Google Workspace Changes

Launch of the G Suite Welcome Center.

The G Suite Welcome Center offers resources and a roadmap for users to get to know G Suite, containing details on the Learning Center, help guides for each app, switching guides, and a Sheets Coursera course.

Google is disabling access to less secure apps (LSAs) for G Suite accounts to enhance security.

Google is phasing out support for less secure apps (LSAs), which are non-Google apps that access account data using only a username and password. Starting June 15, 2020, new connections to LSAs will be blocked. By February 15, 2021, all LSA access will be disabled for all G Suite accounts. Users and admins are advised to migrate to apps that support OAuth, a more secure authentication method, to maintain access to email, calendar, and contacts.

Updated 'What's new in G Suite?' Help Center article with filterable and searchable lists.

Google has updated the 'What's new in G Suite?' Help Center article to include a comprehensive list of all G Suite launches from the past six months. The updated article allows users to filter by product or search by keyword to easily find and learn about specific updates.

Revamped My Devices page for better device management.

Google has updated the My Devices page, now accessible at mydevices.google.com. The revamped page allows users to see and manage all devices used to log in to G Suite, including both mobile and desktop devices, with options to view detailed information, log out, or wipe the device.

Support for migrating Microsoft Exchange In-Place Archives to G Suite Migrate beta.

Google is adding support for migrating Microsoft Exchange In-Place Archives to the G Suite Migrate beta. Admins can now migrate archived content to G Suite, with options to make archive mail and attachments visible only in Google Vault and customize how labels are applied to archive folders in Gmail.

Instantly create new docs, events, spreadsheets and more from your browser using .new domains.

Users can now quickly create new files directly from their browser address bar using '.new' domains for several Google products. Supported shortcuts include docs.new, sheets.new, slides.new, forms.new, cal.new, keep.new, and sites.new.

Context-aware access for G Suite is now generally available.

Context-aware access is now generally available for G Suite Enterprise, G Suite Enterprise for Education, and Cloud Identity Premium. This feature allows administrators to define granular access levels based on a user's identity and the context of the request, including location, device security status, and IP address, enabling secure access to resources without requiring a VPN.

Updated 'What’s new in G Suite?' Help Center article with filterable and searchable launch lists.

Google has updated the 'What’s new in G Suite?' Help Center article to include a comprehensive list of all G Suite launches from the past six months. The updated article allows users to filter by product or search by keyword to easily find and learn about specific updates.

Transformation reports are now available for G Suite for Education and G Suite Enterprise for Education Super Admins in the US, Canada, and Mexico.

Google for Education transformation reports are now generally available for Super Admins of G Suite for Education and G Suite Enterprise for Education in K-12 districts and schools across the US, Canada, and Mexico. Admins can log in to generate a Fall 2019 report by completing a survey and gathering stakeholder feedback between September 23 and October 9, with the final custom report available for download on October 14.

Updated 'What’s new in G Suite?' Help Center article with filterable and searchable lists.

Google has updated the 'What’s new in G Suite?' Help Center article to include a comprehensive list of launches from the past six months. Users can now filter these updates by product or search by keyword to easily find and learn about specific recent launches.

We’re adding SAML integration for five additional applications.

With Single-Sign-On (SSO), users can access all of their enterprise cloud applications—including the Admin console for admins—after signing in just one time. Google supports the two most popular enterprise SSO standards, OpenID Connect and SAML, and there are already many applications with pre-integrated SSO support in our third-party apps catalog.

SSO + network mask domains can now force Google password reset on next login

We’re providing more control over user password policies for some customers using third-party identity providers (IdPs) via SAML.

We’re adding SAML integration for six additional applications.

With Single-Sign-On (SSO), users can access all of their enterprise cloud applications—including the Admin console for admins—after signing in just one time. Google supports the two most popular enterprise SSO standards, OpenID Connect and SAML, and there are already many applications with pre-integrated SSO support in our third-party apps catalog.

We’re adding SAML integration for five additional applications.

With Single-Sign-On (SSO), users can access all of their enterprise cloud applications—including the Admin console for admins—after signing in just one time. Google supports the two most popular enterprise SSO standards, OpenID Connect and SAML, and there are already many applications with pre-integrated SSO support in our third-party apps catalog.

Five new third-party applications added to G Suite pre-integrated SAML apps catalog

We’re adding SAML integration for five additional applications: Carbonite, ComponentSpace, Emburse, Sentry, Twic