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  1. Adobe Enterprise & Teams: Administration guide
  2. Plan your deployment
    1. Basic concepts
      1. Licensing
      2. Identity
      3. User management
      4. App deployment
      5. Admin Console overview
      6. Admin roles
    2. Deployment Guides
      1. Named User deployment guide
      2. SDL deployment guide
      3. Deploy Adobe Acrobat 
    3. Deploy Creative Cloud for education
      1. Deployment home
      2. K-12 Onboarding Wizard
      3. Simple setup
      4. Syncing Users
      5. Roster Sync K-12 (US)
      6. Key licensing concepts
      7. Deployment options
      8. Quick tips
      9. Approve Adobe apps in Google Admin Console
      10. Enable Adobe Express in Google Classroom
      11. Integration with Canvas LMS
      12. Integration with Blackboard Learn
      13. Configuring SSO for District Portals and LMSs
      14. Add users through Roster Sync
      15. Kivuto FAQ
      16. Primary and Secondary institution eligibility guidelines
  3. Set up your organization
    1. Identity types | Overview
    2. Set up identity | Overview
    3. Set up organization with Enterprise ID
    4. Setup Azure AD federation and sync
      1. Set up SSO with Microsoft via Azure OIDC
      2. Add Azure Sync to your directory
      3. Role sync for Education
      4. Azure Connector FAQ
    5. Set up Google Federation and sync
      1. Set up SSO with Google Federation
      2. Add Google Sync to your directory
      3. Google federation FAQ
    6. Set up organization with Microsoft ADFS
    7. Set up organization for District Portals and LMS
    8. Set up organization with other Identity providers
      1. Create a directory
      2. Verify ownership of a domain
      3. Add domains to directories
    9. SSO common questions and troubleshooting
      1. SSO Common questions
      2. SSO Troubleshooting
      3. Education common questions
  4. Manage your organization setup
    1. Manage existing domains and directories
    2. Enable automatic account creation
    3. Set up organization via directory trust
    4. Migrate to a new authentication provider 
    5. Asset settings
    6. Authentication settings
    7. Privacy and security contacts
    8. Console settings
    9. Manage encryption  
  5. Manage users
    1. Overview
    2. Administrative roles
    3. User management strategies
      1. Manage users individually   
      2. Manage multiple users (Bulk CSV)
      3. User Sync tool (UST)
      4. Microsoft Azure Sync
      5. Google Federation Sync
    4. Assign licenses to a Teams user
    5. In-app user management for teams
      1. Manage your team in Adobe Express
      2. Manage your team in Adobe Acrobat
    6. Add users with matching email domains
    7. Change user's identity type
    8. Manage user groups
    9. Manage directory users
    10. Manage developers
    11. Migrate existing users to the Adobe Admin Console
    12. Migrate user management to the Adobe Admin Console
  6. Manage products and entitlements
    1. Manage products and product profiles
      1. Manage products
      2. Buy products and licenses
      3. Manage product profiles for enterprise users
      4. Manage automatic assignment rules
      5. Entitle users to train Firefly custom models
      6. Review product requests
      7. Manage self-service policies
      8. Manage app integrations
      9. Manage product permissions in the Admin Console  
      10. Enable/disable services for a product profile
      11. Single App | Creative Cloud for enterprise
      12. Optional services
    2. Manage Shared Device licenses
      1. What's new
      2. Deployment guide
      3. Create packages
      4. Recover licenses
      5. Manage profiles
      6. Licensing toolkit
      7. Shared Device Licensing FAQ
  7. Get started with Global Admin Console
    1. Adopt global administration
    2. Select your organization
    3. Manage organization hierarchy
    4. Manage product profiles
    5. Manage administrators
    6. Manage user groups
    7. Update organization policies
    8. Manage policy templates
    9. Allocate products to child organizations
    10. Execute pending jobs
    11. Explore insights
    12. Export or import organization structure
  8. Manage storage and assets
    1. Storage
      1. Manage enterprise storage
      2. Adobe Creative Cloud: Update to storage
      3. Manage Adobe storage
    2. Asset migration
      1. Automated Asset Migration
      2. Automated Asset Migration FAQ  
      3. Manage transferred assets
    3. Reclaim assets from a user
    4. Student asset migration | EDU only
      1. Automatic student asset migration
      2. Migrate your assets
  9. Manage services
    1. Adobe Stock
      1. Adobe Stock credit packs for teams
      2. Adobe Stock for enterprise
      3. Use Adobe Stock for enterprise
      4. Adobe Stock License Approval
    2. Custom fonts
    3. Adobe Asset Link
      1. Overview
      2. Create user group
      3. Configure Adobe Experience Manager Assets
      4. Configure and install Adobe Asset Link
      5. Manage assets
      6. Adobe Asset Link for XD
    4. Adobe Acrobat Sign
      1. Set up Adobe Acrobat Sign for enterprise or teams
      2. Adobe Acrobat Sign - Team feature Administrator
      3. Manage Adobe Acrobat Sign on the Admin Console
    5. Creative Cloud for enterprise - free membership
      1. Overview
  10. Deploy apps and updates
    1. Overview
      1. Deploy and deliver apps and updates
      2. Plan to deploy
      3. Prepare to deploy
    2. Create packages
      1. Package apps via the Admin Console
      2. Create Named User Licensing Packages
      3. Manage pre-generated packages
        1. Manage Adobe templates
        2. Manage Single-app packages
      4. Manage packages
      5. Manage device licenses
      6. Serial number licensing
    3. Customize packages
      1. Customize the Creative Cloud desktop app
      2. Include extensions in your package
    4. Deploy Packages 
      1. Deploy packages
      2. Deploy Adobe packages using Microsoft Intune
      3. Deploy Adobe packages with SCCM
      4. Deploy Adobe packages with ARD
      5. Install products in the Exceptions folder
      6. Uninstall Creative Cloud products
      7. Use Adobe provisioning toolkit enterprise edition
    5. Manage updates
      1. Change management for Adobe enterprise and teams customers
      2. Deploy updates
    6. Adobe Update Server Setup Tool (AUSST)
      1. AUSST Overview
      2. Set up the internal update server
      3. Maintain the internal update server
      4. Common use cases of AUSST   
      5. Troubleshoot the internal update server
    7. Adobe Remote Update Manager (RUM)
      1. Release notes
      2. Use Adobe Remote Update Manager
    8. Troubleshoot
      1. Troubleshoot Creative Cloud apps installation and uninstallation errors
      2. Query client machines to check if a package is deployed
  11. Manage your Teams account
    1. Overview
    2. Update payment details
    3. Manage invoices
    4. Change contract owner
    5. Change your plan
    6. Change reseller
    7. Cancel your plan
    8. Purchase Request compliance
  12. Renewals
    1. Teams membership: Renewals
    2. Enterprise in VIP: Renewals and compliance
  13. Manage contracts
    1. Automated expiration stages for ETLA contracts
    2. Switching contract types within an existing Adobe Admin Console
    3. Value Incentive Plan (VIP) in China
    4. VIP Select help
  14. Reports & logs
    1. Audit Log
    2. Assignment reports
    3. Content Logs
  15. Get help
    1. Contact Adobe Customer Care
    2. Support options for teams accounts
    3. Support options for enterprise accounts
    4. Support options for Experience Cloud

This guide is designed to help IT administrators deploy Adobe products effectively in educational settings, ensuring compliance and optimal software use.

Adobe Education Deployment Guide

This deployment guide covers both K-12 (Primary and Secondary) and Higher Education license deployment. 

 

Common Adobe Education Setup Scenarios

Adobe Education Setup Prerequisites

  1. Adobe Admin Console Access: You should have administrative access to the Adobe Admin Console for your institution. For K-12 admins to get access to a console for Adobe Express, visit K-12 Onboarding Wizard (K-12).
    https://adminconsole.adobe.com 
  2. Valid Licenses: Obtain the necessary Adobe product licenses for deployment; Adobe Express for K-12 is free and unlimited.
  3. System Requirements: Ensure the computers meet the Adobe software's minimum requirements.
    Requirements Guide
  4. Network Preparation: Your network should be prepared for Adobe software downloads and activations.
    Network Endpoints

Privacy, Trust and Compliance resources

A collection of resources relevant to privacy, trust and safety.

Note:

While reviewing the documentation, Adobe Express is an application within the Adobe Creative Cloud family of applications.

Enabling End User Access to Adobe Apps for Education

For a user in your organization to access an Adobe product, two elements are required;

  1. An Adobe Account

    For the education setting, we recommend using Federated Logins to create the Adobe Account; these can be created on their first login or by syncing the user details.

  2. A License assigned to the Adobe Account

    A License can be assigned to a user or synced group. Licenses can also be assigned on the first login or via a unique URL using product automation rules.

Adobe Account Creation

Adobe License Assignment

Just in Time

Simple Setup

K-12 Onboarding Wizard

Auto-Account creation on authentication.
Controlled by the authentication settings of the federated directory. (Default ON)

Product Access Automation

Adobe Admin Console > Products > Product Access Automation > Assignment Rules
These need to be created by the admin.

On-demand license assignment

With on-demand license assignment, a license is conveniently assigned when a user visits an app without the license, eliminating the need for manual intervention.

URL License Request

A user must visit a generated URL to gain access to the license.

Request Access

If a user without a license visits an app without product automation rules, the user can request a license. The Admin will be notified. 
This ability is managed at Adobe Admin Console > Products > Product Access Automation > Request Access

Auto Sync

User Sync Setup

Account Created by Sync

Users are created and managed by a sync configured with Microsoft Azure or Google Workspace
For complex setups User Sync Tool or User Management API.

 

Assign License by Group
Admin Console > Users > User Groups

Groups created by the sync can then be use to assign different product profiles.

 

Roster Syncing (K-12 US)

Roster Sync Setup

Accounts Created by Roster sync

Licenses assigned by roster sync
All users in the org will get the same product profile settings.

 

Federated Directory Setup

Primary authentication and user sync are separate processes. As long as the user details are the same on both platforms, Google can be the primary authentication provider, and Microsoft Azure can be the sync source. Each Federated directory must have a Primary Authentication provider configured. 

User sync is an optional setting if using Just in Time account creation and automatic license assignment rules.

Secondary login providers enable an alternative login method and require the same username/email as the primary authentication. 

Domains in a federated directory it must own at least one domain name. 

Primary Authentication

The primary authentication is a required set when creating a Federated Directory

User Sync

Once a Federated directory is created, a sync can be configured, and licenses can be assigned to synced groups.

Secondary Login Routes

Supplementary to the Primary Authentication.

Setup with Microsoft 365

Sync with Entra

Enable Continue with Google

Setup with Google Workspace

Sync with Google Workspace

Login with Canvas

Setup with SAML

Sync with the User Sync Tool

Login with Schoology (K-12)

Roster Sync with Clever (K-12 US)

Login with Clever (K-12 US)

Roster Sync with Classlink (K-12 US)

Login with Classlink (K-12 US)

Enable Adobe Express in your existing setup

Complete the simple setup in two clicks, this banner will be displayed in the Adobe Admin Console Overview Screen if your setup meets the requirements below.

Confirm Wizard Setps

Requirements

  1. A Federated Directory Configured - Admin Console > Settings 
  2. Adobe Express for K-12 accepted - Admin Console > Products

Overview

This process enables the following

Auto-Account Creation - This will create an Adobe Federated Account when a user logs in to Adobe Express. 

Automatic License Assignment Rule - This will create a rule in your admin console that will provide any user access to Adobe Express for K-12 on login. 

Confirm setup actions

Follow up action

Once you have enabled this setting users can log in to Adobe Express using the Quick Login URL

https://express.adobe.com/a/domain.org 
Replace domain.org with a domain claimed in your Admin Console federated directory.

Google Workspace Admins Only

In the Google Admin Console > Apps & Extensions https://admin.google.com/ac/chrome/apps/user add the following as a URL:

https://new.express.adobe.com/chrome-tab/a/domain.org
Replace domain.org with a domain claimed in your Admin Console federated directory.

Wizard complete with quick login information

Education Integrations with Adobe Express

Adobe Express for Google Slides 

The Adobe Express for Google Slides requires installing the app in the Google Workspace Marketplace. 

IT Admins can install this for all users in their org using this Adobe Express for Google Slides Marketplace App.

Canvas
The Canvas LTI Integration enables Adobe Express to be an external tool in your Canvas courses.

Canvas and Adobe Express setup guide

Google Classroom Add-on

Note:

To use the add-on in Google Classroom, you must have Google Workspace for Education Plus or the Teaching and Learning upgrade.

Create Adobe Express project assignments directly from Google Classroom.
Google Classroom Add-on detailed guide.

IT Admins can install this for all users in their org using this Adobe Express for Google Classroom Add-on Google Marketplace App.

ADOBE EXPRESS ADD-ONS

OneDrive 

Add assets from OneDrive straight into your Adobe Express project, then send your creative assets back to OneDrive.

https://new.express.adobe.com/add-ons?addOnId=w1n2h1lgm

Google Drive add-on for Adobe Express
https://new.express.adobe.com/add-ons?addOnId=wkn4094g6

Add assets from your Google Drive™ straight into your Adobe Express project, then send your creative assets back to Google Drive.
To enable Google Drive Add-on the IT Admin must enable this third-party app in the Google Admin Console > Security > Access and Data Controls > API Controls > Manage Third-Party App Access 
https://admin.google.com/ac/owl/list?tab=configuredApps 
Configure New App

Search by  This Client ID 
1056440231511-4mem28tukgol2bg0sgkda2d9duiu2rtm.apps.googleusercontent.com
App Name: Google Drive add-on for Adobe Express
Enable for the Entire Org
Set the status as Trusted
 

 

Integrations requiring no additional configuration

Share to Google Classroom

When a user selects share in the Adobe Express Editor, there is an option to share to Google Classroom.

Share to Microsoft Team for Education

When a user selects share in the Adobe Express Editor, there is an option to share to Microsoft Teams.

Microsoft OneNote

Public links created from Adobe Express can be pasted directly into OneNote. The content will then unfurl, showing the design or video.

Wakelet

Public links created from Adobe Express can be pasted directly into Wakelet, making the content preview available in your Wakelet Collection.

Magic School (K-12)

Users of Magic School can open Adobe Express within Magic School and sign in using their K-12 District Account.

Youtube launch video

Common Adobe Education Setup Scenarios

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