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# Google Workspace: Connect Source Workspaces

This article explains how to connect a Google Workspace source workspace so Eon can discover and back up Google Workspace data.

## Connect a source workspace

In this procedure, you'll authorize Eon's service accounts to read your workspace, then identify the workspace you want to back up.
Google terms this authorization [domain-wide delegation]: you grant a service account permission to act on behalf of your users, scope by scope.

You can connect a source workspace from the

SaaS applications

page, by clicking **New Connection** and selecting **Connect Google Workspace**.

[domain-wide delegation]: https://support.google.com/a/answer/162106

#### Before you start

Before you connect a Google Workspace source workspace, make sure:

* You know the primary domain of the workspace you want to back up.

* You have a dedicated account in the workspace for Eon to impersonate, with super admin privileges.
  Use an account created for this purpose, not an administrator's personal login. See [Google's domain-wide delegation best practices].

* You can sign in to the Google Admin console as a super admin to authorize Eon's service accounts.

[Google's domain-wide delegation best practices]: https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/apps/domain-wide-delegation-best-practices

#### Authorize Eon's service accounts

Eon displays two service accounts — a **Discovery service account** and a **Backup service account** — each with its own **Client ID** and **Scopes**.

1. Sign in to [Manage Domain Wide Delegation](https://admin.google.com/ac/owl/domainwidedelegation) as a super admin.

2. For each service account Eon displays, click **Add new**, paste the **Client ID** and **OAuth Scopes** copied from Eon, then click **Authorize**.

#### Identify your workspace

1. In **Primary domain**, enter the primary domain of the workspace, such as `company.com`.
   You can find this in the Google Admin console, under [Manage domains](https://admin.google.com/ac/domains/manage).

2. In **Delegated admin email**, enter the dedicated account Eon impersonates to read your workspace.

3. In **Workspace display name in Eon**, enter the name you want to identify this workspace by in Eon.

#### Confirm

Click **Connect**.
Eon verifies the delegation, then connects the Google Workspace source workspace.

Eon discovers the users, groups, and shared drives in the workspace, and adds them to your inventory.
To start backing up the workspace, assign it to a [Google Workspace backup policy].

[Google Workspace backup policy]: /data-protection/backup-and-protection/backup-configuration/backup-policies/manage-backup-policies#create-a-backup-policy-for-google-workspace

## See also

* [Google Workspace Support]
* [About Source Accounts]
* [Google Workspace: Connect Restore Workspaces]

[Google Workspace Support]: /data-protection/saas-workloads/google-workspace/google-workspace

[About Source Accounts]: /data-protection/backup-and-protection/backup-configuration/source-accounts/about-source-accounts

[Google Workspace: Connect Restore Workspaces]: /data-protection/saas-workloads/google-workspace/connections/connect-restore-workspaces