If you've ever onboarded a new hire, you know the drill. Someone starts Monday, so Friday afternoon you're in Google Admin creating their account, adding them to the right groups, making sure they have Gmail, Calendar, Drive. And when someone leaves, you're back in there suspending the account, transferring their Drive files, revoking sessions. It's not hard. It's just one more thing you have to remember to do. And if you forget, that's a security gap sitting open until someone notices.
Most startups handle this manually because the alternative has been buying a separate identity management tool, configuring it, and maintaining yet another system. That made sense when IT and HR were different departments. At a 30-person startup, they're the same person.
Warp Fabric eliminates this entirely. Google Workspace provisioning is built directly into the same platform that runs your payroll, HRIS, and compliance. No third-party middleware. No integration to maintain. One employee record powers everything.
What happens when you hire someone
When you onboard a new employee in Warp, you'll see a "Create Google Account" option during the invite flow. Check it, and the new hire's Google Workspace account is created automatically using the work email you already specified. Gmail, Calendar, and Drive are ready before their first day. No manual setup in Google Admin.
The connection takes about two minutes to configure and works with whatever Google Workspace edition you're already on. There's no migration involved. You connect your existing Google Workspace domain to Warp and it starts handling provisioning from that point forward.
What happens when someone leaves
When someone leaves your company, Warp will automatically ensure the Google account is suspended automatically. Active sessions are revoked immediately. Drive files are transferred to your team. You're not going back into Google Admin after the fact hoping you didn't miss anything.
This matters more than most founders realize. A former employee with an active Google account still has access to every shared Drive, every email thread, every document they were ever added to. The window between "we processed the offboarding" and "we remembered to suspend their Google account" is where security incidents happen.
Why this is different from using a separate identity provider
The traditional approach is to buy an identity provider like Okta or JumpCloud, connect it to Google Workspace, and manage provisioning there. That works, but it means your HR data lives in one system and your IT provisioning lives in another. Every time you hire or fire, both systems have to be updated. If they get out of sync, which they will, someone has access they shouldn't or doesn't have access they need.
Warp Fabric solves this at the root. The employee record that drives payroll and compliance is the same record that drives Google Workspace provisioning. One action, one system, zero gaps. This is what it means to have IT built natively inside your HRIS rather than bolted on through integrations.
How to connect Google Workspace to Warp
- Navigate to the Google Workspace page in Warp
- Click Connect (you'll need to be a Google Workspace admin)
- Select your work account
- Accept the permissions requirements
- That's it. Warp handles provisioning from here.
When you hire your next employee, you'll see the "Create Google Account" option in the onboarding flow. Check it and their account is provisioned automatically.
The entire setup takes less than two minutes. Existing Google accounts are not affected. Warp handles provisioning going forward from the moment you connect. If you want help getting set up, reach out to your account manager. Most teams are live same day.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does this work with all Google Workspace plans?
Yes. Warp's Google Workspace integration works with Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, and Enterprise editions.
Will connecting Warp affect my existing Google accounts?
No. Warp only manages provisioning for new hires and terminations processed through the platform. Your existing accounts, groups, and settings remain untouched.
What email address does the new hire get?
Warp creates the Google account using the work email you specify during the onboarding flow. Whatever email address you enter for the new hire is the one Google Workspace provisions.
Can I still make changes directly in Google Admin?
Yes. Warp handles automated provisioning and deprovisioning, but you retain full access to Google Admin for any manual adjustments.
How does this work with Warp's Okta integration?
Google Workspace and Okta provisioning work from the same employee record. When you hire someone, both their Google account and Okta profile are provisioned in the same action.
Warp is the only AI-native HR and payroll platform with IT management built in. When you hire someone in Warp, every account, every app, and every device is handled. When someone leaves, everything is revoked in one action.
