Chat in Docs and Slides has a new look similar to what you’re used to in Gmail. You can now start a group chat with just one click. Simply select the new chat button at the top right and a chat box will appear, making it easy for you to quickly message everyone who is in the file. Additionally, if collaborators or viewers have an active Google+ profile, you will see their profile picture on top instead of just their name. This feature will be available in Sheets soon.

Note: Disabling chat in the Admin panel will disable it in Docs.

Release track:
Scheduled release

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

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/bringing-people-together-in-drive.html

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We launched a new look for Google Groups in May last year. This design offers a new and improved user interface in addition to some popular features like:

- Collaborative inbox
- Rich text formatting of messages in the Groups interface
- Ability to move posts to a different discussion, mark it as a duplicate or assign it to someone
- Customizable roles and permissions for people

We will retire the old interface soon after June 10th. After this day, people will automatically be transitioned over to the new UI and will not have the option to go back to the old one.

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

For more information:
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?answer=126169

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Starting today, Gmail’s migration tool for messages and contacts is being removed. This tool was primarily used by new Gmail account holders who wished to import mail and contacts from another email provider into their Gmail accounts. We are exploring new long-term solutions, but in the meantime users can still import mail and contacts to their Gmail accounts. Messages can be imported using Mail Fetcher and Contacts can be imported from CSV files.

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

For more information:
http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.com/2012/10/import-emails-and-contacts-from-other.html
https://support.google.com/mail/answer/164640
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?answer=1041297

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Dates and times within emails are now lightly underlined. You can click them to schedule events at those dates and times without ever leaving Gmail. When you click on one of these underlined dates, you will be able to preview your schedule for the day and change the title, date or time of the event. You can then add the event to your calendar by clicking on “Add to calendar”. In addition, the calendar event will include a link back to the original email so you always have context.

Note: This is only available to people who have their preferred language set to English.

Release track:
Rapid release

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

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2013/05/add-events-to-google-calendar-from-gmail.html

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Chat in Docs and Slides has a new look similar to what you’re used to in Gmail. You can now start a group chat with just one click. Simply select the new chat button at the top right and a chat box will appear, making it easy for you to quickly message everyone who is in the file. Additionally, if collaborators or viewers have an active Google+ profile, you will see their profile picture on top instead of just their name. This feature will be available in Sheets soon.

Note: Disabling chat in the Admin panel will disable it in Docs.

Release track:
Scheduled release

Release date:
May 7, 2013

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

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/bringing-people-together-in-drive.html

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Back in March we announced that Google Cloud Connect will be shut down on April 30th. After today, users will no longer be able to use this product and should install Google Drive on their computer. Google Drive for Windows/Mac achieves the same desktop editing and works across Windows, Mac, Android and iOS devices.



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

For More Information:
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?answer=3017040
http://deployment.googleapps.com/Home/user-resources/documentation-templates/launch-drive

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Chat in Docs and Slides has a new look similar to what you’re used to in Gmail. You can now start a group chat with just one click. Simply select the new chat button at the top right and a chat box will appear, making it easy for you to quickly message everyone who is in the file. Additionally, if collaborators or viewers have an active Google+ profile, you will see their profile picture on top instead of just their name. This feature will be available in Sheets soon.

Note: Disabling chat in the Admin panel will disable it in Docs.

Release track:
Rapid release

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

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/bringing-people-together-in-drive.html
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When companies use browsers that are two or more versions old, employees and developers are unable to benefit from the incredible web innovations of the past four, or even ten years. With Legacy Browser Support, users on Chrome are automatically switched to a legacy browser when they begin using an older app. Admins can simply define which sites should launch from Chrome into an alternate browser, and then set this Chrome policy for all employees.

Editions included:
Google Apps for Business, Education and Government

For more information:
http://www.google.com/chrome/lbs
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2013/04/new-chrome-features-bring-modern-web-to.html
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Admins now have the ability to customize 100+ Chrome policies for users right from the Google Admin panel. That means employees will be able to access pre-loaded applications, custom themes, or a private app web store from any computer -- whether it’s the company desktop or personal laptop -- when they sign-in to Chrome with their Google Apps account.

Editions included:
Google Apps for Business and Education

For more information:
http://www.google.com/chrome/work
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2013/04/new-chrome-features-bring-modern-web-to.html
http://support.google.com/chrome/a/bin/answer.py?answer=188446  
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We are introducing a redesigned compose experience in Gmail that saves you time, uses less screen space, and is simple to use. The new compose experience opens a window at the bottom of your inbox. You can compose multiple messages at once, search through your inbox and even reply to other messages all while keeping your new draft open.

NOTE: All users will be able to temporarily opt-out of this new experience.

Release track:
Scheduled release

Release Date:
April 16th, 2013

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

For more information:
http://learn.googleapps.com/new-gmail-compose
http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?answer=2645922
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/gmails-new-compose-now-default.html

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