Before you start

before beginning, ensure your environment conforms to the following specifications supported hardware {{ch}} , version 7 0 2 x and later, with the google cse license enabled other google workspace client side encryption (cse) requires an enterprise plus or education plus license google service level requirements for cse this section covers the various levels of requirements for cse administrator requirements to set up google workspace client side encryption for your organization, you must be a super admin for google workspace user requirements users need a google workspace enterprise plus, google workspace for education plus, or enterprise essentials license to use cse to create or upload files host meetings users can have any google workspace or cloud identity license to view, edit, or download an existing file encrypted with cse join a cse meeting users with a consumer google account (such as gmail users) can't access cse files or participate in cse meetings to view or edit encrypted files, users must use either the google chrome or microsoft edge browser to join a cse meeting, users must be invited or added during the meeting knocking isn't available for cse meetings access to cse files and meetings depends on your organization's cse policies external user requirements during the beta, external users must have a google workspace license to access your content encrypted with cse users with a consumer google account or a visitor account can't access files encrypted with cse external organizations must also set up cse, either in the admin console or with a well known file your external encryption service must allowlist the third party idp service used by the external domain or the individuals you want to use cse you can usually find the idp service in their publicly available well known file, if they set up one otherwise, contact the google workspace admin of the external organization for their idp details