Google Workspace Updates: July 2012

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

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- 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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