Gmail in Workspace Business starter

[PBenitez]

Hello, I just got the Google Workspace Business starter in a flex plan just for my own work account. As the rest of the company doesn't use Google Workspace, I'm currently running as the administrator but when I tried to set Gmail I needed some IT configuration which I haven't obtained because the IT team thinks if they set this configuration for my account it would be aplicable for all the company. Is this true? What argument can I use to try to explain them that this would only apply if I add them from the main panel as administrator?

Any advice is highly appreciated!

TIA, Pam.

[Miqua]

Hello @PBenitez thank you for joining the community! In the event you need another support source for your inquiry, there is a Workspace Admin Help Center & Community: https://support.google.com/a/community?hl=en&sjid=3950816577366040016-NC

Again, thank you for joining our community!

[StephenHind]

@PBenitez yes if you change your domain's MX records to point to Google then this will affect your whole company.  If you want to look at experimenting with Workspace just for yourself then you need to look into having a Split or Dual delivery scenario - see:

• Email routing and delivery options for Google Workspace

You will need IT team involved in this as it's a fundamental change to your current email system, and you may want to get some help from a Google Workspace Partner.

[KAM]

@PBenitez I agree with Stephen Hind. If you try to set up gmail for your account, you are going to change it for the domain.  

However, I've done similar set ups for organizations that have multiple platforms.  What I did was used a subdomain such as gsuite.cloud.XYZ.tld.  Then I set it up to send email using a relay and pull in the email from the primary domain service.  HTH, KAM