If you want to work with cloud in real world companies, you need to understand how organizations are set up in the cloud, not just how to launch servers.

What is an organization account in GCP?

An organization account represents your company in Google cloud. Inside this organization, you can create projects, users, permissions, billing accounts.

How to create a project?

▪️ Go to console to the top menu.

▪️Click 'new project'

▪️ Enter your project name, select billing account and then click on create.

How to add users?

▪️Go to IAM & Admin and then select IAM.

▪️Click on 'grant access'

▪️Enter email(use another Gmail if needed).

| Role   | Purpose          |
| ------ | ---------------- |
| Viewer | Read-only        |
| Editor | Modify resources |
| Owner  | Full control     |

Assign permissions

Instead of giving full access, do:

▪️ Dev user: Editor in dev project

▪️ Prod user: viewer only

This is how real companies control access.

How to link billing?

▪️Go to billing.

▪️Create billing account(which is already created in free trial).

▪️Link it to project.

How to Enable APIs?

▪️Go to APIs services and then library

▪️Enable: Compute engine API, cloud storage API, IAM API

What is cloud identity?

A cloud identity account is used to manage users and access. It is provided by Google. It allows you to create company email users, manage login access, control permissions. Instead of using personal email like "loki@gmail.com". Companies use "Asgard@company.com".This is managed using cloud identity.

Google workspace vs Cloud identity

Both are identity systems,but used deifferently.

| Feature             | Google Workspace  | Cloud Identity       |
| ------------------- | ----------------- | -------------------- |
| Email & Gmail       | Yes               | No                   |
| Docs, Drive         | Yes               | Limited              |
| Identity Management | Yes               | Yes                  |
| Use Case            | Full office tools | Only user management |

Why do companies use cloud identity?

Companies use cloud identity to manage employee access, control login security, assign roles and permissions. This is very important for cloud security, user management, SOC monitoring.

Why beginners should learn this?

Most beginners only learn. how to launch servers. But in real jobs, you must know how companies structure cloud, how access is controlled, how billing works. This very important for cloud engineers, SOC analyst, DevOps engineers.

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