Google Workspace learning paths

From daily administration
to secure collaboration.

Build hands-on skills for identities, Gmail, Drive, governance, access, endpoints, and troubleshooting. Google currently offers one active Workspace certification, so this route goes deep instead of inventing extra certification levels.

1 active certification path · 6 focused skill routes

Workspace administration

Administer Google Workspace securely and effectively

Build practical administration skills across identities, collaboration services, governance, security, endpoints, and support. Google lists no prerequisite certification and recommends six months of Google Workspace Super Admin experience in a real or test environment, with Business Plus hands-on experience and knowledge of Enterprise features.

Official certification preparation · 75 questions · 7 free

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Messaging administration

Administer Gmail delivery and email security

Develop focused administrator skills for domains, routing, authentication, compliance, investigation, migration, and reliable Gmail delivery. This is an ExamIT Lab skill route, not a separate Google certification.

ExamIT Lab skill assessment · 75 questions · 7 free

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Collaboration governance

Govern Drive, sharing, and collaboration

Build focused skills for organizational ownership, shared drives, external sharing, trust rules, classification, lifecycle, and investigation across Drive and collaboration services.

ExamIT Lab skill assessment · 75 questions · 7 free

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Security and compliance

Secure identities, access, and Workspace data

Practice defense-in-depth administration across authentication, contextual access, privileged roles, OAuth applications, alerting, investigation, Vault, and data protection.

ExamIT Lab skill assessment · 75 questions · 7 free

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Endpoint management

Manage endpoints and Chrome securely

Develop operational skills for mobile and desktop enrollment, device inventory, access, managed browsers, Chrome policies, applications, updates, and endpoint investigation.

ExamIT Lab skill assessment · 75 questions · 7 free

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Workspace automation

Automate Workspace administration safely

Learn to automate repeatable Workspace work with Admin SDK APIs, Apps Script, events, quotas, scopes, service accounts, logging, idempotency, and controlled deployment.

ExamIT Lab skill assessment · 75 questions · 7 free

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AI governance

Govern Gemini for Workspace responsibly

Build administrator judgment for service access, licensing, data protection, extensions, user enablement, monitoring, and responsible AI adoption in Google Workspace.

ExamIT Lab skill assessment · 75 questions · 7 free

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This is an independent ExamIT Lab study recommendation. Google’s Professional Google Workspace Administrator exam retired on December 31, 2024 and is not presented as current; this path follows the active Associate certification.