Google Edu - adding license - being asked to transfer all licenses to 3rd party.

[TwistedHelixis]

Hi,

 

We need to add just one 'teaching and learning' license to our Google Workspace Educational system, so a teacher can record via Google Meet. I contacted a reseller, but they have asked us to transfer our entire Google Workspace for Education licences to them.

 

Is this correct?

 

I have just noticed, I could have probably purchased the license via the Google Admin console directly, should I have done this?

[DGardiner]

Get a corporate card and buy direct on the admin panel.

 

ive no interest in getting tied to a reseller who can charge me what they like later - the price is the same anyway

[paulkerton]

You don't need to do that. Whilst you can connect a reseller with your domain to allow them to support you, you don't need to.

[TwistedHelixis]

Just got a 60 day trial via our Google admin page :-)

[localzuk]

I've never transferred our licenses to anyone and we've got 1000+ Chromebook management licenses in there. We just give resellers our domain details and they assign them.

[slugshead]

I linked ours with XMA many moons ago when I purchased enterprise for education licenses.

 

They've never pushed for sales, I just get the renewal quote through, send them a PO and it's all sorted.

 

The only niggle, when you hit the support button it tries to get you to contact the reseller first, but you can skip that.

[TwistedHelixis]

We just give resellers our domain details and they assign them.

 

That is what I expected, but they came back asking for a transfer token and instructions on transferring everything to them. When I questioned this they came back and said in order for them to assign licences they need the system transferred to them.

 

Anyway, all sorted now.