Define the group owners for a Google Workspace group. Both user accounts and external users can be assigned as group owners.
To define user accounts as group owners of a group
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In the Manager, select the Google Workspace > Groups category.
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Select the group in the result list.
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Select the Assign group owners task.
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In the Table menu, select the Google Workspace user accounts table.
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In the Add assignments pane, assign the user accounts.
TIP: In the Remove assignments pane, you can remove assigned user accounts.
To remove an assignment
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Select the user account and double-click .
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- Save the changes.
In order to assign external users as group owners, the Allow external members option must be set for this group.
To specify external users as group owners of a group
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In the Manager, select the Google Workspace > Groups category.
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Select the group in the result list.
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Select the Assign group owners task.
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In the Table menu, select the Google Workspace external email addresses table.
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In the Add assignments pane, assign the external email addresses.
TIP: In the Remove assignments pane, you can remove external email addresses.
To remove an assignment
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Select the external email address and click .
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- Save the changes.
NOTE: By default, Google Workspace customers and groups cannot be assigned as group owners. However, these assignments are possible in the Google admin console. If these assignments exist in the target system, they are imported into the One Identity Manager database during synchronization. Existing assignments can be displayed in the Manager.
To check whether groups are assigned to a group as the group owner
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In the Manager, select the Google Workspace > Groups category.
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Select the group in the result list.
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Select the Assign group owners task.
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In the Table menu, select the Google Workspace groups table.
In the Remove assignments pane, all assigned groups are displayed.
To check whether the customer is assigned to a group as the group owner
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In the Manager, select the Google Workspace > Groups category.
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Select the group in the result list.
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Select the Assign group owners task.
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In the Table menu, select the Google Workspace customers table.
In Remove assignments, the assigned customer is displayed.
In the Manager, customers and groups cannot be assigned as group owners.