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Check out the new G Suite Learning Center

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Originally Posted on Google's G Suite Updates Blog What’s changing We’re launching a revamped G Suite Learning Center . Who’s impacted Admins and end users Why you’d use it This completely redesigned site features 300+ guides and customer-friendly enhancements, including: An Announcements tab with lists of new and updated Learning Center guides. A “Day 1” checklist to help new G Suite users get started on their first day. An improved search function to help you find help and training content across the G Suite Learning Center. Guides that are easier to print and save as PDFs or customize in Google Docs and Slides. How to get started Admins and end users: The new G Suite Learning Center can now be found at support.google.com/a/users, but you can still use the old web address gsuite.google.com/learning-center. Additional details This initial launch is for the English language site only. In the coming months, we’ll release our revamped Learning Center in Japanese, Spanish, Portugue

Gmail confidential mode launching on by default on June 25, 2019

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Originally Posted on Google's G Suite Updates Blog What’s changing Earlier this year, we announced the launch of Gmail confidential mode for G Suite in beta. On June 25, 2019, this feature will become generally available and your users will have the option to send emails with confidential mode. At launch, confidential mode will be set to default ON for all domains with Gmail enabled, unless you choose to disable this feature (see instructions below). Who’s impacted Admins and end users Why you’d use it Confidential mode provides built-in information rights management controls in your emails by allowing senders to create expiration dates and revoke previously sent messages. Because a sender can require additional authentication via text message to view an email, it’s also possible to protect data even if a recipient’s email account has been hijacked while the message is active. Additionally, with confidential mode, recipients don’t have the option to forward, copy, print, or downl

Two new formatting tools available in Docs

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Originally Posted on Google's G Suite Updates Blog Quick launch summary  We’re introducing two new features in Google Docs that will help you format your work: Insert section breaks and view section breaks in Docs You can now insert a next page or continuous section break in Google Docs by going to Insert > Break. From here, you can select next or continuous. Note both types of breaks will start at the place of your cursor location. To easily view where section breaks are located in your document, you can use the new show section breaks tool by going to View > Show section breaks . When Show selection breaks is enabled, you’ll see a blue dotted line where each section break is located. Adjust margins per section  It’s now possible to use the ruler to adjust the left and right margins by section. Previously, it was only possible to adjust the margins for the entire document. If you don’t make a selection, the ruler will adjust the margins for the section that corresponds to th

Bulk-export Hangouts Meet hardware fleet information

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Originally Posted on Google's G Suite Updates Blog What’s changing We’ve added the ability to export detailed information about all Hangouts Meet hardware devices in a domain to a Google Sheet or CSV file in a single action. Who’s impacted Admins only Why you’d use it Having access to up-to-date information about all Meet devices allows G Suite admins to better understand usage across their entire organization by: Populating data for reports/dashboards Auditing organization-wide peripherals usage Analyzing data for external systems such as ticket/support system or financial functions such as asset tracking or inventory management How to get started Admins: To export your list of devices, follow the steps in the Help Center. After completion, the results will be available from the Tasks icon at the top of the page. Depending on the selected format the information can then be viewed in Google Sheets, or downloaded as a CSV file. End users: No action required Additional information T

G Suite Migrate beta now supports migrations from Box

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Originally Posted on Google's G Suite Updates Blog Quick launch summary  Earlier this year, we announced G Suite Migrate . Launching in beta, this first-party product helps admins assess and plan migration projects, making the migration of enterprise data and content to G Suite seamless. Now, G Suite admins who require migration from Box can utilize G Suite Migrate. We hope this added support will help ease the transition for G Suite users. G Suite admins can learn more and sign up for the G Suite Migrate beta here . Helpful links  Apply for the G Suite Migrate beta Learn more about G Suite Migrate See all connectors supported by G Suite Migrate Availability  G Suite editions G Suite Business, G Suite Enterprise, G Suite Enterprise for Education, and Drive Enterprise customers are eligible to register for the G Suite Migrate beta program.  Not available to G Suite Basic, G Suite for Education, and G Suite for Nonprofits.  Stay up to date with G Suite launches Get G Suite product u

Smart Compose available on Gmail Android and iOS

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Originally Posted on Google's G Suite Updates Blog Quick launch summary Last year, we introduced Smart Compose in Gmail to G Suite users. This experience is now expanding to Gmail users on Android and iOS. With Smart Compose, Gmail will intelligently autocomplete your emails, now across your different devices. Availability Rollout details iOS : Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) Android : Smart Compose is immediately available to Gmail on Android users G Suite editions Available to all G Suite editions On/off by default? Smart Compose is on by default for all G Suite users. They can turn it off in their Gmail general settings (Smart Compose > Writing suggestions off ).  Stay up to date with G Suite launches Get G Suite product update alerts by email See the G Suite launch release calendar Subscribe to the RSS feed of these updates Original Blog Post Originally Posted to Lemacks Media https://lemacksmedia.com/news/06/05/smart-compose-available-on-gmail-androi

What's New in G Suite - May 2019

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Originally Posted on Google's G Suite Updates Blog Check out the latest  "What's New in G Suite" launch recap  ( pdf ) for a roundup of all G Suite launches from May 2019. Archive and translated versions  (coming soon for May issue) Stay up to date with G Suite launches Get G Suite product update alerts by email See the G Suite launch release calendar Subscribe to the RSS feed of these updates Original Blog Post Originally Posted to Lemacks Media https://lemacksmedia.com/news/06/05/whats-new-in-g-suite-may-2019/ , by Andrew Lemacks for updates and more content.

Get G Suite adoption and collaboration insights with Work Insights, now generally available

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Originally Posted on Google's G Suite Updates Blog What’s changing Our Work Insights adoption and collaboration insights tool is now generally available for G Suite Enterprise customers. You can use Work Insights to quickly understand the status and impact of your G Suite deployment, surfacing organizational insights around adoption, work patterns, and collaboration across G Suite apps. Work Insights was previously available in beta. For more details about the Work Insights tool, see our beta announcement or our Help Center . Since the beta, we’ve added the ability to quickly surface usage of legacy non-G Suite applications within an organization, as well as added more powerful filtering capabilities via groups filtering. See below for more details. Who’s impacted Admins only. Work Insights is accessible to super admins and delegated admins. See how to grant access to Work Insights . Why you’d use it Work Insights can bring you executive-level insights into how G Suite is increas

Making active user metrics more detailed in the Admin console

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Originally Posted on Google's G Suite Updates Blog What’s changing  We’re making changes to how we calculate active users across G Suite applications in your organization. Specifically, you’ll see more accurate metrics on active users for the following applications: Gmail  Calendar  Hangouts Chat  Hangouts Meet  Who’s impacted  Admins only Why this matters  Previously, we pulled app activity data from multiple sources, which sometimes resulted in discrepancies across reporting tools, like Work Insights and the Reports section of the Admin console . To ensure these metrics are consistent, we'll now pull data from one centralized, reliable source which is based on direct user interaction logs. This will help you better analyze app usage in your domain and assess your organization's needs. How to get started  Admins: To access Apps usage activity in the Admin console click Reports .  From there, you can see app usage overall, or click into specific apps.  On the right-hand si