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I'm trying to set up a GCP account, and add several people to this account to do work.

My understanding is that this should be done via an "Organization" I create via the GCP, which will give me admin privileges and the ability to add others:

https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/creating-managing-organization

I am then directed to create either a "Google Workplace" or "Cloud Identity" which requires a web domain. But I don't want to give a web domain---I simply want to create a team of developers to use the same billing account on GCP.

How does this work?

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If you do not have a domain and do not have either Google Worspace or Cloud Identity, then you cannot create an Organization.

An Organization resource is available for Google Workspace and Cloud Identity customers.

Quickstart using organizations

Creating and managing organizations

I simply want to create a team of developers to use the same billing account on GCP.

Billing: You have a payment account attached to a billing account. Multiple projects can be attached to a billing account. Even without an Organization, you can have multiple projects paid by the same (or different) billing account.

Users: You can add any number of users to a project. These users (IAM members) are required to have a Google Accounts identity. This typically means user@gmail.com. You cannot use email addresses from you own systems. They must be from Google Accounts, Google Identity or Google Workspace.

Note: I am ignoring federation and features that are not in production. There are new services coming online in 2021.

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  • Thank you. I think this clarifies things---I just wanted to make sure I understood this process correctly – EB2127 Dec 09 '20 at 03:22
  • I guess I am interested---for the organization, couldn't I create something analogous to a gmail account? What I currently don't understand is, I have no domain to give. How can I make one quickly with Google? (I apologize if this is obvious but...I'm a bit lost) – EB2127 Dec 09 '20 at 03:24
  • @EB2127 Purchasing a domain name is (usually) cheap these days. There are even registrars that offer free domains. Google offers Google Domains (i use this service) https://domains.google/ and Freenom offers free and paid (I also use this service) https://www.freenom.com/en/freeandpaiddomains.html If you go with Google Domains, the setup is almost effortless with getting the domain working and setup with Google Cloud. – John Hanley Dec 09 '20 at 03:37
  • @JohnHanley GCP rejected my workspace registration - it didn't tell me why - but I wonder if it's because Google blocks anything from freenom (based on reputational value) – strongline Jul 12 '23 at 13:32
  • @strongline - Did you purchase a domain from Freenon? If not the registration is only valid for 90 days which disqualifies the domain. – John Hanley Jul 12 '23 at 17:03