Named & Protected Ranges: Users now have the ability to name a range in a spreadsheet. You can then protect such a named range instead of protecting the whole sheet. You can also use the name of the range in formulas.

Border colors: Users can now pick the color and style of cell borders. This features is accessible as an added option through the cell borders toolbar button.

Release track:
Rapid

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

For more information:
http://support.google.com/docs/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=63175

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Google Calendar users have had the ability to change the colors of specific events or calendars from a default color palette. Users can now choose a custom color if the default palette does not meet their needs.

Release track:
Rapid

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

How to access what's new:
Click on "Choose custom color" on the bottom of the existing color picker.

For more information:
http://support.google.com/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=37227

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- 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.

The following features are intended for release to these domains on August 7th:
No new features to announce.

Release track: 
Scheduled*

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

For more information:
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

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

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- 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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- 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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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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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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- 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

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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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