Configuring users in Cloud Identity

Cloud Identity has a few options available to add users, as follows:

• If there are few users to add, then the Google Admin console could be used to add users individually.
• If you are adding several users at once, a comma-separated values (CSV) file could be used to upload and create users in the system.
• If you are a large organization, GCDS could be useful for keeping users in sync with your existing Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory.

It is important to come up with a naming convention for users that potentially results in username conflict resolution, prior to getting users uploaded to Cloud Identity. An organization-level standard will help users get standardized email addresses that are easy to remember. Administrators also have the option to review and edit user-defined usernames/email addresses.

Google Cloud Identity has certain rules when it comes to assigning usernames, as outlined here:

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