UW-Madison G Suite - Known Issues

• Account Activation / NetID changes
• Login
• Sharing
• G Suite Groups
• Shared Drives
• New Google Sites
• Mobile Devices
• Domain Administration
• ChromeOS/Chromebook compatibility with WiscVPN

• Students with FERPA enabled will need to go through a few extra steps in order to activate UW-Madison G Suite.

• When attempting to access UW-Madison G Suite with an Office 365 service account, you will need to log in with your NetID and password, then select the account from the linked account login menu. However, if you have already logged in to UW-Madison G Suite with your @wisc.edu account, you will not be stopped at the linked account login menu and you will be logged directly into your @wisc.edu account. This issue is caused by a cookie that Google stores in your web browser, which prevents UW-Madison G Suite from stopping you at the linked account login page. There are several workarounds:
  • Clear your browser's cache and cookies before accessing UW-Madison G Suite with your Office 365 service account
  • Create a separate profile in Google Chrome for each account
  • Use a different browser for the each account
• Attempting to log in to UW-Madison G Suite via Google's commercial login page (e.g., https://www.google.com/drive/) with your firstname.lastname@wisc.edu address or your NetID will result in an error.
  • To use a commercial login page, you will need to enter your netid@wisc.edu address, then click Continue. Do not enter your NetID and password on this screen. You will be redirected to the NetID login page. For more information about using Google's commercial login page, click here.
• Office 365 service accounts should log in to UW-Madison G Suite by following the instructions here.
• If you are eligible for the UW-Madison G Suite service and receive an error when trying to log into your UW-Madison G Suite account, please Activate Missing Services.
  • Error message example 1: On Google sign-in page, there is a message that says "couldn't find Google account" or,
  • Error message example 2: When trying to access Google Drive through myUW, an internal server error 500 appears

G Suite Groups

• It is possible to create a G Suite Group while logged in with UW-Madison G Suite Groups that is not covered by the G Suite for Education terms of service by going to http://groups.google.com. This will create a group in @googlegroups.com. Groups in @googlegroups.com are covered by G Suite's commercial terms of service. To create a G Suite Group that is covered by the G Suite for Education terms of service, create the G Suite Group via the Wisc Account Administration site. Groups covered by G Suite for Education terms of service will end in @g-groups.wisc.edu.

• Users cannot drag/drop multiple folders/files from My Drive to SharedDrives.
• Please note: UW-Madison G Suite Admins cannot migrate existing Drive folders to Shared Drives as described here: https://support.google.com/a/answer/7374057?hl=en
• Workaround: https://kb.wisc.edu/googleapps/74572

• Users cannot create intranet sites using new Google Sites.
  • Workaround: Restrict new Google Sites access to specific individuals. Assign appropriate permission settings to those individuals (e.g., editor, viewer).

• Individuals who want configure an Android device with an OS version earlier than 5.0 (Lollipop) for UW-Madison G Suite will need to complete a few extra steps during setup. Click here for instructions.

• Office 365 domains that are not yet enabled for G Suite cannot be enabled at this time. For more information, see: [Link for document 28140 is unavailable at this time.]

• ChromeOS/Chromebook VPN connectivity only supports dynamic IP addresses; it DOES NOT support static IP addresses. For details about WiscVPN on ChromeOS/Chromebooks: WiscVPN service on Chromebooks

See Also:

• UW-Madison G Suite - Usage Guidelines
• UW-Madison G Suite - Create a Google Group