Create a service account

Allow'due south make certain yous're in the correct place. This commodity is for users of our Google Workspace migration and sync products. Developers who need to create service accounts for their apps should apply this article.

Gear up upwardly an business relationship to authorize your Google Workspace migration or sync product. Follow these steps to create a service account in Google Cloud. For more than details, get to Service accounts.

Step 1: Create a projection

  1. Go to Google Cloud and sign in as a super administrator. If information technology's your first time signing in to the panel, concur to the Terms of Service.
  2. Click IAM & Admin and then Manage Resources. You might accept to click Menu "" first.
  3. At the top, click Create Project and enter a project name.
  4. (Optional) To add together the project to a folder, for Location, click Scan, navigate to the folder, and click Select.
  5. Click Create.
  6. By default, only the creator of the projection has rights to manage the project. To ensure the project can be maintained if the creator leaves the organization, you should assign at to the lowest degree 1 other person the role of Project Owner. For details, go to Manage access to projects, folders, and organizations.

Step 2: Turn on the APIs for the service account

  1. Check the box side by side to your new project.
  2. Click APIs & Services and then Library. Yous might take to click Menu "" first.
  3. For each API yous crave (beneath), click the API name and then Enable:
    • Admin SDK
    • Google Agenda API
    • Contacts API
    • Gmail API
    • Groups Migration API

    Tip: If you lot can't find the API, specify the API name in the search box.

Step 3: Set upward the OAuth consent screen

Stride 4: Create the service account

Adjacent step

Return to your migration or sync product to continue the setup process:

  • GCCHN: Create a service account for domain authorization
  • GCRS: Configure Google Workspace
  • GWMHN: Admin guide
  • GWMMO: Run migrations from the command line


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