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Some of you out there have asked me "How do I rename a Google Apps User...". In UMRA version before 10.4, the Google Rename action was not available. However, with version 10.4+ you will see in Google -> Users / Groups -> Google Rename User UMRA Action. Now this action is very straight forward in how it works. It accepts 2 inputs, 1 is the %Employeeid% or the username / id etc. of the user you Google Apps you want to update, and 2 is the "New Username".



Now, there is something you want to remember where when using the UMRA Action Google Rename. Most of the time, you will have some type of anchor between either Active Directory and Google Apps, or another system and Google Apps. In most cases, we see our clients use the username(samaccountname) in Active Directory as the Google Apps email name. If you don't update your Active Directory with the new name you use for your Google User, you will loose this "anchor" between the 2. For example, if you hand an account in Active Directory Call joetestuser, and their Google Apps account was also joetestuser, you can make the 1 to 1 correlation. However, if the Google Apps name is not the same as the Active Directory Accounts username, or attribute data, it will be hard to keep track of who’s account in Active Directory or System, is related to an account in Google Apps.

I hope this helps any of you out there who are trying to use the UMRA Action Google Rename. As always, feel free to comment or email if you have any questions.