Instructions for Google Cloud admins
If you're a Google Cloud administrator, use the instructions below to sign up for either Cloud Identity Free or Cloud Identity Premium. For details about the differences between these services, see Compare Cloud Identity features & editions.
Requirements
- Cloud Identity Free—You need your company's domain name and the admin username and password to your domain registrar to get started.
- Cloud Identity Premium—You need your company's domain name to get started, or you need to purchase a domain during sign-up.
Sign up for Cloud Identity Free
If you're a Google Workspace customer
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Sign in with an administrator account to the Google Admin console.
If you aren’t using an administrator account, you can’t access the Admin console.
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Go to Menu
Billing > Get more services.
Requires having the Billing Management administrator privilege.
- Under Categories, click Cloud Identity.
- Under Cloud Identity Free, click Get Started.
- Follow the guided instructions.
If you're not a Google Workspace customer
- Go to the following sign-up page:
https://workspace.google.com/gcpidentity/signup?sku=identitybasic - Follow the guided instructions.
For details about your next steps, see Create your Cloud Identity account and first admin user.
Sign up for Cloud Identity Premium
If you're a Google Workspace customer
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Sign in with an administrator account to the Google Admin console.
If you aren’t using an administrator account, you can’t access the Admin console.
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Go to Menu
Requires having the Billing Management administrator privilege.
- Click Cloud Identity.
- Next to Cloud Identity Premium, click Start Free Trial.
- Follow the guided instructions.
If you're not a Google Workspace customer
- Go to the following sign-up page:
https://workspace.google.com/gcpidentity/signup?sku=identitypremium - Follow the guided instructions.