Version 3.1 of Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook® is rolling out over the next 2-3 weeks with the following new features:
- New registry key for hiding the Synchronization Status dialog for new users
- Disabled services are now indicated in the Synchronization Status
- “Error reported” fix

Editions included:

Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Languages included:

US English Only

How to access what’s new:

1. Update Google Apps Sync
- If you installed Google App Sync: Updates are checked for and downloaded to your computer automatically.
- If your administrator installed Google Apps Sync: Updates are downloaded to your computer automatically, if your administrator enables automatic updates.

You can also download the latest version at any time from the Google Apps Sync download page.

2. For the update to go into effect:
If you have Windows XP: Restart your computer.
If you have Windows Vista: Restart Microsoft Outlook®.

For more information:

http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=153463

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gappssync

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The following features are now available to domains following the Scheduled Release track:
- No new features to announce

The following features are intended for release to these domains on or around May 15th:
- Sites: Keyboard shortcuts in Sites editor.
- Docs: New version of Google Documents rolling out on May 16th.
- Drive: On 5/14 we will start the rollout of the “opt-in” phase of Google Drive to scheduled track domains. The “opt-in” phase consists of the following:

• Users can visit drive.google.com where they can opt-in to Drive.
• As part of opting in, they will be shown an interstitial which includes this video.
• If an opted in user visits docs.google.com, the user will be redirected to drive.google.com.
• The “Documents” navigation item will change to “Drive.”

The rollout will start on 5/14 and take 1-2 weeks. Once Drive is fully rolled out to a domain, new users in the domain will be Drive users. Even once a user has opted into Drive, they can revert to the Docs look via a setting in the Drive user-interface (although they will remain on drive.google.com).

Domains can disable both the Drive for Mac/Windows and use of the SDK via the Drive / Docs settings page settings in the Google Apps control panel. Note this is not a forced migration, simply an opportunity for schedule track users to try the product.

Release track:

Scheduled*

Editions included:

Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

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

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We completely redesigned Google Groups from the ground up to offer a new and improved user interface, collaborative inbox, take and assign topic functionality, multi-domain support, advanced search operators, new ways of viewing group content, and much more.

Release track:

Rapid

Editions included:

Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Languages included:

All supported languages

How to access what’s new:

Beginning May 15, Rapid Release users who navigate to the Google Groups page will see a horizontal blue bar toward the top of the groups page saying, “The old Google Groups will be going away soon. Switch to the new Google Groups.”

Scheduled Release users who navigate to the Google Groups page will simply see a notification that Groups will be changing soon.

*Google Apps domains on the Scheduled Release track will see the old Google Groups but will also see a notification informing users that the old groups will soon be going away.

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Version 4.06 of Google Apps Device Policy is now available for your Android users with the following improvements:

- Multiple Account support: Google Apps Device Policy app allows users to register with multiple Google Apps domains.

- New supported settings for Android in the Google Apps control panel Settings > Mobile > Org Settings:

NOTE: If a Google Apps domain is enforcing policies that are not supported by a user’s Android device, the affected users will be blocked from accessing their accounts. Learn more about enforcing device policies.

Editions included:

Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Languages included:

All languages supported

How to access what’s new:

Download Device Policy on Google Play

For more information:

Device Policy Administration

Device Policy Overview for Users

Mobile Management: Org Settings

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Starting Wednesday, May 16th, we will begin the process of migrating legacy Google documents (those created before July 2010) to the new document editor. The new editor has the following features:

- Real time collaboration: See updates from other collaborators as they edit the document.
- Higher-quality imports: More consistent imports from your desktop into Google Docs.
- Ruler: Google documents have a ruler for setting margins, indentations, and tab stops.
- Chat with other collaborators: As you make your edits, you can chat with other document editors about the changes, from within the document.

Release track:

Rapid & Scheduled

Editions included:

Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Languages included:

All languages supported

For more information:

https://support.google.com/docs/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=176442

http://support.google.com/docs/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2398701

http://support.google.com/docs/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=183813

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Gmail now has the following new features:
- Automatic language translation
- The text in the browser tab now reads “Inbox (20) – u...@example.com – Gmail” instead of “Gmail – Inbox (20) – u...@example.com.”
- A change to the way “Mute” works

Please see the blog URL below to read which labs have been retired.

Release track:

Rapid

Editions included:

Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Languages included:

All supported languages

For more information:

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/say-hello-or-ola-or-halo-or-salam-to.html
http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=47787

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The following features are now available to domains following the Scheduled Release track:

- Gmail: Compact conversation view becomes more compact
- Gmail: New Google Plus people widget

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

Release track:

Scheduled*

Editions included:

Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

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

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Beginning Monday, April 30th, a new Control Panel Dashboard user interface will start to roll out over the next 2-3 weeks.

The new design simplifies the Dashboard layout and brings commonly used actions and setup tasks to the main page.

Google Apps for Education and Government customers will receive this update around late-May to early-June 2012.

Release track:

Rapid & Scheduled

Editions included:

Google Apps and Google Apps for Business

Languages included:

US English only (Next Generation release only)

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