Aimed at professionals, startups, businesses, education sectors, and large organizations,Google Workspaceoffers productivity and collaboration tools to streamline workflow and manage daily tasks efficiently. After signing up for a relevant Google Workspace plan, you’ll add and invite users and assign relevant roles.

When your Google Workspace plan is up and running, tweak the email settings, activate security features like two-step verification, add third-party integrations, and configure collaboration features for productivity apps. Now, you are set to add and manage users via the Google Workspace Admin console. It’s a web portal and can be accessed on your desktop, Mac orChromebook.

Users menu in Google Workspace admin console

Google Workspace Business edition customers can add up to 300 users to their account.

Create Google Workspace user email: Overview

Every account on your Google Workspace plan gets the following services and features:

Google Workspace billing

If you have a variable workforce and opt for one of the Google Workspace Flexible plans, the company bills you monthly on the number of user accounts you have for a specific month. Adding user accounts increases your monthly bill in your next payment.

If your business is on an annual plan, purchase a user license for every account you want to add. you may purchase user licenses from yourGoogle Workspace Admin consoleby selectingBilling>Subscriptions. Google automatically increases your monthly payment to adjust the new licenses. New licenses can take up to 48 hours to become available for your account.

add new user to Google Workspace admin console

you’re able to’t add more user licenses if you are on a Google Workspace free trial or have one of the Business plans (Starter, Standard, or Plus) and reached the 300-user limit.

Add users and create emails to Google Workspace

Now that you have a basic overview of new user accounts and their impact on billing details, use the steps below to create new user emails on Google Workspace.

you’re able to add another user from the same menu. When you add a new account, the person can use their new account with their user email and password. However, it may take up to 24 hours for all Google Workspace services to be available.

new user details in Google Workspace admin console

You should also add the user’s email to a group email list and employee information to the corporate directory.

Add multiple users simultaneously to Google Workspace

The trick above can be time-consuming if you plan to add several users to your Google Workspace plan. Instead, add multiple users with CSV import. Here’s how:

Unlike the trick above, you can’t add someone’s personal email address to send a welcome email. You must send these credentials separately to users.

new user invitation sent Google Workspace admin console

Google Workspace also lets you create an email alias for a user to send and receive emails with another address. It’s another handy add-on for small organizations where someone fills multiple roles. you may add up to 30 email aliases for each user for free.

Collaborate in style

After inviting users to your Google Workspace plan, keep an eye on their activities and usage. You should also implement two-step verification for all users to ensure that only authorized personnel access sensitive company data. When one of your employees leaves the organization, useGoogle Takeout to migrate their data from Google Workspace.

bulk user update in Google Workspace admin console