Google Workspace updates from October 2025
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2025-10-29Other
Enhanced Admin audit log events with improved schema and event modeling for better clarity and detail.
Google is updating the schema and event modeling for several Admin audit log events, particularly those related to account security, Gmail, and Drive settings, as well as other admin-defined setting audit logs. These enhancements are designed to make the logs more comprehensible, detailed, and accurate. The changes include modifications to event names, event types, and the overall volume of the affected log events. While some legacy events may become redundant, both new and old events will remain available during the transition period to allow administrators to adjust their existing queries, alerts, and reports. This update significantly improves the depth of analysis possible for cybersecurity incident investigation and data usage understanding.
Release: Both • Rapid: 2025-10-29 • Scheduled: 2025-10-29 -
2025-10-17Other
Google Workspace introduces Business Continuity Plus edition, a full-featured 'hot' standby solution for enterprise customers with extensive data syncing capabilities.
The Google Workspace Business Continuity Plus edition is a full-featured 'hot' standby solution designed for organizations requiring a more readily available environment with extensive data syncing to minimize disruption and drive immediate adoption and productivity. In addition to active directory syncing, this edition supports data syncing across various products including email, calendar, drive, and chat. It provides extended access to Google Workspace and generative AI tools for up to 60 days per year. Google recommends a partner-based solution for implementation.
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2025-10-17Other
Google Workspace introduces Business Continuity edition as a disaster recovery solution for non-Google Workspace primary collaboration platforms.
The new Google Workspace Business Continuity edition serves as a robust 'cold' standby disaster recovery solution for organizations using non-Google Workspace primary collaboration platforms. It provides a secure, isolated environment to ensure leadership and critical teams can communicate and collaborate during a crisis. Key functionalities include active directory syncing for user directory availability. This edition is intended for limited use, offering access to Google Workspace and generative AI tools like Gemini and NotebookLM for up to 21 days per year.