Google Workspace Changes

allow educators to request access to unconfigured third-party apps on behalf of their students

etting for admins to now allow educators and users who are over 18 years of age to request access to apps for themselves or on behalf of others (proxy requests).

Introducing a new workflow that allows educators to request access to unconfigured third-party apps on behalf of their students.

Administrators can now allow a group of trusted users to vet and request third party app access on behalf of other users. This allows admins to better control who requests access and create a more streamlined process for app approvals.

Educators can now request access to third-party apps on behalf of their students.

Google Workspace for Education is introducing a new workflow that allows educators and users over 18 to request access to unconfigured third-party apps on behalf of students (proxy requests). Admins can designate trusted users to vet these apps and manage the requests within the Admin console under Security > API Controls > App Access Control, where proxy requests are clearly labeled. This process streamlines app approvals and provides administrators with better control over who can request access for others.

Easier discovery of featured partner apps in Workspace Marketplace

Google has updated the Workspace Marketplace to make it easier for users to find and connect to featured partner applications.

Gemini in the side panel of Docs, Sheets, Drive, and Gmail is now available in seven additional languages.

Google has expanded the availability of Gemini in the side panel for Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Drive, and Gmail to include seven new languages: French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. This allows eligible users to summarize, analyze, and generate content using insights from their emails and documents without switching applications. Note that image generation is not yet supported in these additional languages, and Gemini in Slides remains available in English only.

FedRAMP High authorization for Gemini for Workspace

A FedRAMP High certification assures federal agencies in the United States that a cloud service provides the highest level of protection for their most sensitive data, enabling them to confidently leverage cloud technologies for critical operations.

Gemini for Workspace has submitted for FedRAMP High authorization.

Google has submitted its package to obtain FedRAMP High authorization for Gemini for Workspace, including the Gemini app. This certification ensures that US federal agencies can leverage cloud technologies for critical operations with the highest level of protection for their most sensitive data. The submission is currently pending review by the Joint Authorization Board (JAB) and does not include Data Location at this time.

We’re making it easier to apply context-aware access (CAA) policies with new insights and recommendations

We’ll proactively surface potential security gaps and suggest pre-built CAA levels which admins can deploy to remediate the security gaps.

Google Workspace launches the Policy API in open beta to programmatically audit security and compliance settings.

Google Workspace has introduced the Policy API in open beta, enabling super admins to programmatically access and audit service level settings and rules across the environment. The API is currently read-only and covers various categories such as authentication controls, Gmail, Drive, and Meet, as well as DLP rule configurations. This update streamlines security auditing and helps administrators align their settings with CISA's secure configuration baselines without manually navigating the Admin Console.

Now generally available: Migrate users’ emails from Google Workspace, Gmail and other IMAP enabled mail servers

Beginning today, this data migration experience is now generally available, helping admins migrate email data in a more secure, reliable, and efficient manner.

a new category within the Google Workspace Marketplace: Featured partner apps

Here, you can quickly find and install the most popular Google Workspace apps.

Introducing security advisor, a set of new insights and tools designed to enhance security for small businesses

a set of new insights and tools designed to enhance security for small businesses – including threat defense, account security, and data protection capabilities.

Additional iOS data exfiltration enhancement: account level data sharing between Google Workspace apps and non-Google Workspace apps on or off

Admins can now enable content sharing on personal Workspace accounts while preventing data sharing from corporate Workspace accounts on iOS devices.

Gemini reports now include user and app level Gemini usage and adoption data based on the last 28 days of usage.

We’re incorporating additional data in Gemini reports to help our customers gain a deeper understanding of Gemini usage and adoption across their organizations.

Giving admins another layer of granular control for third-party apps. Specifically, you can now configure apps to be limited by selected OAuth 2.0 Scopes for Google APIs, such as Drive or Gmail scopes.

When your users sign in to third-party apps using the "Sign in with Google" option (single sign-on) or use OAuth to share their data with those apps, you can control what access those apps have to your organization’s Google data using app access controls.