How To Set Up the Google Admin Console

Getting Started with the Admin Console

Sign in to the Admin Console

To access the Admin console, go to admin.google.com. Starting from the sign-in page, enter an administrator account name and password. An administrator account has privileges to manage services for other people in your organization. You can only sign-in to the Admin console with an administrator account. If you don't have access to an administrator account, get help from someone else who does. For example, this could be someone in IT or tech support at your organization.

If you see a list of Google accounts on the sign-in page, be sure to choose the administrator account (does not end in @gmail.com).

Launch the Admin Console Set Up Wizard

The next step is to launch the Admin console set up wizard. Click Admin Console setup. The setup wizard walks you through all the steps of setting up the Admin console.

You'll get a prompt to add users to your account and give them an email address at your domain (like team-member@yourdomain.com). (If you don't have any users other than yourself, you can skip this step. To do that, select the option that says "No, it's just me".)

Follow the steps to verify that you own your domain. You get a verification code to add to your website or your domain settings.

Next, you can change your MX records at your domain host to start using Gmail.