Eligible Account Types

The following account types are eligible for UW-Madison Google Workspace:

1. All @wisc.edu accounts that are eligible for email and calendar

   • An individual must be eligible for a NetID in order to qualify for an @wisc.edu account. For more information about NetID eligibility, please review this document.

   • For @wisc.edu accounts with alternate addresses, these addresses will also be alternate addresses for the UW-Madison Google Workspace account.

     • Example: If Bucky Badger's email address were bbadger@wisc.edu, he might have bucky.badger@wisc.edu and buckingham.badger@wisc.edu as alternate addresses

2. Microsoft 365 service accounts in domains with Google Workspace enabled

• • If you are a domain administrator and you want more information on how to enable Google Workspace for your domain, please contact the Help Desk.

    Internal Note: For questions related to enabling Google Workspace for Education for a UW-Madison Microsoft 365 email domain, please escalate to Google Workspace for Education > UW-Madison Google Apps > Account/Login.

  • Individual Microsoft 365 service accounts cannot be enabled for Google Workspace. Google Workspace must be enabled for an entire domain

  • See UW-Madison Google Workspace - Access Google Workspace using a Microsoft 365 Service Account

If your account is eligible for UW-Madison Google Workspace, you can sign in using these instructions: UW-Madison Google Workspace - Log in

Ineligible Account Types

The following types of accounts are not eligible for UW-Madison Google Workspace:

1. Microsoft 365 service accounts in domains that don't have Google Workspace enabled

2. UW-Madison email accounts that are not hosted by Microsoft 365

   • If you aren't sure whether your departmental email account is hosted by Microsoft 365, contact the DoIT Help Desk.
     Internal Note: HD Agents can check whether or not a user's email is hosted by Microsoft 365 by looking if the email address shows up as an alternate address in NIDU or the WiscAccount Administration Tool.

3. Microsoft 365 resource calendars

4. Microsoft 365 Groups

5. Non-UW email accounts

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