Connect for Gmail Prerequisites and Required Settings

Before you begin to use the Vantagepoint Connect for Gmail add-in, it is important to review the following prerequisites and required settings.

Before You Begin

  • To use Vantagepoint Connect in your Gmail account, you must have a Google Workspace account (formally G Suite). You cannot use a personal gmail.com email with Vantagepoint Connect.
  • You must use Chrome with Vantagepoint Connect for Gmail.
  • To use Connect, the Vantagepoint application must be exposed to the internet via a publicly facing URL. If your network or firewall is configured to allow only certain IP addresses to access Vantagepoint, you must add Connect IP addresses to the Allow list. For a list of IP addresses, see the Exposed IP Addresses or Troubleshoot Synchronization and Connect Add-in Issues for Gmail help topics.
  • The security role for the individual who is responsible for configuring Connect must have access to Connect Administration. In Settings > Security > Roles, on the Overview tab, make sure that Connect is selected under Utilities > Integrations.
  • The individual who is responsible for configuring Connect (selecting the Connect option in Utilities > Integrations) must have an employee record associated with their user record in Settings > Security > Users. The employee record must also have a valid email address.
  • Each employee who will use Connect must have an employee record that includes an email address and that is associated with a user record in Settings > Security > Users.
  • If this is your first use of Vantagepoint Connect, an API Authorization with a Client ID (or consumer key) and Secret are automatically generated for Connect. You can confirm this on the API Authorization screen in Utilities > Integrations. Note that there may be other API Authorizations on that screen that are unrelated to Vantagepoint Connect. Deleting or altering those could break other integrations.
  • For on-premise deployments of Vantagepoint, using Local Active Directory for Integrated Login is supported and uses the Vantagepoint OAuth flow. Using Microsoft Entra ID is also supported.