How do I activate my Google Workspace / Gmail?

Google Workspace (formerly known as G Suite) is a collection of cloud-based productivity and collaboration tools developed by Google. It is aimed at both companies and educational institutions and offers a central platform for communication, collaboration and the management of files and tasks.

1. Go to https://workspace.google.com/
2. Follow the steps to create your account.
3. At the step “How would you like to set up Google Workspace?” select “No, set up with a domain”.

4. In the next step, select “Set up with existing domain”.
5. Enter the domain you have registered with us.

6. Follow the steps as described.
7. After the payment options, it comes to domain verification. Here you first click on “I want to protect my domain”.

8. The next step is to log in to your myhosttech customer center. Here you go to “Domains” and then “Domain Center”. Select “Details” and then “DNS Records” for the domain in question.
9. Copy the confirmation code from the Google Workspace setup and create a new TXT record by selecting “TXT” in the dropdown. Paste the code at Value and save it.

10. Immediately adjust the MX record. This must have the following content: smpt.google.com and set the priority to 1. Save the entry.
11. Also change the existing SPF record. You can find this in the TXT records. It must look like this: v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all
12. Save the entire DNS records. Important to know: it can take up to 6 hours for these changes to become active.
13. Now follow the next steps in Google Workspace.
14. Now deactivate the e-mail function in your Plesk

15. To do this, log in to your Plesk (myhosttech customer center > Servercenter > Servercenter > Settings > Login Controlpanel). Select “Email” on the left and then switch to “Email settings”. Then select the relevant domain. Set the e-mail service in this domain to “Not configured” and save the settings.