Grant Google Workspace Permissions

Before granting Google Workspace permissions, ensure you have met all Requirements, added the tenant to Cove Data Protection (Cove) and authorized the client on Google Workspace admin console.

Grant Permissions

1. Open a new tab in browser.
2. Sign in to the Google Workspace admin console using your Super Admin account.
3. From the left menu, navigate to Security > Access and data control > API controls.

   

4. In the Domain wide delegation section, click Manage domain wide delegation.
5. Click Add new.
6. Take a copy of the OAuth 2.0 client ID from the Grant Permissions for Backup page in Cove and paste this into the Client ID field.
7. Take a copy of the Scopes list from the Grant Permissions for Backup page in Cove and paste this into the OAuth Scopes field.
8. Hit Enter to add the scope list.
9. Click Authorize.

   

10. Return to the Cove Management Console and click Verify permissions.
11. Select the Google Workspace data to backup:
    1. Backup the all services for an asset by switching to All Users, then selecting the asset to backup,

       

    2. Backup all assets for a data source/service by switching to the service, then checking Select All,

       

    3. Backup individual services for specific assets by switching to each service, then checking the specific assets only,

       

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    4. Drag and drop, click to add, or paste a link to Upload a CSV, XLSX, or JSON file to bulk select service selection per asset.

    

12. Enable Automatically include new assets for each service to include new assets as they are detected after being added in the Google Workspace admin console.
13. Click Configure backup to schedule the first backup for the domain.