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What is Google Workspace with Gemini?

Google Workspace with Gemini is the AI built into Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Meet, Drive and Chat. Since January 2025 it comes with Google Workspace Business and Enterprise plans instead of being sold as an add-on, and it only works with content each person can already open.

So if you are on a Business or Enterprise plan, Gemini is probably already switched on. The work is in deciding who uses which features first, fixing file sharing before Gemini makes old shares easy to find, and showing each team where it saves them time.

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What this service delivers

Admin enablement

Workspace AI configuration and admin enablement across domains, organizational units, groups and users.

Licensing and rollout

License management and a rollout plan that starts with the teams who will get the most from Gemini.

Use cases by role

AI use-case mapping by role and department, so every team knows where Gemini helps.

Hands-on training

Training sessions and hands-on labs for executives, end users, admins and pilot champions.

Guardrails

Guardrail design for safe and compliant use of AI with your data.

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A setup your admins can keep running.

Our team configures Gemini for your domains, core app settings, organizational units, groups and users, then hands your admins a project workbook they can keep using after go-live.

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Google Workspace with Gemini vs. Gemini Enterprise

Google Workspace with Gemini works inside Google's own apps. Gemini Enterprise is a separate Google Cloud product that also reaches tools like Microsoft 365, Salesforce and Jira.

CompareGemini EnterpriseGoogle Workspace with Gemini
What it isA Google Cloud product for AI assistants and agents across the companyAI built into the Workspace apps your teams already use
Where it worksGoogle and non-Google tools, through more than 100 connectorsGmail, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Meet, Drive and Chat
How you get itIts own subscription, priced by Google salesIncluded in Workspace Business and Enterprise plans
How Suitebriar helpsAI Activation Workshop, agentic workflow design, deployment and adoptionRollout planning, license management, guardrails and role-based training
Explore Gemini Enterprise

How a Gemini rollout runs

  1. Discovery and planningA kickoff meeting, then a deployment workbook where decisions and owners are written down.
  2. Setup and configurationGemini configured for your domains, app settings, organizational units, groups and users.
  3. Change and communicationsMessages planned for each audience, so people know what is changing and why before Gemini shows up in their apps.
  4. Training and go-liveHands-on labs for pilot users, Q&A sessions and go-live support, then a survey to measure confidence.
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Google Workspace with Gemini FAQ

What IT and operations leads ask before a Gemini rollout.

Not sure where AI fits?

Talk it through with a Google expert who knows your environment.

Don't we already have Gemini?

Probably. Since January 2025, Gemini has been included in Google Workspace Business and Enterprise plans, and it is switched on by default. Education, Nonprofits, Frontline and Essentials editions work differently. On Business or Enterprise, the question is not whether to buy it but whether to roll it out on purpose.

Can Gemini show people files they shouldn't see?

Gemini only works with what the person asking can already open, so it won't reveal anything they couldn't see before. The catch is old sharing: files shared with anyone who has the link, or with the whole company, are suddenly one question away. That is why sharing settings come first in guardrail design.

Can we start with some teams before others?

On Enterprise Standard and Plus plans, yes: admins can switch Gemini on or off app by app for each organizational unit or group. One thing is easy to miss. Turning Gemini off in Gmail doesn't stop someone reaching their email through Gemini in another app, so plan access by person, not by app.

Can we use Gemini with patient or health data?

Gemini can support HIPAA workloads under Google's Business Associate Agreement, but not every Gemini feature is covered: Gemini Notebook and Gemini in Chrome are outside the BAA. Those are the features to switch off for anyone who handles protected health information.

How will we know if people are using it?

Admins get Gemini usage reports in the Admin console, so adoption shows up as data instead of anecdotes. After training we also run a short survey to find where people are still unsure.

What does training look like?

Sessions are split by role, for executives, admins and end users, and built around the tasks we find during planning, so people practice on their own kind of work. Q&A sessions follow go-live.

Get Gemini working for your teams

Talk to a Google Cloud Premier Partner about who should get Gemini first, the guardrails to set and a rollout plan your admins can run.

  • Google Cloud Premier Partner, working only on Google Cloud and Workspace for more than a decade
  • U.S.-based support team

Free AI starter kit

From your data to your first AI agents, in four steps

Google's AI starter kit for lean teams: your four-step guide from data to agents.

  • Four steps, from a first no-code win to a multi-step agent workflow
  • Use cases with sample prompts, plus the ABCD prompting technique
  • Best practices for data quality, governance and human oversight