You can now apply a theme to your Gmail inbox to personalize it's look and feel.Editions included: Standard, Premier, Education and Partner EditionsLanguages included: All languages supported by GmailHow to access what's new: Themes in Gmail have started rolling out, but will be available to all domains over the next few days. In order to enable Themes for end-users, administrators should sign into the administrative control panel, go to 'Domain settings' and select the 'Turn on new features' checkbox. Once themes have been enabled by the adminstrator, end-users can apply a theme to their Gmail inbox by clicking 'Settings' and selecting 'Themes'.For more information: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/03/theme-scheme-in-google-apps.html Get these product update alerts by email Subscribe to the RSS feed of these updates
The new standalone contact manager allows you to manage your contacts within Google Apps without enabling Gmail.Editions included: Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner EditionsLanguages included: All languages supported by GmailHow to access what's new: Administrators can enable the contact manager by signing in to the administrative control panel, then selecting 'Add more services' and clicking '+Add it now' under 'Contacts'. To manage their contacts, end-users can go to http://www.google.com/contacts/a/your-domain.com. Be sure to replace 'your-domain.com' with your actual domain name. Get these product update alerts by email Subscribe to the RSS feed of these updates
You can now create and insert rich, colorful drawings into documents, presentations and spreadsheets in Google Docs.Editions included: Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner EditionsLanguages included: All languages supported by Google DocsHow to access what's new: To add a drawing to a document, spreadsheet or presentation, select 'Insert' from the menu bar and choose 'Drawing'. For more information: http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2009/03/drawing-on-your-creativity-in-docs.html Get these product update alerts by email Subscribe to the RSS feed of these updates
You can now use the 'Find and replace' toolbar in Google Docs to more easily search for text and replace it. The 'Find and replace' toolbar also supports additional options for controlling your search such as case-sensitive matching and regular expressions.Editions included: Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner EditionsLanguages included: All languages supported by Google DocsHow to access what's new: To use 'Find and replace', click 'Edit' from the menu bar and choose 'Find and replace...'. The 'Find and replace' toolbar will appear at the top of your document. Additional search options are available by clicking the down arrow next to the 'Find what:' search box.For more information: http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2009/03/find-and-replace-my-favourite-colour.html Get these product update alerts by email Subscribe to the RSS feed of these updates
Administrators can now view charts on active users and disk space utilization from the control panel.Editions included: Premier, Education and Partner EditionsLanguages included: US EnglishHow to access what's new: Sign in to the administrative control panel, go to the 'Advanced Tools' tab, click 'View Usage and Reports' in 'Reporting'.For more information: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/03/charts-charts-charts.html Get these product update alerts by email Subscribe to the RSS feed of these updates
You can now associate an email address with more than one contact in Gmail's contact manager.Editions included: Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner EditionsLanguages included: All languages supported by GmailHow to access what's new: Click 'Contacts' from your Gmail inbox, and select '+' to create a new contact. Enter your contact's information and click 'Save'. It is now possible to create another contact with a different 'Name', but same 'Email'.Get these product update alerts by email Subscribe to the RSS feed of these updates
Now encryption for gadgets matches the encryption of the site itself. If a Google Site is encrypted, then your embedded gadget data will be encrypted from the source code to the browser.Editions included: Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner EditionsLanguages included: All languages supported by Google SitesHow to access what's new: No action is required by administrators.For more information: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/03/go-go-gadgetsin-google-sites.html Get these product update alerts by email Subscribe to the RSS feed of these updates
The following new features are available in Google Sites to make gadgets more useful: – The new 'User Start Page' page type allows users to add and organize their own collection of gadgets to create a personalized start page experience for themselves. – Private gadgets now allow administrators to upload gadgets to Google Apps that only members of their domain are able to see and add to their Google Sites. These private gadgets will be in a directory with your company's domain name in the gadgets directory.Editions included: Premier EditionLanguages included: All languages supported by Google SitesHow to access what's new: To access the 'User Start Page' page type, anyone with site editing permission can click 'Create new page' and select 'User Start Page' in the page type menu. Enter a name for the page and click 'Create page'. The editor can add content that they want everyone to see to the top of the page. Each user (even people without site editing rights) can then customize the page to see their own personal collection of gadgets. To create and access private gadgets, administrators should follow the steps provided in the Private Gadget Administrator's Guide to configure their domain and make private gadgets accessible:http://code.google.com/p/google-feedserver/wiki/PrivateGadgetAdministratorsGuide For more information: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/03/go-go-gadgetsin-google-sites.html Get these product update alerts by email Subscribe to the RSS feed of these updates
Google Apps Administrators can now choose how users' names will be displayed in Gmail. Administrators can select whether to display names either as: First Last (example: John Smith) or Last, First (example: Smith, John). Administrators can also choose whether to allow users to customize this setting.Editions included: Standard, Premier, Education and Partner EditionsLanguages included: US EnglishHow to access what's new: Sign in to the administrative control panel, go to 'Email' under the 'Service settings'. The 'Name format' options are available in the 'General' tab.For more information: http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/messaging.html Get these product update alerts by email Subscribe to the RSS feed of these updates
Premier and Education administrators can now view statistics about how their organizations are using Gmail (like users' locations, languages, length of visit, etc.) in Google Analytics. This extends the Analytics statistics currently available for the control panel, Google Docs and Google Sites.Editions included: Premier and Education EditionsLanguages included: US EnglishHow to access what's new: Sign in to the administrative control panel, go to the 'Advanced Tools' tab, click 'Setup Google Analytics' and enter the Web Property ID number from your Google Analytics account to begin collecting usage data. Sign in to Google Analytics to view and analyze the data.For more information: http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=113173 Get these product update alerts by email Subscribe to the RSS feed of these updates