Google Workspace Updates: 2012

Enforce SSL on the contacts APIs

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Google Apps administrators now have the ability to enforce SSL connections on the Contacts APIs through a setting in the control panel. This setting provides added security against session hijacking and user impersonation. It affects these APIs:

- Contacts API
- Domain Shared Contacts API
- Google Apps Profiles API

Note that this setting will be OFF by default because some widely used legacy contacts applications do not support SSL. Early next year, we will set the Enforce SSL option to ON for all new domains and all existing domains where we do not detect a contacts API request from one of these legacy applications within the previous week.

Editions included:
Google Apps for Business, Education and Government

For more information:
https://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2892234

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QuickOffice for Google Apps for Business (iPad only)

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Starting today, Google Apps for Business users can download QuickOffice for the iPad for free from the App Store. This exclusive version of QuickOffice automatically syncs with Google Drive and supports two factor authentication.

With the app, users can open and edit any Microsoft Word, Excel or Powerpoint file stored in Google Drive right from their iPad. iPhone and Android versions of this app for Google Apps for Business customers will be available in the future.

Editions included:
Google Apps for Business

For more information:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quickoffice-exclusively-for/id578386521
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/12/quickoffice-google-apps-better-document.html

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Scheduled Release track features update 12/19/12

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

No new features launched this week.

The following features are intended for release to these domains on December 25th:
No new features to announce

Release track:
Scheduled

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

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Scheduled Release track features update 12/14/12

Friday, December 14, 2012

Gmail: Users using the new compose experience in Gmail now have the ability to insert files up to 10GB from Drive directly into an email . Gmail will automatically check that recipients have access to any files being sent.

The following features are intended for release to these domains on December 18th:
No new features to announce

Release track:
Scheduled

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

For more information:
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/gmail-and-drive-new-way-to-send-files.html
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2012/10/introducing-new-compose-in-gmail.html

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Google Apps Groups Migration API

Friday, December 14, 2012

Google Apps administrators now have the ability to programmatically migrate emails into Google Groups using the new Groups Migration API. This API allows developers the ability to build tools that can move shared emails from any data source (typically shared mailboxes, public folders and discussion databases) to their domain’s Google Groups discussion archives.

Editions included:
Google Apps for Business, Education and Government

For more information:
http://googleappsdeveloper.blogspot.com/2012/11/migrating-to-google-apps-just-got-easier.html
https://developers.google.com/google-apps/groups-migration/index

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Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Exchange (GAMME) 3.0

Friday, December 14, 2012

Version 3.0 of Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Exchange (GAMME) is now available for download. It has the following improvements:

- Calendar migration for resources
Migrate calendar resources like meeting rooms from Exchange to Google Apps.

- Public folder migration
Migrate public folders in Exchange to Google Groups using the command line.

- New in-product help
Click on a question mark in the product to get helpful tips on using the tool

Editions included:
Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

For more information:
https://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=162794
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/exchangemigration
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2840803
http://www.google.com/support/enterprise/static/gapps/docs/admin/en/gapps_exchange_migration/gamme_admin.pdf#page=49

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Fusion Tables Available for Google Apps for Business

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

A limited version of Fusion Tables is now available for administrators to enable in the administrator control panel under Additional Services. When this service is turned on, users will be able to use all features of Fusion Tables except the ability to create a Google Map.

Editions included:
Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

For more information:
http://support.google.com/fusiontables/answer/1657096

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Scheduled Release track features update 12/7/12

Friday, December 7, 2012

No new features to announce.

The following features are intended for release to these domains on December 11th:
Gmail: Users now have the ability to insert files up to 10GB from Drive directly into an email without leaving Gmail. Gmail will automatically check that recipients have access to any files being sent.

Release track:
Scheduled

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

For more information:
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/gmail-and-drive-new-way-to-send-files.html
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2012/10/introducing-new-compose-in-gmail.html

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Restrict Admin Privileges to Organizational Units

Friday, December 7, 2012

Google Apps super admins now have the ability to designate users as admins for specific organizational units. Users in a domain can be arranged in organizational units to better control the services and features they have access to.

Editions included:
Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

For more information:
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=182433
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=172176

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Changes to Google Apps packages

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Starting today, we are no longer accepting new signups for the free version of Google Apps. The option to switch to this version will no longer be available in 30 days.

This change has no impact on customers who are already using the free version. They can continue to use Google Apps for free.

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/12/changes-to-google-apps-for-businesses.html
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?answer=2855120

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Google Play Private Channel: Your own Google Play store

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Google Apps domains can now distribute internal Android apps to users at their organization through the Google Play Private Channel. This private channel is restricted to users in the domain and can be used to host internal corporate Android apps like a mobile company directory app.

Versions included:
Google Apps for Business, Education and Government

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-new-way-to-distribute-your-internal.html
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?&answer=2494992

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Control Lock Screen Widgets through Google Apps Device Policy

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Lock Screen Widgets let you scan recent Gmail messages, Calendar entries, and other app content without unlocking an Android 4.2+ device screen. This update allows domain admins to enable/disable lock screen widgets through the control panel. The Lock Screen Widgets security setting requires that users update to the latest version of Google Apps Device Policy (version 4.13 or higher) from the Play Store.

NOTE: Lock screen widgets are disabled by default. If users have already added widgets, they will disappear in compliance with the setting in the control panel.

Languages Supported:
All languages

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

For More Information:
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1408902#android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.enterprise.dmagent
http://support.google.com/nexus/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2809820

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New Control Panel Features Available in All Languages

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

The admin control panel now makes new features available in all languages at the same time. Previously, admins had to choose between viewing the admin control panel in English to receive the very latest features or waiting until new features had been translated into their preferred language. Instead, the control panel will always be displayed in the admin’s preferred language.

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

For more information:
How to choose a language for your control panel: http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=43212

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Google+ Available for Education and New Google+ Premium Features

Thursday, November 15, 2012

We’re excited to announce new premium features for Google+ , including:

Google+for Education Edition: G+ can now be enabled as a service for all Education Edition Domains.
Larger Hangouts: The size of Hangouts for G+ Premium feature domains has been increased from 10 to 15 participants (including host).
Admin Age Verification: G+ premium feature domain administrators can now verify ownership and take responsibility of end user accounts in the domain to correct age entries directly from the admin control panel.

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

For More Information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/11/larger-hangouts-in-google-for.html
http://support.google.com/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1333913

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New Compose Gmail Experience

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

We're always trying to make Gmail faster, so today we're introducing a redesigned compose experience in Gmail that saves you time, uses less screen space, and is simple to use. The new compose experience opens a window at the bottom of your inbox, just like a chat box. You can compose multiple messages at once, search through your inbox and even reply to other messages all while keeping your new draft open.

Release track:
Rapid

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

For more information:
http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2645922
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2012/10/introducing-new-compose-in-gmail.html

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Scheduled Release track features update 10/23/12

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Gmail: Gmail now has more than 100 virtual keyboards, transliteration and IMEs—collectively called input tools. These tools allow users to type in the language and keyboard layout that they’re accustomed to.

The following features are intended for release to these domains on October 30th:
No new features to announce.

Release track:
Scheduled

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

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/10/communicate-more-easily-across.html

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Bringing Google Calendar to the Play Store

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Previously available only on select Android devices like Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus, you can now download the official Google Calendar app for Android from Google Play. Note that this app only works on devices running Android 4.0.3+ Ice Cream Sandwich or Jelly Bean.

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

For more information:
http://officialandroid.blogspot.com/2012/10/bringing-google-calendar-to-play-store.html
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.calendar

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Import emails and contacts from other webmail systems

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

If you're switching to Gmail from another email provider like Yahoo!, Hotmail, or AOL, Gmail has a handy tool to help you move over your old emails and contacts. This tool is now accessible to Google Apps users as well.

Note:
This import feature is not a Google Apps core service and is not supported under the Google Apps Terms of Service.

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

For more information:
https://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2525613
http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=164640

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Scheduled Release track features update 10/16/12

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

No new features have launched this week.

The following features are intended for release to these domains on October 23th:
Gmail: Gmail now has more than 100 virtual keyboards, transliteration and IMEs—collectively called input tools. These tools allow users to type in the language and keyboard layout that they’re accustomed to.

Release track:
Scheduled

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

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/10/communicate-more-easily-across.html

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Drag-and-drop to upload folders in Google Drive

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Users have had the ability to upload files to Google Drive by dragging-and-dropping them into the web interface since April 2011. They can now upload folders from their computer to Google Drive in the same way. Note that this feature is only available using the latest version of Google Chrome.

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

For more information:
http://support.google.com/drive/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2424368

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Enhanced email management by organizational units

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Google Apps administrators now have the ability to apply email settings like IMAP & POP access to Gmail, offline access, email forwarding, email footers, etc. to organizational units.

Editions included:
Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/10/enhanced-email-management-for-user.html

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Communicate more easily across languages in Gmail

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Gmail now has more than 100 virtual keyboards, transliteration and IMEs—collectively called input tools. These tools allow users to type in the language and keyboard layout that they’re accustomed to.

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

Release track:
Rapid release

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/10/communicate-more-easily-across.html

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Scheduled Release track features update 10/9/12

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

No new features have launched this week.

The following features are intended for release to these domains on October 16th:
No new features to announce.

Release track:
Scheduled

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

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Troubleshooting tools for Google Apps users

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Google Apps Toolbox is a collection of troubleshooting tools available to Google Apps users. The following tools are currently part of the toolbox:

CheckMX analyzes the public DNS records of a domain to look for common MX record misconfigurations.

Messageheader analyzes email message headers to look for the cause of mail delivery delays.

LogAnalyzer analyzes locally stored log files to explain errors in the following products:

ChromeOS Devices
Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook
Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Outlook
Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Exchange
Google Apps Connector for BlackBerry Enterprise Server
Google Apps Directory Sync

How to access what’s new:
https://toolbox.googleapps.com/apps/main/

For more information:
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2520136

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Docs Export Format Change: Delayed to 1/31/2013 for Scheduled Release Domains

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

On September 25, we announced that we would be changing some of the file exporting functionality in Google Docs on October 1 for scheduled release track customers.

We recognize that some of our customers would like more time before the change goes into effect. As you may have noticed, that change did not go into effect on October 1. In order to support our customers and help them through the transition, we have delayed the export format change for scheduled release track customers until January 31, 2013.

We recently added the ability to export Google documents to the newer Microsoft Office formats that rely on open standards (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx). To continue adding new features and innovations to Google Docs, we’ll be focusing our resources on exporting to these newer open formats rather than the older, proprietary Office formats (.doc, .xls, .ppt) that were used in Office 97-2003.

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

Release track:
Scheduled release

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A New Way to Sync Google Contacts

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Google Apps Customers now have the ability to sync their Google Contacts using CardDAV. CardDAV is an open protocol for contacts that enables 3rd party clients, like the iOS contacts app, to sync Google contacts.

Editions included:
Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

For more information:
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2012/09/a-new-way-to-sync-google-contacts.html
http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2753077

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Enhanced Chrome browser support for Google Apps customers

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Google Apps for Business, Education and Government customers may contact Google to receive support on Chrome installation, functionality, security, browser policy settings and Google Apps interoperability for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

Editions included:
Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/10/enhanced-chrome-browser-support-for.html

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Scheduled Release track features update 10/1/12

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Sites: Comments in Sites now have new features that are similar to the ones available for comments in Google documents, spreadsheets and presentations. Users can now +mention others, get new comment notifications via email and respond to comments via email.

The following features are intended for release to these domains on October 8th:
No new features to announce.

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=98225

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Gmail Advanced Labs Management

Monday, October 1, 2012

This new feature of the administrator control panel allows Google Apps admins to better control Gmail Labs. Each lab can be individually:
- Enabled: The Lab is enabled for all users in the domain; users are not able to disable it
- Allowed: Users are allowed to enable the lab for their own account
- Disabled: Users are not allowed to enable the lab for their own account

Note:
Gmail Labs are experimental, optional features of Gmail, and continue to be, even with these new advanced controls. They may change, break, or disappear at any time. Gmail Labs can also sometimes be “graduated” into full-fledged features, at which point they may cease to be optional or controllable.

Languages supported:
All languages

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

For more information:
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=117099

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Discussions in Google Sites

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Comments in Sites are now powered by Discussions. This brings powerful features like +mentioning, responding to comments via email, etc. to Google Sites.

Release track:
Rapid release

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=98225

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Scheduled Release track features update 9/25/12

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

No features have launched this week.

The following features are intended for release to these domains on October 1st:
Docs: The built-in exporting feature from Google Docs to Microsoft Office will now allow users to download Google documents as modern Office formats (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx), as opposed to the older formats (.doc, .xls, .ppt) that were standard in Office 97-2003. For users who still use Office 97-2003, we recommend installing the free compatibility plugin from Microsoft, which will allow them to open modern Office file types.

Note:
The ability to import Office files of any format to Google Docs is still supported and will remain unchanged.

Release track:
Scheduled

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

For more information:
http://support.google.com/docs/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=49115

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Scheduled Release track features update 9/18/12

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Spreadsheets: Users now have the ability to collaborate more efficiently with discussions in Google Spreadsheets. This updates brings features like the ability to +mention users to add them to the discussion.

The following features are intended for release to these domains on September 25th:
No new features.

Release track:
Scheduled

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

For more information:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2012/09/google-spreadsheets-now-with-discussions.html

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Supporting modern browsers: Internet Explorer 8 support discontinued

Friday, September 14, 2012

As we announced last year, we support the latest version of Google Chrome (which automatically updates whenever it detects that a new version of the browser is available) as well as the current and prior major release of Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari on a rolling basis. Each time a new version of one of these browsers is released, we begin supporting the update and stop supporting the third-oldest version.

Internet Explorer 10 launches on 10/26/2012, and as a result, we will discontinue support for Internet Explorer 8 shortly afterwards, on 11/15/2012. After this date users accessing Google Apps services using Internet Explorer 8 will see a message recommending that they upgrade their browser.

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

For more information:
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/our-plans-to-support-modern-browsers.html
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=33864

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Nicknames for Google Groups

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Google Apps administrators now have the ability to create nicknames for Google Groups. If your Google Apps account includes more than one domain, you can add a nickname that has a different domain from the original group. Note that this can only be done in the administrator control panel.

Languages supported:
All languages

Editions included:
Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

For more information:
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2727156

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Scheduled Release track features update 9/11/12

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Calendar: Users with an active Google+ profile can add a Google+ Hangout to calendar events. Invited guests can join the hangout by clicking on “Join hangout” on the event details page. These hangouts will respect any restrictions in the administrator control panel.

The following features are intended for release to these domains on September 18th:
Spreadsheets: Users now have the ability to collaborate more efficiently with discussions in Google Spreadsheets. This updates brings features like the ability to +mention users to add them to the discussion.

Release track:
Scheduled

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

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/08/bringing-google-to-work.html
http://support.google.com/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2690797
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2012/09/google-spreadsheets-now-with-discussions.html

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Discussions in Google Spreadsheets

Friday, September 7, 2012

Google Spreadsheets users now have the ability to collaborate more efficiently with discussions in Google Spreadsheets. This updates brings features like the ability to +mention users to add them to the discussion.

Release track:
Rapid release

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

For more information:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2012/09/google-spreadsheets-now-with-discussions.html

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Update: Export Google Docs files in OXML formats

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Users can now export Google Docs files in OXML formats (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx). This will show up as an option in the “Download as” menu.

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

Note:
Rapid release domains no longer have the option to export files as .doc, .xls or .ppt.

For more information:
http://support.google.com/docs/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=49115

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Scheduled Release track features update 9/4/12

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

No new features

The following features are intended for release to these domains on September 11th:
Calendar: Users with an active Google+ profile can add a Google+ Hangout to calendar events. Invited guests can join the hangout by clicking on “Join hangout” on the event details page. These hangouts will respect any restrictions in the administrator control panel.

Release track:
Scheduled

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

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/08/bringing-google-to-work.html
http://support.google.com/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2690797

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Hangouts in Google Calendar events

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Users with an active Google+ profile can add a Google+ Hangout to calendar events. Invited guests can join the hangout by clicking on “Join hangout” on the event details page. These hangouts will respect any restrictions in the administrator control panel.

Release track:
Rapid

Editions included:
Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/08/bringing-google-to-work.html
http://support.google.com/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2690797

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Scheduled Release track features update 8/28/12

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Gmail: 1:1 Video chat in Gmail has been upgraded and is now powered by Google+ Hangouts. If both sides have created a Google+ profile you will get the full Hangouts experience including the ability to add up to nine other people to the conversation, screen sharing and integrated Google Docs collaboration.

The following features are intended for release to these domains on September 4th:
No new features.

Release track:
Scheduled

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

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/07/video-chat-with-whole-team-with.html
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1279090

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Bringing Google+ to work: Preview of enterprise features

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

We have now launched a preview of Google+ premium features in the administrator control
panel. Admins can setup default restrictions that will allow users in the domain to freely
exchange ideas and share information while keeping company information private.

Post Restrictions: Admins can set all new posts to be restricted within the domain by
default. Unless a user deliberately chooses to remove this restriction on a post, it cannot
ever be reshared outside the domain by anyone. External users cannot be added via
comments either. Note that a restricted post will always remain restricted. A post can only
be made public when it is first created.

Restricted Hangouts: When this feature is turned on, external users will only be able to join
a Hangout to which they are explicitly invited to. Everyone in the domain will always be
able to join any Hangout as long as they have the URL. Note that this is a default. Users can
always make Hangouts public.

Editions included:
Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Languages Supported:
All languages

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/08/bringing-google-to-work.html
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2677328
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2677329
http://support.google.com/plus/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2705802

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Default routing settings for inbound messages

Friday, August 24, 2012

“Default routing” is a new option on the Email settings page in the administrator control panel. This feature enables you to set up a domain-wide routing policy for inbound messages that includes one or more settings.

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

Languages Supported:
All languages

For more information:
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2368153

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New setting to enforce TLS for inbound or outbound email messages

Friday, August 24, 2012

A new security setting in the administrator control panel give the administrator the ability to enforce a secure connection with users send emails to or receive emails from specific domains and email addresses.

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

Languages Supported:
All languages

For more information:
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2520500

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Three Gmail labs graduation into standard features

Friday, August 24, 2012

We've graduated three labs, Refresh POP accounts, Filter import/export and Navbar drag and drop.

Refresh POP accounts: Clicking the refresh link at the top of your inbox will now not only update your inbox with your new Gmail messages, but will also fetch messages from any other POP accounts which you have set up.

Filter import/export: From the Settings > Filters page you can download a file containing some or all of your filters or upload a file to create a set of filters all in one go. This makes it easy to share filters with friends, backup filters for later and more.

Navbar drag and drop: If you use gadgets on the left-hand side of Gmail, you can now rearrange them with drag n' drop.

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

Languages Supported:
All languages

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A programmatic way to managing licenses for Google Drive

Friday, August 24, 2012

The License Manager API allows the administrator to programmatically assign, unassign and re-assign Google Drive storage licenses to users.

Editions included:
Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Languages Supported:
All languages

For more information:
http://googleappsdeveloper.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-programmatic-way-to-managing-licenses.html
https://developers.google.com/google-apps/licensing/index

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Delivery Manager: A new way to manage email routing

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Google Apps administrators can use a new feature in the administrator control panel to manage routing and basic filtering of email to on-premise systems as well as email to Google Apps users. These changes are a part of the integration of Postini and Google Apps.

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

Languages Supported:
All languages

For more information:
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2685650
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/08/continuing-transition-from-postini-to.html

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Simplified SSO login screen in Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

The login dialog for users who have enabled Single Sign On (SSO) login to Google Apps, but not Google password login has been simplified (shows only one option for entering a password), and the authentication landing page better redirects users back to the Google Apps Sync application.

Languages Supported:
All languages

Editions included:
Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

For more information:
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=153463

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Scheduled Release track features update 8/21/12

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Spreadsheets: Users now have the ability to name a range in a spreadsheet. You can then protect such a named range instead of protecting the whole sheet. You can also use the name of the range in formulas.
Spreadsheets: Users can now pick the color and style of cell borders. This features is accessible as an added option through the cell borders toolbar button.

The following features are intended for release to these domains on August 28th:
Gmail: 1:1 Video chat in Gmail has been upgraded and will be powered by Google+ Hangouts. If both sides have created a Google+ profile you will get the full Hangouts experience including the ability to add up to nine other people to the conversation, screen sharing and integrated Google Docs collaboration.

Release track:
Scheduled

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

For more information:
http://support.google.com/docs/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=63175
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/07/video-chat-with-whole-team-with.html
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1279090

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Scheduled Release track features update 8/14/12

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Calendar: Users have had the ability to change the colors of calendars from a default color palette. Users can now choose a custom color if the default palette does not meet their needs.

The following features are intended for release to these domains on August 21th:
Spreadsheets: Users now have the ability to name a range in a spreadsheet. You can then protect such a named range instead of protecting the whole sheet. You can also use the name of the range in formulas.
Spreadsheets: Users can now pick the color and style of cell borders. This features is accessible as an added option through the cell borders toolbar button.

Release track:
Scheduled

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

For more information:
http://support.google.com/docs/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=63175
http://support.google.com/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=37227

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New security settings for Google Apps mobile management

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

On August 2nd we released additional security settings for mobile management in the Google Apps administrator control panel.

- IP whitelist for Google Sync (ActiveSync)
- Google Sync: Enforce delete as trash
- Enable/disable user remote wipe
- Only enforce available policies on older Android devices
- Enable/disable Google Now

Languages Supported:
All languages

Editions included:
Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/08/make-mobile-more-manageable.html
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1408902
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=173390#user

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Video chat with multiple people with Hangouts in Gmail

Friday, August 10, 2012

1:1 Video chat in Gmail has been upgraded and is now powered by Google+ Hangouts. If both sides have created a Google+ profile you will get the full Hangouts experience including the ability to add up to nine other people to the conversation, screen sharing and integrated Google Docs collaboration.

Release track:
Rapid

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

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/07/video-chat-with-whole-team-with.html
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1279090

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Scheduled Release track features update 8/7/12

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

No new features to announce.

The following features are intended for release to these domains on August 14th:
Calendar: Users have had the ability to change the colors of calendars from a default color palette. Users can now choose a custom color if the default palette does not meet their needs.

Release track:
Scheduled*

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

For more information:
http://support.google.com/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=37227

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Named & Protected Ranges and Border Styles in Google Spreadsheets

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Named & Protected Ranges: Users now have the ability to name a range in a spreadsheet. You can then protect such a named range instead of protecting the whole sheet. You can also use the name of the range in formulas.

Border colors: Users can now pick the color and style of cell borders. This features is accessible as an added option through the cell borders toolbar button.

Release track:
Rapid

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

For more information:
http://support.google.com/docs/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=63175

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Custom color picker in Google Calendar

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Google Calendar users have had the ability to change the colors of specific events or calendars from a default color palette. Users can now choose a custom color if the default palette does not meet their needs.

Release track:
Rapid

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

How to access what's new:
Click on "Choose custom color" on the bottom of the existing color picker.

For more information:
http://support.google.com/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=37227

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Scheduled Release track features update 7/31/12

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

- Documents: Users will have the ability to create documents offline. You must be running the latest version of Chrome or ChromeOS and install the Google Drive Chrome app to use this feature.

The following features are intended for release to these domains on August 7th:
No new features to announce.

Release track:
Scheduled*

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

For more information:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2012/07/offline-updates-and-quick-look-back-at.html
http://support.google.com/docs/bin/answer.py?hl=en&hlrm=en&answer=1628469

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

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New way to submit feedback about the administrator control panel

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Google Apps is changing the way in which we collect your feedback. To provide feedback about the administrator control panel, navigate to the page you'd like to improve and click the 'Send Feedback' link at the bottom.

If you are experiencing an issue or would like to reach out to someone directly, please contact support. Contact information is available under the Support tab.

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

Languages supported:
All languages supported

For more information:
http://www.google.com/tools/feedback
http://www.google.com/tools/feedback/intl/en/learnmore.html

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Scheduled Release track features update 7/24/12

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

- Documents: Users will have the ability to edit documents and leave comments offline. You must be running the latest version of Chrome or ChromeOS and install the Google Drive Chrome app to edit offline.
- Drive: Google Drive automatically deletes versions of files when they're older than 30 days or there are more than 100 previous versions of the same file. A new feature allows Drive users to specify that certain revisions should be kept forever.

The following features are intended for release to these domains on July 31st:
- Documents: Users will have the ability to create documents offline. You must be running the latest version of Chrome or ChromeOS and install the Google Drive Chrome app to use this feature.

Release track:
Scheduled*

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

For more information:
Documents:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2012/06/announcing-your-two-most-requested.html
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2012/07/offline-updates-and-quick-look-back-at.html
http://support.google.com/docs/bin/answer.py?hl=en&hlrm=en&answer=1628469

Drive:
https://support.google.com/drive/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2375120&p=dialog_autodelete

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

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Scheduled Release track features update 7/17/12

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

- Groups: The new Groups interface will become the default for all users attempting to access Google Groups for Business. Users will have the option to opt out of this change for a limited period of time.

The following features are intended for release to these domains on July 24th:
- Documents: Users will have the ability to edit documents and leave comments offline. You must be running the latest version of Chrome or ChromeOS and install the Google Drive Chrome app to edit offline.
- Drive: Google Drive automatically deletes versions of files when they're older than 30 days or there are more than 100 previous versions of the same file. A new feature allows Drive users to specify that certain revisions should be kept forever.

Release track:
Scheduled*

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

For more information:
Groups:
http://support.google.com/groups/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2463719
https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/117578386194324385666/117578386194324385666/posts/NWn18Nv4RcV

Documents:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2012/06/announcing-your-two-most-requested.html
http://support.google.com/docs/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1628469

Drive:
https://support.google.com/drive/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2375120

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

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Scheduled Release track features update 7/11/12

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

No new features have launched this week.

The following features are intended for release to these domains on July 17th:
- Groups: The new Groups interface will become the default for all users attempting to access Google Groups for Business. Users will have the option to opt out of this change for a limited period of time.

Release track:
Scheduled*

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

For more information:
http://support.google.com/groups/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2463719

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

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Google Apps Directory Sync 3.1.3 update

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

This version of Google Apps Directory Sync has some new features:
- Email address rename detection
- Dynamic Group support
- 64-bit support

Editions included:
Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Languages included:
All languages supported

For more information:
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=106368
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1263028

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Scheduled Release track features update 7/3/12

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

- Gmail: In addition to the default HD themes already included in Gmail, users now have the ability to create their own custom themes. They can upload their own images directly, select from their Google+ photos or simply paste any image URL.

The following features are intended for release to these domains on July 10th:
- Groups: The new Groups interface will become the default for all users attempting to access Google Groups for Business. Users will have the option to opt out of this change for a limited period of time.

Release track:
Scheduled*

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

For more information:
http://support.google.com/groups/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2463719&topic=2459437&ctx=topic

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

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Search Gmail logs in the administrator control panel

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

What happened to an inbound or outbound message? Was a message sent to my domain and marked as spam? Which users sent or received a specific message? Starting today, domain admins can get answers to these and other such questions using Gmail log search. This feature is now available in the administrator control panel.

Editions included:
Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Languages included:
US English only (Next Generation release only)

For more information:
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2604578
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/07/gmail-log-search-feature-enhances.html

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Ability to restrict external sharing of secondary calendars

Friday, June 29, 2012

Domain admins now have the ability to control external sharing of secondary calendars through the administrator control panel. This change adds a separate setting for secondary calendars.

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

Languages included:
US English only (Next Generation release only)

For more information:
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=60765

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Native Google Drive app for iOS

Friday, June 29, 2012

A native Google Drive app for iOS devices (iOS 5.0+) is now available for download in the iTunes App Store. This app allows you to open all files stored in your Drive.

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

Languages included:
All languages supported

For more information:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2012/06/announcing-your-two-most-requested.html

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Offline Document editing

Friday, June 29, 2012

Do you want to continue editing your important documents on a flight without wifi? Now you can! We have launched one of the most requested features. Users now have the ability to edit documents and leave comments offline. You must be running the latest version of Chrome or ChromeOS and install the Google Drive Chrome app to edit offline.

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

Languages included:
All languages supported

For more information:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2012/06/announcing-your-two-most-requested.html
http://support.google.com/docs/bin/answer.py?hl=en&hlrm=en&answer=1628469

Update:
This is only available to domains on the Rapid Release track.

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Events in Google+

Friday, June 29, 2012

Users can now create events in Google+. These events will seamlessly integrate with Google Calendar.

- See your calendar in Google+ before creating an event to avoid conflicts
- Easily identify Google+ events by the profile picture next to the event.

Note that you must have both Google+ and Calendar enabled for your domain to take advantage of this feature.

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

Languages included:
All languages supported

For more information:
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/google-events-in-google-calendar.html

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Apps Script in Docs List

Friday, June 29, 2012

Google Apps Script projects are now included in the docs list in Google Drive.
- Your projects are now stored in Google Drive and can be shared just like any other file.
- You can now build apps with HTML and JavaScript.
- You can publish your apps to the Chrome Web Store.

For assistance with apps script please visit https://developers.google.com/apps-script/support

How to access what’s new:
Login to the web UI of Google Drive, click on Create and select Scripts

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

Languages included:
All languages supported

For more information:
http://googledevelopers.blogspot.com/2012/06/big-updates-to-apps-script.html

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Changes to activity graphs in the administrator control panel

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

We have rolled out changes to the activity graphs in the control panel.
- Gmail, Calendar and Docs: Instead of just showing login activity counts, we will show the counts of an expanded set of interactions with these products.
- Sites and iGoogle - We are removing these graphs because of relatively low usage of the graphs.

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

Languages included:
All languages included

For more information:
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1645629

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Scheduled Release track features update 6/26/12

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

- Docs: Users will have the ability to add comments to any file that is uploaded to Google Docs or Drive and that can be opened with Google Docs Viewer. Such files can also be shared with other users with commenter permissions.

The following features are intended for release to these domains on July 3rd:
- Gmail: In addition to the default HD themes already included in Gmail, users now have the ability to create their own custom themes. They can upload their own images directly, select from their Google+ photos or simply paste any image URL.

Release track:
Scheduled*

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

For more information:
http://support.google.com/docs/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1738646

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

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