The following features are now available to domains following the Scheduled Release track:

Sites:
- Groups Discussion Forums can be inserted via the ‘insert’ menu.
- Drawings gadget: Drawings can be inserted as a gadget via the ‘insert’ menu when editing a page.

The following features are intended for release to these domains on Feb 7:

Calendar: The new look for Calendar becomes the permanent interface and users will have no ability to opt out or revert to the old interface. Resources for users here.

Sites: New interface when uploading images and attachments

Release track:
Scheduled*

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

For more information:
http://support.google.com/sites/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=153306
http://support.google.com/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1351806

*Scheduled Release track: Domains with ‘Scheduled Release’ option enabled in the administrator control panel. Learn more

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The following features are now available to domains following the Scheduled Release track:

Gmail: Search autocomplete available in all supported languages in Gmail

The following features are intended for release to these domains on Jan 31:
Sites:
- Groups Discussion Forums can be inserted via the ‘insert’ menu.
- Drawings gadget: Drawings can be inserted as a gadget via the ‘insert’ menu when editing a page.

Release track:
Scheduled*

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

For more information:
http://support.google.com/sites/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=153306

*Scheduled Release track: Domains with ‘Scheduled Release’ option enabled in the administrator control panel. Learn more

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Version 3.0 of the Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook® plugin is now available with the following improvements:

Outlook Tasks now synchronize with Google Apps

You can use Outlook Tasks to track and manage to-do lists in your Google Apps account. The following information in Outlook Tasks synchronizes with your Gmail Task gadget, and is available from other devices where you access your Google Apps account:
- Tasks, including due dates and reminders
- Task state (whether a task has been marked as completed)
- Top-level task folders sync as separate tasks lists in the Gmail Task gadget

Editions included:
Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Languages included:
All 26 languages supported by the plugin

How to access what's new:
Getting the latest release

For more information:
Release notes
Help Center
Using Outlook Tasks with Google Apps Sync

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The following features are now available to domains following the Scheduled Release track:

Contacts: The standalone Contacts service now has the same interface and features that are currently available in Contacts inside of Gmail.

Sites: Removal of some categories in Gadget Directory with ‘Featured’ becoming the default.

The following features are intended for release to these domains on Jan 24:

Gmail: Search autocomplete available in all supported languages.

Release track:
Scheduled*

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

For more information:
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/gmail-and-contacts-get-better-with.html

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Google Apps administrators can now access and configure improved email compliance footers, approved/blocked sender lists and file attachment policies for Gmail, directly from the control panel. Previously, Google Apps customers used Google Message Security, powered by Postini, to provide these capabilities. These settings can also be configured at the organizational unit level for fine grained policies.

Editions included:
Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Languages included:
All languages supported by the Next Generation and Current versions of the Control Panel: Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Czech, Danish, Filipino, Finnish, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Norwegian, Thai, Ukranian, Vietnamese

How to access what's new:
- Log in to the administrator control panel and access “Settings” then “Email”.
- From the Email settings page, click "Filters".
- In the Organizations section select the organization for which you want to add settings.
- To create a new setting, click the “Add Setting” button near the right edge of the window (the Add setting dialog box opens).
- Click the type of setting in the left navigation menu of the dialog box, for example, “Objectionable content” or “Content compliance”.

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/01/adding-business-class-management.html
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1371170

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