{"id":515159,"date":"2022-09-27T15:32:56","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T13:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devoteam.com\/expert-view\/can-you-beat-the-monday-blues-using-technology\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T15:29:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T13:29:11","slug":"can-you-beat-the-monday-blues-using-technology","status":"publish","type":"expert-view","link":"https:\/\/devoteam.info\/lu\/expert-view\/can-you-beat-the-monday-blues-using-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you beat the Monday blues using technology?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This article is written by Jonathan Van Grembergen, Workplace Deployment Engineer at Devoteam G Cloud Belgium<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How you can reduce employees\u2019 time to start the day with single sign-on.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Monday morning productivity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We all relate to the feeling: Monday morning can be a bit tough on us. It\u2019s not only the time when many reboot their own engine, but also their computer. And that\u2019s when a Monday can even become tougher. Imagine you\u2019re working with 7 applications and need to login separately at each one of them. That\u2019s a lot of time logging in to all your tools because you have to click each application open and log in with all different accounts and even different passwords. This can lead to a long startup time for employees before they get to do their actual work, especially on the first day of the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Google technology can help: leveraging Google Workspace SSO<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An un&#8217;tech&#8217;savy worker can start it\u2019s working day in just a few minutes. How? By leveraging Google Workspace single sign-on capabilities. This guide will show you how a Google Workspace administrator can add all third-party applications to users\u2019 Google Workspace environment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How easy is it to set up a single sign-on?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adding an application<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devoteam.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/SingleSignOn_AdminConsole_0.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51957\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You will typically perform this action in the Google Workspace Admin console &amp; the Applications admin console.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inside the admin console, the administrator can search for apps or add custom ones to the environment. You will need the following information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>SSO URL<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Entity ID<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SAML Certificate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SHA-256 fingerprint<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once done you can activate the application based on Organisational Units or even Groups.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devoteam.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/SingleSignOn_AdminGroups_1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51967\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Using a third party as your Identity Provider<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When using another party for identity &amp; authentication, they can be configured inside the admin console with the following required information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sign-in page URL<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sign-out page URL<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Change password URL<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SAML Certificate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devoteam.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/SingleSignOn_ThirdParty_2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51977\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you only want a specific user base to use this Identity provider, you can work with SSO profiles and enforce them on Organisational Units or even Groups!<br>More on that <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/a\/answer\/12032922?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Using Google Workspace as your Identity Provider<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By default, Google Workspace will be the Identity provider for authentication.<br>If a third-party Identity provider is already configured, the SSO mentioned above Profile method can be used to set up this for a specific user base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How would your workforce react to being able to get up to speed faster on a Monday? Google\u2019s SSO already takes away the annoyance of logging in.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/a\/topic\/7579248?hl=en&amp;ref_topic=7556686\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this link<\/a> to learn more about Google SSO features and leveraging this solution within your environment, or <a href=\"https:\/\/gcloud.devoteam.com\/contact-us\/\">contact us<\/a> to show you how!<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How you can reduce employees\u2019 time to start the day with single sign-on.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":313876,"template":"","categories":[907],"tags":[1674,1833,2301],"industry":[],"class_list":["post-515159","expert-view","type-expert-view","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-google-cloud","tag-digital-workplace-lu","tag-google-cloud-lu","tag-google-workspace-lu"],"acf":[],"cards":"\n\t<div class=\"single-post-card\">\n\n\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/devoteam.info\/lu\/expert-view\/can-you-beat-the-monday-blues-using-technology\/\" target=\"_self\" ><img width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/devoteam.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bluemonday-sso-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Can you beat the Monday blues using technology?\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;width:100%;object-fit:cover;\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devoteam.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bluemonday-sso-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/devoteam.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bluemonday-sso-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/devoteam.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bluemonday-sso-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/devoteam.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bluemonday-sso-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/devoteam.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bluemonday-sso-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/devoteam.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bluemonday-sso-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-43282307 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n\t<p style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-lp-post-type has-text-color has-primary-color has-small-font-size\">Expert View<\/p>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<h3 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\" class=\"wp-block-post-title has-base-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/devoteam.info\/lu\/expert-view\/can-you-beat-the-monday-blues-using-technology\/\" target=\"_self\" >Can you beat the Monday blues using technology?<\/a><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Can you beat the Monday blues using technology? 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