Directory and organisation automation.
WHAT THE ADMIN APIs PROVIDE
Creating and modifying users Managing groups and membership Managing organisational units Managing devices Reading audit and usage reports
WHAT AUTOMATION SUITS
Bulk user creation and modification Joining and leaving processes Licence and usage reporting Auditing configuration
WHAT REPORTS TO BUILD
Accounts without two-step verification Accounts not used recently Externally shared files Third-party applications granted access Groups with no owner or no members
WHY THOSE SPECIFICALLY
They are the things that quietly go wrong.
WHAT TO AUTOMATE CAREFULLY
Anything suspending accounts or deleting data.
WHAT TO REQUIRE
A report first, reviewed by a person, then action.
WHAT AUTHENTICATION TO USE
A service account with delegated authority, granted only the scopes required.
WHAT TO RESTRICT
Those scopes, tightly.
WHAT TO LOG
Every change made by automation, with time and identity.
WHAT TO REVIEW
The scopes granted, periodically.
WHAT TO ESTABLISH
Who may authorise delegation.