Prior to this month, a folder in a shared drive could have up to 20 levels of nested folders and could contain a maximum of 400,000 items. Today, we’re excited to announce that we’ve increased the nested folder limit to 100 levels and the maximum number of items to 500,000. | Rollout to
Rapid and Scheduled Release domains is complete. | Available to Google Workspace customers, Google Workspace Individual subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts. | Learn more about
shared drive limits in Google Drive. As
previously announced, starting July 15, 2024, we will begin rolling out eSignature for Google Docs to end users on select Google Workspace editions. eSignature offers a variety of features to help you streamline requesting and capturing signatures, helping you stay organized and keep your work moving along. Specifically, you can:
- Request eSignatures, including signatures from more than one user and from non-Gmail users.
- View the status of pending signatures and find completed contracts.
- Keep contract templates to initiate multiple eSignature requests.
- View an audit trail of completed contracts.
- Use custom text fields to request additional information from signers, such as job titles, email addresses and more.
- Sign contracts from both mobile devices and PCs.
Rollout to
Rapid and Scheduled Release domains starts July 15, 2024 at a gradual pace (up to 15 days for feature visibility). | Available to Google Workspace Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Starter, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Essentials Plus, and Education Plus customers. | Learn more about
sending signature requests & sign documents with eSignature.The announcements below were published on the Workspace Updates blog earlier this week. Please refer to the original blog posts for complete details.
Introducing a new experience for data regions reporting
We’ve introduced several new enhancements to Google Workspace data regions. | Learn more about
data regions reporting.
Access Management is now generally available in the European Union
Access Management is now also generally available in the European Union — these controls allow customers to select the physical location from which Google support teams can access organizational data during support activities. | Learn more about
Access Management.
Manage your compliance and data controls from a single source in the Admin console
We’ve centralized relevant features and information into a single location in the admin console: Data. | Learn more about
compliance and data controls.
Enhancing the Google Calendar appointment scheduling experience with additional features
Pre-configure meeting notes, recordings, and transcripts from the Calendar invite
Meeting hosts can now pre-configure meeting notes, meeting recordings, and meeting transcripts from the Calendar invite. | Learn more about
meeting host capabilities.
Use the Apple Volume Purchasing Program (VPP) to distribute apps for device enrollment and company owned devices
Google Meet and Zoom interoperability now includes presented content via a wired HDMI connection
We’re expanding the interoperability between Google Meet and Zoom to include the ability to present content via a wired HDMI connection. | Learn more about
Google Meet and Zoom interoperability.
Rollout Update: setting the default camera framing option for Google Meet hardware devices
We
recently announced several updates related to framing options on Google Hardware devices. This included the ability for admins to configure the default camera framing option for their hardware devices. After pausing rollout to optimize performance, we are pleased to announce that this feature is now fully available. | Learn more about
default camera framing options for Meet hardware devices.
Access Google Meet artifacts with a new Google Drive API scope
We’re introducing a new OAuth scope for the Drive API: drive.meet.readonly. The new scope grants app access to read and download files from a user’s drive that were created or edited by Google Meet — this includes meeting transcripts, notes, recordings, and more. | Learn more about
accessing Meet artifacts.
Completed rollouts
Scheduled Release Domains:
Rapid and Scheduled Release Domains:
