Some sites aren’t for everyone.

That’s why we’re making it possible to specify exactly who can view your content in the new Google Sites.

To publish your site to a specific audience, select the “Share with others” icon and change the Published settings to “Specific people can view when published.” Next, add the individuals you want in the “Invite people” box and select “Can view published.”



This feature is available now on the web; it will roll out in the Google Drive Android and iOS apps over the coming weeks. For more info on publishing in the new Google Sites, visit the Help Center.

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Release track:
Launching to Rapid Release, with Scheduled Release coming on February 26th, 2018

Editions:
Available to all G Suite editions

Rollout pace:
Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility)

Impact:
All end users

Action:
Change management suggested/FYI

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Help Center: Publish & share your site


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With Single-Sign-On (SSO), users can access all of their enterprise cloud applications—including the Admin console for admins—after signing in just one time. Google supports the two most popular enterprise SSO standards, OpenID Connect and SAML, and there are more than 800 applications with pre-integrated SSO support in our third-party apps catalog already.

We’re now adding SAML integration for 22 additional applications: 7geese, Accellion, Bime, Bugsnag, Canvas LMS, Honey, Humanity, Jitbit, Kintone, Knowbe4, Kudos, Looker, Meraki, Mingle, RemedyForce, Replicon, Rollbar, Signal FX, StatusPage, Weekdone, Wrike, and Zoho CRM. 

You can find our full list of pre-integrated applications, as well as instructions for installing them, in the Help Center.

Note that apart from the pre-integrated SAML applications, G Suite also supports installing “Custom SAML Applications,” which means that admins can install any third-party application that supports SAML. The advantage of a pre-integrated app is that the installation is much easier. You can learn more about installing Custom SAML Applications in this Help Center article.

Launch Details
Release track:
Launching to both Rapid release and Scheduled release

Editions:
Available to all G Suite editions and Cloud Identity customers

Rollout pace:
Gradual rollout (potentially longer than 3 days for feature visibility)

Impact:
Admins only Action: Admin action suggested/FYI

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Help Center: Using SAML to set up federated SSO

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As a G Suite administrator, one of your most important jobs is to keep your organization’s data from falling into the wrong hands. Gmail Data Loss Prevention (DLP) helps you do just that, by allowing you to scan and systematically take action on your users’ inbound and outbound email traffic. With this launch, we’re improving that capability, specifically in the area of attachment compliance.

Previously, when you specified a custom* file type to search for in Gmail attachments, we only scanned the message’s MIME header for the attachment’s filename extension. This meant that if a sender renamed their attachment’s extension, it might not be flagged. Now, if you check the “Also match files based on file format (supported types)” box, we’ll also scan the contents of the attachment to determine its file type (provide it’s one of several supported types).


This will improve attachment compliance and further prevent data loss in your organization. To learn more about setting up rules for attachment compliance, check out the Help Center.

*Note that this launch only applies to searches for custom file types; we already scan the content of an attachment to detect other file types (like Office documents, videos, and images).

Launch Details
Release track:
Launching to both Rapid Release and Scheduled Release

Editions:
Available to all G Suite editions

Rollout pace:
Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility)

Impact:
Admins only

Action:
Admin action suggested/FYI

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Help Center: Set up rules for attachment compliance


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Last year, we introduced a new resource for admins: What’s new in G Suite? Don’t forget to visit the page regularly for a list of the most recent launches across G Suite.

Feedback? Let us know.

Last year, we introduced Jamboard, a collaborative digital whiteboard device with accompanying mobile and web applications, designed to take creativity and collaboration to the next level.

Under the hood, the Jamboard service allows G Suite admins to manage their Jamboard devices, and enables G Suite users to interact with jam content on their phone, tablet, or on the web. Jamboard combines the same collaborative benefits of real-time co-editing as other G Suite applications like Google Docs with a blank canvas that allows ideas and projects to come to life. We’re excited to announce that starting today, the Jamboard service will become a core G Suite service.

What this means:

1. The Jamboard service is now covered under your existing G Suite agreement and offers the same technical support and service level commitments as any other core service.
2. The Jamboard service will be removed from the list of Additional Google Services and added to the list of core G Suite services in your Admin console.

Note that the Jamboard service is launching default ON, but will respect your setting for opting in to new services.

To learn more about how a Jamboard device (currently available in the US, UK, and Canada, with more countries coming soon) can pair with the Jamboard service for the best possible team collaboration and creativity experience, visit the Jamboard website.

Launch Details
Release track:
Launching to both Rapid Release and Scheduled Release

Editions:
Available to all G Suite Basic, Business, Enterprise, and Education customers

Rollout pace:
Full rollout (1-3 days for feature visibility)

Impact:
All end users

Action:
Change management suggested/FYI

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Help Center
FAQs

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As a G Suite admin, you can use Google Mobile Management to manage, secure, and monitor mobile devices in your organization. Additionally, if you provide your employees with devices, you can apply policies that regulate app installation, network settings, security options, and more.

If you have Advanced management enabled, you can set up Android devices* your company owns in one of two ways. (1) You can add devices in the Admin console, automatically assigning their ownership to your organization, or (2) you can allow individual users to assign ownership of their devices to your organization when they set them up. If you choose the second option, those users will see changes to their setup flow starting on February 12th, 2018. (*These devices must be running Android 6.0 or higher.)

Currently, when a user with a brand new Android device (or one that’s recently been factory reset) adds their G Suite account to that device before adding their personal account, they have to check a box to assign device ownership to their organization. (If they add their personal account first, then they’re prompted to set up a work profile when they add their G Suite account later on.) We’ve learned that some users skip checking the box to assign device ownership, even if their phone is company-owned, resulting in a fragmented management experience.

To encourage more users to make the correct selection, we’re changing the language and option on this screen. Starting on February 12th, 2018, users will be asked if they own the device they’re setting up. Unless they explicitly state that they own the device personally, ownership will be auto-assigned to your organization. Again, this will only occur when a user adds their G Suite account to a device before adding their personal account.

We hope this will result in fewer company-owned devices that are incorrectly set up and an improved mobile management experience.

Launch Details
Release track:
Launching to both Rapid Release and Scheduled Release on February 12th, 2018

Editions:
Available to all editions except G Suite for Education

Rollout pace:
Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility)

Impact:
All end users

Action:
Change management suggested/FYI

More Information
Help Center: Get started with Google Mobile Management
Help Center: Set up Android devices your company owns


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When we launched Drive File Stream last year, we announced that the Drive desktop sync client for Mac and PC—a feature officially known as “Google Drive for Mac/PC”—would shut down completely on March 12th, 2018. In response to your feedback, we’re delaying that shutdown date to May 12th, 2018.

We encourage enterprise organizations still using Drive for Mac/PC to transition to Drive File Stream. For non-G Suite users, we recommend Backup and Sync. For more information on choosing the right sync solution for your users, check out this Help Center guide.

To help with the transition, on January 30th we’ll start showing pop-up notifications to G Suite accounts still using Drive for Mac/PC. These notifications will include instructions on how to install Drive File Stream. They’ll only be shown if your domain both allows Drive File Stream and shows Drive File Stream download links in the Drive interface.

IMPORTANT: This shutdown has no impact on other Google Drive services.

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Hangouts Meet helps you connect with your team from anywhere with easy-to-join video calls. We’re introducing new features to help you and your teams maximize how they collaborate.

Hangouts Meet metrics added to G Suite Reports API

To help you better understand Hangouts Meet usage within your domain, we’re introducing more than 50 new metrics in the Reports API Customer Usage report. These new metrics provide details on the duration, size, and device-specific characteristics of the Meet calls across your organization.

This will give you insights on how to improve your organization’s collaboration and productivity with Meet. You can learn more about the new metrics and how you can use them here.

All Hangouts-related metrics that were previously provided under the Google+ metrics group have been migrated to a newly introduced metrics group called Meet. You can learn more about the migration to the new Meet metrics here.

Hangouts Meet supported on tablets

You can now use Hangouts Meet on your Android and iOS tablets. This will help your team members join meetings from any of their devices.



Launch Details
Release track:
Launching to both Rapid Release and Scheduled Release

Editions:
Available to all G Suite editions

Rollout pace:
Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility)

Impact:
New metrics in Reports API: Admins only
Tablet support: All end users

Action:
Admin action suggested/FYI

More Information
Reports API: Customer Usage Metrics
Reports API: Customer Usage – Google Hangouts Meet Metrics
Reports API: Customer Usage - Google Hangouts Meet Metrics Migration Guide
Help Center: Download the Meet mobile app

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Based on usage data and your feedback, we’re making some changes to the menus and toolbars in Google Docs and Slides on the web. These are similar to some previous changes we made and will make it easier to find certain items. Among other things, these changes include:

To add a line or page break in Docs:

• Before: Insert > Page break or Column break
• After: Insert > Break > Page break or Column break
• See Help Center for more details: Add, edit, or remove a link, bookmark, or page break.

To add Alt text to a shape in Docs or Slides:

• Before: Select shape > Format > Alt text. This option will be removed from the menu.
• After: Right click on shape > Alt text. This is the new way to add alt text to a shape.
• See Help Center for more details: Make your document or presentation accessible.

To change a shape in Slides:

• Before: Select shape > Format > Change shape. This option will be removed from the menu.
• After: Right click on shape > Change shape. This is the new way to change a shape.

The HTML view in Slides is being removed from the menu.

• Before: View > HTML
• After: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P
• See Help Center for more details: Make your document or presentation accessible.

These changes will only affect the visual menu. All options will still be available via keyboard shortcuts and the search box in the Help menu.

Launch Details
Release track:
Launching to Rapid Release, with Scheduled Release coming in two weeks

Editions:
Available to all G Suite editions

Rollout pace:
Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility)

Impact:
All end users

Action:
Change management suggested/FYI

More Information
Help Center: Add, edit, or remove a link, bookmark, or page break
Help Center: Make your document or presentation accessible
Help Center: Keyboard shortcuts for Google Docs
G Suite Updates Blog: Improving the menus and toolbars in Google Docs and Slides


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(Cross-posted from The Keyword)

Reena Nadkarni, Group Product Manager, G Suite
Chad Tyler, Product Manager, Security Center




We want to make it easy for you to manage your organization’s data security. A big part of this is making sure you and your admins can access a bird’s eye view of your security—and, more importantly, that you can take action based on timely insights.

Today, we’re introducing the security center for G Suite, a tool that brings together security analytics, actionable insights and best practice recommendations from Google to empower you to protect your organization, data and users.

With the security center, key executives and admins can do things like:

1. See a snapshot of important security metrics in one place. Get insights into suspicious device activity, visibility into how spam and malware are targeting users within your organization and metrics to demonstrate security effectiveness—all in a unified dashboard.

2. Stay ahead of potential threats. Admins can now examine security analytics to flag threats. For example, your team can have visibility into which users are being targeted by phishing so that you can head off potential attacks, or when Google Drive files trigger DLP rules, you have a heads up to avoid risking data exfiltration.


3. Reduce risk by adopting security health recommendations. Security health analyzes your existing security posture and gives you customized advice to secure your users and data. These recommendations cover issues ranging from how your data is stored, to how your files are shared, as well as recommendations on mobility and communications settings.


Get started

More than 3.5 million organizations rely on G Suite to collaborate securely. If you’re a G Suite Enterprise customer, you’ll be able to access the security center within the Admin console automatically in the next few days. These instructions can help admins get started and here are some security best practices to keep in mind.

If you’re new to G Suite, learn more about about how you can collaborate, store and communicate securely.


Launch Details
Release track:
Launching to both Rapid Release and Scheduled Release

Editions:
Available to G Suite Enterprise edition only

Rollout pace:
Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility)

Impact:
Admins only

Action:
Admin action suggested/FYI

More Information
Help Center: Sign in to the security center
Help Center: Get started with the security health page
Help Center: Use settings to improve security

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