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Google Workspace Email Signature Setup: Go-Live Checklist

A real acceptance process for Google Workspace signatures: config sign-off, pilot group, targeting check, full rollout, monitoring and rollback safety.

WiseStamp for IT › Google Workspace › Step 9 of 12 — Go-Live Checklist


What WiseStamp requires, and what we recommend beyond it: the product requirement to mark an integration live is a single test email from any active employee with an assigned signature. The pilot-and-rollout process below goes further on purpose; treat it as recommended IT acceptance practice rather than a product requirement.


Pre-go-live: configuration sign-off

  • ☐ Google Workspace directory connected; expected employees imported (Connect Your Directory).

  • ☐ Synced fields (title, department, phone) verified against the directory.

  • ☐ Deployment method configured:

  • ☐ (Hybrid) Both configured; duplicate-prevention confirmed.

  • ☐ (Platform/Enterprise) SSO configured and tested, if in scope (SSO with Google Workspace (SAML)).

  • ☐ Signatures assigned (Primary Signature set; groups assigned where used).

  • ☐ (Server-side) SPF includes WiseStamp; DKIM record added and signing enabled; relay IPs allowlisted.


Stage 1 — Pilot group

Pick 5–10 users across the environments you support: Gmail web, Gmail mobile app, and — for server-side — at least one non-Gmail sender (other mobile mail app or CRM).

For each pilot user:

  • ☐ User set to Active in WiseStamp.

  • ☐ (Auto-Inject) Signature present in Gmail > Settings > Signature, and on a new message.

  • ☐ New email shows the correct signature.

  • ☐ Reply behaves as expected.

  • ☐ Forward behaves as expected.

  • ☐ Renders correctly to internal and external recipients.

  • ☐ Images/logos load and are correctly sized.

  • ☐ No duplicate signature (if duplicated, check for a manual signature in Gmail settings — Troubleshooting Reference).

  • ☐ (Server-side) Signature appears from a non-Gmail device.

  • ☐ (Server-side) Authentication results show SPF and dkim=pass.

  • ☐ (Dark mode) Signature legible in dark mode.

Validation matrix (record results)

User

Client/Device

New

Reply

Forward

Internal

External

Duplicates?

Notes

Gmail web

Gmail mobile

Non-Gmail (server-side)


Stage 2 — Targeting and rules check (if used)

  • ☐ (Server-side rules) Each rule applies to the intended senders, email types, recipient conditions.

  • ☐ Rule priority order produces the intended result when multiple rules match.

  • ☐ Group-based signature assignment maps the right signature to the right group.


Stage 3 — Full rollout

  • ☐ Enough seats available for all employees to activate (Ongoing Admin Guide).

  • ☐ New employee initial status set to Active and Inject to Gmail on activation set to On, if you want automatic activation+injection (Auto-Inject into Gmail, Ongoing Admin Guide).

  • ☐ Activate remaining employees (bulk: select > Set status > Active); confirm injection On where used.

  • ☐ Send the employee handoff communication (Employee Rollout Handoff).


Stage 4 — Post-go-live monitoring (first 1–2 weeks)

  • ☐ Watch for "no signature" / "duplicate signature" tickets; triage with Troubleshooting Reference.

  • ☐ (Server-side) Confirm mail flow healthy; no delivery delays or rejections from routing.

  • ☐ Confirm new hires in the directory appear in WiseStamp on the next daily sync.

  • ☐ Confirm leavers removed from the directory are removed/deactivated on the next sync.

  • ☐ Keep super admin access available for rapid response.


Rollback / safety

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