When you're ready to sync data with Google Cloud Directory Sync (GCDS), use these tables to decide what users, aliases, groups, and other data you want to include.
Groups & organizational units | Users | Calendar | Contacts | Passwords
Groups & organizational units
| Supported LDAP features | Syncs with... |
|---|---|
| Organizational units |
Organizational units For details, go to Set the sync rules for your organizational units. |
| Mailing lists | Groups
You can use Google Groups to control access to sites and documents. For details, go to Sync mailing lists with Google Groups. Google users can create private, user-managed groups that aren't synchronized by GCDS. |
Unsupported groups' feature
GCDS doesn't synchronize security groups. A security group on your LDAP server syncs to Google as a regular group.
Users
You can also use custom schema to sync different types of user data, such as a specific organizational unit. For details go to, Sync custom user fields using a custom schema.
| Supported LDAP feature | Syncs with... |
|---|---|
| Users | Users, including users with admin privileges.
You can specify the attributes GCDS uses when synchronizing users. For details, go to Define your user list. |
| User alias | Email alias
You can sync multiple user alias attributes with Google email aliases. |
| Extended user information | User profile
Phone numbers, addresses, and other extended LDAP information can be synchronized to a Google user’s profile. For details, go to Decide what user profile information to synchronize. |
Calendar
| Supported LDAP feature | Syncs with... |
|---|---|
| Rooms | Calendar resources
Calendar resources, such as meeting rooms, can be synchronized. For details, go to Define your calendar settings. |
Contacts
| Supported LDAP feature | Syncs with... |
|---|---|
| Contacts | Shared external contacts |
Unsupported contacts' feature
GCDS doesn't synchronize personal contacts. For an alternative migration product for contacts, go to Migrate your organization's data to Google Workspace.
Passwords
| Supported LDAP feature | Syncs with... |
|---|---|
| Passwords | Passwords (Not all password formats are supported. For details, go to Additional user attributes.)
If you use Active Directory, you can sync user passwords with Password Sync. For details, go to Sync passwords with Active Directory. |
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