On Aug 1, 2010, at 12:03 PM, Thomas Phelan <tphelan@peddie.org> wrote:
> This is just a quick update to let you know that I've added a page to
> the Google
> Apps Admin Tools <https://webapps.peddie.org/GoogleAppsAdmin> site which
> allows you to delete Google Apps users in bulk by simply pasting usernames=
> into a text box and/or selecting a group of users (e.g. your Class of 201=
0
> group). If you are a Google Apps school and would like access to the site
> just send me an email (tphelan@peddie.org) with your Google Apps domain.
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> Tom Phelan
> Director of Technology
> Peddie School
> tphelan@peddie.org
> http://www.peddie.org
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> *About The Google Apps Admin Tools Page*
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> URL: https://webapps.peddie.org/GoogleAppsAdmin
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> We created the Google Apps Admin Tools site to supplement the standard
> Google Apps administrator control panel and have opened the site for use b=
y
> any Google Apps school or non-profit upon request. The site does not
> interfere in any way with the standard administrator control panel. It was=
> created to add functionality that is not offered in the standard control
> panel and to streamline other tasks which are tedious to do when using the=
> standard control panel. The site currently does the following:
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> - Allows you to delete users in bulk by pasting usernames in a text box
> or selecting an entire group of users to delete.
> - Allows you to manage shared users. The primary purpose for this is to
> allow you to selectively publish your groups to the domain address book s=
o
> type-ahead will work for these groups. The standard administrator consol=
e
> does not currently contain any way to manage shared contacts.
> - Allows you to change a username (e.g. due to marriage). The stock admi=
n
> console allows you to change a user's display name, but not the username=
.
> - We still find the group management tools cumbersome, so I built a page=
> dedicated to managing groups making adding/deleting/modifying users in
> groups as easy as pasting email addresses into a test box.
> - While the stock tools allow small domains to export a user list as a
> CSV, this option does not seem to be available for larger domains, and e=
ven
> for small domains you can't export group membership information. The sit=
e
> allows you to export all users. You can also export all group membership=
s
> for each user.
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> Since all Google Apps domains use the same API, it was possible allow this=
> site to be used to manage any Google Apps domain; therefore, I decided to
> open it up for any school or non-profit use. If you administer a Google Ap=
ps
> domain for a school or non-profit and would like to use this site, send me=
> an email (tphelan@peddie.org) requesting that I add your domain to the lis=
t
> of allowed domains--please do not send me your administrator password. Whi=
le
> we use this site to manage the Peddie domain and I know of no bugs, no
> warranty is expressed or implied. Also, please do read the instructions at=
> the bottom of each page before using the page.
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> Tom Phelan
> Director of Technology
> Peddie School
> tphelan@peddie.org
> http://www.peddie.org
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