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Associate Google Workspace Administrator

Standardize your team on Associate Google Workspace Administrator with a structured Google Cloud training path — a blueprint-weighted practice exam and team admin reporting included on every CBT Nuggets Teams seat.

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Course
1
Practice exam
10
Core skills
$125
Exam fee (Google Cloud)
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Difficulty
Difficulty: 3 of 5 (Moderate)
Moderate
Exam fee (Google Cloud)
$125
Courses on path
1
Official source
Google Cloud’s official exam page
Exam code
  • AGWA

Exam datasheet

Format
50-60 multiple choice and multiple select questions
Prerequisites
None
Recommended experience
6 months of Google Workspace Super Admin experience in a real or test environment; hands-on Business Plus experience and knowledge of Enterprise Edition features/functionality
Recertification
3 years
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Exams

Exams for this certification

Exam fees per engineer, paid to the exam vendor$125

Exam — Required

Every engineer on the Associate Google Workspace Administrator path takes AGWA.

  1. AGWAAssociate Google Workspace AdministratorPractice exam included on every Teams seat
    Exam fee
    $125
    Exam length
    2 hours
    Questions
    50-60
    Passing score
    70%-75%

    Exam blueprint: AGWA

Skills your team builds

Manage user accounts and objectsManage core Workspace servicesSupport data governance and complianceManage security policies and access controlsManage endpointsTroubleshoot common issuesconfiguring core Workspace services like Gmail and Drivesetting up organizational unitsmanaging groupsconfiguring sharing permissions

Training path

Your team's training path

One CBT Nuggets course covers the full Associate Google Workspace Administrator path. Your team can start today and have admin reporting visible from day one.

  1. Start here · primary course

    Google Workspace Administrator

    This Google Workspace Administrator certification training is an associate-level course for IT support specialists and junior sysadmins who want to develop practical, real-world Google administration skills. With a focus on the Google Admin console and core Workspace services, you'll dive deep into user management, service configuration, and security controls across the Workspace environment. You'll explore how to manage identities, configure Gmail and Drive, enforce data and access policies, and optimize collaboration at scale. Through clear, engaging explanations and guided demonstrations, this Google Workspace Administrator certification training will give you the expertise needed to administer Google Workspace effectively and prepare for the Google Workspace Administrator exam.

    Shawn Powers
    178 videos23h
    Open course

Every certification course includes

  • Expert-led video training
  • Certification practice exams
  • Per-team completion reporting

Google Cloud career ladder

Where Associate Google Workspace Administrator sits in your team's Google Cloud progression

The cert your team is on now, plus the levels above and below. Use this to map an engineer's next-step credential or to plan headcount coverage across tiers.

  1. Entry level

    1 cert

    Google Cloud Digital Leader

    CDL

  2. Associate level

    2 certs

    Associate Cloud Engineer

    ACE

    Associate Google Workspace Administrator

    AGWA

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Customer outcome

Build AGWA capability across the whole team, not one engineer

Assign the Associate Google Workspace Administrator course to the engineers who need it, and the team report shows who has started, who has finished, and who has passed the practice exam — the view leadership uses to see Google Cloud skills coverage across the team and where the gaps are.

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Team capability

Make AGWA a number on your team capability sheet, not a single engineer’s certificate.

Standardizing your team on AGWA gives leadership a clear picture of Google Cloud skills coverage — who has completed the training, who is still on the path, and where the gaps are — so staffing and escalation plans rest on known capability instead of on one engineer.

Credential: Associate Google Workspace Administrator

Exam
  • AGWA

Frequently asked questions about Associate Google Workspace Administrator training

Common questions IT directors ask when evaluating Associate Google Workspace Administrator training for their team.

How does Associate Google Workspace Administrator fit into our internal compliance and governance program?

Teams often cite Associate Google Workspace Administrator when documenting who is trained to manage Google Vault retention, Gmail security settings and external account access in Google Workspace. Team reporting provides per-learner progress, completion and completion exports that can support audit evidence, while the auditor's control crosswalk decides the formal mapping to any framework.

Who on the team should hold Associate Google Workspace Administrator, and what can a certified team own?

IT leaders typically assign it to the administrators and support staff who run the Google Workspace tenant day to day. A certified team can own initial setup, user account life cycles, external accounts, organizational units and groups, along with configuration of Gmail, Drive, Calendar, Meet and Chat. It can also take on Gemini for Google Workspace deployment, buildings and resources, and eDiscovery and retention in Google Vault.

What does CBT Nuggets Associate Google Workspace Administrator training include for a team?

CBT Nuggets Associate Google Workspace Administrator courses are built by named expert trainers. Where a course includes hands-on virtual labs or a practice exam mapped to Google Cloud's published exam objectives, the course list on this page says so. Team admin reporting tracks assignment, completion and exam readiness per engineer — the view managers use to run a team training program.

How do I assign and track Associate Google Workspace Administrator training for my team?

From the admin console, managers assign the Associate Google Workspace Administrator courses directly to specific engineers or role groups and track completion and practice-exam scores per learner. Team-wide reporting rolls up to a single dashboard you can review or export for leadership reviews or compliance reporting.

How long does it take to certify a team on Associate Google Workspace Administrator?

The linked training adds up to about 23 hours of video. Actual time to certify depends on the team's starting point, including how much hands-on Google Workspace admin console experience each administrator already has.

What if Google Cloud updates the Associate Google Workspace Administrator exam objectives?

CBT Nuggets updates Google Cloud course content as exam objectives refresh, and this page shows the current exam's status and any retirement date the vendor has announced. When Google Cloud restructures or renames a track, the assigned training stays aligned with the same team training plan, and the training stays current without anyone losing their progress mid-stream.

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