A tour of Admin

Where administrators work

Admin is the control room for your workspace. Only administrators see it. Across the top are tabs: Overview, Domains, Users, Groups, API keys, Sending, Mail processing, Security, Single sign-on, Fraud shield, Apps, Vault, Import, Compliance, Data export, Audit log and Plan & limits. Arrow keys move between tabs, and the information icons explain each switch in plain words.

Do it: read the Overview

1. Open Admin. You land on Overview.
2. Find your Plan, then the meters: Mailboxes, Domains, Storage allocated, AI requests this month and Emails to outside addresses today.
3. Read the note under Storage allocated. It is the total of every mailbox's size limit, not the mail people actually hold. New mailboxes draw from what is left.
4. The outside-email count counts each outside recipient, so one email to three people at other companies counts as 3. It resets at midnight UTC.

Do it: open the Audit log

Open Audit log. It records who changed what and when. Filter by a person's email, and choose Load more for older entries. Make it a habit to look here after you change a setting, so you know the change took effect and who made it.

A first-week checklist

1. Connect and verify your domain (see Connect your domain).
2. Create users.
3. Turn on two-factor for everyone.
4. Turn on the fraud shield.
5. Set up single sign-on if you have an identity provider.

For the full tab list, read A tour of Admin.

Recap

• Admin is for administrators only; give that access sparingly.
• Overview shows your limits and usage.
• The Audit log is your record of changes.