We’re introducing a tool that makes it fast and easy to move a site created in classic Sites to the new Google Sites interface. This will be available to admins from May 22nd, and will start to become available to end users who own eligible sites on June 19th.

The new Google Sites makes it easy for anyone to create functional and attractive sites. However, our users told us that it was time-consuming to manually move sites they had previously created in classic Sites into new Sites. This is why we developed this simple site conversion tool.

Classic site owners can use the tool to automatically create a draft of their site in the new Google Sites. This new draft site will have the updated look and feel of new Sites, and contain the content from the classic site. Starting the process will not affect the original site, so owners can review and edit the draft in the new Google Sites interface. When the new site is ready to go live, it can either be published to the URL of the classic site (to replace the original site and automatically redirect viewers), or published to a new URL.

The tool will currently work on some but not all sites. To see if the tool will work on a site, the site owner should open the classic site at sites.google.com and look for:

• A banner at the top that says “New: Convert to new Sites,” or 
• A link in the left sidebar at Settings > Manage Site > Convert to new Sites. 

If the banner and link are not available, the site is not eligible for conversion with the tool yet. This can be for several reasons, but is usually because it uses some features the conversion tool does not support yet. We’re working to make the tool work on more sites. When the site becomes eligible, the banner and link described above will appear.

The admin preview of the tool will roll out to admins in all domains within seven days. Use our Help Center to find out more about how to convert a classic site to a new site and what to expect when you convert a site.

Note: If new Sites is disabled for a domain, users will not see the banner and will not have access to the tool.


This admin preview period can help you to evaluate how you want to use the new Google Sites in your organization, and support your change management efforts with your users.

Launch Details
Release track:

• Admin preview launching to both Rapid Release and Scheduled Release. 
• End user launch to Rapid Release will start on June 19. We’ll release a post with more details when this starts. 

Editions:
Available to all G Suite editions

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

Impact:
Admins only during admin preview. End users when launch starts on June 19.

Action: 
Admin action suggested/FYI

More Information 
G Suite Updates blog post (May 2017): An update on the classic Google Sites deprecation timeline
G Suite Updates blog post (Nov 2016): A totally rebuilt Google Sites—now available to everyone


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When changes are made within Google Calendar, it’s important that the available audit logs in the Admin console have the information you need to understand what happened. We have made it easier to do that for changes originating from a third-party system (such as Microsoft Exchange or IBM Notes). In these instances, the third-party system sends the user an email with an attached ICS file.

To help you better investigate situations like these, we’ve added new information to the audit logs, including:

• The address of the email sender
• The ID of the message that you can use in Gmail audit logs for further investigation
• The third-party system that sent the message (for example, "Microsoft Exchange Server 2013"), and
• The email recipient.

To see all third-party-originated changes, filter activities by selecting “Gmail ICS Parser” in the API Kind field.

Below is an example of an audit log for an event invitation from Microsoft Exchange user john@exchange.altostrat.com sent to Google Calendar user jane@altostrat.com:

• Activity Name: Event created
• Activity Description: john@exchange.altostrat.com created a new event Weekly Team Meeting
• User: john@exchange.altostrat.com
• Calendar Id: jane@altostrat.com
• Event Title: Weekly Team Meeting
• Event Id: _60q30c1g60o30e1i60o4ac1g60rj8gpl88rj2c1h84s34h9...
• API Kind: Gmail ICS Parser
• User Agent: Microsoft Exchange Server 2013
• Recipient Email: jane@altostrat.com
• Message Id: < 001a11474d047be4c80553f59b74 altostrat.com="">
• Date: May 22 7:53 AM

With this information, you’ll be able to investigate the change yourself, without having to rely on G Suite Support looking into it for you.

View these reports in the Admin console under Reports > Calendar.

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

More Information
Help Center: Calendar audit log

G Suite admins can use Google Mobile Management to give their users secure access to work apps and data on their mobile devices. One way admins guarantee this security is by mandating that managed devices are protected with a password, and that that password meets certain requirements (e.g. number of characters, password strength, etc.).

Many employees use their phones for both work and personal purposes, so we make it possible to separate the two on most Android devices by setting up work profiles. With this launch, admins will be able to mandate a password policy on just the apps within these work profiles, protecting corporate data while leaving users free to safeguard their personal apps however they see fit.


How it works
In the Admin console (under Device management > Password Settings), an admin can require their users to set a password on any managed device and specify certain requirements for that password. This password policy will apply to all managed devices in that admin’s domain.


If an admin wants to apply that password policy to work profiles only, they can navigate to Device management > Android Settings > Work Profile in the Admin console and check the box next to “Apply password settings only for the Work Profile.” This will apply the password policy to work profiles only on devices running Android 7.0 or higher. On all other managed devices in the domain, the password policy will be applied to the entire device.

For more information, visit the Help Center.

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

Editions:
Available to all G Suite editions

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

Impact:
Admins and end users

Action:
Admin action suggested/FYI

More Information
Help Center: Apply settings for Android mobile devices


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As part of our ongoing effort to make our products more accessible, we’re expanding support for Sheets on Windows computers via the latest versions of the JAWS and NVDA screen readers.

Earlier this year we launched Braille support in Google Sheets, and recently announced expanded support for Windows computers. Users with a Braille display will be able to read and edit cell contents, as well as navigate between cells in a sheet. This expanded Braille support will roll out to all users over the next two weeks. With these updates, Braille support on Sheets will be available on the following platforms: 

Chrome OS 
On Chrome OS, you can use ChromeVox with Chrome.

Windows 
On Windows, you can use JAWS or NVDA with Chrome, Firefox, or Internet Explorer. Please upgrade to a recent version of JAWS 2018 (2018.1803.24 or newer) or NVDA (NVDA 2018.1 or newer).

Mac 
On Mac, you can use VoiceOver with Safari or Chrome, on Mac OS X Yosemite.


Note: This will only work with recent versions of these browsers and screen readers. To use the feature, make sure your screen reader software is up to date.

For more details on Braille support in Sheets, including detailed software requirements, see our Help Center article on how to use a Braille display to read and enter text.

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

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: Accessibility for Docs Editors
Help Center: Use a Braille display to read and enter text 


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As we continue to add new features to the overall Jamboard experience, the latest Jamboard release helps people more clearly and effectively get their message out.

White color brushesUsers can now draw brush strokes, use handwriting/shape recognition, and autodraw tools in an all new white color.

Bluetooth conferencing devices compatibilityUsers can now connect and use Bluetooth Conferencing (speaker and microphone combined) devices to the Jamboard. A full list of supported devices can be found in the Help Center.

For a full list of new features and improvements from this month’s release, check out the What’s New in Jamboard page in the Help Center.

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

Impact:
All end users

Action:
Change management suggested/FYI

More Information
Help Center
Help Center: What’s supported with Jamboard?

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Admin Quarantine helps your organization prevent spam, minimize data loss, and protect confidential information. G Suite admins can set up and manage quarantine policies to divert emails that pose a risk before they’re sent or delivered. They can then review those emails and take appropriate action to protect their organization and its data.

In response to your feedback, we’re making it easier to see why emails have been quarantined directly in the Admin Quarantine interface. This information will make it quicker to review emails and easier to identify the right action. Admins will be able to see:

• The specific rule that was triggered to cause the email to enter Admin Quarantine 
• The matched content (when applicable). 

Users with the “Access Admin Quarantine” or “Access restricted quarantines" admin privileges will have access to this new information in the Admin Quarantine.

For more information, please visit the Help Center.

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

More Information 
Help Center: Set up and manage email quarantines


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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.

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

Building on other recent launches (February 27th, March 12th, March 29th), we’re adding SAML integration for 12 additional applications:

• Black Duck 
• Brightcove
• Chartio
• Duo
• Hootsuite
• Jenkins
• Jostle
• Mango Apps 
• SumTotal 
• TextMagic 
• Veracode 
• Zinc 

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 

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

Impact: 
Admins only

Action: 
Admin action suggested/FYI

More Information
Help Center: Using SAML to set up federated SSO 


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When your inbox is flooded with emails, some will inevitably slip through the cracks. Luckily, the new Gmail can help. It will now “nudge” users to reply to emails they may have missed and to follow up on emails for which they haven’t received a response.

Nudging is on by default for users with the new Gmail enabled, but they can turn it off from their Gmail settings menu if they choose.


We hope this AI-powered feature helps you stay on top of your email and prioritize your work.

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

Editions:
Available to all G Suite editions with the new Gmail enabled

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

Impact:
All end users

Action:
Change management suggested/FYI

More Information
Help Center: What's new in Gmail
Help Center: Reply to Gmail messages


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Today, we’re introducing data export, a new feature to make it even easier to export and download a copy of your data securely from our G Suite services.

To initiate the process, in the Admin console, navigate to the Tools section of the right-side slideout menu and select “Data Export.”



Data from G Suite core services (for example, Gmail, Google Contacts, and Google Docs) will be exported for all users in your organization. Once your export is complete, you’ll receive a confirmation email with a link to your archived data in Google Cloud Storage. For security purposes, the archived data will only be available to super admins of your domain. From there, your organization will be able to download your data in several formats.

Because your security comes first in everything we do, our data export feature enforces strict security controls:

• It can only be initiated by super admins who’ve been created more than 30 days prior to the request.
• Admins must be authenticated using 2-step verification (2SV).
• When a data export is initiated, other admins of the domain will be notified immediately. The export event will also be logged in the admin audit logs.

Additionally, to further reduce risk, data export will be turned off by default for domains with more than 1,000 users. Admins in these domains will need to contact Google Cloud support to temporarily enable this feature.

You can find the link to your archive at any time in the Data Export tool by clicking “Access archive.” The data will be available in Google Cloud Storage for 30 days before it’s permanently deleted.

Admins can also enable end users to download their own individual data via the existing “Download your data” tool.

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

More Information
Help Center: Export your organization’s data

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