    Indeed, this does not really fit with a group-based policy. Super admin accounts must be managed with direct ownership and countable.

    The best practice advised by Google is the one as follows:

    Create a new email address that is not specific to a particular user as the G Suite or Cloud Identity super admin account. This account should be further secured with multi-factor authentication, and could be used as an emergency recovery tool.


    Disclaimer: Comments and opinions are my own and not the views of my employer.