Enhancements to the SMTP relay service

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We are launching several enhancements to the SMTP relay service. Admins will benefit from the following five key features:

  • Multiple authentication configurations: Admins can now configure multiple sets of authentication rules. For instance, you can specify that messages sent from one IP address are always allowed, messages from another IP address are only allowed if encrypted with TLS, and messages from another IP address range require SMTP AUTH.
  • SMTP AUTH: This newly supported authentication method uses Google “application-specific passwords” to allow admins to configure clients to authenticate to the relay service. This feature is available for registered Google Apps users only.
  • IP range description field: To manage IP addresses more efficiently, admins can enter descriptions in text fields for each IP address or range that you use to set authentication rules.
  • Selective enable/disable of IP ranges: Admins can selectively enable/disable IP ranges approved for relay as needed
  • Increased rate-limits for certain customers: In special circumstances, admins may increase the rate limits of 2,000 emails/user/day and 2,000 recipients/user/day by calling customer support. Requests need justification and are reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

 

Release track: Rapid release and Scheduled release

 

For more information: https://support.google.com/a/answer/2956491

 

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Better spam management with Message Center

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Building on the quarantine summary feature launched earlier this year, we are launching Message Center. Message Center is a web-based spam management system designed for Google Apps customers who relay some or all of their email traffic to on-premise SMTP servers. It provides the following features

  • Ability to view and search 30 days of clean/spam mail
  • Ability to mark single or multiple messages as spam or not spam
  • Delivery of messages that are not spam to the on-premise mailbox
  • Addition and removal of contacts for whitelisting purposes
  • Bookmark-able URLs for searches and individual messages

Release track:

Rapid release and Scheduled release

 

For more information:

https://support.google.com/a/answer/3028953

https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/6011636

 

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Exclude email drafts from Google Vault search with one click

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Admins can now more easily exclude email drafts from searches in Google Vault. Simply check the Exclude drafts checkbox in the search panel to exclude draft emails from your search.

 

Release Track:

Rapid release and Scheduled release

 

For more information:

https://support.google.com/vault/answer/2462480

https://support.google.com/vault/answer/4388708

 

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Move documents, spreadsheets, and presentations to trash from their own File menu

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Owners of a document, spreadsheet or presentation will now be able to move it to the trash from within its own File menu, rather than needing to do so from the Drive home page. Editors and viewers will see the ‘Move to trash’ option in the File menu, but it will be inactive and greyed out.

 

Release Track:

Rapid release and Scheduled release

 

Reference by : http://www.google.com/

Enhancements to the "Open with" menu when previewing Gmail attachments

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When previewing Gmail attachments in Chrome, certain Chrome extensions can now be queried to determine if they are enabled for Drive. If they are, they will be included in the list of apps available as choices in the “Open with” menu in the attachment viewer.

 

Release Track:

Rapid release, with Scheduled release coming in two weeks

 

Reference by : http://www.google.com/

Additional audit-logging for Marketplace apps usage

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In an effort to maximize visibility for domain admins, we recently started logging admin actions related to Google Apps Marketplace (GAM) apps in Admin console. Admins can now view logs for whenever they install/uninstall a GAM app and when they grant/revoke data grants for an app. Admins can view this data in the Reporting section of Admin console.

 

Release Track:

Rapid release and Scheduled release

 

For more information:

https://plus.sandbox.google.com/u/0/110958109415435620761/posts/gB7nQda6n2E

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Enabling Google+ Premium Features for Everyone

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Starting today, Google+ Premium Features will be enabled for any new customers that enable the Google+ service moving forward. In the next few weeks, we will be enabling Premium Features for existing customers as well. This change will give Google Apps admins access to a number of great business-specific features, making it even easier for your users to share and collaborate with each other, while ensuring that confidential information stays inside your organization.

 

Release schedule:

Rapid release and Scheduled release

 

For more information:

http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-best-of-google-for-our-apps.html

https://support.google.com/a/answer/2677443

 

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An update on identity verification and login challenges

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Back in May, we communicated the upcoming launch of login challenges–a new feature aimed at keeping domain accounts safe from hijackers, even if they have attained a user’s username and password.

The login challenges feature was rolled out slowly over the past few weeks, and impacted a large number of domains this week. The initial intent was not to expose this feature to users with 2-Step Verification enabled and domains using SSO. While the challenge feature is not enabled for domains using SSO, many users in these domains did see a prompt to enter their phone number as a means of verifying their identity in the future.

This understandably caused confusion and led to escalations to admins. Upon hearing of this confusion, the launch of the interstitial prompt was temporarily rolled back for all domains until SSO domains can be fully excluded, at which point it will be relaunched. We are passionate about keeping our users’ information safe and secure, so we do plan to enable login challenges for domains using SSO later this year.

Furthermore, enabling 2-Step Verification provides the highest level of protection for users, so we encourage domains to take advantage of this offering to protect their data.

 

For more information:

https://support.google.com/a/answer/6002699

 

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Enhanced integration between Google Sites and other products

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Today we launched several features aimed at improving integration between Google Sites and other products. When sharing on social media sites, Google Sites now will showcase images in posts. You’ll see this change when you share Sites links on Google+ and other sites. Google Analytics support on Sites has been improved to support Universal analytics. Finally, Sites can now embed Google Maps Engine Lite, so custom maps you have created can be shared side-by-side with your content.

 

Release Track:

Rapid release, with Scheduled release coming later in June

 

For more information:

Sharing on social media sites

Configure Google Analytics for Google Sites

Insert Google Maps

 

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Improved accessibility, editing and ease of use in Google Sites

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Several accessibility improvements have been made to Google Sites, ranging from new keyboard shortcuts for editors (like Alt+Shift+F for opening the editor toolbar) to better viewing experiences for readers. Editors can now also set image width to 100% of the screen width and easily customize the font, color, and size of lower-level headers (H2, H3, and H4 tags).*

 

Release Track:

Rapid release, with Scheduled release coming later in June [*customization of lower-level headers was previously launched to Rapid only and is now launching to Scheduled]

 

For more information:

Keyboard shortcuts listing

 

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