What’s changing Admins using Context-Aware Access can now provide more information to end users when their access is blocked using the user remediation feature. This feature will help end users quickly understand what steps they need to take to re…
Copy your client-side encrypted Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides files
Quick summary If you have client-side encryption enabled for Docs, Sheets and Slides, you can now make a copy of an existing encrypted document, spreadsheet or presentation. Encryption will be preserved when copies of the file are made. This featu…
Add shared drives to specific organizational units
What’s changing For select Google Workspace editions, admins can now place shared drives into sub organizational units (OUs). Doing so enables admins to configure sharing policies, data regions, access management, and more at a granular level.&nbs…
Send group membership information in outbound SAML responses
Quick launch summary We’re adding the ability for admins to configure and send group membership information as part of SAML responses. Currently, you are able to configure SSO to send user attributes in the SAML response when a user logs in t…
Use Connected Sheets with VPC-SC protected data, improved Cloud Audit Logs for Connected Sheets events
What’s changing BigQuery datasets that are behind a perimeter created by VPC Service Controls can now be accessed using Connected Sheets. We’ve also made improvements to the Connected Sheets logging in the Cloud Audit Logs. See the “Additiona…
Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap – May 13, 2022
New updates Unless otherwise indicated, the features below are fully launched or in the process of rolling out (rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete), launching to both Rapid and Scheduled Release at the same time (if not…
Set up SSO profiles for multiple third-party identity providers with the Multi-IdP SSO beta launch
What’s changing For over a decade, we have given admins the ability to configure authentication through a third-party identity provider . In 2021, we expanded this capability by making it possible to choose between third-party identity provider or…
New delegated VirusTotal privilege in the Alert Center
What’s changing In 2021, we announced an integration between the Alert Center and VirusTotal. At that time, any admin who had the Alert Center privilege could access all VirusTotal reports. Now, we’ve added the ability for admins to control who ca…
Additional one-click recommended actions in the Alert Center
Quick summary In the Alert Center, Admins will see new, additional one-click recommended actions for certain events: Device wipeout: for “device compromised” and “suspicious device activity” alerts. If the admin feels blocking the device…
Use context-aware access to help protect Admin console access
Quick summary You can now apply contextual access rules to the Admin console. This enables you to control access to the Admin console based on user and device context. For example, you can enable restrictions based on IP, minimum device operating …