Google Cloud Directory Sync (GCDS) is a free, on-premises utility that synchronizes your LDAP directory with Google Workspace or Cloud Identity. It reads users, groups, organizational units, aliases, calendar resources, and shared contacts from directories such as Microsoft Active Directory or OpenLDAP, then creates, updates, or removes those objects in Google to match. Synchronization is one-way—GCDS never writes back to your LDAP source—so your directory remains the system of record.
Administrators can define granular scopes and attribute mappings, apply transformation rules, and preview every change with a dry-run report before committing. GCDS supports secure connections (LDAPS/StartTLS), uses Google Admin APIs, and runs on Windows, Linux, and other Java-capable systems. It can be scheduled with tools like cron or Task Scheduler to keep your environment continuously up to date.
Note: GCDS does not synchronize passwords. For password synchronization from Active Directory, use the separate Google Password Sync tool or configure single sign-on. GCDS was formerly known as Google Apps Directory Sync (GADS).
Google Cloud Directory Sync is developed by Google and is used by 1 user of Software Informer. The most popular versions of this product among our users are: 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7 and 5.0. The name of the program executable file is checkforupdate.exe.
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