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This seems to be a common thread, but I am unable to find a solution that works. We use a lot of YouTube videos in our schools for sensory etc. These videos can be very long and are often interrupted by adverts, for example a recent advert for the latest Meet the fockers. I would like to remove the ads from being displayed. I know this can be done with YouTube premium, but we are unable to use YouTube premium with Google Workspace accounts, which we use to manage YouTube content. Does anyone have any guidance or experience. We want to avoid things like Ad removers and downloaders are illegal. I have looked at the old "-" in the domain name but this seems to no longer work.

We have a request relating to a student who has been given a Chromebook for home use, to limit the time that the Chromebook is accessible. What we are looking for is to schedule a shutdown with a warning and disable logins to the Chromebook between certain hours? I think this is possible through Family Link, but can't find a way to do this from the Google workspace management console. Has anyone come up with a solution for a request like this?

Had an issue where GWSMO (Google Workspace Sync for Microsoft Outlook) profile setup immediately fails and tells you to reinstall Outlook. The logs claim: 3f1c E:Generic profileeditor!MAPISubsystem::LoadMAPIFunctions @ 143 ()> Failed with 0x8007007e, last successful line = 123. 3f1c E:Generic profileeditor!MapiInit @ 5929 ()> Failed with 0x8007007e, last successful line = 5927. Internet came up dry so looked at it through procmon and found it was failing to find vcruntime140.dll All you need to do is install the latest Visual Studio Redistributables from here https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170 Publishing here in case someone else encounters it.

Morning all We have recently migrated to Google Workspace for email, etc.. To help in the future I want to document all the various settings that have been applied. Has anyone found an easy way to do? Many thanks Ant

I'm not sure if I've missed this announcement (please forgive me if so) but looking on our Admin Dashboard in Google Workspace, it now seems possible to set individual storage quotas by OU. Not tried it out yet but a useful tool if you're on the free Fundamentals tier and want to manage your pooled storage more effectively.

Hello all, My setting has now signed up to the J2E VLE for ICT. We are a Google Workspace school for the pupils and I have successfully created all pupils a J2E account by using the 'Sync with Google' option. Nice and easy! I also user Locker Connect, to automatically create the pupil's Google Workspace accounts accounts once they appear in ScholarPack and suspend leavers etc. However, Locker can only add new create accounts to OU's, NOT pre existing ones! J2E sees Google's organisational units as the pupil's classes, so this is perfect for assigning work to the correct classes etc. My last missing part of the puzzle is... is there a way to automate adding pupil accounts to their correct classes' organisational units? At the moment I'm having to pull all the form registers from ScholarPack and manually type the OU in to Google users bulk update csv. (e.g. Organisational Unit: Accounts/Pupils/Lions) This isn't the end of the world, but it's bound to end up missing mid-term starters out of their classes' OU, and doesn't help with end of term wrap up of accounts. Any ideas for a good workflow for this is appreciated... I don't mind doing it manually if I can figure out a nice workflow. Do any of you add pupils in to OU's based on registration groups? Do any alternative providers to Locker Connect like Salamander provide the ability to do this?

Hi, has anyone had any experience connecting the iHasco training (ihasco.co.uk) site to Google Workspace OU's to enable the creation of new users and suspension when changed in GWS? There is very little online regarding this and iHasco doesn't provide any support for it. Thanks in advance, Stubbsy

I understand you cannot install TTF fonts onto Chromebooks. I know about the Extensis extension also. Are there any recommended fonts that are similar to Letterjoin? They would at least have the have the alternative form of a. The other issue is Word files coming from other schools in the Trust who use Microsoft word and have the LetterJoin font selected. Even the iPad allows you to install a TTF font. Word online also displays LetterJoin correctly if you have the font installed locally.

For schools with 1:1 programs Google now allow you to restrict Chromebook use overnight. I had asked for this feature so it seemed they listened. https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/education/new-admin-controls/

Can anyone explain what this function actually is/does? Surely it's not just searching via Google.co.uk/com?

Hi All, I have been having issues with some domains not receiving our emails, we use Google Workspace and had no issues before with the same domains but suddenly our emails are not getting to them or gets spammed, I have checked MX records and all seems fine. Google have told me everything is fine from their end after checking these email headers. Email logs shows these emails as sent and delivered . I have changed DMARC records to none and still same issue. I did a test to my personal Hotmail and Gmail account and both got delivered to spam folder. Any advice would be much appreciated as this is causing me a headache. Best A

Hi folks, Currently we're a Google Workspace school and provision our accounts from a local AD using GCDS and Password sync. Previously we were a Microsoft school and in the background we're still syncing groups and users up to Microsoft with Azure AD Connect, although our tenancy has been left to ruin. I'm looking at changing how users are provisioned and authenticate, so it's all done through Azure AD. This is to get SSO more centralised for our systems, and well as have access to MS's superior conditional access policies. So, my question is: does anyone have any experience swapping this all around? Are there any tips you can offer, or know of any pitfalls to avoid? The last thing I want is for all of our docs to vanish into the ether trying to swap it all around

Hi All, I've been at a few conferences lately with speakers suggesting that you should choose "either" Google or Microsoft in your institution / mat and stick with it. My take of this really is they are saying "Choose microsoft" as if your organisation talks to anyone else or sends anything anywhere they tend to need a microsoft format in some form or other. We work in a hybrid way but are thinking about changing this split, hence this post. Currently :- 3-18 We have given departments complete autonomy on choosing the best tools for their department. This has led to a bit of a mixed economy for pupils, so we are looking to guide more. All Staff have a Chromebook and access any microsoft services via a remote sessions and remote working. Some Teaching Staff have a Windows PC on their desk at the front of classroom or, 3-11 and Maths (Promethean) , DT (Sketchup, 2D Design), Music (Sibelius),Art (Photoshop) USB-c Dock and use their Chromebook if not above for all other departments. Office Only staff have a Windows PC for their day to day job. (SIMS Finance and HR all spit out Microsoft based files for working on) Email GMail 3-11 Pupils can access a PC or Chromebook or iPad depending on the task at hand and age of the pupil. 11-18 Pupils - 1-1 Chromebook Post 16 Pupils 1-1 Chromebook and BYOD option MACs for Music Production. (Garage Band and Logic) We have a VLE for "curriculum resource" and Intranet style functions. Google - Curriculum Facing resources and contact with pupils. Anyone who has asked can have a "Google Shared Drive" so is used for Management and Microsoft - Back office functions etc. Windows on site for shared drives, though we have moved home drives to OneDrive. The migration away from "Windows Shared Drives" to the next cloud based iteration is where we are thinking where do we draw the line for clarity? Along with many others the reason is cost reduction and improved remote access to resources. (To a large extent we will be able to remove our remote desktop solution). Streamlined ways of working with Power Automate or Google Apps Script How do you split and guide staff on what to use where, and where is the split? Do we jump to more google for the online services OR fire up teams and sharepoint? We could say all T&L is google and Back office is Microsoft, but what about reports on pupil performance? Is that "Google or Microsoft"? Just thinking about what others do and how do you do it? Where is your split? I'm not imagining a future where we are all one or the other as I think that does close the door on great functions either side. John

Our Maths Department want to join a particular YouTube channel membership, which is a paid-for monthly subscription. When you browse to the YouTube channel using a personal Google account (or without being signed in at all), you are presented with the "subscribe" and "join" buttons (top right). However when you browse to the same YouTube channel when signed in with a Google Workspace for Education account, only the "subscribe" button is present and the "join" button is missing. An example YouTube channel is below: https://www.youtube.com/@BicenMaths This happens with any account from our Google domain, including admin accounts. These accounts are designated as being over the age of 18. I have contacted both Google Workspace support and YouTube support, and neither have offered any useful advice. I can't find any settings that would be causing this, and am wondering whether this is due to a limitation with Educational accounts. I would appreciate any advice!