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

Sites:
- Groups Discussion Forums can be inserted via the ‘insert’ menu.
- Drawings gadget: Drawings can be inserted as a gadget via the ‘insert’ menu when editing a page.

The following features are intended for release to these domains on Feb 7:

Calendar: The new look for Calendar becomes the permanent interface and users will have no ability to opt out or revert to the old interface. Resources for users here.

Sites: New interface when uploading images and attachments

Release track:
Scheduled*

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

For more information:
http://support.google.com/sites/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=153306
http://support.google.com/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1351806

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

Gmail: Search autocomplete available in all supported languages in Gmail

The following features are intended for release to these domains on Jan 31:
Sites:
- Groups Discussion Forums can be inserted via the ‘insert’ menu.
- Drawings gadget: Drawings can be inserted as a gadget via the ‘insert’ menu when editing a page.

Release track:
Scheduled*

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

For more information:
http://support.google.com/sites/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=153306

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

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Version 3.0 of the Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook® plugin is now available with the following improvements:

Outlook Tasks now synchronize with Google Apps

You can use Outlook Tasks to track and manage to-do lists in your Google Apps account. The following information in Outlook Tasks synchronizes with your Gmail Task gadget, and is available from other devices where you access your Google Apps account:
- Tasks, including due dates and reminders
- Task state (whether a task has been marked as completed)
- Top-level task folders sync as separate tasks lists in the Gmail Task gadget

Editions included:
Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Languages included:
All 26 languages supported by the plugin

How to access what's new:
Getting the latest release

For more information:
Release notes
Help Center
Using Outlook Tasks with Google Apps Sync

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

Contacts: The standalone Contacts service now has the same interface and features that are currently available in Contacts inside of Gmail.

Sites: Removal of some categories in Gadget Directory with ‘Featured’ becoming the default.

The following features are intended for release to these domains on Jan 24:

Gmail: Search autocomplete available in all supported languages.

Release track:
Scheduled*

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

For more information:
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/gmail-and-contacts-get-better-with.html

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Google Apps administrators can now access and configure improved email compliance footers, approved/blocked sender lists and file attachment policies for Gmail, directly from the control panel. Previously, Google Apps customers used Google Message Security, powered by Postini, to provide these capabilities. These settings can also be configured at the organizational unit level for fine grained policies.

Editions included:
Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Languages included:
All languages supported by the Next Generation and Current versions of the Control Panel: Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Czech, Danish, Filipino, Finnish, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Norwegian, Thai, Ukranian, Vietnamese

How to access what's new:
- Log in to the administrator control panel and access “Settings” then “Email”.
- From the Email settings page, click "Filters".
- In the Organizations section select the organization for which you want to add settings.
- To create a new setting, click the “Add Setting” button near the right edge of the window (the Add setting dialog box opens).
- Click the type of setting in the left navigation menu of the dialog box, for example, “Objectionable content” or “Content compliance”.

For more information:
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/01/adding-business-class-management.html
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1371170

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Log Analyzer, Message Header Analyzer and other Support tools now available to Google Apps administrators.

To diagnose issues pertaining to our migration tools, sync tools and email delivery, we’ve made the following tools available:

Log Analyzer: The Log Analyzer evaluates logs from a variety of our migration / sync tools and gives guidance on resolving most issues visible in the logs. Click one of the links below to visit the log analyzer for that tool:

Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook
Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Outlook
Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Exchange
Google Apps Connector for BlackBerry Enterprise Server
Google Apps Directory Sync

Message Header Analyzer: The Message Header Analyzer extracts delivery and route information (server hops, message delays) from message headers and outputs the results in a less technical format so that administrators can quickly identify where an issue might have arisen and which system is responsible.

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

Languages included:
US English only

For more information:
https://www.google.com/apps/support/tools/

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A number of improvements have been made to the latest version of the Gmail offline Chrome app:

- The ability to choose whether you want to synchronize 7, 14 or 31 days worth of mail.
- Improved attachments: All attachments are now downloaded and available for offline use.
- Keyboard shortcuts support: If you have keyboard shortcuts enabled in Gmail, your setting will transfer over to the Gmail offline app.
- Numerous performance enhancements: Messages and attachments now download at a faster rate and some bugs have been fixed.

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

For more information:
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/improvements-to-gmail-offline-chrome.html
Chrome Web Store

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Google Apps (free) administrators now have access to reporting functionality in the control panel. With this administrators can:

- View usage graphs of each service
- Audit actions taken in the control panel
- View various other reports

Editions included:
Google Apps

Languages included:
All languages supported by the Control Panel (Next Generation and Current Version)

How to access what's new:
Log in to the administrator control panel and select the ‘Reports’ tab to see the new reporting options.

For more information:
http://support.google.com/a/bin/topic.py?hl=en&topic=29163

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With Google Sync for iOS, the default setting when you delete email in your iOS Mail app is that Gmail will archive the message and not delete it.

A new option "Delete Email As Trash" is now available. When you Enable "Delete Email As Trash" for this device, pressing Delete in your iOS Mail app will delete that email from your device and send it to your Gmail Trash.

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

For more information:
http://support.google.com/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=138740
http://support.google.com/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=138740#delete

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

Gmail:
- The new look for Gmail has started to roll out as the default interface and continues to the end of the week. After that, the new look will become permanent within weeks. We strongly encourage administrators to use the one-time switch in the control panel to opt-in all your users, and control the timing of when they see the new look at a domain level.
- New option in “Settings” for treating "send mail as" addresses as aliases.
- Circles in Gmail: Label mail in your inbox by Circles from Google+
- Share image attachments to Google+: If you receive an image as an attachment, you can share it to Google+ directly from your inbox.

The following features are intended for release to these domains on Jan 17:

Contacts: The standalone Contacts service will have the same interface and features that are currently available in Contacts inside of Gmail.

Sites: Removal of some categories in the Gadget Directory with ‘Featured’ becoming the default category.

Release track:
Scheduled*

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

For more information:
http://whatsnew.googleapps.com/new-look/
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/gmail-and-contacts-get-better-with.html
Send mail as: https://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1710338

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

- No new features

The following features are intended for release to these domains on Jan 10:

Gmail:
- The new look for Gmail starts to roll out as the default interface on Tuesday, Jan 10 and continues to the end of the week. After that, the new look will become permanent within weeks. We strongly encourage administrators to use the one-time switch in the control panel to opt-in all your users, and control the timing of when they see the new look.
- New option in “Settings” for treating "send mail as" addresses as aliases.
- Circles in Gmail: Label mail in your inbox by Circles from Google+
- Share image attachments to Google+: If you receive an image as an attachment, you can share it to Google+ directly from your inbox.

Contacts: The standalone Contacts service will have the same interface and features that are currently available in Contacts inside of Gmail.

Release track:
Scheduled*

Editions included:
Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education

For more information:
http://whatsnew.googleapps.com/new-look/
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/gmail-and-contacts-get-better-with.html
Send mail as: https://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1710338

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