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Google Professional Workspace Administrator Exam

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Google Professional Workspace Administrator Exam


The Google Professional Workspace Administrator certification validates your expertise in designing, implementing, and managing Google Workspace for organizations. 


Who should consider this certification:

  • IT professionals managing Google Workspace for organizations of all sizes.
  • Cloud solutions engineers or collaboration engineers specializing in Google Workspace.
  • Individuals seeking a career in cloud administration and collaboration tools.


Course Outline

The Professional Google Workspace Administrator exam assesses your ability to:

  • Domain 1 - Understanding Manage objects
  • Domain 2 - Understanding Learn to Access and authenticate data
  • Domain 3 - Understanding Configure services
  • Domain 4 - Understanding Learn to Support business initiatives
  • Domain 5 - Understanding the concept of Troubleshooting

Google Professional Workspace Administrator Exam FAQs

  • IT Systems Administrator
  • Cloud Solutions Engineer
  • Enterprise Google Workspace Administrator
  • Systems Engineer

The Google Professional Workspace Administrator exam has been developed for professionals responsible for transforming business objectives into tangible configurations, policies, and security practices related to users, content, and integrations. Google Workspace Administrators are also required to have a thorough understanding of the organization's infrastructure and thereby enable people to work together, communicate, and access data in a secure and effective manner.

The Professional Google Workspace Administrator exam assesses your ability to:

  • Domain 1 - Understand Manage objects
  • Domain 2 - Learn to Access and authenticate data
  • Domain 3 - Understand Configure services
  • Domain 4 - Learn to Support business initiatives
  • Domain 5 - Understanding the concept of Troubleshooting

  • Plan and implement Google Workspace authorization and access
  • Manage user, resource, and shared drive life cycles
  • Control and configure Google Workspace services
  • Configure and manage endpoint access
  • Monitor organizational operations
  • Advance Google Workspace adoption and collaboration

The Google Professional Workspace Administrator Exam is for 2 hours.

The Google Professional Workspace Administrator Exam is available in English and Japanese1

  • You can take the online-proctored exam from a remote location.
  • You can also take the onsite-proctored exam at a testing center. 

The exam fees for Google Professional Workspace Administrator Exam is $200 (plus taxes)

The candidates taking the exam are required 3+ years of industry experience including 1+ year Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) administration experience.

The Google Professional Workspace Administrator Exam has Multiple-choice and Multiple select questions.

There are no prerequisites for the the Google Professional Workspace Administrator Exam.

  • All Google Cloud certifications are valid for two years from the date of certification.
  • Candidates must recertify in order to maintain their certification status. 
  • Recertification is accomplished by retaking the exam during the recertification eligibility time period and achieving a passing score.
  • Candidates may attempt recertification starting 60 days prior to your certification expiration date.