Exercise 2: Configure common security settings

Exercise directions: Part 1

Generate backup codes for Lars

Step 1

If you’re not already signed in, sign in to your domain as the Administrator at admin.google.com.

Step 2

From the main menu, navigate to Directory, and then select Users.

Step 3

In the Users list, click on Lars’s name to open their account page.

Step 4

Click on the Security tab.

Step 5

To view the user's backup verification codes, click 2-Step Verification, and then select Get backup verification codes.

Step 6

Select Generate new codes. The old set of backup codes automatically become inactive.

Step 7

At this point, you would send an email to Lars to follow the instructions stated in the Help Center article titled Sign in using backup codes.

Exercise directions: Part 2

Part 1: Disable access to less secure apps for the Contractors OU

Step 1

From the main menu of the Admin console, navigate to Security, then select Overview.

Step 2

Click on the Less secure apps section.

Step 3

Select the Contractors organizational unit.

Step 4

Click the radio button next to Disable access to less secure apps (Recommended).

Step 5

Click SAVE.

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Part 2: Make the Sales group a security group

Step 1

From the main menu, navigate to Directory. Then select Groups.

Step 2

From the list of groups, click on Sales. Then select Group Information, and click Group labels.

Step 3

Check the Security box.

Step 4

Click SAVE.