Content

• General Description
• Accessing Google Cloud
• GCP Identity and Access Management / Project Permissions
• Getting Support
• Education and Training Opportunities

General Description

The University of Washington provides access to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) via the Internet2 NET+ GCP offering. NET+ GCP offers the following benefits: 

• Single sign-on with the University of Washington credentials
• 5% discount on GCP services
• A waiver of GCP data egress fees for most applications
• Access to the Burwood Group billing portal for billing reports and alerts

Alternatively, NIH-funded researchers may use GCP under the terms of the NIH STRIDES program, which includes more significant discounts: 

• 25% off compute and standard storage
• 10% off coldline and archive storage
• 19% off managed services such as BigTable and BigQuery

To utilize these benefits, GCP projects and billing IDs must be created centrally using this form:  UW Cloud Intake Form - Service Portal 

If you already have Projects in GCP that are not getting the negotiated discounts, email Help@uw.edu and we can help you migrate those accounts over. 

Accessing Google Cloud 

To access the Google Cloud console, log in at https://console.cloud.google.com with your University of Washington email address. 

GCP Identity and Access Management / Project Permissions 

To facilitate access to University of Washington GCP projects, the UW-IT recommends the following best practices: 

• Manage permissions at the project level via the granting of roles
• Grant roles to Groups when possible, rather than individual users 

Getting Support 

UW-IT does not provide direct support for Google Cloud Platform but does facilitate access to support from Google and the eScience Institute.