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:
Scheduled

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

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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.

• Messageheader analyzes email message headers to look for the cause of mail delivery delays.

• LogAnalyzer analyzes locally stored log files to explain errors in the following products:
• ChromeOS Devices
• Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook
• Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Outlook
• Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Exchange
• Google Apps Connector for BlackBerry Enterprise Server
• Google Apps Directory Sync

How to access what’s new:
https://toolbox.googleapps.com/apps/main/

For more information:
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2520136

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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 effect. As you may have noticed, that change did not go into effect on October 1. In order to support our customers and help them through the transition, we have delayed the export format change for scheduled release track customers until January 31, 2013.

We recently added the ability to export Google documents to the newer Microsoft Office formats that rely on open standards (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx). To continue adding new features and innovations to Google Docs, we’ll be focusing our resources on exporting to these newer open formats rather than the older, proprietary Office formats (.doc, .xls, .ppt) that were used in Office 97-2003.

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

Release track:
Scheduled release


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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 Business, Government and Education

For more information:
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2012/09/a-new-way-to-sync-google-contacts.html
http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2753077

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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 included:
Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/10/enhanced-chrome-browser-support-for.html

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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 email.

The following features are intended for release to these domains on October 8th:
No new features to announce.

Release track:
Scheduled

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

For more information:
http://support.google.com/sites/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=98225

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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: Users are allowed to enable the lab for their own account
 - Disabled: Users are not allowed to enable the lab for their own account

Note:
Gmail Labs are experimental, optional features of Gmail, and continue to be, even with these new advanced controls. They may change, break, or disappear at any time. Gmail Labs can also sometimes be “graduated” into full-fledged features, at which point they may cease to be optional or controllable.

Languages supported:
All languages

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

For more information:
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=117099


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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 release

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

For more information:
http://support.google.com/sites/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=98225


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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 Office formats (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx), as opposed to the older formats (.doc, .xls, .ppt) that were standard in Office 97-2003. For users who still use Office 97-2003, we recommend installing the free compatibility plugin from Microsoft, which will allow them to open modern Office file types.

Note: 
The ability to import Office files of any format to Google Docs is still supported and will remain unchanged.

Release track:
Scheduled

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=49115

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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 release to these domains on September 25th:
No new features.

Release track:
Scheduled

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

For more information:
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2012/09/google-spreadsheets-now-with-discussions.html

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