Troubleshooting tools for Google Apps users
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.Messag…
Docs Export Format Change: Delayed to 1/31/2013 for Scheduled Release Domains
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 …
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 Educat…
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 B…
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:ScheduledEditions included:Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Educatio…
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 Busine…
Enhanced Chrome browser support for Google Apps customers
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 includ…
Scheduled Release track features update 10/1/12
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 e…
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: U…
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 releaseEditions included:Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and …
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 Of…
If you’re switching to Gmail from another email provider like Yahoo!, Hotmail, or AOL, consumer 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…
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 rele…
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 …
Nicknames for Google Groups
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 don…