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Google Workspace Updates: May 23 – 27, 2022

By May 27, 2022No Comments

Announcements of the week

Send group membership information in outbound SAML responses

Admins can now configure and send group membership information as part of SAML responses. Read more.

Add personal tasks from Google Chat

In Google Chat, you can now create personal tasks from individual or group messages. Read more.

Add personal tasks from Google Chat

Take action on multiple text selections in Google Docs

Using Google Docs, you can now make multiple text selections at once, and apply actions such as delete, copy, paste, or format to all selections. Read more.

Formatting adjustments are made to several pieces of selected text

Add shared drives to specific organizational units

Admins can now place shared drives into sub organizational units (OUs), enabling them to configure sharing policies, data regions, access management, and more at a granular level. Available to Google Workspace Essentials, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Fundamentals, Education Standard, Education Plus, the Teaching and Learning Upgrade, and Nonprofits customers. Read more.

Embed content as a full page in new Google

Sites Site editors using new Google Sites can now add content as a full page from the following sources: custom code, other websites, and Google apps, such as Maps and Docs. Read more.

Embed content as a full page in new Google Sites

Copy your client-side encrypted Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides files

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. Available to Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Standard and Education Plus customers. Read more.

Cut, copy and paste files using keyboard shortcuts in Google Drive Web

You can now use familiar keyboard shortcuts Ctrl + C (or ⌘ + C on Mac), Ctrl + X and Ctrl + V to copy, cut and paste Google Drive files in your Chrome browser. Read more.