Google Apps Directory Sync Administration Guide User Manual
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Release 4.0.2
For more information about deployment phases and the 3-phase deployment model, see “Directory Sync
and Deployment” on page 15.
Core IT
Early Adopter
Go Live
Maintenance
Goals in this
phase
Clean up data
and prepare for
migration in Early
Adopter phase.
Test connectivity
and
synchronization.
By the end of the
Early Adopter
phase, you
should have
GADS ready for
your Global Go
Live date.
Switch users over
to Google Apps.
Set Google Apps
up as primary
service.
The first
Synchronization
can take time.
Synchronize a
few days in
advance of your
Go Live date so
that users will be
ready. In some
cases, it may be a
good idea to
synchronize over
a weekend.
Keep Google
Apps data
synchronized with
your LDAP
directory.
Plan a scheduled
synchronization
of Google Apps.
Scheduled
synchronization
will take less time
and resources
than the first
synchronization.
Domains
Optionally, you
can use a
“shadow” or test
domain, replacing
domain names
with a subdomain
of your existing
organization, like
test.exmpl.com
.
Use your primary
domain for
synchronization.
Use your primary
domain for
synchronization.