How to Setup Domain with G Suite?

What is G Suite?

• G Suite is a totally Cloud-based Mailing solution introduced by Google on the 26th of August 2006.
• Mostly people like G suite because of its interface, its interface is so user-friendly and easy to use.
• In Guite, you will get everything in one package like Drive, Docs, Sheet, Slide, Form, calendar, Hangout, etc for collaboration with others, so that we can work together.
• Also, I’m very happy with Google support, they provide 24/7 Live support and all document you will easily find on their site “support.google.com”.
• There are different editions available for G Suite you can choose your plan as per your requirement.

1. G Suite Basic
2. G Suite Business
3. G Suite Enterprise
4. Special edition for schools and nonprofits

For pricing of g suite, you can visit G suite official site “https://gsuite.google.com/”

Before Starting domain setup for G suite  we require two things to go:

1. Domain Name for your business: You can purchase a domain from Google, Godaddy, Namecheap, Bluehost etc so many domain providers are available in the market.
2. Alternet Email id.

Now we are ready to go…….

Step - 1: First we have to visit the G Suite official website “https://gsuite.google.com/” Scroll down little it, you will see there Try G Suite free for 14 days Also there will be a blue button “Start Free Trial” just click on START FREE TRIAL.

Step - 2: After Clicking You will move to another page “Let's get started” here you have to fill three fields.

• Business Name
• Number of employees, including you
• Country

After filling all the details you have to click on "Continue".

Step - 3: Fill the Contact information

1. First Name
2. Surname
3. Current Email address(Alternate Email address)

Step - 4: Domain information, Click on “Yes, I HAVE ONE THAT I CAN USE” if you have already a Domain else purchase.

Step - 5: Type your domain name and click on "Continue".

Step - 6: Type your domain name on the blank field and click on "Continue".

Step - 7: Now you read to Sing in into your admin account so you have to fill some details which are given below.

1. User name(which will be your admin user id like username@yourdomain.com)
2. Password (Should be at least 8 characters as per G suite policy and choose a strong password for security purpose)
3. Click on “I’m not a robot”
4. Finally, click on the “AGREE & CONTINUE” buttons.

Step - 8: hurry your G Suite account has been created successfully now you have to click on the “Go to SETUP” button.

Finally, you will see the Welcome screen of Admin Console:) so click on the “NEXT”.

Step - 9: Now you have to do a few more steps to verify your domain ownership with your DNS-Panel(Godaddy), After that, you'll have access to Gmail, Drive, Calendar and more, Just click on “VERIFY”.

Step - 10: After clicking on VERIFY then you will see the below screen there are two ways to verify your domain ownership.

1. Sign in to verify your domain(this is an automatic process that will redirect you to your DNS panel).
2. Or switch verification method(It is a manual method where you have to do manually).

Step - 11: Now click on “Or switch verification method” we will do it manually so that we will learn all the steps.

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Step - 12: After clicking on “Or switch verification method” you will see the “Choose a verification method” we are going with “Create a TXT record” so now we have to click on “Create a TXT record” then click on “NEXT”.

Step - 13: After clicking NEXT you’ll see the below screen then click on “CONTINUE”

Step - 14: Now you’ll see the below screen “Let's add your verification codes”

To verify that you own “domain.com”, follow the instructions to add a TXT record to your domain settings.

1. Go to your domain host's website in a new tab
2. Sign in to your domain host
3. In the GoDaddy site, at the upper right, click Sign In.
4. Under Registered Users, click Sign In.
5. Under My Account, enter the Username or Customer # and Password that you created when you purchased your domain from GoDaddy. Then click Sign In
6. Copy your TXT verification code. In the next step, we'll show you how to add your code.
7. Find your DNS records

From the Domains pane of the My Products page, click DNS for the domain that you want to verify.

The DNS Management page opens with the DNS records table.

1. Add your TXT record
2. At the bottom of the Records table, click Add.
3. From the Type drop-down list, select TXT.
4. In the Host field, enter @.
5. In the TXT Value field, paste the TXT verification record that you copied above.

Click Save. The TXT verification record is added to the Records table.

Step - 15: After verification of TXT record you will see that your domain “Verified domain.com” now click on upper arrow as shown below.

Step - 16: Welcome to Google Admin Console, it's not complete setup my friend, you can access everything but you are not able to send/receive an email for this we have to add MX Record and SPF Record in the DNS Panel where your domain is hosted.

Step - 17:  Below are given the value of MX Record and SPF Record, add this both record into your DNS panel in the same way as we added the TXT Record for domain verification.

MX Record values:-

Name/Host/Alias	Time to Live (TTL*)	Record Type	Priority	Value/Answer/Destination
Blank or @	3600	MX	1	ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.
Blank or @	3600	MX	5	ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.
Blank or @	3600	MX	5	ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.
Blank or @	3600	MX	10	ALT3.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.
Blank or @	3600	MX	10	ALT4.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.

For more information about MX Record of G suite you can go through the URL below:-

https://support.google.com/a/answer/174125?hl=en

SPF Record Values:-

Name/Host/Alias—Enter @ or leave blank.
Other DNS records for your domain might indicate the correct entry.
Time to Live (TTL)—Enter 3600 or leave the default.
Value/Answer/Destination—Enter v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all.

For more information about MX Record of G suite you can go through the URL below:-

https://support.google.com/a/answer/33786?hl=en

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