Richer profile information with extended user attributes in Admin console

When adding users to a domain in the Admin console, admins will now have the option to add and manage contact information on user profiles like secondary email address, as well as phone and address information. Admins will also be able to add employee details like Employee ID, Employee Type, Title, Manager, Department and Cost Center. The data entered is visible on user profiles in the Admin console and in Gmail contacts.

 

Release track:

Rapid release and Scheduled release

 

For more information:

https://support.google.com/a/answer/179832
https://support.google.com/a/answer/33310

Reference by : www.google.com

Search delegated contacts

Contacts delegation allows enterprise users to delegate full access to the contacts in their “My Contacts” group without granting access to their mail or anything else in their accounts. This is a common delegation practice between some executive users and their assistants and may be used in any situation where a user wishes to share all of his or her contacts with another user.

To save users time when locating specific delegated contacts, we’ve now added search functionality. Delegates can search delegator contacts by selecting the delegator contact group in the navigation pane, and then searching.

Note that delegator contacts will not show up in the autocomplete drop down, or in searches when the delegator group is not selected.

 

Release track:

Rapid release and Scheduled release

 

For more information:

https://support.google.com/a/answer/2590392?hl=en

Reference by : www.google.com

Transfer ownership of Drive files before deleting a user

To help prevent the accidental deletion of Drive files when deleting a user, admins will now be prompted to optionally transfer ownership of any files owned by the user. Admins can choose to transfer all files the user owns or only shared files they own. If the user is deleted without transferring the user’s Drive files, Google deletes the files the user owned within five days.

Release track:
Rapid release and Scheduled release (Note: this feature will be rolled out gradually)

For more information:
https://support.google.com/a/answer/33314

Reference by : www.google.com

Launch Hangouts in Chrome without a plugin

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Over the next week, users will be able to launch Hangouts in Chrome without having to download and install a plugin. This will simplify initial setup and maintenance. Users of other browsers will still need to use the plugin.

Release track:

Rapid release and Scheduled release

For more information:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/103171586947853434456/posts/39TCW3PcLye

Reference by : www.google.com

Increased accessibility with Braille display support for Google Docs, Slides and Drawings

Increased accessibility with Braille display support for Google Docs, Slides and Drawings

If you use a Braille display, you can now enable Braille support in Google Docs, Slides and Drawings to read and enter text. This option is currently available for Google Chrome and Internet Explorer.

 

Release track:

Rapid release and Scheduled release

Reference by : www.google.com

Google Drive Update to Protect Shared Links

We recently received a report via our Vulnerability Reward Program of a security issue affecting a small subset of file types in Google Drive and have since made an update to address it. Please refer to the post on the Google Online Security blog for details.

Reference by : www.google.com

Calendar GData API / Google Calendar Connectors Deprecation

Back in November 2011, we announced the deprecation of the Calendar GData API (v1, v2) when theAPIv3 was made available. We’ll now be shutting down these older versions on November 17, 2014.

Any service dependent on the Calendar GData API (v1, v2), such as the Google Calendar Connectors (GCC), will no longer work as intended. GCC users should update to use Calendar Interop or their own custom built connectors that sync with v3 of the API.

 

Reference by : www.google.com