What’s changing We're making some updates to how you create, view, and manage rules in the Admin console. Specifically we're:
Making the Rules homepage available to all Google Workspace customers. Consolidating the rules and security rules pages to make rule discovery and management easier. Introducing a rule templates page, available to Enterprise Standard and Enterprise Plus customers, which helps quickly set up rules for common use cases. Adding one-click rule analysis via the Investigation Tool, available to Enterprise Plus customers. The new Rules homepage in the Admin console
See below for more information.
Who’s impacted Admins
Why you’d use it We hope this information makes it easier for admins to decide which rules to proactively implement, easier to maintain with centralized management, and easier to investigate with direct Investigation tool integration.
Additional details
On the new Rules homepage, admins can find information about:
The benefits of enabling rules with use-case based guidance for managing alerts and email notifications for Google-provided rules. The benefits of creating custom rules for other use cases including defining alerts for specific audit log events, protecting sensitive content, automating actions on specific activities, and securing devices. For Enterprise Standard and Enterprise Plus admins:
We’re introducing a new Rules Templates page. You can customize these pre-made templates to quickly set up rules for common use cases based on best practices. This includes scenarios such as preventing the sharing of sensitive personal, financial, or health information.
For Enterprise Plus customers, we’ve enabled one-click rule analysis of activity and data protection rules with
investigation tool integration directly from the list view.
Rollout pace
Availability New Rules homepage
Available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as G Suite Basic and Business customers
Data protection
Available to Google Workspace Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Fundamentals, Education Standard, and Education Plus customers Not available to Google Workspace Essentials, Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Frontline, and Nonprofits customers Device management rules
Available to Google Workspace Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Standard, Education Plus Not available to Google Workspace Essentials, Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Education Fundamentals, Frontline, and Nonprofits customers
Activity Rules
Available to Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Standard, and Education Plus customers Not available to Google Workspace Essentials, Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Standard, Education Fundamentals, Frontline, and Nonprofits, as well as G Suite Basic and Business customers Investigation tool integration
Available to Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Standard, and Education Plus customers Not available to Google Workspace Essentials, Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Standard, Education Fundamentals, Frontline, and Nonprofits, as well as G Suite Basic and Business customers
