New: Google Apps Calendar Interop for Microsoft® Exchange

Designed for organizations in which some users use Google Calendar and other users manage their calendars in Microsoft® Exchange, Calendar Interop enables you to sync the free/busy status of users in both calendar systems.

This enables users in one calendar system to view the availability of users in the other system before scheduling a meeting.

Editions included:
Google Apps for Business and Education

Languages included:
All supported languages

For more information:
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1330365

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Scheduled Release track features update 4/10/12

The following features are now available to domains following the Scheduled Release track:
- Google Spreadsheets- Left-to-right support for the menu and formula bar

The following features are intended for release to these domains on Apr 17:
- Gmail: New look released to all users. Opt-out link will be removed starting April 17th and continue throughout the week

Release track:
Scheduled*

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

*Scheduled Release track: Domains with ‘Scheduled Release’ option enabled in the administrator control panel. Learn more.

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Google bar rollout (Update)

In February, Google released an update to the new Google bar to consumer users. Beginning on Monday April 9, 2012, the new Google bar will begin to roll out to all Google Apps users in two phases:

Phase 1 (Rollout begins April 9) - If you've enabled the Google+ service for your organization's Google Apps account, users will see the new Google bar only when they visit Google+ pages, such as their Google+ stream.

Phase 2 (Rollout begins April 16) - All users will see the new Google bar at the top of all of their Google services, such as Gmail and Google Calendar.

Please see the links below for more information.

Release track:
Rapid & Scheduled

Editions included:
Google Apps, 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=2561767
http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.com/2012/04/google-bar-update-rolling-out-monday.html

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Google bar update rolling out Monday, April 9th

Starting Monday, April 9th, the new Google bar look will be rolling out to all Google Apps users. The new Google bar has links to services at the top level and a More drop-down list with links to additional services.

- As before, the Google bar won’t show services that the administrator turns off in the Google Apps control panel.
- Google Search and Images always appear in the Google bar.
- A few services, such as Google Translate, do not have a services on/off setting in the control panel, so they always appear in the Google bar for all users.
- Google Play includes Android Market/Books/Music/Movies. You can disable Google Play in the control panel, but currently this doesn’t remove the service from the Google bar. This is a known issue which will be addressed.
- When you turn off a service, other services move to the top level of the Google bar or to a higher position in the list of services under More. For example, if you turn off YouTube, which appears by default in the top level of the Google bar, Sites moves from the More list to the top level.

Please see the links below for more information.

Release track:
Rapid & Scheduled

Editions included:
Google Apps, 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=2561767
http://support.google.com/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1714464

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Scheduled Release track features update 4/3/12

The following features are now available to domains following the Scheduled Release track:
- Gmail: New look released to all users. Opt-out link will be removed starting April 3rd and continue throughout the week
- Gmail: Learn why a message was flagged as spam
- Gmail: Google+ email notifications become interactive- add users to circles directly in Gmail messages

The following features are intended for release to these domains on Apr 10:
- Google Spreadsheets- Left-to-right support for the menu and formula bar

Release track:
Scheduled*

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

*Scheduled Release track: Domains with ‘Scheduled Release’ option enabled in the administrator control panel. Learn more.

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New way to manage Control Panel administrators roles and privileges

Previously, administrator privileges were assigned on a per-user basis. As a replacement, you can now create "roles" such as Help Desk, Services, and Groups, or create your own custom role.

If you assigned delegated administrator privileges to users before administrator roles were available, Google Apps created roles for those settings. These custom roles have the name role_useremail, where useremail is the email address of the user to whom the privileges were assigned.

Release track:
Rapid or Scheduled

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Languages included:
All languages supported

How to access what’s new:
This is an opt-in feature. To view, select the "Show Apps Marketplace Login Activity" checkbox in the Audit and Reporting section within the Domain Settings control panel tab.

For more information:
https://plus.google.com/117578386194324385666/posts/4hY2sPHti4R

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Gmail, Contacts, and Google+ integration

Users on Google+ can now manage their contacts more efficiently in Gmail.

- See user details in a new right-hand side box
- Sort Gmail messages and Contacts by Circle
- Google+ contact information is automatically updated to users in shared circles
- Users can easily share images in Gmail messages to Google+
- See details from your Google Contacts when you view someone's Google+ profile

Release track:
Rapid or Scheduled

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Languages included:
All languages supported

For more information:
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/gmail-and-contacts-get-better-with.html
https://plus.google.com/101994211282765276238/posts/aafrYUxx1Ee

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