Chromebooks: Group by location in Google Admin?

[JJonas]

Just set up our first six Chromebooks. At the moment they are all in one department and getting rave reviews from students and staff. Which is great.

 

If we get more is it possible for me to group them by department in Google Admin. So I can have different software depending on where they are located?

[ThatBoringBloke]

Yep.

 

In device management, Chrome devices, click on the top level Organisation on the left hand side, Create new Sub-Organisation.

[colly72]

Stating the obvious but just be aware of device-based OUs vs User OUs and the settings in your Gsuite device management

 

https://support.google.com/a/answer/4352075?hl=en

[PrimaryNetMan]

Yes and be aware that software such as extensions and Android apps are user based policies and not device policies.

[colly72]

Yes and be aware that software such as extensions and Android apps are user based policies and not device policies.

 

Android apps in particular present a problem with shared Chromebooks, as they install per user, so will quickly eat up and local storage if you have a few Apps and a lot of users.

[PrimaryNetMan]

Android apps in particular present a problem with shared Chromebooks, as they install per user, so will quickly eat up and local storage if you have a few Apps and a lot of users.

Agree with this. Fine for 1:1 or staff who use a single device. But for shared class sets it doesn't work. Until Google either allow app caching, or better yet assign apps by device, Android Apps in a shared environment just isn't there yet.

[JJonas]

Android apps in particular present a problem with shared Chromebooks, as they install per user, so will quickly eat up and local storage if you have a few Apps and a lot of users.

 

So presumably I can tell the Chromebooks to clean up after a user logs off via a setting somewhere in G-Suite?

[PrimaryNetMan]

So presumably I can tell the Chromebooks to clean up after a user logs off via a setting somewhere in G-Suite?

Yep.

 

[colly72]

So presumably I can tell the Chromebooks to clean up after a user logs off via a setting somewhere in G-Suite?

 

You can but it will then keep reinstalling any Android app when each user logs back in.