Chrome delivers the fastest Google Apps experience and protects users against phishing and malware on the web. This browser is now available for download with support for the following administrator functionality: MSI Installer: A standalone installer that allows admins to install the Chrome browser at a system-level across the organization. Group Policies: These allow admins to configure common behaviours across the organization such as default search provider, default homepage and many more. Policy Templates: ADM and ADMX templates are included in order to help admins easily configure these policies that manage security and privacy including the ability to disable auto-updates.Editions included: Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education*How to access what's new: Download Google Chrome for Business For more information: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/12/chrome-is-ready-for-business.html *Support is available to Google Apps for Business, Government and Education customers for Chrome browser administrator issues only. Get these product update alerts by email Subscribe to the RSS feed of these updates
The newer revision history interface in Google Documents is now also available in Spreadsheets. You can now see all of the changes that collaborators have made cell-by-cell.Editions included: Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education Languages included: All languages supported by Google Docs How to access what's new: - To see the new interface, go to ‘File’, then ‘See revision history’ when editing a spreadsheet. - Click on a time stamp in the right column to see what changes were made at a given time or use the arrow keys to quickly scan through many revisions. - Changes are color-coded based on each collaborator, making it easy to tell what has been added or deleted. - Time stamps are also improved in the new interface. - The interface also batches revisions into groups of changes to make it easier to understand how a spreadsheet has changed over time. To see a finer-grained list of revisions, click ‘Show more detailed revisions'.For more information: http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2010/12/this-week-in-docs-revision-history-in.html Get these product update alerts by email Subscribe to the RSS feed of these updates
The following Google Apps migration tools have been updated to make moving to Google Apps even easier: Google Apps Migration for Microsoft® Exchange: Using the latest version of this tool, admins can now migrate data from PST files and emails from these IMAP servers: Novell® GroupWise®, Cyrus, Dovecot, Courier and Gmail. Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Outlook®: - 64 bit support - Command line support for OAuth authentication - Optional Gmail label prefixes in the command lineEditions included: Google Apps for Business, Government and EducationHow to access what's new: Google Apps Migration for Microsoft® Exchange Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Outlook® For more information: http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/topic.py?hl=en&topic=9202 Google Apps innovation: Join our live quarter in review webinar. Date and time: December 22, 10am PST / 1pm EST / 6pm GMT. Register here Get these product update alerts by email Subscribe to the RSS feed of these updates
Email delegation is now available to all Google Apps customers. This Gmail feature was previously only available to Google Apps for Business.Editions included: Google Apps and Google Apps for EducationLanguages included: All languages supported by GmailHow to access what's new: Administrators must first enable mail delegation by checking the 'Mail Delegation' checkbox under 'Email Settings' in the administrator control panel. To enter a delegate, users can select the 'Accounts' tab under 'Settings' in Gmail and click 'Add another account' to enter their delegate's email address. Once the delegate is signed into their own own Gmail account, they can then access the other person's account from the account selection menu at the top of Gmail.For more information: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/12/email-delegation-now-for-all-customers.html http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&ctx=mail&answer=138350 Get these product update alerts by email Subscribe to the RSS feed of these updates
The following new features are now available to all Google Apps domains: Gmail for Android: Priority Inbox - You can now see important messages in a new Priority Inbox view, see the importance markers and change the importance of conversations, just like in the desktop version. Additionally, you can now set up your phone to notify, vibrate, or ring on just your new important mail. Improved Compose - You can now easily switch between reply, reply all and forward while composing your response. As well as that, if you’ve configured the ‘custom from’ feature in the desktop version of Gmail, you can now also send email from that address. Finally, you can also now respond to messages in-line. Gmail webapp: Previously only available in U.S. English, the HTML5 webapp version of Gmail is now available to 44 languages. The new languages are: Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (UK and American), Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian (Bokmal), Polish, Portuguese (for both Portugal and Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukranian, Urdu and Vietnamese.Editions included: Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and EducationHow to access what's new: Priority Inbox: In ‘Settings’, select Priority Inbox as the default inbox view and configure your notifications to be just for your important mail. This version of the Gmail app works for Android 2.2 (Froyo) and newer releases in most countries . (Not sure if your device is running the right version? Check here .) Gmail mobile webapp: If your phone’s default language is one of those listed, go to gmail.com in your phone’s browser and the new interface will appear in your language automatically. This new version works for iPhones running iOS 2.2.1 and above, and all versions of Android. For more information: http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2010/12/gmail-for-android-better-priority-inbox.html http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2010/12/and-bonjour-to-better-mobile-web-gmail.html Get these product update alerts by email Subscribe to the RSS feed of these updates
Connectors in drawings: All new lines can connect to shapes making it easier to create flowcharts and complex diagrams. Insert images directly from Picasa: If you’ve got images stored in your Picasa web albums, the image dialog will let you insert those images directly into documents and drawings. Hidden controls: Choosing View -> Hide controls will hide the title bar, menu bar, and toolbar. Once you’ve hidden the controls, you can always press Esc to make them appear again. WMF upload: We now support uploading WMF (Windows Metafile) files and converting them into Google drawings.Editions included: Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and EducationLanguages included: All languages supported by Google DocsFor more information: http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2010/12/new-this-week-in-docs-connectors-hidden.html Get these product update alerts by email Subscribe to the RSS feed of these updates
For Domains whose admins have enabled the ‘enable pre-release features’ checkbox in the Control Panel: Event timezones - You can now specify the time zone for a given event. You can also set up events which start in one time zone and end in another.For Domains with ‘enable pre-release features’ checkbox disabled: Optional attendees: When adding invitees to an event, you now have the ability to communicate the importance of a meeting for each attendee.Editions included: Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and EducationLanguages included: All languages supported by Google Calendar How to access what's new: Event timezones: Click the “Time zone” link to the right of the date and time fields on the event page to enter the timezone. Events will appear on your calendar according to the current time zone you’re in, and when you change to your destination time zone they’ll be in the right place.For more information: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/event-time-zones-in-google-calendar.html Get these product update alerts by email Subscribe to the RSS feed of these updates
Domains whose admins have enabled the ‘enable pre-release features’ checkbox in the Control Panel The following new features are now available in Google Calendar for these domains: Optional attendees: When adding invitees to an event, you now have the ability to communicate the importance of a meeting for each attendee. New event page for some domains: The recently released new event page is now also available to domains that have enabled our Google Calendar Connectors API which shows data from other services. This page was previously unavailable to these domains.Domains with ‘enable pre-release features’ checkbox disabled For these domains, the following features are intended for release on December 7: - Optional attendees. - New event page for domains that have enabled our Google Calendar Connectors API.Editions included: Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and EducationLanguages included: All languages supported by Google CalendarHow to access what's new: Optional attendees: When editing an event with invitees, click on the “Make some attendees optional link” above the guest list and then toggle the role of each attendee by clicking the icon next to his or her name.For more information: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/11/optional-attendees-in-google-calendar.html Join us for a 'What's new in Google Apps' webinar. When: 2:00 pm (PST) Wednesday December 1. Register here Get these product update alerts by email Subscribe to the RSS feed of these updates
Domains using the shared contacts functionality can have up to 50,000 entries, up from 25,000. Shared contacts are part of the organization’s global address list (GAL), and these contacts auto-complete across Google Apps. We also made updates to the Shared Contacts API to make uploading much more quicker.Editions included: Google Apps for Business, Government and EducationHow to access what's new: - Information on the Shared Contacts API For more information: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/11/google-apps-shared-contacts-now-with.html http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=138760 Ideas for Tasks! If you're using Tasks, you've probably thought about something you'd like us to improve or an additional feature you wish you had. We really want to hear your ideas - whether they're for Tasks in Gmail, in Google Calendar, or on your phone. For the next few weeks, we're running a poll for Tasks feature requests. Admin feedback is very important to us, so if you have a few minutes, please visit this product ideas page and vote to help us improve Tasks functionality for you and your users.Get these product update alerts by email Subscribe to the RSS feed of these updates
All Google Apps customers now have the ability to access over 60 new applications . Existing customers can transition at their own pace over the next couple months to the new infrastructure supporting these applications from the administrative control panel. New customers will automatically have the new infrastructure. The additional services are not covered by the Google Apps SLA or telephone support, but we’ll be watching for feedback how we can make these new applications even more useful. In tandem with this big improvement, we’re also simplifying the names of the versions of Google Apps . Here’s how we now refer to our line-up: - Google Apps is our free service geared towards families, entrepreneurs and other groups up to 50 users. - Google Apps for Business offers 25GB of email storage per user, a 99.9% uptime guarantee, data migration capabilities, advanced management tools, telephone support, added security features and more, all for $50 per user per year. - Google Apps for Government is FISMA certified and designed with local, state and federal agencies in mind. - Google Apps for Education offers many benefits of Google Apps for Business, but at no cost to schools, universities and qualifying non-profits.Editions included: Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and EducationLanguages included: All languages supported by Google AppsHow to access what's new: - Administrators can log into the administrator Control Panel and on the ‘Google Apps is changing’ section, click ‘Get Started’ to begin the transition to the new infrastructure. - Once the transition is complete, in the ‘Organization & users’ tab, click ‘Services’ to view and control which applications are available to users at the domain.For more information: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/11/ten-times-more-applications-for-google.html Help Center: New infrastructure for Google Apps accounts Get these product update alerts by email Subscribe to the RSS feed of these updates