Case Study: Culver City School District achieves automated student and staff account management and rapid Google Apps rollout with Tools4ever UMRA

UMRA Allows for Easy Lifecycle Management of the Student and Staff Accounts

Culver City Unified School District, a public district in Culver City, California serving ten schools, about 800 staff and over 7,000 students, faced a major challenge rolling out Google Apps because manual creation and management of thousands of student and staff accounts would be slow and impractical. The district engaged Tools4ever and chose its User Management Resource Administrator (UMRA) — alongside Password Synchronization Manager (PSM) — to automate identity and account lifecycle management.

Tools4ever implemented UMRA (and PSM) to automate provisioning of Active Directory and Google Apps accounts, group membership, and lifecycle updates; the solution was in place by the start of the school year and now creates new student accounts within 24 hours. The Tools4ever deployment eliminated manual imports, saved administrators hours each week, enabled teachers to handle mid‑year student changes easily, and ensured a smooth district-wide Google Apps rollout.

Culver City School District

Robert Quinn

Technology Director