# Google Workspace with Ruachost

> Use Gmail, Google Drive, Meet and Calendar on your own domain. How to order Google Workspace from Ruachost, connect your domain and add users.

Source: https://helpcenter.ruachost.com/email/workspace-365/google-workspace-with-ruachost/

**Google Workspace** gives your team Gmail on your own domain (`you@yourcompany.com`), plus Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, Meet and Calendar. You can order and pay for it through Ruachost.

## Order Google Workspace

1. Go to [ruachost.com](https://ruachost.com) and choose a Google Workspace plan.
2. Choose your domain, the number of users (licences) and the billing period.
3. Complete checkout. You'll get an email with your Google Workspace admin login.

You can add licences later from **Services → My Services** in the client area.

## Connect your domain

Google needs to confirm you own the domain, and your MX records must point to Google so email is delivered to Gmail.

1. Sign in to the [Google Admin console](https://admin.google.com) with your admin account.
2. Follow the setup steps. Google gives you a **TXT verification record**.
3. Add the records in your DNS. If your domain uses Ruachost's nameservers, add them in **Domains → Manage DNS** in the client area, or cPanel's **Zone Editor**:

| Type | Name | Value | Priority |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TXT | `@` | `google-site-verification=…` (from the Admin console) | |
| MX | `@` | `smtp.google.com` | 1 |
| TXT | `@` | `v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all` | |

4. **Remove your old MX records**, so mail only goes to Google.
5. Turn on **DKIM** in the Admin console (**Apps → Google Workspace → Gmail → Authenticate email**), add the TXT record it gives you, then click **Start authentication**.
6. Add a DMARC record. See [Setting up DMARC](https://helpcenter.ruachost.com/email/cpanel-email/setting-up-dmarc/).

If you also host your website with us and use cPanel, see [Using cPanel to configure a domain for Google Workspace](https://helpcenter.ruachost.com/email/workspace-365/using-cpanel-to-configure-a-domain-for-google-workspace/). It also stops cPanel delivering mail locally.

> **Only one SPF record:**
If your domain already has an SPF record, add `include:_spf.google.com` to it instead of creating a second one.

## Add users

In the Admin console, go to **Directory → Users → Add new user**. Each user needs a licence.

## Moving existing email

Google Workspace includes a **Data migration** tool in the Admin console (**Data → Data import & export → Data migration**) that copies email from your old Ruachost mailboxes or another provider using IMAP. Do this before or right after changing the MX records.

## Related articles

- [Which Ruachost email do I have?](https://helpcenter.ruachost.com/email/guides/which-ruachost-email-do-i-have/)
- [Managing DNS records](https://helpcenter.ruachost.com/domains/dns/dns-resource-records/)