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# Google Authentication

If your organization uses Google, you can enable Tableau Cloud or TCM to use Google accounts for single sign-on (SSO) with multi-factor authentication (MFA) using OpenID Connect. Tableau supports Google authentication as an authentication type. When you enable Google authentication, users are directed to the Google sign-in page to enter their credentials, which are stored and managed by Google.

## Configure authentication type

If your organization already uses Google, then set the authentication type to Google in Tableau Cloud or TCM.

**For Tableau Cloud**

1. Sign in to Tableau Cloud as a site admin.
2. Select Settings > Authentication, click the New Configuration button, and select Google from the Authentication drop-down.
    
    **Note:** If Google is not on the list of available options, then Google authentication is already enabled for your site.
3. Enter a name for the configuration, and click Save Changes.
    
    ![](/tableau/next/en-us/online/en-us/Img/to_site_auth_google.png)
    
    **Note:** Configurations created before January 2025 (Tableau 2024.3) can't be renamed.
4. Add new users (or update any previous users) to use Google as their configured authentication type.
    
    - To add users, see [Add Users to a Site](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/online/en-us/sites_addusers.htm).
    - To update a user's authentication method, see [Set the User Authentication Type](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/online/en-us/users_set_auth_type.htm).

**For TCM**

1. Sign in to TCM as a cloud admin.
2. Select Settings > Authentication and select the Enable an additional authentication method check box.
3. From the Authentication drop-down menu, select Google.
4. Add new users (or update any previous users) to use Google as their configured authentication type.
    
    - To add users, see [Manage Users With Tableau Cloud Manager](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/online/en-us/cloud_manager_users.htm).
    - To update a user's authentication method, see [Set the User Authentication Type](https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/online/en-us/users_set_auth_type.htm).