Promote a User to Super Administrator
A 3-step recipe with Google Workspace. We can help you get access.
Recipe · 3 steps
Promote a User to Super Administrator
with Google Workspace · Identity & Access Management
Grant super administrator privileges to an existing user and verify.
- Read the user by its key to confirm the account exists and capture its current admin status.
- Grant super administrator privileges to the user via the dedicated makeAdmin operation.
- Re-read the user to confirm the isAdmin flag is now true after the promotion.
What you'll need to have ready
- accessToken: OAuth 2.0 bearer access token with the admin.directory.user scope.
- userKey: Primary email, alias, or unique id of the user to promote.
For your developer
Arazzo workflow google-workspace:promote-user-to-admin, 3 operations: getUser → makeUserAdmin → getUser. Specs on APIs.io.