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- [Using Google Classroom for your business](https://www.miadria.com/using-google-classroom-for-your-business/) - Using the many features Classroom has to offer you can expand employee knowledge and offer numerous opportunities for personal development and growth.
- [Google Cloud Next 2021 overview](https://www.miadria.com/google-cloud-next-2021-overview/) - One of the most important messages from this year’s Next was this new multi-cloud approach that Google is promoting.
- [How to set SPF and DKIM records in Google Workspace](https://www.miadria.com/how-to-set-spf-and-dkim-records-in-google-workspace/) - Are your outgoing emails being marked as spam by receiving servers? Learn how to properly set your SPF and DKIM records to prevent this from happening.
- [Set a catchall email address in Google Workspace and avoid losing emails](https://www.miadria.com/set-a-catchall-email-address-in-google-workspace-and-avoid-losing-emails/) - Catchall email address is a convenient way of receiving all emails that were sent to your domain to nonexistent/incorrect email accounts.
- [How to use Gmail multi-send mode](https://www.miadria.com/how-to-use-gmail-multi-send-mode/) - Multi-send mode is turning Gmail into an excellent tool for marketers and salespeople that need to quickly reach out to large audiences with customized content.
- [Set your work location with Google Calendar](https://www.miadria.com/set-your-work-location-with-google-calendar/) - Set your work location in Google Calendar for each day of the week and let your team members know whether you are working from home, office or somewhere else.
- [The carbon footprint of the public cloud](https://www.miadria.com/the-carbon-footprint-of-the-public-cloud/) - With green energy becoming more of an imperative today, every company should consider how to contribute to the environment and be more open to moving their workloads to the cloud.
- [How to unsend an email in Gmail](https://www.miadria.com/how-to-unsend-an-email-in-gmail/) - Simple tip and video guide on how to use undo send option in Gmail.
- [Issues related to mass mailing](https://www.miadria.com/issues-related-to-mass-mailing/) - How to send mass emails? We discuss this in details in our video.
- [Add custom videos as Google Meet background](https://www.miadria.com/google-workspace-and-microsoft-365-series-of-how-to-videos/) - In this simple video guide, we show you how to add custom video animation to you Google Meet background.
- [Google Meet vs Microsoft Teams](https://www.miadria.com/google-meet-vs-microsoft-teams/) - Video comparison of Google Meet and Microsoft Teams.
- [New Google Workspace SKU - Frontline Workers](https://www.miadria.com/new-google-workspace-sku-frontline-workers/) - Did you know that 80% percent of workers are frontline workers? No wonder that Google has created a special SKU for frontline workers.
- [Email forwarding in Google Workspace - guide for admins and end-users](https://www.miadria.com/email-forwarding-in-google-workspace-guide-for-admins-and-end-users/) - We demonstrate how the forwarding can be set from the Gmail interface by the end-user and Google Workspace admins.
- [G Suite legacy free to be discontinued on July 1, 2022](https://www.miadria.com/g-suite-legacy-free-to-be-discontinued-on-july-1-2022/) - G Suite Legacy free will no longer be available and action is required till May 1. Find out what exactly that means and how to continue to use your favorite office productivity suite - with extra benefits! As Google announced a few weeks ago they are discontinuing their free version of the G Suite that
- [Google Workspace vs Microsoft 365 comparison](https://www.miadria.com/google-workspace-vs-microsoft-365-comparison/) - An overview of how Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 compare in terms of communication, collaboration, satisfaction with the IT department, mobility, access to information and culture.
- [How to use smart chips in Google Docs](https://www.miadria.com/how-to-use-smart-chips-in-google-workspace/) - Smart chips are an improved way of referencing data and connecting people, documents, and events.
- [Text-to-Speech on GCP](https://www.miadria.com/text-to-speech-on-gcp/) - Google offers one of the best services for converting text into natural-sounding speech which can be used for various purposes.
- [Your email server and getting to know it P6 - DNS](https://www.miadria.com/your-email-server-and-getting-to-know-it-p6-dns/) - Taking care of your domain is one of the crucial parts of your business.
- [Shivaami becomes a Premier UseWise® Partner](https://www.miadria.com/shivaami-becomes-a-premier-usewise-partner/) - We are so happy and honored to be teaming up with Shivaami and we will continue building solutions that will help our clients achieve their business goals with much more ease and automation.
- [Sign.UseWise® - first UseWise® application published on Google Workspace Marketplace](https://www.miadria.com/sign-usewise-first-usewise-application-published-on-google-workspace-marketplace/) - Sign.UseWise is an email signature management solution that extends the power of Google Workspace. It enables companies to create and deploy email signatures across organizations and manage their Google Workspace office productivity suite with ease.
- [4 signs you’re spending time on wrong things, and tips on how to avoid these](https://www.miadria.com/4-signs-youre-spending-time-on-wrong-things-and-tips-on-how-to-avoid-these/) - Just because you're at work doesn't mean you're getting work done. You're drowning in email, stuck in dead-end meetings, and constantly interrupted. When do you have time to do any real work? Don't worry, you're not alone. A year ago, 69% of surveyed employees said they waste at least some time at work on a daily basis.
- [Google Cloud Search gets more power](https://www.miadria.com/google-cloud-search-gets-more-power/) - Obtaining PowerSearching skills is becoming more important than ever. Not only in private lives but in everyday work as well. The better web searcher you are, the more time you save. As the world's number one search engine, Google is helping Google Workspace users get the most out of its search engine. With Google Cloud
- [Chrome browser, operating system and devices](https://www.miadria.com/chrome-browser-operating-system-and-devices/) - Since there are many aspects of Google Chrome and it is a very versatile ecosystem of various services and devices, we decided to dedicate the entire video to Chrome browser, operating system and devices, and guide you through a big family of Chrome products and services.
- [You Tube video – Why cloud is a must in digital transformation](https://www.miadria.com/you-tube-video-why-cloud-is-a-must-in-digital-transformation/) - The project of digital transformation requires more of the transformation and the transformation can be easily achieved by using a vast array of amazing and innovative services in the public cloud.
- [CapEx vs OpEx in the context of Cloud computing](https://www.miadria.com/capex-vs-opex-in-the-context-of-cloud-computing/) - In our new video, we give you an IT perspective on this topic, and explain why moving to the public cloud and start utilizing OpEx will bring you many benefits.
- [Google Cloud Security Summit 2021](https://www.miadria.com/google-cloud-security-summit-2021/) - Reserve your spot for one more exciting event ahead and that is the Google Cloud security summit which will be held on the 20th of July at 18:00 CEST.
- [Google Cloud Retail and Consumer Goods Summit 2021](https://www.miadria.com/google-cloud-retail-and-consumer-goods-summit-2021/) - We announce Google Cloud Retail & Consumer Goods Summit – a digital event that will help leaders delight customers through creative, data-driven experiences.
- [Wondering if your company is ready for the cloud? Contact us!](https://www.miadria.com/wondering-if-your-company-is-ready-for-the-cloud-contact-us/) - If you are not sure is your company cloud-ready, you are not alone, and most importantly you are in the right place.
- [Google Meet picture-in-picture mode now available](https://www.miadria.com/google-meet-picture-in-picture-mode-now-available/) - Picture-in-picture mode allows you to get a small preview of the Meet window, that floats on your screen no matter which app or window you are interacting with.
- [Your email server and getting to know it -  MX and SPF records](https://www.miadria.com/your-email-server-and-getting-to-know-it-mx-and-spf-records/) - MX and SPF records are DNS text records that can help you avoid phishing attacks and various other email-related problems.
- [Cybersecurity and Public cloud](https://www.miadria.com/cybersecurity-and-public-cloud/) - Security is one of the major concerns of all public cloud vendors which is why they hire hundreds of experts in that field and constantly invest in technologies and services that protect cloud data, applications and infrastructure from various threats.
- [UseWise™ Planning](https://www.miadria.com/usewise-planning-2/) - Our UseWise planning and budgeting solution is fully customizable and currently, we are developing the marketplace ready solution
- [UseWise™ planning](https://www.miadria.com/usewise-planning/) - https://youtu.be/KJi18SI25Lc UseWise™ is a web app that enables companies to make full use of public cloud. Miadria Group is in public cloud brokerage for over 8 years and we noticed that big guys running public cloud are not so keen on working with each other and yet at the same time companies that are considering
- [How to be productive when managing projects](https://www.miadria.com/how-to-be-produtive-when-managing-projects/) - What can you do in four hours at work? If you live in a metropolis, you can drive to a meeting and back. Most of us can do quite a bit of research, talk to a few colleagues, and maybe even eat lunch at a fancy restaurant instead of inhaling a club sandwich while we
- [Google brings Pooled Storage and Shared Drives to Business Starter customers](https://www.miadria.com/google-brings-pooled-storage-and-shared-drives-to-business-starter-customers/) - Google brings Pooled Storage and Shared Drives to Business Starter customers
- [Google explains its handling of user data ahead of GDPR and reveals new privacy policy](https://www.miadria.com/google-explains-its-handling-of-user-data-ahead-of-gdpr-and-reveals-new-privacy-policy/) - European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is just around the corner, and besides having to change the way businesses gather, store, secure and share user data, they also need to communicate their practices with their customers in a more clear and concise manner. Google has written its Privacy Policy to make it clearer, so that humans
- [Learn about cloud collaboration techniques with Microsoft](https://www.miadria.com/learn-about-cloud-collaboration-techniques-with-microsoft/) - Many companies are moving their enterprise collaboration solutions to the cloud, and that trend will only continue in 2017. With benefits like low upfront costs, better access to all the latest features and improved mobile accessibility, it’s not surprising that 56 percent of IT executives and decision-makers in a Forrester survey reported that they plan
- [How is Meraki stacking up?](https://www.miadria.com/how-is-meraki-stacking-up/) - Stack it your way with Meraki Switches Back in early 2012 the world of switching was disrupted by a bold newcomer. For the first time the benefits of centralizing management in the cloud were applied to the switch network, and the life of the network admin became significantly easier. Suddenly switches could be prepared for
- [Google Maps updated with new shining blue beam](https://www.miadria.com/google-maps-updated-with-new-shining-blue-beam/) - Anyone who uses the Google Maps app will be well familiar with the blue dot marking their current location. Now, that blue dot comes with its own directional flashlight. It comes with a blue light emitting from it. Google specifically states that this can be thought of as a ‘flashlight guiding your direction’ and that is
- [How to choose the right cloud computing consultant](https://www.miadria.com/choosing-the-right-cloud-computing-consultant/) - The public cloud is fast becoming the platform of choice for IT leaders and their line-of-business counterparts. Cloud computing business solutions like Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and Amazon Web Services enable you to put costly IT resources in the cloud. Yet while the pace of the move to on-demand IT continues to quicken, CIOs are faced with
- [Google will replace GTalk with Hangouts](https://www.miadria.com/google-will-replace-gtalk-with-hangouts-on-june-26/) - Gmail users will receive a prompt to switch to the newer messaging service, but their accounts will automatically be transitioned to Hangouts after the date. One major change for Hangouts is that it will not receive SMS anymore. You will be prompted to switch to another app, like Android Message, which they are positioning as
- [Better control in Google Sites with page-level permissions](https://www.miadria.com/better-control-in-google-sites-with-page-level-permissions/) - Today we’re introducing page-level permissions, a new feature that will allow you to control who can view and edit your Google Site on a page by page basis. Using page-level permissions, you can make some pages private for certain users while keeping other pages public for everyone to see. For instance, let’s say you have
- [Google Hangouts Meet hardware kit turns any room into a videoconferencing center](https://www.miadria.com/google-hangouts-meet-hardware-kit-turns-any-room-into-a-videoconferencing-center/) - Hangouts Meet — the Hangouts' video component — is adding dedicated hardware to simplify video conferencing. The Hangouts Meet hardware kit is a set of four components that enables high-quality video conference meetings of any size. All the controls you need to easily manage meetings are present, like pinning and muting team members, or controlling the camera.
- [Hive memory settings resolve Out of Memory errors using Azure HDInsight](https://www.miadria.com/hive-memory-settings-resolve-out-of-memory-errors-using-azure-hdinsight/) - One of the common problems the customers face is getting an Out of Memory (OOM) error when using Hive. This blog post describes a scenario when a customer reached out to Microsoft regarding an issue and the settings we recommended to them to fix the issue. Scenario One of their customers reached out to MS with the following problem.
- [Power Pivot in Excel 2013—November 2015 customer update](https://www.miadria.com/power-pivot-in-excel-2013-november-2015-customer-update/) - The November Power Pivot for Excel 2013 update delivers a better experience when using Power Query with Power Pivot as well as support for Key Performance Indicators (KPI). These fixes are delivered as part of following updates (there are 32- and 64-bit versions of each): KB3039739—Update for Office 2013, which includes the first part of
- [Customizable headers and footers, page numbers in Google Docs](https://www.miadria.com/customizable-headers-and-footers-page-numbers-in-google-docs/) - People using Google Docs can now use different headers and footers on the first pages of their documents, which comes in handy for: Following academic formatting guidelines (e.g. MLA, CMS, APA) Starting page numbering on the second page Making a title page without headers or footers After inserting a header or footer in your document
- [OneNote in November—Embed video, record audio, insert files and more](https://www.miadria.com/onenote-in-november-embed-video-record-audio-insert-files-and-more/) - It’s been a big month for OneNote with updates across Microsoft's web app to mobile devices to desktop. We’re excited to announce that Microsoft added a lot of great capabilities including some of their top education and OneNote Online requests—the ability to add audio and file attachments to your notes! Audio recording Listen up. Whether you’re preserving a
- [How to create a strong password and remember it](https://www.miadria.com/how-to-create-a-strong-password-and-remember-it/) - “Be sure to use a strong password” is advice we all constantly see online. With the plethora of websites that you probably have accounts for, there’s simply no way to easily remember every single password without duplicating them. A Trick For Creating Memorable Passwords A strong password like 3o(t&gSp&3hZ4#t9 or “BigHouse$123” isa pretty good one, but th e
- [The more you are using cloud computing the less chance of coronavirus](https://www.miadria.com/the-more-you-are-using-cloud-computing-the-less-chance-of-coronavirus/) - Cloud computing is magic and in our newest video, we explain how it can enable your company to travel less and hold business meetings in a modern way using videoconferencing in the cloud. Due to coronavirus, many companies have arranged that their workers work remotely, which is exactly what cloud computing is all about and it doesn’t have to be just a security measure in a time of crisis but your everyday privilege.
- [Miadria Welcomes Top Productivity & Collaboration Consultancies Award by Clutch](https://www.miadria.com/miadria-welcomes-top-productivity-collaboration-consultancies-award-by-clutch/) - With a 5.0 star rating on Clutch, the food production company commended Miadria for migrating a business project and email management software from Microsoft to Google Workspace.
- [Invite to Google Cloud Next'21](https://www.miadria.com/invite-to-google-cloud-next21/) - We invite you to join us for Google Cloud Next, happening October 12–14, 2021, for a fresh approach to digital transformation.
- [Google introduced a new integrated look for Gmail](https://www.miadria.com/google-introduced-a-new-integrated-look-for-gmail/) - The main idea behind this redesign is to help users stay more productive and focused while reducing the need to work in multiple tabs or windows at the same time.
- [You can now see who viewed your Google Drive files](https://www.miadria.com/you-can-now-see-who-who-viewed-your-google-drive-files/) - To make collaboration more efficient and effective, Google Drive is adding a new Activity dashboard that lists the view history of a shared file. Intended to improve the follow-up experience, it will begin rolling out this month in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. The feature is called 'Activity dashboard' here, and it can be tweaked by G Suite
- [High-resolution images that take up less bandwidth - on Google+](https://www.miadria.com/high-resolution-images-that-take-up-less-bandwidth-on-google/) - Google is using a technique called Rapid and Accurate Image Super Resolution, or RAISR (as in razor-sharp) to enable upload of high-resolution pics while cutting down the bandwidth consumption by 75 percent (that's 75%!!!) for a single image, which means images load faster and consume less data,as said in a blog post. It's great news for
- [What makes a difference in team performance and what are factors of success](https://www.miadria.com/what-makes-a-difference-in-team-performance-and-what-are-factors-of-success/) - After eceiving faltering results from different teams, Google realized that who was on the team mattered less than how the team worked together. Rather than focus on one person's career success, the winning teams obsessed more over assembling players who wanted to make history together. We've all heard inspiring stories about how scrappy underdog athletes
- [Insite into new editing features in Spreadsheets](https://www.miadria.com/omogucen-uvid-u-nove-mogucnosti-uredivanja-proracunskih-tablica-2/) - - Main features: faster loading and viewing of large tables, drag&drop columns, lines for formula editing, auto-complete, batter navigation between tables. - Better performance: faster initial loading, viewing, collaboration and more. Supported versions of Google Apps : Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Supported languages: All languages supported in Google Docs What to do: -
- [New themes in Google templates](https://www.miadria.com/dodane-su-nove-teme-u-google-obrasce-2/) - 24 new themes have been added to Google templates.They relate to weddings, contact forms and party planning. Supported versions: : Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Supported languages: All languages supported in Google templates For more information: http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2010/05/new-themes-in-google-forms.html
- [Google Calendar](https://www.miadria.com/google-calendar-2/) - With Google Calendar you can get an insight into the calenders of your colleagues in only one calender, available over the Internet. Their meeting arrangements are shown next to yours, which makes it easier to find free time to plan joint activities. Google Calendar can be combined with other Google Apps components. You can communicate,
- [Google Talk](https://www.miadria.com/google-talk-2/) - Google Talk enables a more efficient and effective communication using textual chat. You can check availability of your contacts and reply to an email via chat. This enables communication in real time and boost in roductivity of both, yourself and your employees. In addition, conversation view of emails and IM helps understand a communication history
- [Google Docs](https://www.miadria.com/google-docs-2/) - Google Docs add to the quality of output thanks to the simultaneous collaboration and discussion on documents - a number of people on different locations can see, discuss and edit a single document from any location at any time. Docs make sure you do not repeat the same task unnecessarily, sees that you don't need
- [Gmail](https://www.miadria.com/gmail-2/) - Gmail boasts with over 10 million business users, and their number is constantly growing. Gmail's inbox has a substantial storage capacity and the need for deleting mail is minimised. Furthermore, exceptional features of Google browser are included, just as email/IM linked messages. Instant messaging is built into Gmail and enables replying to e-mail in real
- [Google Sites](https://www.miadria.com/google-sites-2/) - Companies use Google Sites to make the information more available. Employees can create intranet or project teams can create pages in order to collect and share common knowledge of a certain organisational section. All versions are automatically stored and it is easy for the employees to update pages and check the latest version. Google Sites
- [Is Google Apps compatible with Microsoft products?](https://www.miadria.com/da-li-su-google-apps-kompatibilni-s-microsoftovim-proizvodima-2/) - Google Docs: Da, Docs je kompatibilan s formatom Microsoft Office dokumenata i mnogim drugim standardima poput PDF, OpenOffice i ODF. Isto tako, moguć je i import/export Microsoft dokumenata. Google proizvodi dizajnirani su korištenjem otvorenih standarda i kompatibilni su s velikim brojem drugih proizvoda. Gmail također omogućava i otvaranje dokumenata direktno iz inboxa, bez korištenja dodatnih
- [Can all email and calendars be  migrated from MSFT exchange or Lotus Notes?](https://www.miadria.com/da-li-je-moguce-prebaciti-sve-mailove-i-kalendare-iz-msft-exchange-i-lotus-notes-2/) - Yes. Google Apps for Business includes aset of migration tools and APIs for extracting and migrating them from the current system into Google Apps. Contact Miadria for more info on deployment of Google Appsand migration of mail from Exchange and Lotus Notes.
- [How to educate your employees to use Google Apps](https://www.miadria.com/kako-mogu-educirati-svoje-zaposlenike-za-koristenje-google-apps-2/) - Miadria pruža i usluge treninga i edukacije vezane uz Google Apps. To uključuje kako klasične seminare i individualne konzultacije tako i webinare te po potrebi on-line podršku za korisnike Google Apps. Miadria provides training and education related to Google Apps. This includes both classic seminars and individual consultations, as well as webinars and, if necessary,
- [How much money can Google Apps save?](https://www.miadria.com/koliku-ustedu-donose-google-apps-2/) - Most companies have a expense model for creating access to e-mail and office applications for their employees - mostly ranging from 300 to $ 1,000 per employee. Contact us for a detailed analysis of your current position and potential cost savings associated with the introduction of Google Apps.
- [Advantages of Google Apps](https://www.miadria.com/koje-su-prednosti-google-apps-2/) - Advantages for users include: · Access to data from any place, at any time and from any platform · 25GBe-mail inbox and outstanding search ability · Tools for simple and fast collaboration and communication · Data is never lost, even if e.g. a lapton gets lost or broken · Sharing abilities in Docs and Sites introduce
- [Google Apps security](https://www.miadria.com/sigurnost-google-apps-2/) - Read what Eran Feigenbaum, Security Director, Google Enterprise said on Friday 4th June 2010 on Google Apps security: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/06/security-first-protecting-your-data_04.html There you will also finf a link to a detailed Google Apps Security White Paper. Feel free to contact us for more information.
- [Change dimensions of rows and colums in new Google Spreadsheets](https://www.miadria.com/mijenjanje-dimenzija-redova-i-stupaca-u-novim-google-proracunskim-tablicama-2/) - Sada možete točno upisati visinu reda i širinu stupca u novom editoru. Supported versions: Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Supported languages: All languages supported in Google forms Kako pristupiti ovim novim mogućnostima: U Google proračunskim tablicama odaberite stupac ili red koji želite promijeniti. Desni klik mišem i odabrati "Promijeni veličinu stupca". Unesite vrijednost u
- [Try collaboration in Google Docs](https://www.miadria.com/pogledajte-kolaboraciju-u-akciji-na-google-docs-2/) - Collaboration is the center of a modern working environment. However, many companies use applications which are unnecessary burden to collaborative work. With Google Docs, colleagues can collaborate at the same time on documents, tables, presentations and drawings. Instead of seding the created document in a attachment, receiving several version of it which you need to
- [Easier than ever - video, audio and group communication in Gmail](https://www.miadria.com/sada-lakse-nego-ikad-prije-video-audio-i-grupna-komunikacija-u-gmailu-2/) - Prozor za chat je dodatno unaprijeđen da bi se pojednostavila video, audio i grupna komunikacija. Također je lakše pozvati ljude da instaliraju video chat dodatak. Supported versions: Standard, Premier, Education, Partner Supported languages: Svi jezici koji su podržani u Gmailu How to access: - Open new chat widow to see new icons and tool bar
- [Google Drawings: new editor for collaborative drawing](https://www.miadria.com/google-drawings-novi-editor-za-kolaboraciju-crtanja-2/) - Google Docs has new drawing editor enabling simple creation of organisational diagrams,, design diagrams and more. Supported versions: Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Supported languages: All languages supported in Gmail How to access: In Google Docs, under "create new" now offers the option "Drawing". Important: Working with drawings requires HTML5 compatible internet browser
- [New search operators i Google Docs](https://www.miadria.com/dodatni-nacini-pretrazivanja-google-docsa-2/) - New search parameters have been added to Google Docs. Supported versions: Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Supported languages: All laguages supported in Gmail How to access: In the Docs search field use the following operators: - type of document: type:{document, spreadsheet, presentation} - documents edited before or after a certain date: [ before:YYYY-MM-DD ]
- [Drawing templetes in Google Docs](https://www.miadria.com/dodani-predlosci-za-crtanje-u-google-docs-2/) - Drawing templates have been added to the public gallery. Supported versions: Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Supported languages: All languages supported in Gmail
- [Konica Minolta went Google](https://www.miadria.com/konica-minolta-presla-na-google-apps-2/) - Konica Minoltahas gone completely Google Apps and they are thrilled by it. Read more about it in the official Google Enterprise Blog hosting Cathy Lilli, direktor of infrastructural services in Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A.
- [Apps Marketplace: 16 new applications](https://www.miadria.com/apps-marketplace-dodano-16-novih-aplikacija-2/) - Most aplications are free or can be tested for free. Email marketing, application for customer relations management, managing projects, online design tools... Supported versios: Standard, Premier and Education Supported languages: US English How to access: - click on the link http://www.google.com/appsmarketplace - pick an application from categories project management, CRM, or email marketing - confirm by clicking
- [Managing access rights to Google Docs](https://www.miadria.com/nove-mogucnosti-upravljanja-pravima-pristupa-u-google-docs-2/) - Google improved sharing permissioa in Google Docs. Privatne: Private documents can be accessed only people who can view or edit your doc are the people you explicitly share with. People from your organisation with a link: documents can be accessed by anyone with a link within the domain. If you select 'Allow everyone to edit',
- [Copying shapes and GoogleLookup function added into new Google Spreadsheets editor](https://www.miadria.com/preslikavanje-oblika-i-googlelookup-funkcija-dodani-u-novi-google-spreadsheets-editor-2/) - - Copying shapes enables application o the same shape into other elements - GoogleLookup funkcija pokušava pronaći vrijednosti za točne činjenice o specifičnim stvarima Supported versions: Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Supported languages: All languages supported in Gmail *GoogleLookup funkcija is available only in English
- [New Google Calendar interface](https://www.miadria.com/novo-google-calendar-sucelje-2/) - Recent changes in Google Calendar interface now apply to all Google Apps domains. Changes include: colours, less empty space and "create event" link is now a button. Link for "Tasks" is also applied to the calendar. Supported versionst: Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Supported languagest: All languages supported in Google Calendar
- [View .doc attachments right in your browser](https://www.miadria.com/podrzani-doc-i-docx-tipovi-dokumenata-u-google-docs-pregledniku-2/) - If you receive Microsoft® Word files as attachments in Gmail, you can now view them with a single click -- no need to download, save, and open files with a desktop application when all you want to do is have a peek. The Google Docs viewer that allows you to view .pdf, .ppt, and .tiff files in your browser now
- [Google Docs Viewer on Mobile Browsers](https://www.miadria.com/google-docs-preglednik-dokumenata-za-android-iphone-i-ipad-2/) - Last week, Google announced that the Google Docs viewer supports .doc and .docx attachments. Today they’re also releasing a mobile version of the Google Docs viewer for Android, iPhone and iPad to help you view PDFs, .ppt, .doc and .docx files you’ve uploaded to your documents list, without needing to download the file.
- [Show all formulas in your spreadsheets](https://www.miadria.com/edan-klik-za-prikaz-svih-formula-na-google-spreadsheets-2/) - Finding cells that include formulas in them can sometimes be a bit like looking for something in the dark. To help you illuminate your spreadsheet surroundings, Google introduced the ability to reveal all formulas with one click. When you’re comparing formulas with one another or trying to figure out where your formulas aren’t working, showing
- [New functionalities in labelling](https://www.miadria.com/nove-funkcionalnosti-kod-oznacavanja-2/) - Kod rada na dokumentu, sada je moguće vidjeti tekst koji je označen od strane drugih editora tog dokumenta. Supported versions: Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Supported languages: All languages supported in Google Docs Viewer
- [Print your spreadsheets (and save ink) with more printing options](https://www.miadria.com/nove-mogucnosti-za-printanje-u-google-spreadsheets-2/) - With the power of the cloud, you have access to and can share your files from basically any device without needing to print out anything. Google understands that there are occasions when you still need to print, however, and that’s why today they’re happy to announce two new features for printing: selection printing and gridless
- [A more fontastic Google Docs](https://www.miadria.com/6-novih-fontova-2/) - 6 new fonts have been added to Google Docs: - Droid Serif i Droid Sans - Calibri i Cambria - Consolas i Corsiva Supported versions: Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Supported languages: All languages supported in Gmail
- [Import your files many different ways](https://www.miadria.com/dodatni-nacini-za-uvoz-dokumenata-u-google-spreadsheets-2/) - A spreadsheet without data and numbers in it can get pretty lonely, which is why it’s important to be able to easily import files full of data. Today Google's improved the import dialogue to give you a full range of options of where to put that data. You can get to the new Import dialog from the File menu.
- [More tools for viewing document revisions](https://www.miadria.com/jos-alata-za-reviziju-dokumenata-2/) - Google announced that a new revision history interface is now available in Google documents. To see it, go to File > See revision history. In the new revision history interface, you can see what changes were made at a glance. Click on a time stamp in the right column to see what changes were made at a given
- [Gmail: Disabling threaded conversation view enabled for all users](https://www.miadria.com/gmail-poruke-koje-se-ne-nastavljaju-od-sada-moguce-za-sve-korisnike-2/) - Gmail enabled swithing between threaded conversation and classic views. When classis view is enabled, messages are no longer grouped in one conversation but stand alone. Google Apps editions supporting this feature: Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner editions Languages supported in this feature: All languages supported by Gmail How to access these new features: -
- [Shortcuts in Google Sites](https://www.miadria.com/shortcuts-od-sada-i-u-google-sites-2/) - Combination of keys to create and edit pages have been added to Google Sites. Supported versions: Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner versions Supported languagest: All languages supported in Gmail How to access: - Press Ctrl in Google Sites to open Help pane - list of all shortcuts.
- [7 new applications in the Apps Marketplace](https://www.miadria.com/7-novih-aplikacija-u-apps-marketplace-2/) - Google released 7 new applications. Most of them are free or can be tested for free. They include project management, data storage, content management and communication tools. These applications can be added to your Apps account in a few clicks. Google Apps editions supporting these novelties: Standard, Premier, Education and Google Apps for Government. Languages
- [Priority Inbox in Gmail now available for all Google Apps domains](https://www.miadria.com/prioritetni-inbox-u-gmail-u-od-sada-dostupan-na-svim-google-apps-domenama-2/) - Priority Inbox (Beta) offers a new overview of your incoming mail helping you focus on the most important emails. Priority Inbox divides your inbox into three sections: Important and unread, Starred, and Everything else. Email is automatically categorised before ending up in your inbox. Google Apps editions with this innovation: Standard, Premier, Education, Team and
- [Google Apps Scripts now available in Google Sites](https://www.miadria.com/google-apps-scripts-od-sada-u-google-sites-2/) - Released on 10/22/2010 You can now create, edit, and launch Google Apps Scripts from any Google Site. This allows you to automate business processes that involve multiple applications. Editions included: Standard, Premier, Education, Team, Partner Edition and Google Apps for Government How to access what's new: When editing a site, click ‘More actions’, then ‘Manage
- [Business.hr on Miadria and Google Apps](https://www.miadria.com/business-hr-o-miadriji-i-google-appsima-2/) - http://www.business.hr/hr/Naslovnica/B.IT/Poslovna-rjesenja/Hrvatska-dobila-prvu-tvrtku-autoriziranu-za-Google-apps-rjesenja
- [Spam takes another hit: email authentication now available to millions of Google Apps customers](https://www.miadria.com/spam-takes-another-hit-email-authentication-now-available-to-millions-of-google-apps-customers/) - Google has been an early and consistent supporter of email authentication technologies, which help ensure senders are who they say they are, and in turn help to curb spam. Since we launched Gmail in 2004, we have supported email-signing standards such as DomainKeys and DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) to help validate outbound mail with digital
- [Google Apps for Government: a progress report](https://www.miadria.com/google-apps-for-government-a-progress-report/) - It’s been six months since Google released Google Apps for Government. In that time, they’ve seen a steady stream of customers, both large and small, sign up for this new edition of Google Apps. From the U.S. General Services Administration and the State of Wyoming, to the City of Wooster, Ohio and Rockingham County, North
- [Google Docs: Refreshed Documents list now rolling out](https://www.miadria.com/google-docs-refreshed-documents-list-now-rolling-out/) - refreshed documents list is currently being rolled out making it more useful to find, explore and share items. Here are some of the changes: - New filters in ‘More options’ making it easier to narrow your search by type, visibility state and other criteria. - A new preview panel on the right side of the
- [Two improvements to contact groups](https://www.miadria.com/two-improvements-to-contact-groups/) - Organizing your Gmail contacts into groups can save you time when you’re writing messages to multiple people at once. For example, if you create a “Family” group, instead of addressing an email to your mom, dad, sister and brother, you can just start typing “Family” and Gmail will complete the rest. Today we’re making two
- [Priority Inbox now also in Gmail for mobile](https://www.miadria.com/priority-inbox-now-also-in-gmail-for-mobile/) - If you’ve ever cursed a phone’s tiny screen as utterly inadequate for sifting through an overflowing inbox you’ll be pleased to hear that the Gmail mobile web app now supports Priority Inbox. Priority Inbox helps combat information overload by automatically identifying your important messages so you can focus on those first. Until today it was
- [Automate your workflow with Apps Scripts integration in Google Sites](https://www.miadria.com/automate-your-workflow-with-apps-scripts-integration-in-google-sites/) - Automate your workflow with Apps Scripts integration in Google Sites
- [New Gmail features due out to all Google Apps domains in week 8: Visible Bcc and PDF viewer in Chrome browser](https://www.miadria.com/new-gmail-features-due-out-to-all-google-apps-domains-in-week-8-visible-bcc-and-pdf-viewer-in-chrome-browser/) - Visible Bcc and PDF viewer in Chrome browser
- [12 new file types supported in Google Docs Viewer](https://www.miadria.com/12-new-file-types-supported-in-google-docs-viewer/) - Google Docs Viewer allows users to quickly view PDFs, Microsoft Word documents and PowerPoint presentations online by viewing them in the browser without downloading them locally. New files supported: Microsoft Excel (.XLS and .XLSX) Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 / 2010 (.PPTX) Apple Pages (.PAGES) Adobe Illustrator (.AI) Adobe Photoshop (.PSD) Autodesk AutoCad (.DXF) Scalable Vector Graphics
- [Now you see them, now you don’t - hidden gridlines in Google spreadsheets](https://www.miadria.com/now-you-see-them-now-you-dont-hidden-gridlines-in-google-spreadsheets/) - Today, we’re announcing a highly requested feature to hide the default gridlines. Under the View menu, you can Hide gridlines for each sheet, leaving only the borders that have been put there. Now you can make your printouts a little bit neater or polish your sheets to a shine before sharing them.
- [Dealing with label overload](https://www.miadria.com/dealing-with-label-overload/) - Great solution for the overpopulated Labels feature in Gmail
- [New Contacts features for Google Apps](https://www.miadria.com/new-contacts-features-for-google-apps/) - New Contacts interface and business-specific features for Google Apps This release of Contacts brings all of the improvements that were previously available to consumer users. The following business-specific features have also been added to help you and your colleagues get in touch with contacts more easily. You can now: - Add new contact information that will
- [Have you Gone Google? - An interesting analysis of market penetration for the Google Apps in the US  Market](https://www.miadria.com/have-you-gone-google-an-interesting-analysis-of-market-penetration-for-the-google-apps-in-the-us-market/) - Have you gone Google? is an interesting study on the presence of Google Apps in the US. It is good to know that Croatian companies are not falling behind in recognising the benefits of using Google Apps in business and we are gladly announcing a similar analysis of the Croatian market in the near future.
- [New in Gmail Labs: Smart Labels](https://www.miadria.com/new-in-gmail-labs-smart-labels/) - People get a lot of email these days. On top of personal messages, there are group mailing lists, social network notifications, credit card statements, newsletters you might have signed up for, and promotional email from a shopping site you used once months ago. Gmail’s filters and labels were invented to help manage the deluge, but
- [Deprecating support for Blackberry Enterprise Server 4.1.7](https://www.miadria.com/deprecating-support-for-blackberry-enterprise-server-4-1-7/) - Starting July 2, 2011, RIM will be deprecating support for BES 4.1.6 and 4.1.7. As a result, Google Apps will stop supporting these BES versions starting July 2, 2011. Google Apps Connector for BES 3.x will still be supported for BES 5.x. We strongly urge customers to upgrade to BES version 5.x and version 3.x
- [New minimum password length requirement for Google Apps](https://www.miadria.com/new-minimum-password-length-requirement-for-google-apps/) - A new minimum password length has now been introduced to Google Apps domains. If administrators manage user passwords using the Control Panel, the new minimum is 8 characters instead of 6. If domains are using a Single Sign-On system, then the administrator is responsible for this authentication system so are not affected. If admins are
- [Build applications in Sites using Apps Script](https://www.miadria.com/build-applications-in-sites-using-apps-script/) - Google Sites makes it easy for organizations to create and manage their intranets or external web pages. By making content management available to non-technical users, information is managed by more people making it more relevant and up to date. But sometimes intranets have more complex needs such as: -Content varied based on an employee’s location
- [Updates to Drawings](https://www.miadria.com/updates-to-drawings/) - Presence + Revision history Google Docs has always been designed to make it easy to work on documents together. Google is making that easier in drawings by introducing two new features. First, there are presence highlights around shapes. Format painter & recent colors The new format painter lets you choose a source shape, press the
- [Filter your data in spreadsheets](https://www.miadria.com/filter-your-data-in-spreadsheets/) - Collecting information is often much easier than analyzing or understanding it, especially for large information in large spreadsheets. One common challenge is that it’s hard to drill down into the data you want to find quickly. Today it is easier to analyze and view your data with the addition of filtering in Google spreadsheets. Adding
- [Making old documents, new](https://www.miadria.com/making-old-documents-new/) - Almost a year ago, Google introduced a new version of the document editor. The new version launched with character-by-character collaboration, higher import fidelity and new features like a ruler and support for positioned images. Since then, they’ve been continually adding more features like collaborative highlighting, better revision history, mobile editing, and discussions. Since launch, the
- [Fixing the little things](https://www.miadria.com/fixing-the-little-things/) - Many people tell us, "I love Gmail! Except for this one thing..." And every day, Gmail users share their "one thing" that would make Gmail better for them through Google's suggestions page. While Google enjoys creating new solutions to old problems with features like Priority Inbox, those little annoyances and missing pieces are important, too.
- [New updates for Gmail](https://www.miadria.com/new-updates-for-gmail/) - Administrator control for Gmail Themes now available A checkbox to enable/disable Gmail Themes for users has now been added to the Administrator Control Panel. Languages included: US English Only (Next Generation Control Panel) Send ‘Custom From’ messages via unsecured connections Gmail now supports ‘Custom From’ and outbound relay connections via unsecured port 25. Devices and
- [Pagination comes to Google Docs](https://www.miadria.com/pagination-comes-to-google-docs/) - Today, first for web browsers, Google has added a classic word processing feature—pagination, the ability to see visual pages on your screen. They’re also using pagination and some of Chrome’s capabilities to improve how printing works in Google Docs. Pagination is rolling out now and should be available to everyone by the end of the
- [Change of usernames and migration tool](https://www.miadria.com/change-of-usernames-and-migration-tool/) - Need to change a username? The ability to rename a user’s email address is now available in the administrator control panel. Languages included: US English only (Next Generation Control Panel) How to access what's new: Go to ‘Organizations and users’ > Select the check box next to a user > Click ‘Rename user’ under the
- [Customize your own inbox; filters and chat features](https://www.miadria.com/customize-your-own-inbox-filters-and-chat-features/) - Custom background image themes Themes in Gmail are great — there are tons to choose from and they give your inbox a personalized look. But Google's heard from many of you who thought it would be even better if you could give Gmail an even more personalized look and create themes completely on your own.
- [Label names, background sending](https://www.miadria.com/label-names-background-sending/) - Longer label names Google's making a small change that makes it easier to handle long label names: you can now add and edit label names up to 225 characters. The old limit was 40 characters, which wasn’t enough for some people who had switched from Outlook or accessed Gmail through IMAP.Label names can get really
- [Hiding nicks in the address list and minor changes in Spreadsheets](https://www.miadria.com/hiding-nicks-in-the-address-list-and-minor-changes-in-spreadsheets/) - Ability to hide nicknames from the global address list now available in the Control Panel Google Apps administrators now have the option to hide nicknames from the global address list/autocomplete. They can choose one of the following options: - Show all email addresses - Hide nicknames - Hide the primary email address if the user
- [64-bit Calendar, Docs app, new fonts in Sites](https://www.miadria.com/64-bit-calendar-docs-app-new-fonts-in-sites/) - Google Calendar Sync upgrades Outlook 2010 support Google Calendar sync started supporting the 32-bit version of Outlook 2010 back in August. Outlook sync has continued to be a top feature request, which is why Google has continued to improve upon it and can now announce that Calendar Sync now supports the 64-bit version too. To
- [Google Apps Sync for Microsoft and Google Docs app for Android](https://www.miadria.com/google-apps-sync-for-microsoft-and-google-docs-app-for-android/) - Sync Outlook Notes with new update of Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook® In the latest version of Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook®, users can now sync Outlook Notes with their Google Docs account. This means that your notes in Outlook are synchronized with your Google Docs account in the cloud, which in turn
- [Simpler file upload in Google Docs](https://www.miadria.com/simpler-file-upload-in-google-docs/) - Last November, Google added the ability to drag and drop files from your desktop to the upload page, improving the ability to upload any file. Over the next few weeks, they are releasing three additional features to make it easy to upload files to Docs: folder upload, documents list integration, and drag-and-drop upload. To start,
- [Image upload  in Spreadsheets and Sync Outlook Notes](https://www.miadria.com/image-upload-now-available-in-google-spreadsheets/) - Image upload now available in Google Spreadsheets We’re excited to announce that you can now upload images to Google spreadsheets. From the Insert menu, select Image... Then, choose an image file to upload into your spreadsheet. With this feature, you can upload an image already stored on your computer, search for an image online, or
- [How to set up Gmail to power through hundreds of messages each day](https://www.miadria.com/how-to-set-up-gmail-to-power-through-hundreds-of-messages-each-day/) - Gmail offers a ton of customization, and when you get hundreds of emails every day it’s crucial that you have it set up to process mail quickly and efficiently. Here's what you can do: Keep the default set-up with important and unread mail at the top of my inbox and the section for everything else
- [New features in Google Sync for mobile devices now available](https://www.miadria.com/new-features-in-google-sync-for-mobile-devices-now-available/) - The following new features are now available with Google Sync for mobile devices: - Service On-Off integration: Admins can now turn Google Sync on/off for organizational units in the administrator control panel. - Send-Mail-As: iOS devices can now respect the ‘custom from’ feature set in Gmail settings Languages included: US English only (Next Generation Control
- [Store up to 25,000 contacts](https://www.miadria.com/store-up-to-25000-contacts/) - Gmail used to have a limit of 10,000 contacts. For most of us, this was way more than enough, but we some of you use Gmail to communicate with more than 10,000 people. Starting today, Google has increased the limit for all Gmail users, including all those of you who use Google Apps, to 25,000
- [Google Chrome Intro](https://www.miadria.com/google-chrome-post-2/) - Google Chrome is a fast, simple browser that lets you make the most of the modern web. It's main characteristics are: Speed Chrome is designed to be fast in every possible way. It's fast to start up, fast to search and load web pages, and fast to run all your web apps. Security Chrome is
- [Everybody’s talking (and translating) with Chrome](https://www.miadria.com/everybodys-talking-and-translating-with-chrome/) - A nifty feature is now widely available in new Chrome stable release: speech input through HTML. Curious about how speech input can be used in real life? Here’s one example: Using Chrome, you can now translate what you say into other languages with Google Translate. If you’re translating from English, just click on the microphone
- [New computers for the browser-based world](https://www.miadria.com/new-computers-for-the-browser-based-world/) - Google has unveiled the first Chromebooks. These mobile devices are a new kind of computer designed specifically for people who live in the browser. Chromebooks are made for people seeking uncompromising speed, simplicity and security, while providing features that will delight the IT department, too. For businesses and schools, they’re offering a subscription that includes
- [Google Apps Administrators: Customize admin privileges and share management tasks](https://www.miadria.com/google-apps-administrators-customize-admin-privileges-and-share-management-tasks/) - Google Apps Administrators now have the ability to delegate admin rights to users and customize what tasks these delegated admins are allowed to perform in the control panel. This feature allows the primary administrators or “Super Admins” to share some management tasks such as password reset and user creation, but not the ability to delete
- [Pivot Tables and Google Tasks API](https://www.miadria.com/pivot-tables-and-google-tasks-api/) - Pivot Tables for Google Spreadsheets Over the past few months, Google's released a string of new features in Google Docs to give your business more tools for collaborative document editing and data analysis. From simpler file uploads to discussions and mobile editing in documents, it is easier for you and your colleagues to work together
- [Updated version of Google Apps Directory Sync tool available](https://www.miadria.com/updated-version-of-google-apps-directory-sync-tool-available/) - A new version of the Google Apps Directory Sync tool is now available for download. This includes some improvements to OAuth authentication. Editions included: Google Apps for Business, Government and Education How to access what's new: Download page For more information: Release notes
- [3D dreams in the modern browser](https://www.miadria.com/3d-dreams-in-the-modern-browser/) - Some of the most compelling experiences on the web come when inspirations of old are brought to life with modern technologies. Last August, “The Wilderness Downtown” brought the wistful feeling of nostalgia to the browser as you run down the streets where you used to live in an HTML5music experience based on the Arcade Fire song
- [The people widget](https://www.miadria.com/the-people-widget/) - Email is just as much about the people you communicate with as it is what you communicate about. Google thinks it can be helpful to view relevant information in context, which is why over the next two weeks they’re rolling out a new people widget located on the right hand side of your messages. The
- [Change Google Calendar’s default meeting length and more print options](https://www.miadria.com/change-google-calendars-default-meeting-length-and-more-print-options/) - Today Google's adding two features that make it easier to customize Google Calendar. First, you can now change your default event length from the standard 30 minute slot. If you frequently create 15 minute meetings, for example, you can now make 15 minutes the default length for all your events. This way, you don’t need
- [Google plans to support modern browsers across Google Apps](https://www.miadria.com/google-plans-to-support-modern-browsers-across-google-apps/) - For web applications to spring even farther ahead of traditional software, Google's teams need to make use of new capabilities available in modern browsers. For example, desktop notifications for Gmail and drag-and-drop file upload in Google Docs require advanced browsers that support HTML5. Older browsers just don’t have the chops to provide you with the same high-quality experience.
- [3 Labs graduations](https://www.miadria.com/3-labs-graduations/) - Today three more features graduate from the experimental testing ground of Gmail Labs. Superstars, Nested Labels, and Advanced IMAP Controls are now first-class citizens in the Gmail world, thanks largely to your feedback. Superstars Superstars, one of the most popular Labs features, provides different types of stars in addition to Gmail’s basic one. You can
- [Admin Audit API now available for Google Apps Administrators](https://www.miadria.com/admin-audit-api-now-available-for-google-apps-administrators/) - A Google Apps Admin Audit API is now available. With this API administrators can survey the activities of all of the account's administrators in the control panel. The API gives details about changes to a key subset of their Google Apps services and features settings including settings for Calendar, Chat, their delegated administrators, Docs, domain
- [The curious guide to browsers and the web: now in 15 languages and open-sourced](https://www.miadria.com/the-curious-guide-to-browsers-and-the-web-now-in-15-languages-and-open-sourced/) - When Google published the illustrated HTML5 web book, 20 Things I Learned about Browsers and the Web, late last year, they were excited by the positive response from teachers, web developers and many of you who shared in the joy of rediscovering how the web works. Recently, they've made this web book available in 15 languages, including
- [Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes and Appointment slots in Google Calendar](https://www.miadria.com/google-apps-migration-for-lotus-notes-and-appointment-slots-in-google-calendar/) - Updated version of Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes tool A new version of the Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes tool is now available for download. This includes the following enhancements: - Configurable password length for user provisioning. - Site creation now checks Domino directory for feeders with the same name to prevent multiple
- [Recovering sites and improved discussions](https://www.miadria.com/recovering-sites-and-improved-discussions/) - Now easier to recover a deleted site in Google Sites Google Apps administrators can now restore deleted sites without needing to remember the site’s URL. Administrators can also choose to delete sites permanently before the 30-day grace period has passed. Improvements to discussions in Google Docs Googles has e released the following enhancements to discussions
- [Admins can now transfer Google Documents from one user to another](https://www.miadria.com/admins-can-now-transfer-google-documents-from-one-user-to-another/) - Administrators can now transfer all documents owned by one user to another via the Administrator Control Panel. Reassigning ownership can be useful when a user is leaving your organization. This was previously only possible via the Google Documents List API. Languages included: US English Only (Next Generation Control Panel) How to access what's new: To
- [Copy-and-paste images with Gmail](https://www.miadria.com/copy-and-paste-images-with-gmail/) - They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and people certainly like to spice up their emails with images. A while back, Gmail started making this easier by letting you drop images from your desktop right into the compose window. Now, when you’re running the latest version of Google Chrome, you can paste images right from
- [Tips & Tricks: Using the description field in your documents list](https://www.miadria.com/tips-tricks-using-the-description-field-in-your-documents-list/) - You may not have noticed the description field for items in your documents list, but descriptions hold great potential for sharing information and file management. When you have an item selected, you’ll see information about the item in the details pane to the right of your documents list, including a Description section. If you don’t
- [Now easier to rename a user](https://www.miadria.com/now-easier-to-rename-a-user/) - Google has made it easier to rename users in the Administrator Control Panel by adding the ability to rename from the user information page. Editions included: Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education Languages included: US English only (Next Generation Control Panel) How to access what's new: Go to ‘Organizations and users’, select
- [Faster than fast](https://www.miadria.com/faster-than-fast/) - What if a waiter handed you your meal, hot and fresh, the instant you ordered it? What if the elevator doors opened onto the eighth floor the instant you pressed the eighth floor button in the lobby? What if a web page appeared in your browser, loaded in its entirety, the instant you clicked on
- [Education mailbox size and Automatic mobile rendering](https://www.miadria.com/education-mailbox-size-and-automatic-mobile-rendering/) - Education mailbox sizes are growing Google is increasing Gmail storage for our Google Apps for Education users from 7 GB to 25 GB. Starting next week, new schools that migrate to Google Apps for Education will receive 25 GB mailboxes. Existing accounts will see their storage size increase over the next few weeks. Automatic
- [Embedding Docs videos and better Cloud Connect](https://www.miadria.com/embedding-docs-videos-and-better-cloud-connect/) - Embed your Google Docs videos You can now embed your Google Docs videos in Google Sites. In a site, go to ‘Edit page,’ click on ‘Insert,’ scroll down to ‘Video,' and select ‘Docs video.' Choose a video stored in your Google Docs account from the pop up dialog. For more information: Read more about embedding
- [10 Gmail gadgets to try](https://www.miadria.com/10-gmail-gadgets-to-try/) - There is a powerful but little known Gmail feature that lives in Labs called “Add any gadget by URL.” Once you turn it on, you can add iGoogle gadgets (or any gadget specified by an .xml file) to the side of your Gmail account. While most of these gadgets are built by third-parties and not
- [Automatic mobile rendering for Google Sites](https://www.miadria.com/automatic-mobile-rendering-for-google-sites/) - As the dramatic growth of the mobile web changes the way people consume content, it’s becoming increasingly important for publishers to provide a good mobile experience. With this in mind, Google just added automatic mobile rendering in Google Sites for iOS 3.0+ and Android 2.2+ devices, and a mobile version of the Google Sites lists.
- [Protect yourself from scams by knowing who really emailed you](https://www.miadria.com/protect-yourself-from-scams-by-knowing-who-really-emailed-you/) - Here's a true story: "I recently received an email from what looked like my bank saying I should update my account, but it looked a little weird. I clicked on the “show details” link and quickly learned it wasn’t from my bank after all; instead of being sent from First National Bank’s real email address,
- [New interface available for Gmail and Google Calendar](https://www.miadria.com/new-interface-available-for-gmail-and-google-calendar/) - Improvements to the interface for Gmail and Google Calendar are now available to preview via an Opt-In setting. These changes will be rolled out in full later this year, but you can test the sleeker look immediately. To enable the new look in Gmail, click on the gears icon and choose ‘Mail settings.’ On the
- [Summer travel with a Chromebook](https://www.miadria.com/summer-travel-with-a-chromebook/) - A Chromebook makes a great travel companion, with its 8-hour battery life, light weight, built-in Wi-Fi and available 3G. So we’ve teamed up with Virgin America and Ace Hotel to give you the chance to experience a Chromebook on your summer travels. When you fly Virgin America from San Francisco, Chicago O’Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth or Boston, look for the Chrome Zone
- [New! Pick your favorite inbox style](https://www.miadria.com/new-pick-your-favorite-inbox-style/) - Ever felt like there should be a better way to manage your inbox? There are already lots of different ways: some people read everything, some mark messages they need to take action on with stars, and others like to have their important email separated from the rest automatically — something Gmail started offering last year
- [New features for your Google Docs videos](https://www.miadria.com/new-features-for-your-google-docs-videos/) - Beginning this week, you’ll be able to go beyond simply playing your videos within Google Docs -- you can now insert your videos into Google Sites, embed them anywhere on the web, and caption them for your viewers. Embed videos in Google Sites While on your Google site, go to the Insert menu and select Video > Google Docs
- [New version of Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes and Share your docs on the go](https://www.miadria.com/new-version-of-google-apps-migration-for-lotus-notes-and-share-your-docs-on-the-go/) - Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes R3.1.2 is now available for download. - Improved calendar coexistence during pilots/migrations. - Ability to override out of office agent checks. Useful when migrating calendars/contact only. How to access what's new: Download the newest version of Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes For more information: https://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=161642 Share
- [Preview ZIP and RAR files&Create groups on secondary domains](https://www.miadria.com/preview-zip-and-rar-filescreate-groups-on-secondary-domains/) - Preview ZIP and RAR files from your Gmail inbox You can now preview ZIP and RAR archives without downloading them. When you receive one of these types of archives, you’ll be able to browse through the files contained in the archive, preview supported files in Google Docs, and download selected items. This feature is also
- [Read Receipts](https://www.miadria.com/read-receipts/) - Want to keep tabs on that email you sent? Read Receipts now available Read Receipts are now available in Gmail for Google Apps users only, and can be enabled by the domain administrator. Read receipts allow senders to monitor the status of the messages they send and allow recipients to acknowledge receipt of mail. Administrators
- [Docs and Sites: spreadsheets shortcuts menu, PPTX support and more](https://www.miadria.com/docs-and-sites-spreadsheets-shortcuts-menu-pptx-support-and-more/) - Spreadsheets shortcuts Although shortcuts have long been available in your Google spreadsheets, Google added a shortcuts menu to spreadsheets to make them easier to find -- saving you even more time. Hit Ctrl+/ (or Cmd+/ on a Mac) to pull up the list of shortcuts and learn new ways to sharpen your spreadsheet skills. Remember that shortcuts
- [Make multiple calls in Gmail](https://www.miadria.com/make-multiple-calls-in-gmail/) - Over the years,Google has expanded Gmail's communication abilities by allowing you to make voice and video calls to other computers and more recently call phones. Until now, though, you were limited to making one call at a time. Today that restriction is relaxed and allows you to make or receive multiple calls in Gmail. If you’re in
- [A new and improved Gmail gadget for iGoogle](https://www.miadria.com/a-new-and-improved-gmail-gadget-for-igoogle/) - With iGoogle, you can personalize your homepage with the information on the web that’s most useful and relevant to you. You can check email, watch videos, catch up on the latest news, check the weather, and more. One of the most common iGoogle requests we’ve been hearing is to update the iGoogle Gmail gadget. Because the
- [Improved sharing with Google Docs for Mobile & Email security for Google Apps](https://www.miadria.com/improved-sharing-with-google-docs-for-mobile-email-security-for-google-apps/) - Google recently updated the look of Google Docs for mobile browsers and added the ability to sort, narrow, and share multiple docs in your mobile docs list. How to access what's new: - Go to docs.google.com from your supported device’s browser. - Press ‘Sort’ to organize the list of docs visible in the mobile browser, or press
- [HTML signatures support in Email Settings API](https://www.miadria.com/html-signatures-support-in-email-settings-api/) - The Google Apps Email Settings API lets you set the default signature for users in your apps domain. The API now supports HTML-encoded strings in the Email Signature field as well. For more information: http://code.google.com/googleapps/domain/email_settings/developers_guide_protocol.html#GA_email_signature_main
- [OK Go play with Chrome](https://www.miadria.com/ok-go-play-with-chrome/) - We all have a song or a personal soundtrack that speaks to us. But it doesn’t always say exactly what we want it to say. In All is Not Lost — an HTML5 music collaboration between the band OK Go, the dance troupe and choreographers Pilobolus, and Google—you can embed your message in a music video and have
- [Gmail Snooze with Apps Script](https://www.miadria.com/gmail-snooze-with-apps-script/) - At Google, they all use email very heavily -- for communicating with other Googlers, for task management, and to mail around funny pictures of kittens. Because of the volume of email they all deal with, a lot of Googlers subscribe to the “inbox zero” philosophy where we try to keep their inboxes empty except for
- [Chromebook security: browsing more securely](https://www.miadria.com/chromebook-security-browsing-more-securely/) - In the past, we’ve written a good deal about the Chrome sandbox and other security features that we built into the Chrome browser. These features demonstrate the Chrome team’s overall focus on providing usable security even as we continue our rapid development work on the project. Chromebooks take Chrome and its core values (simplicity, speed and security)
- [Copying drawings and better right-to-left table support](https://www.miadria.com/copying-drawings-and-better-right-to-left-table-support/) - Copying and pasting drawings across docs Google is adding support for the web clipboard to the embedded drawing editor so that you can work with drawings within documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. This means that you can now copy shapes from one document and paste them into existing drawings in another doc. You can also use the web
- [Instant Pages on Google Chrome](https://www.miadria.com/instant-pages-on-google-chrome/) - A few weeks ago, Google announced that Google’s Instant Pages feature would be available to the Chrome beta channel users. Today, we’re happy to let you know that Instant Pages is on by default in the latest stable version of Chrome. This means that sometimes when you click a Google search result in Chrome, the page will appear to load much faster than
- [Calling from Gmail now in 38 languages, with lower rates to over 150 destinations](https://www.miadria.com/calling-from-gmail-now-in-38-languages-with-lower-rates-to-over-150-destinations/) - Google's always trying to make it easier for people to connect—whether that means sending an email, chatting or video chatting, you can reach the people you care about from right inside Gmail. Last year, they made it possible for those of you in the U.S. to call any mobile phone or landline directly from Gmail and starting
- [Use new Google spreadsheets charts in your documents and drawings](https://www.miadria.com/use-new-google-spreadsheets-charts-in-your-documents-and-drawings/) - Google is releasing a few new types of charts, plus a feature that allows you to copy your charts from spreadsheets into documents and drawings. Sound good? Bet your bar chart it does. Let’s show you how it works. Start by creating a chart. Then, select the chart by clicking on it once, which will display
- [New in Gmail Labs: Preview Pane](https://www.miadria.com/new-in-gmail-labs-preview-pane/) - When we check our email, many of us rely on the message snippets to figure out which emails to open first. Google's been listening to your feedback though, and they know that sometimes, you want more than snippets. This is why we're happy to announce that you can now preview messages in your inbox using a
- [Try out a new look and keyboard shortcuts for your documents list](https://www.miadria.com/try-out-a-new-look-and-keyboard-shortcuts-for-your-documents-list-2/) - As part of Google's effort to provide an improved and consistent web experience across Google products, we’d like to invite you to try out a new look for the documents list that's rolling out to users over the next few days. If it's available to you, you'll be able to preview the new look by clicking on Try
- [Gmail for mobile, now sharper and smoother](https://www.miadria.com/gmail-for-mobile-now-sharper-and-smoother/) - Google's mobile team strives to produce web apps which look and feel just like installed apps. In the past few weeks, they’ve released a number of features which make Gmail for mobile look sharper and feel smoother. Pull down to refresh You can now pull down to refresh your message list and conversation on all iOS and
- [Give your templates a refresh in the new document editor](https://www.miadria.com/give-your-templates-a-refresh-in-the-new-document-editor/) - Google continues to add new features like pagination and discussions to the new document editor, and they want to make sure you always have access to all of the latest functionality -- whether you’re creating a new doc from scratch or using a template from the gallery. As part of this effort, they’re removing Google Docs templates created in the
- [Making Google spreadsheet functions easier to discover and use](https://www.miadria.com/making-google-spreadsheet-functions-easier-to-discover-and-use/) - From the simple SUM function to GoogleLookup, Google spreadsheets continues to add features that help you power through data. But sometimes it can be a challenge to find the one you need to use or figure out the right way to use it. Google has made the following improvements to help you quickly discover and understand
- [Building better web apps with a new Chrome Beta](https://www.miadria.com/building-better-web-apps-with-a-new-chrome-beta/) - Today’s new Beta channel release brings big improvements to Chrome’s web platform capabilities, enabling developers to build more powerful and more immersive apps and games for the web. First, Google announced the integration of Native Client into Chrome. Native Client allows C and C++ code to be seamlessly executed inside the browser with security restrictions similar to JavaScript. Native
- [Find more while you browse with Google Related](https://www.miadria.com/find-more-while-you-browse-with-google-related/) - Almost every time I go online, I come across some new topic or item that I’d like to learn more about. Sometimes it’s as simple as the latest buzz on the new shop down the street. Other times it’s something more significant, like a counterpoint to an opinion piece I’m reading. While the answer can
- [Stars](https://www.miadria.com/stars/) - Stars are handy for marking important messages, but how do you mark really important messages? That’s where Gmail’s additional stars options can come in handy. I like to use purple stars to mark important messages from my family, red exclamation points for messages that need my immediate attention, and a green check mark for messages
- [Google Docs app for Android now with Web Clipboard](https://www.miadria.com/google-docs-app-for-android-now-with-web-clipboard/) - The Google Docs app for Android now allows you to take pictures with your phone and insert them into a Google document using the new Web Clipboard feature. The app is also now available in 45 additional languages. Editions included: Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education Languages included: All languages supported by
- [Back to school with Chromebooks for Education](https://www.miadria.com/back-to-school-with-chromebooks-for-education/) - Summer may be winding down, but Chromebooks are heating up. Over on the Google Enterprise Blog today, Google shares stories from the first three schools to hit the ground running withChromebooks for Education. Chromebooks are fast, simple, and secure, and these benefits can be quite powerful in the classroom. Chromebooks increase time spent learning with a super-fast
- [New version of Google Apps Connector for BlackBerry Enterprise Server](https://www.miadria.com/new-version-of-google-apps-connector-for-blackberry-enterprise-server/) - Version 4.0 of the Google Apps Connector for BlackBerry Enterprise Server is now available with the following new updates: - Free/Busy lookup - Support for Blackberry Enterprise Server 5.0.3 Editions included: Google Apps for Business, Government and Education How to access what's new: Download page For more information: http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=159400
- [Using Gmail, Calendar and Docs without an Internet connection](https://www.miadria.com/using-gmail-calendar-and-docs-without-an-internet-connection/) - The great thing about web apps is that you can access all of your information on the go, and Google has introduced ways to use Google Apps on a variety of devices like mobile phones and tablets. But it’s inevitable that you’ll occasionally find yourself in situations when you don’t have an Internet connection, like
- [Page numbers in documents and one click to Google Cloud Print](https://www.miadria.com/page-numbers-in-documents-and-one-click-to-google-cloud-print/) - Google is announcing page numbers and page count in documents, plus one click to Google Cloud Print -- a couple features that we hope will save you time and energy. Page numbers and page count in documents Google is making it possible to add page numbers and page count to your documents. You can use
- [Happy third birthday, Chrome!](https://www.miadria.com/happy-third-birthday-chrome/) - It’s that time of the year again for the Chrome team, when we pause on the anniversary to reflect on the amazing life and times of the web. It’s hard to believe that it’s already been three years since Google launched its open source web browser, Chrome. In that time, the web community has continued to inspire,
- [Tips & Tricks: Using the new Subtotal function in Google spreadsheets](https://www.miadria.com/tips-tricks-using-the-new-subtotal-function-in-google-spreadsheets/) - This week, Google added the Subtotal function to the list of functions in Google spreadsheets. One of the benefits of the Subtotal function is that it works well with AutoFilters by only using unfiltered data when performing calculations (other functions such as Sum include filtered data calculations). Subtotal also lets you change what function you’re performing on those values
- [What Happened to Google Docs on Wednesday](https://www.miadria.com/what-happened-to-google-docs-on-wednesday/) - Not the best week at Google. On Wednesday they had an outage that lasted one hour and meant that document lists, documents, drawings and Apps Scripts were inaccessible for the majority of users. Google uses Google Docs themselves every day, so they feel your pain and are very sorry. So what happened? The outage was
- [Comment-only access in Google documents](https://www.miadria.com/comment-only-access-in-google-documents/) - In the past several months, Google has added new discussion and commenting features to improve collaboration in Google documents. I often create docs with design concepts and send them to my team to review and provide feedback, and we use the commenting features to facilitate these discussions. Sometimes, I want to let team members view and make
- [More on migration and Audit logs](https://www.miadria.com/more-on-migration-and-audit-logs/) - New version of Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes tool available- Empty folders in Notes are now created as labels in Apps. - Calendar migration performance is improved (as much as 50% faster in R3.1.3). - Added algorithms to compute values for missing fields on calendar events to improve calendar migration success rates. Previously, if
- [Hide users from the domain’s contact list](https://www.miadria.com/hide-users-from-the-domains-contact-list/) - Hide users from the domain’s contact list? Now also possible with the Google Apps Profiles API Administrators have the ability to hide a user’s contact information from the rest of the domain even if contact sharing is enabled. This was previously only available using the administrator control panel. This can now be done programmatically via the Google
- [+1 button in Google Sites](https://www.miadria.com/1-button-in-google-sites/) - Google's been thrilled with the response to the launch of the +1 button on websites all across the web, but they also heard that you’d like a simple way to add the +1 button to your own Google Sites. Adding the +1 button to your site will allow your visitors to recommend it to their friends and
- [Never run out of calling credit with auto-recharge](https://www.miadria.com/never-run-out-of-calling-credit-with-auto-recharge/) - If you're calling internationally from Gmail a lot, you may have noticed that your calling credit goes a very long way... which makes it easy to get caught off guard when it runs out. So based on your feedback, Google implemented the ability to auto-recharge your account: just go to your billing page (click on the add
- [Introducing multiple sign-in and preferences on Gmail for mobile](https://www.miadria.com/introducing-multiple-sign-in-and-preferences-on-gmail-for-mobile/) - The Gmail for mobile team works hard to bring you features that make you more productive on the go. Today, they will highlight some new features for Gmail in your mobile browser. Multiple sign-in support Just like on your desktop, you can now to sign into multiple accounts simultaneously. To sign into an additional account,
- [What does Google do in case of disaster?](https://www.miadria.com/what-does-google-do-in-case-of-disaster/) - Technology failures and natural disasters can significantly impact your business. Planning for them can be cumbersome and expensive. In a typical on-premise IT environment disaster recovery often means redundant infrastructure, backup tapes or storage area networks and a lot of IT complexity. Some businesses even build and manage duplicate data centers, specifically for disaster recovery,
- [A new New Tab page on the Chrome Beta channel](https://www.miadria.com/a-new-new-tab-page-on-the-chrome-beta-channel/) - Google is excited to share a revamped New Tab page with their Chrome Beta channel users. They’ve redesigned the page to simplify the visual appearance and make it easier to manage your apps, bookmarks, and most visited sites, so you can get where you’re going as quickly as possible. Your apps, bookmarks, and most visited sites now
- [New in Spreadsheets and  Gmail for mobile](https://www.miadria.com/1713-2/) - Vertical merge, more paste options and more import/export support in Google Spreadsheets The following new features are now available in Google spreadsheets: Vertical merge: The merge functionality has been extended to let you create vertical merges across several rows of data. Paste options: Four new paste special options have been added including: paste all cell contents
- [Top ten reasons why customers trust Google Apps with their business data](https://www.miadria.com/top-ten-reasons-why-customers-trust-google-apps-with-their-business-data/) - Over three million businesses have moved to Google Apps, and several factors have driven this transition. While improved productivity and cost savings have long been at the top of the list, more and more customers are choosing Apps for its security and reliability benefits. Google's pure and proven cloud is designed to protect their users’
- [new APIs & Charts in Google Sites](https://www.miadria.com/1724-2/) - Three new APIs for Google Apps Script Three APIs are now available to use with Google Apps Script: Tasks API, Prediction API, and URL Shortener API. This means you can now include these APIs in your scripts, apps, and sites pages. How to access what's new: Enable the APIs you’re interested in from the "Use Google API services"
- [Top ten reasons why customers trust Google Apps with their business data](https://www.miadria.com/top-ten-reasons-why-customers-trust-google-apps-with-their-business-data-2/) - Over three million businesses have moved to Google Apps, and several factors have driven this transition. While improved productivity and cost savings have long been at the top of the list, more and more customers are choosing Apps for its security and reliability benefits. Google's pure and proven cloud is designed to protect their users’
- [New look for Google Docs and Sites](https://www.miadria.com/new-look-for-google-docs-and-sites/) - Previously available as an opt-in option, the new look for Google Docs and Sites is now rolling out to all rapid release domains. You’ll see clean menus and toolbars, prominent action buttons, and colorful presence that pops when you’re editing with others. Some of the changes: - Google made it clearer that your document is always
- [A fresh start for Google presentations](https://www.miadria.com/a-fresh-start-for-google-presentations/) - Google's rounding out the Docs suite by previewing a new version of presentations with faster collaboration and more features. A collaborative approach Presentations are made to be shared—whether it’s presenting your thesis to your professors or inspiring colleagues at a conference. And the best presentations are made together, collaborating with others to build a compelling story
- [New option when granting access to Gmail](https://www.miadria.com/new-option-when-granting-access-to-gmail/) - A new option is now available to users when granting access to their Gmail account. This option controls whether a message is marked as read or unread when accessed by the person delegated to access the account. This is useful for the manager/assistant use cases. How to access what's new: In Gmail settings, select the
- [Making Chrome even more app-ealing](https://www.miadria.com/making-chrome-even-more-app-ealing/) - From sharing photos, to collaborating on documents, to enjoying online games, web apps make the web fun, useful and entertaining. Since the beginning, Chrome has been designed to allow apps to do more, faster. Today, changes in Chrome make it even easier to access your favorite apps and discover new favorites. In the latest Stable release of Chrome, Google has
- [For Administrators in Gmail](https://www.miadria.com/for-administrators-in-gmail/) - Google Apps administrators have a link available in their Gmail inbox which allows them to easily access their administrator control panel. This link is an alternative to logging in atwww.google.com/a/yourdomain.com where yourdomain.com is the name of the admin’s domain. This ‘Manage this domain’ link is temporarily moving from its current location at the top right of the inbox,
- [Google+ for Google Apps domains](https://www.miadria.com/google-for-google-apps-domains/) - Google Apps administrators can manually turn on Google+ for their organization. Once Google+ is turned on, users will need to sign up at google.com/+ to get started. For customers who use Google Apps for Business or the free version of Google Apps and who have chosen to automatically enable new services, Google+ will automatically become available to all of your
- [Gmail’s new look](https://www.miadria.com/gmails-new-look/) - We’re giving you an in-depth look at the new design. If you like what you see, over the next few days you’ll be able to switch to the new look by clicking on Switch to the new look in the bottom-right of Gmail. Streamlined conversations Conversation view has been completely redesigned to help you read through your email
- [‘Manage this domain’ link for Administrators in Gmail’s new look](https://www.miadria.com/manage-this-domain-link-for-administrators-in-gmails-new-look/) - Google Apps administrators have a link available in their Gmail inbox which allows them to easily access their administrator control panel. This link is an alternative to logging in at www.google.com/a/yourdomain.com where yourdomain.com is the name of the admin’s domain. If an administrator account switches to Gmail’s new look, the ‘Manage this domain’ link moves from its current location, to
- [Suggested times in Google Calendar](https://www.miadria.com/suggested-times-in-google-calendar/) - Creating an event is easy, but finding a time that works for everyone is sometimes tricky and time consuming. To make this easier and save you time, Google has added a new 'Suggested times' feature to Google Calendar. To get started, create a calendar event, add guests and click Suggested times. The resulting list will include
- [Google+ Pages now available with Google Apps](https://www.miadria.com/google-pages-now-available-with-google-apps/) - A Google+ page is your organization’s identity on Google+. Your business, school or nonprofit can post updates and news, send tailored messages to specific groups of people, and engage in conversations with customers and followers. Circles Circles allow you to group followers of your page into smaller audiences. This lets you share specific messages with specific
- [New version of Google Apps Migration for Microsoft® Exchange tool](https://www.miadria.com/new-version-of-google-apps-migration-for-microsoft-exchange-tool/) - Version 2.3 of the Google Apps Migration for Microsoft® Exchange tool is now available with the following improvements: - Pre-migration diagnostics Check for configuration errors in connectivity and authentication; and errors in your user list before you run a migration. - Detailed migration reports Quickly determine if any message errors occurred during a migration, why
- [Changing information density in Gmail’s new look](https://www.miadria.com/changing-information-density-in-gmails-new-look/) - When Google's design team looked at tackling a redesign across Google properties, responsive design was high on their list of priorities. Responsive design implies that a page or application should dynamically re-adjust itself based on your environment. The specifics of the device that a user is using, and in particular the size of their browser
- [Improving themes in Gmail’s new look](https://www.miadria.com/improving-themes-in-gmails-new-look/) - One of the most visible improvements in last week’s Gmail update is the entirely new theme system and the new high definition themes that it supports. This refresh to themes both simplifies them and makes them more immersive. Themes are now implemented as semitransparent layers on top of a large background image. Each theme uses
- [Download restriction & Browsing GA directory within Gmail Contacts](https://www.miadria.com/download-restriction-browsing-ga-directory-within-gmail-contacts/) - Don’t want that file downloaded? Ability to restrict file download now in Google Docs Google recently made it possible to restrict the download of non-Google editor file types in Google Docs. This restriction can be applied to .ppt, .pdf, video, and image files for example. How to access what's new: Select the file that you
- [News for admins](https://www.miadria.com/news-for-admins/) - Google Apps Script: Client Handlers and Validators for more responsive applications You can now create more responsive Applications with Client Handlers and Validators in Google Apps Script. - Using Client Handlers, your application can now respond to events in the browser without the need to perform a round trip to Google Apps Script servers. -
- [New updates for admins](https://www.miadria.com/new-updates-for-admins/) - New version of Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook® now available Version 2.5 of the Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook® plugin is now available with the following improvements: Synchronization Status dialog now includes Notes: The Synchronization Status dialog now includes status of Outlook Notes syncing with Google Docs. (This is the dialog that opens
- [‘Tis the season for Chromebooks](https://www.miadria.com/tis-the-season-for-chromebooks/) - The Chrome team elves have been busy packing a few goodies into Chromebooks in time for the upcoming holiday season. A simple, streamlined user interface From the moment you hit the power button and watch your Chromebook boot up in eight seconds flat, you’ll notice that the operating system got a bit of a facelift. For example,
- [Hide morning and night hours in Calendar](https://www.miadria.com/hide-morning-and-night-hours-in-calendar-2/) - How often do you have something scheduled at 3am? What about 10pm? If the answer is almost never, you might want to try out the Hide morning and night lab in Google Calendar. With a simple drag of a slider you can fold all those empty hours into a single row to set the time range you
- [Designing Gmail’s new left navigation](https://www.miadria.com/designing-gmails-new-left-navigation/) - One of goals for Gmail's new look was to make Gmail feel more like a native application with independently scrolling panels rather than a website that scrolls as a single page. This design approach brings with it many advantages: the search box and primary navigation are always in the same place, your inbox unread count is always
- [Additional Google+ integration with Gmail](https://www.miadria.com/additional-google-integration-with-gmail/) - If Google+ is enabled on your domain and you activated your profile, the following features will now be available in your Gmail account: - Circles and Google+ posts in the People Widget: If you open an email from someone that has a Google+ account, you can add them to a circle. The People Widget will
- [Changes to Calendar sharing settings and ability for delegates in Gmail to RSVP to events](https://www.miadria.com/changes-to-calendar-sharing-settings-and-ability-for-delegates-in-gmail-to-rsvp-to-events/) - Google recently made some changes to how the sharing settings in the administrator control panel affect calendars. Previously, these settings only affected primary calendars but now they affect secondary and resource calendars as well. If you have a secondary calendar or resource embedded in a site you may have to modify these settings to make
- [Mobile device management functionality for Google Apps now available in all supported languages](https://www.miadria.com/mobile-device-management-functionality-for-google-apps-now-available-in-all-supported-languages/) - Google Apps Mobile Management is a set of device management controls integrated into the Google Apps control panel. It covers Android and Google Sync devices, which include iOS, Windows Phone, and other smartphones and tablets using Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync®. With Mobile Management, you can manage your mobile fleet with the following features: - Granular policies: Configure
- [Try Google presentations. No login required.](https://www.miadria.com/try-google-presentations-no-login-required/) - Google recently launched a new version of Google presentations with many new features to help you create beautiful presentations together. They’ve added the new editor to their Docs demos to make it easier to test drive your presentation building skills. Check out the new animations and transitions, get artsy with drawings, and show off your masterpiece to a friend
- [Get your personal Chrome experience on all your devices](https://www.miadria.com/get-your-personal-chrome-experience-on-all-your-devices/) - If you’ve used Chrome for awhile, you know that it fits you better and better over time—it just wouldn’t be your Chrome without your favorite bookmarks, apps, extensions, history, and other settings. Signing in to Chrome lets you take your Chrome stuff with you, so you can always have your personal Chrome experience on all of your devices.
- [New ways to discover apps in the Chrome Web Store](https://www.miadria.com/new-ways-to-discover-apps-in-the-chrome-web-store/) - A few weeks ago, Google redesigned the Chrome Web Store to make it easier to discover apps. Today, they’re introducing a few new features that make it even easier to find what you’re looking for. You can now view the most popular and highest-rated apps using two new sorting filters. These are available in the store’s homepage
- [Google Cloud Print picks up steam](https://www.miadria.com/google-cloud-print-picks-up-steam/) - Last April, Google announced their plans for Google Cloud Print (GCP), the service that powers printing on Chromebooks as well as a new generation of connected apps and devices. The goal of GCP is to enable simple, secure printing from any app on any device to any printer—and with the latestcloud-ready printers, you can also print without
- [Updates to the Gmail app for iOS](https://www.miadria.com/updates-to-the-gmail-app-for-ios-2/) - When Google launched the Gmail app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, they said they were just getting started and would continue to release updates regularly. Today they updated the app with some new features and interface improvements. They've added the ability to set a custom signature for your mobile messages and a vacation responder, both available through
- [Scribbles for Gmail for mobile](https://www.miadria.com/scribbles-for-gmail-for-mobile-a-creative-way-to-email/) - From prehistoric humans etching in caves to the modern-day thinker sketching a stroke of genius on a napkin, scribbling is a natural form of human expression. Not constrained by formatting or font styles, scribbling is a versatile outlet for expressing individuality and creativity. Not to mention it's a lot of fun. Now you can quickly
- [Administrative APIs](https://www.miadria.com/administrative-apis/) - Several administrative APIs, previously only available to Google Apps for Business and Education customers, are now available to all Google Apps editions. These APIs, including the Admin Audit API, Admin Settings API, SAML Single-Sign On, and the Reporting API, allow you to make bulk changes to users and settings on your domain, and download detailed information and statistics. Please
- [Let the games begin!](https://www.miadria.com/let-the-games-begin/) - Every year, lots of people have fun tracking Santa as he takes flight around the world to deliver gifts. This year, Santa is getting some help from the Chrome Web Store elves who have already started delivering the gifts of gaming to more than 200 million Chrome users. The first gift of the season is Bejeweled. Bejeweled is
- [Speed and Security](https://www.miadria.com/speed-and-security/) - Today’s Beta release improves on two of Chrome’s core principles: speed and security. One of the things people like best about Chrome is that it loads web pages quickly. To get you where you want to go even faster, Chrome will now start loading some web pages in the background, even before you’ve finished typing the URL in
- [Improvements to the Gmail offline Chrome app](https://www.miadria.com/improvements-to-the-gmail-offline-chrome-app/) - When Google first announced Gmail offline last August, they told you that it was only the beginning of our HTML5-powered offline journey. Since then, they’ve been listening to your feedback and today, want to let you know about some of the key updates they’ve made to the Chrome Web Store app. The first update -
- [Gmail offline and fnctionality in Control panel](https://www.miadria.com/gmail-offline-and-fnctionality-in-control-panel/) - Improvements to the Gmail offline Chrome app A number of improvements have been made to the latest version of the Gmail offline Chrome app:- The ability to choose whether you want to synchronize 7, 14 or 31 days worth of mail. - Improved attachments: All attachments are now downloaded and available for offline use. -
- [News for admins](https://www.miadria.com/news-for-admins-2/) - More control for delegated and secondary domain administratorsDelegated admins now have the ability to remote wipe mobile devices. Administrators with email addresses at non-primary domains can also access the Google Apps Control Panel. Languages included: All languages supported by the Next Generation and Current versions of the Control Panel: Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Dutch,
- [New email management features](https://www.miadria.com/new-email-management-features/) - New email management features for Google Apps administrators: Improved email compliance footers, approved/blocked sender lists and file attachment policies Google Apps administrators can now access and configure improved email compliance footers, approved/blocked sender lists and file attachment policies for Gmail, directly from the control panel. Previously, Google Apps customers used Google Message Security, powered by
- [Google's landing another blow against email phishing](https://www.miadria.com/googles-landing-another-blow-against-email-phishing/) - Email phishing, in which someone tries to trick you into revealing personal information by sending fake emails that look legitimate, remains one of the biggest online threats. One of the most popular methods that scammers employ is something called domain spoofing. With this technique, someone sends a message that seems legitimate when you look at the
- [Updates to Google Docs app for Android](https://www.miadria.com/updates-to-google-docs-app-for-android/) - Offline access and improved tablet experience There may be times when you don’t have an Internet connection on your Android device, but you still want access to a file you’ve saved in Google Docs. Now you can select any file in Google Docs to make it available offline. So regardless of whether you’re connected to
- [Faster browsing, safer downloading](https://www.miadria.com/faster-browsing-safer-downloading/) - When I visit my favorite sandwich shop, I always order the same thing: a chicken cashew salad sandwich on whole wheat (it’s awesome). Now, the owners know what I want as soon as I walk in the door. Which means they can start making it before I say a word. Which means I get my
- [Snazzier graphics for more users](https://www.miadria.com/snazzier-graphics-for-more-users/) - Every day the web becomes more powerful, allowing developers to create the next generation of beautiful, immersive experiences online. In the latest Chrome Beta release, Google's made a few enhancements to ensure users have a smooth ride in these graphics-intensive applications. If you want to dig into the details, clip on your pocket protector and head over to
- [New default presentations editor](https://www.miadria.com/new-default-presentations-editor/) - New presentations editor is now the default editor, also with discussions just like in Docs The new presentations editor that was launched in October ‘11 is now the default editor for new presentations. Google has also added discussions to the editor just like in Docs. You can: Comment on a shape or an entire
- [Open email links directly in Gmail using Chrome](https://www.miadria.com/open-email-links-directly-in-gmail-using-chrome/) - I used to avoid clicking on email links on the web because an application on my computer that I never used would pop up and interrupt me. Instead, I would copy the email address, switch to Gmail, click compose and paste it in. Starting today, thanks to the magic of HTML5 things are getting simpler. Now, when
- [Improved discussions, search scanned text in PDFs, and more](https://www.miadria.com/improved-discussions-search-scanned-text-in-pdfs-and-more/) - Fresh on the heels of adding discussions to Google presentations and the ability to edit within the Google Docs Android app, Google's been hard at work on a few other new features to enhance your Google Docs experience. All your comments--in one tidy place They just added the discussions feature to Google drawings, and nowthey're making it even easier
- [Star and label messages before you send them](https://www.miadria.com/star-and-label-messages-before-you-send-them/) - Have you ever sent an important email that you wanted to follow up on, but a couple days later realized you hadn’t? Starting today, you can organize your messages before sending them by starring them or adding a label, making it easy to keep track of your sent messages. When composing a new message, you
- [Update to Google Docs and Presentations spell checking](https://www.miadria.com/update-to-google-docs-and-presentations-spell-checking/) - The spell checking feature in Google Docs and Presentations now uses the power of Google search. The major benefits of this are: - Suggestions are contextual - Contextual suggestions are made even if the misspelled word is in the dictionary - Suggestions constantly evolve The new spell checker is available for English documents and presentations,
- [Learn why a message was flagged as spam](https://www.miadria.com/learn-why-a-message-was-flagged-as-spam/) - Many users say the accuracy of Google's spam filter is one of the key reasons they love Gmail. And while Google thinks you should never have to look in your spam folder, they know some of you may want to know why the messages there were marked as spam. So starting today, you'll see a
- [Google Apps Directory Sync 3.0.6 Update](https://www.miadria.com/google-apps-directory-sync-3-0-6-update/) - Google Apps Directory Sync 3.0.6 has a cleaner, more intuitive user interface, in addition to the following new features: - Configurable password length - Passwords generated by Google Apps Directory Sync now have a configurable length - Miscellaneous bug fixes Languages included: US English Only For more information: http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1263028
- [Faster and fancier graphics](https://www.miadria.com/faster-and-fancier-graphics/) - Today’s web brings beautiful, rich experiences right into your browser. With Chrome’s most recentStable channel release, Google has sped up graphics and drawing performance for users on capable hardware, and enabled fancier 3D content for other users on older computers. Give Chrome a spin to see just how good the modern web can look. And if the nuts and bolts
- [Audit your Marketplace app logins](https://www.miadria.com/audit-your-marketplace-app-logins/) - The new Audit Log's Marketplace Login Activity page lists when a user successfully logs in to Google Apps Marketplace applications installed in your account. Only an account's super administrator can view an Audit Log. Each auto log entry describes a user's successful Marketplace login activity including the Marketplace application's name and login page URL, the
- [New way to manage Control Panel administrators roles and privileges](https://www.miadria.com/new-way-to-manage-control-panel-administrators-roles-and-privileges-2/) - Previously, administrator privileges were assigned on a per-user basis. As a replacement, you can now create "roles" such as Help Desk, Services, and Groups, or create your own custom role. If you assigned delegated administrator privileges to users before administrator roles were available, Google Apps created roles for those settings. These custom roles have the
- [Gmail, Contacts, and Google+ integration](https://www.miadria.com/gmail-contacts-and-google-integration/) - Users on Google+ can now manage their contacts more efficiently in Gmail. - See user details in a new right-hand side box - Sort Gmail messages and Contacts by Circle - Google+ contact information is automatically updated to users in shared circles - Users can easily share images in Gmail messages to Google+ - See
- [Zap! Finding the right app and extension just got easier](https://www.miadria.com/zap-finding-the-right-app-and-extension-just-got-easier/) - Over the past few weeks, Google has introduced several new features to make it easier to discover new apps and extensions. These can be especially helpful, as the number of apps and extensions in the Chrome Web Store has grown to the tens of thousands. Starting today, Chrome Web Store users can try out an
- [nNew E-Discovery product: Google Apps Vault](https://www.miadria.com/nnew-e-discovery-product-google-apps-vault/) - Google Apps Vault is a new E-Discovery product which allows you to proactively archive, retain, and preserve user email and on the record chats. It is available to Google Apps for Business customers for $5 per user per month. Editions included: Google Apps for Business Languages included: All languages supported For more information: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/03/google-apps-vault-brings-information.html
- [Improved charting, expanded language support, and Apps Script updates](https://www.miadria.com/improved-charting-expanded-language-support-and-apps-script-updates/) - Another month and another batch of improvements to Google Docs. Google recently debuted a new spell checker that gets smarter and grows with the web, and Google has also turned on a few features that let you do more with Docs. New charting options Google has added a bunch of new ways to make richer
- [Google bar](https://www.miadria.com/google-bar-2/) - Starting Monday, April 9th, the new Google bar look will be rolling out to all Google Apps users. The new Google bar has links to services at the top level and a More drop-down list with links to additional services. - As before, the Google bar won’t show services that the administrator turns off in the Google
- [All your tabs, accessible everywhere](https://www.miadria.com/all-your-tabs-accessible-everywhere-2/) - Imagine you’ve looked up directions to a cool new restaurant on your home computer. Later, when you’re leaving work, you realize you can’t quite remember how to get there. If only you could quickly pull up the same directions on your office computer with one click! Well, with the latest Chrome Beta, you can. When you’re signed
- [Google Apps Calendar Interop for Microsoft® Exchange](https://www.miadria.com/google-apps-calendar-interop-for-microsoft-exchange/) - Designed for organizations in which some users use Google Calendar and other users manage their calendars in Microsoft® Exchange, Calendar Interop enables you to sync thefree/busy status of users in both calendar systems. This enables users in one calendar system to view the availability of users in the other system before scheduling a meeting. Editions included:
- [Delivering Cloud Printing to More Places](https://www.miadria.com/delivering-cloud-printing-to-more-places/) - Have you ever needed to print something out in a pinch? Well, so has Google, which is why they’ve been working hard to bring Google Cloud Print to even more places, making it easier to print when and where you need it the most. Starting today, you can print to any FedEx Office® location in
- [Accessibility improvements to Google Calendar, Google Docs and Google Sites](https://www.miadria.com/accessibility-improvements-to-google-calendar-google-docs-and-google-sites/) - Google has recently made some accessibility enhancements to Google Calendar, Google Docs and Google Sites. Improvements have been made in keyboard shortcuts and support forscreen readers among other items. Google Calendar: Google Calendar now has new keyboard shortcuts and better screen reader support for our blind users. Members of the blind community can now use JAWS,VoiceOver and ChromeVox to manage
- [Gmail "Compact" density now makes conversations more dense](https://www.miadria.com/gmail-compact-density-now-makes-conversations-more-dense/) - Gmail's "Compact" conversation view is now more dense, allowing more messages to be viewed in a web browser window.Release track: Rapid & Scheduled Editions included: Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education Languages included: All languages supported For more information: https://plus.google.com/103345707817934461425/posts/FwkdxisTx5e
- [Know Your Gmail Stats using Gmail Meter](https://www.miadria.com/know-your-gmail-stats-using-gmail-meter/) - One day I was looking at how many messages I have in my sent mail, and realized there are a lot of things I wanted to know about my email habits. How much of my emails do I read, and do I reply fast enough? As luck would have it, Romain Vialard, a Google Apps Script Top Contributor,
- [New Control Panel feature: Administrators can disable end-user forwarding in Gmail](https://www.miadria.com/new-control-panel-feature-administrators-can-disable-end-user-forwarding-in-gmail/) - By default, Gmail lets users automatically forward incoming mail to another address. As an administrator, you can disable this option to prevent users from setting up automatic forwarding. When you disable the option in the Control Panel, users won't see the forwarding option in their Gmail settings. Release track: Rapid & Scheduled Editions included: Google Apps
- [Chrome for Android Update](https://www.miadria.com/chrome-for-android-update/) - Since they launched Chrome for Android Beta in February, Google's been listening closely to all of your feedback. With today’s update, Chrome for Android Beta is now available in 31 more languages and in all countries where Google Play is available.Theye’ve also added many much-requested features, including: You can now request the desktop version of a website, in case
- [New Gmail features](https://www.miadria.com/new-gmail-features/) - New Gmail features: YouTube video + image sharing, People widget, Adding people to Google Plus Users on Google Plus will now see the following new features: - Share YouTube videos and inline images in Gmail messages with one-click - Add Google Plus users to circles directly from Gmail messages Additionally, there is a new People
- [New Product: Google Drive](https://www.miadria.com/new-product-google-drive/) - Google Drive is a brand new file synchronization product that allows users to centrally store all of their files in Google Docs. Files can be accessed via a web browser, the Google Drive client, and the Google Drive mobile app. Google Drive access will be rolling out to all domains over the next 4-8 weeks.
- [Gmail, now with 10 GB of storage (and counting)](https://www.miadria.com/gmail-now-with-10-gb-of-storage-and-counting/) - Today, we're happy to announce that Google is increasing everyone's free storage in Gmail from 7.5 GB to 10 GB (and counting) to celebrate the launch of Google Drive. The increase will take effect over the next 24 hours. We hope you all enjoy the little bump!
- [Administrator-managed Google Drive storage](https://www.miadria.com/administrator-managed-google-drive-storage/) - Administrators can now purchase additional Google Drive storage space which can be managed and distributed through the Google Apps control panel. Storage can be used with Google Drive only (not Gmail, Picasa Web Albums, Blogger, etc). This new administrator feature is covered by our 99.9% SLA uptime guarantee and 24/7 support. Editions included: Google Apps
- [New feature: Contacts delegation](https://www.miadria.com/new-feature-contacts-delegation/) - Contacts delegation allows users to delegate full access to the contacts in their “My Contacts” group without granting access to their mail or anything else in their accounts. You may delegate your contacts only to other users within your domain. Like mail delegation, you may delegate your contacts to no more than 25 other users
- [Keeping tabs on your tabs](https://www.miadria.com/keeping-tabs-on-your-tabs/) - Say you’ve found an awesome recipe on your work computer while... ahem... working hard at the office. But when you get back home, you can’t quite remember if it was two teaspoons of bakingsoda or two teaspoons of baking powder. Wouldn’t it be cool if you could pull up the same recipe on your home computer with
- [More Chrome goodness coming your way](https://www.miadria.com/more-chrome-goodness-coming-your-way/) - New Chrome Beta channel release is chock full of bug fixes. Thanks to automatic updates, you can sit back, relax, and let the goodness come to you.
- [Find facts and do research inside Google Documents](https://www.miadria.com/find-facts-and-do-research-inside-google-documents/) - We’re introducing the research pane—a new feature that brings the web’s wealth of information to you as you’re writing documents. The research pane taps into Google Search directly from Google documents, so whether you want to add a cool destination to your itinerary for an upcoming trip to India or you're looking for the perfect presidential
- [Say hello (or olá or halo or salam) to automatic message translation in Gmail](https://www.miadria.com/say-hello-or-ola-or-halo-or-salam-to-automatic-message-translation-in-gmail/) - Automatic Message Translation Did you ever dream about a future where your communications device could transcend language with ease? Well, that day is a lot closer. Back when Google launched automatic message translation in Gmail Labs, they were curious to see how people would use it. They heard immediately from Google Apps for Business users that
- [Introducing Google Drive... yes, really](https://www.miadria.com/introducing-google-drive-yes-really/) - Just like the Loch Ness Monster, you may have heard the rumors about Google Drive. It turns out, one of the two actually does exist. Today, we’re introducing Google Drive—a place where you can create, share, collaborate, and keep all of your stuff. Whether you’re working with a friend on a joint research project, planning a
- [Google Groups Redesign](https://www.miadria.com/google-groups-redesign/) - Google completely redesigned Google Groups from the ground up to offer a new and improved user interface, collaborative inbox, take and assign topic functionality, multi-domain support, advanced search operators, new ways of viewing group content, and much more. How to access what's new: Beginning May 15, Rapid Release users who navigate to the Google Groups
- [A better Google+ notification experience in email](https://www.miadria.com/a-better-google-notification-experience-in-email/) - Notification emails are a great way to keep up with what's happening in the Google+ stream: whether someone mentions you, comments on your post, or shares with you directly. It's not always enough to just read these updates, however; sometimes you want to respond right away, right from your inbox. The good news is that,
- [Follow an email’s journey with Story of Send](https://www.miadria.com/follow-an-emails-journey-with-story-of-send/) - If you’re anything like me, you send and receive a lot of emails every day. But have you ever wondered where your message goes after you hit “send?” How does an email travel from your computer to your friend’s smartphone across the country or around the world? Google's answering those questions with Story of Send, a
- [Next step in the Chrome OS journey](https://www.miadria.com/next-step-in-the-chrome-os-journey/) - Last year Google announced a new kind of computer This is the next step All of you haiku fans (like many on the Chrome team) can stop here; the rest can read on for more details. A year ago Google introduced a new model of computing with the launch of Chromebooks. They’ve heard from many of you who’ve enjoyed
- [Find facts and do research inside Google Documents](https://www.miadria.com/find-facts-and-do-research-inside-google-documents-2/) - Today we’re introducing the research pane—a new feature that brings the web’s wealth of information to you as you’re writing documents. The research pane taps into Google Search directly from Google documents, so whether you want to add a cool destination to your itinerary for an upcoming trip to India or you're looking for the perfect
- [Continuing to bring people front and center in Gmail](https://www.miadria.com/continuing-to-bring-people-front-and-center-in-gmail/) - Email is more than just messages going back and forth -- it's also about the people sending them. That's why today we're introducing changes that continue to bring people front and center in Gmail, just as we did with profile photos in conversation view, the people widget and last year's integrations with Google+. Today’s changes include quick access to
- [Improved search in Gmail](https://www.miadria.com/improved-search-in-gmail/) - When Google built Gmail, they wanted to bring that same great search experience Google is known for to email. And today, they are making that experience even better by improving the autocomplete predictions you see when you search in Gmail. Now when you type something into the Gmail search box, the autocomplete predictions will be
- [Quick access to contact details, improved autocomplete and Google+ circle integrations](https://www.miadria.com/quick-access-to-contact-details-improved-autocomplete-and-google-circle-integrations/) - The following new features are now available to Google Apps domains: - Quick access to contact details: When searching for an email address, the results will now show you contact details in addition to that person's profile photo and the emails sent from and to them. From here, you can start a chat, call their
- [New ways to share and manage your contacts](https://www.miadria.com/new-ways-to-share-and-manage-your-contacts/) - Today Google's adding a couple of new ways to share your contacts: Contacts Delegation and an enhanced shared Directory. Both of these features were inspired by feedback from customers who wanted more ways to manage shared contacts. Contacts Delegation Google Apps users can now delegate their contacts to other people at their organization. Many of you might
- [Google Apps Password Sync for Active Directory](https://www.miadria.com/google-apps-password-sync-for-active-directory/) - Google Apps Password Sync allows Google Apps admins to synchronize their users' passwords from Active Directory to Google Apps as they are changed. What’s new: - Sync passwords as they are changed - no need to wait for a scheduled sync - Secure - passwords aren't saved anywhere except on your Active Directory and Google
- [Apps, themes and vuvuzelas](https://www.miadria.com/apps-themes-and-vuvuzelas/) - Growing up, I remember running every week to my hometown’s newspaper kiosk to buy the latest copy of my favorite sports newspaper. This was the only way to keep up with the latest soccer (in Europe we call it football) news and scores. The web has changed this routine: I can now satisfy my soccer
- [Accidentally deleted a user? Undelete user now available!](https://www.miadria.com/accidentally-deleted-a-user-undelete-user-now-available/) - Google's customers have frequently requested the ability to restore recently deleted users. Starting today, admins can do so in the control panel. The process will recover most if not all data. - You must have super administrator privileges. - You can only restore users that have been deleted in the past five days. - The
- [Chrome and the New Shiny](https://www.miadria.com/chrome-and-the-new-shiny/) - You always want Chrome to look great, no matter what device you’re using. Apple recently announced a new laptop with a Retina high-resolution screen, and Google's committed to polishing Chrome until it shines on that machine. The Chrome Canary channel already shows the early results of this work, bringing basic high-resolution support to Chrome. They have further
- [Custom themes in Gmail](https://www.miadria.com/custom-themes-in-gmail/) - Themes have been an important part of Gmail ever since the launch back in 2008. Not only do they let you personalize your inbox with fun backgrounds, but they’re also practical, helping you easily differentiate between multiple Gmail inboxes (e.g. work and personal). When Google unveiled Gmail’s new look back in November, they introduced a number of
- [Ability to enforce 2-step verification for users](https://www.miadria.com/ability-to-enforce-2-step-verification-for-users/) - Domain admins now have the ability to enforce 2-step verification for users in their domain through the control panel. This can be enforced for all users in the domain or a subset of users in an organizational unit. Languages included: US English only (Next Generation release only) For more information: http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2548882 http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/06/posted-by-rishi-dhand-product-manager.html
- [Willkommen bei Gmail, Deutschland. It’s official: Gmail is Gmail everywhere](https://www.miadria.com/willkommen-bei-gmail-deutschland-its-official-gmail-is-gmail-everywhere/) - Friends and family of a German working on the Gmail team often ask why they have a @googlemail address instead of @gmail.com. Today Google announced that is no longer the case: Google Mail is becoming Gmail in Germany. To celebrate, Google has created a video that explains what it’s like to Go Google in German. All
- [Hot Summer Games](https://www.miadria.com/hot-summer-games/) - In our mind, summer always means more free time. And more free time is the perfect opportunity to play some of the latest Chrome Web Store games. We’re really excited to play From Dust, an award winning strategy adventure in which you control nature to help your tribe survive. The newly released Cut the Rope is also at
- [Google Apps Vault goes global](https://www.miadria.com/google-apps-vault-goes-global/) - In March 2012, Google launched Google Apps Vault, bringing enterprise-class information governance to Google Apps. Vault delivers retention, archiving and eDiscovery capabilities for email and chat messages, enabling businesses of all sizes to access and manage business-critical information. Vault offers true manage-in-place capabilities by applying retention policies directly to the Google Apps data, without the need to
- [Google+ Events in Google Calendar](https://www.miadria.com/google-events-in-google-calendar/) - Today at Google I/O, Google announced Google+ Events, a new way to create, capture and share public and private events. Google+ Events are seamlessly integrated with Google Calendar to simplify the planning process, so you’ll always know when you have something coming up. When creating a Google+ event, you can check your Google Calendar to make
- [Get things done anytime, anywhere: Announcing offline document editing and Google Drive for iOS](https://www.miadria.com/get-things-done-anytime-anywhere-announcing-offline-document-editing-and-google-drive-for-ios/) - In April, Google introduced Google Drive, a place where you can create, share, and keep all your stuff. At the Google I/O conference they announced two new ways to get things done in the cloud: offline editing for Google documents and a Drive app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Offline document editing No internet connection? No big deal.
- [Ability to restrict external sharing of secondary calendars](https://www.miadria.com/ability-to-restrict-external-sharing-of-secondary-calendars-2/) - Domain admins now have the ability to control external sharing of secondary calendars through the administrator control panel. This change adds a separate setting for secondary calendars. Languages included: US English only (Next Generation release only) For more information: http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=60765
- [Offline Document editing](https://www.miadria.com/offline-document-editing/) - Do you want to continue editing your important documents on a flight without wifi? Now you can! Google has launched one of the most requested features. Users now have the ability to edit documents and leave comments offline. You must be running the latest version of Chrome or ChromeOS and install the Google Drive Chrome
- [Apps Script in Docs List](https://www.miadria.com/apps-script-in-docs-list/) - Google Apps Script projects are now included in the docs list in Google Drive. - Your projects are now stored in Google Drive and can be shared just like any other file. - You can now build apps with HTML and JavaScript. - You can publish your apps to the Chrome Web Store. For assistance
- [Search Gmail logs in the administrator control panel](https://www.miadria.com/search-gmail-logs-in-the-administrator-control-panel/) - What happened to an inbound or outbound message? Was a message sent to my domain and marked as spam? Which users sent or received a specific message? Starting today, domain admins can get answers to these and other such questions using Gmail log search. This feature is now available in the administrator control panel. Languages
- [Find the perfect app with a little help from your Google+ friends](https://www.miadria.com/find-the-perfect-app-with-a-little-help-from-your-google-friends/) - Between checking with colleagues for their suggestions and creating shared lists on Google spreadsheets, I thought there must be an easier way to share my favorite apps with the rest of the world. Starting today, the Chrome Web Store helps you do just that. You can now share all of your favorite Chrome Web Store items with
- [Google Apps Directory Sync 3.1.3 update](https://www.miadria.com/google-apps-directory-sync-3-1-3-update/) - This version of Google Apps Directory Sync has some new features: - Email address rename detection - Dynamic Group support - 64-bit support For more information: http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=106368 http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1263028
- [Beta ways to communicate and print](https://www.miadria.com/beta-ways-to-communicate-and-print/) - Every day, millions of people around the world are able to see the faces and hear the voices of loved ones thousands of miles away, thanks to online video chat services. These services have revolutionized the way we work, play, and hang out with friends. In today’s Chrome Beta release, it’s now possible for you to
- [Web Lab: the magic of the Internet, brought to life](https://www.miadria.com/web-lab-the-magic-of-the-internet-brought-to-life/) - Inspiration comes in many forms and can influence you in unexpected ways. I can trace my own interest in programming to Babbage’s Analytical Engine, which fascinated me on my childhood visits to the Science Museum in London. This idea that science and technology can inspire people is one that we hold close to our hearts. It’s also the
- [Video chat face-to-face-to-face with Hangouts in Gmail](https://www.miadria.com/video-chat-face-to-face-to-face-with-hangouts-in-gmail/) - Since the introduction of Gmail video chat back in 2008, many of you have told Google that you love the direct, personal communication it provides. That's why they're excited to announce that video chat is being upgraded to a more modern video calling technology -- Google+ Hangouts. Unlike the old video chat, which was based
- [Custom color picker in Google Calendar](https://www.miadria.com/custom-color-picker-in-google-calendar/) - Google Calendar users have had the ability to change the colors of specific events or calendars from a default color palette. Users can now choose a custom color if the default palette does not meet their needs. How to access what's new: Click on "Choose custom color" on the bottom of the existing color picker.
- [New senses for the web](https://www.miadria.com/new-senses-for-the-web/) - What if web apps could see? What if they could hear? In today’s Chrome Stable release, when you give them permission, they can. Chrome now includes the getUserMedia API, which lets you grant web apps access to your camera and microphone without a plug-in. The getUserMedia API is the first step in WebRTC, a new real-time communications standard which
- [Make mobile more manageable](https://www.miadria.com/make-mobile-more-manageable/) - People are using phones and tablets more than ever before to get work done from anywhere – in the field, at home or while traveling. Along with this increase in flexibility and productivity come new challenges for businesses managing all of these mobile devices. Google launched tools to manage mobile devices across all mobile platforms for Google
- [Lock down cells with Protected Ranges in Google spreadsheets](https://www.miadria.com/lock-down-cells-with-protected-ranges-in-google-spreadsheets/) - Editing with others in real-time makes it easy to get stuff done in Google spreadsheets in only a matter of minutes. But with so many people working in the same space, it’s possible to modify a section that a collaborator didn’t intend to be touched. That’s why, today, Google's updating the Named Ranges feature in spreadsheets to
- [Named & Protected Ranges and Border Styles in Google Spreadsheets](https://www.miadria.com/named-protected-ranges-and-border-styles-in-google-spreadsheets/) - Named & Protected Ranges: Users now have the ability to name a range in a spreadsheet. You can then protect such a named range instead of protecting the whole sheet. You can also use the name of the range in formulas. Border colors: Users can now pick the color and style of cell borders. This
- [An even more secure Flash Player for Windows users](https://www.miadria.com/an-even-more-secure-flash-player-for-windows-users/) - One of the great things about the web is that you can hop from page to page watching videos, playing games, or checking email without installing additional software that may pose a security risk to your computer. On the Chrome team, Google's made it their mission to build a browser that helps protect you every step of
- [New security settings for Google Apps mobile management](https://www.miadria.com/new-security-settings-for-google-apps-mobile-management/) - On August 2nd Google released additional security settings for mobile management in the Google Apps administrator control panel. - IP whitelist for Google Sync (ActiveSync) - Google Sync: Enforce delete as trash - Enable/disable user remote wipe - Only enforce available policies on older Android devices - Enable/disable Google Now For more information: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/08/make-mobile-more-manageable.html http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1408902
- [Google Apps domain registration has gone global](https://www.miadria.com/google-apps-domain-registration-has-gone-global/) - A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) such as .com.es or .jp helps companies build a local footprint on the web, and ccTLD support is one of the most-requested features for Google Apps. Google announced that today – thanks to a partnership with domaindiscount24.com – that they now offer 30 top-level domain (TLD) options, including 22 ccTLDs, with prices starting at
- [A new apps list on Chrome OS](https://www.miadria.com/a-new-apps-list-on-chrome-os/) - One theme Google hears repeatedly from Chrome OS users is how much they enjoy the speed and simplicity of their Chromebooks. With this week’s stable release of Chrome OS, Google has redesigned the apps list experience to make it easier to access your favorite apps and websites. Notably, they made the apps list much more compact, so you
- [News in Delivery manager and SSO login screen](https://www.miadria.com/news-in-delivery-manager-and-sso-login-screen/) - Delivery Manager: A new way to manage email routing Google Apps administrators can use a new feature in the administrator control panel to manage routing and basic filtering of email to on-premise systems as well as email to Google Apps users. These changes are a part of the integration of Postini and Google Apps. For
- [Better mouse control for games in the latest Chrome Beta](https://www.miadria.com/better-mouse-control-for-games-in-the-latest-chrome-beta/) - For you game lovers out there, you’ll be happy to hear that today’s Beta release includes the Pointer Lock JavaScript API (a.k.a. mouse lock). This means 3D web apps and games like first-person shooters can remove your cursor from the screen and get access to raw mouse movement data, so you can pan the screen’s view to
- [Graduation and more](https://www.miadria.com/graduation-and-more/) - Default routing settings for inbound messages “Default routing” is a new option on the Email settings page in the administrator control panel. This feature enables you to set up a domain-wide routing policy for inbound messages that includes one or more settings. For more information: http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2368153 New setting to enforce TLS for inbound or outbound
- [Export Google Documents as .docx](https://www.miadria.com/export-google-documents-as-docx/) - Users can now export Google Documents as .docx. This will show up as an option in the “Download as” menu. Note: Rapid release domains no longer have the option to export documents as .doc.
- [Discussions in Google Spreadsheets](https://www.miadria.com/discussions-in-google-spreadsheets/) - Google Spreadsheets users now have the ability to collaborate more efficiently with discussions in Google Spreadsheets. This updates brings features like the ability to +mention users to add them to the discussion. For more information: http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2012/09/google-spreadsheets-now-with-discussions.html
- [Bringing Google+ to work: Preview of enterprise features](https://www.miadria.com/bringing-google-to-work-preview-of-enterprise-features/) - Google has now launched a preview of Google+ premium features in the administrator control panel. Admins can setup default restrictions that will allow users in the domain to freely exchange ideas and share information while keeping company information private. Post Restrictions: Admins can set all new posts to be restricted within the domain by default.
- [Hangouts in Google Calendar events](https://www.miadria.com/hangouts-in-google-calendar-events/) - Users with an active Google+ profile can add a Google+ Hangout to calendar events. Invited guests can join the hangout by clicking on “Join hangout” on the event details page. These hangouts will respect any restrictions in the administrator control panel. For more information: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/08/bringing-google-to-work.html http://support.google.com/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2690797
- [Celebrating 4 years: from a better web, to your web](https://www.miadria.com/celebrating-4-years-from-a-better-web-to-your-web/) - When Google launched Chrome four years ago, most people accessed the web through a personal computer. Their goal was to help build a better web--a web that is faster, simpler and more secure. Fast forward to today, and many people have more than one device--a smartphone, a tablet, a computer at work, a computer at home. The
- [Chrome for Android just got safer](https://www.miadria.com/chrome-for-android-just-got-safer/) - Security is one of the core principles of Chrome, and as mobile usage proliferates, google's committed to providing users a safe browsing experience regardless of the device they're on. With today's Chrome for Android update on Google Play, your browsing experience on Android just got safer. This release strengthens Chrome for Android’s sandbox technology, which helps ensure malicious mobile websites
- [Nicknames for Google Groups](https://www.miadria.com/nicknames-for-google-groups/) - Google Apps administrators now have the ability to create nicknames for Google Groups. If your Google Apps account includes more than one domain, you can add a nickname that has a different domain from the original group. Note that this can only be done in the administrator control panel. For more information: http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2727156
- [Supporting modern browsers: Internet Explorer 8 support discontinued](https://www.miadria.com/supporting-modern-browsers-internet-explorer-8-support-discontinued/) - As Google announced last year, they support the latest version of Google Chrome (which automatically updates whenever it detects that a new version of the browser is available) as well as the current and prior major release of Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari on a rolling basis. Each time a new version of one of
- [500 Chrome Experiments and counting...](https://www.miadria.com/500-chrome-experiments-and-counting/) - The web is capable of amazing things and is becoming more capable all the time. To show some of the potential of a better web, Google launched ChromeExperiments.com in March 2009 with 19 inspiring examples by the creative coding community of what’s possible when combining the latest web technologies with a little code and imagination. Some of
- [Moving, singing and dreaming with a Chrome experiment from Cirque du Soleil](https://www.miadria.com/moving-singing-and-dreaming-with-a-chrome-experiment-from-cirque-du-soleil/) - Cirque du Soleil stages impressive live performances that challenge the laws of physics and the limits of the human body. Today, at Google’s Big Tent event in New York, the wonder of Cirque du Soleil transcended the confines of real world performance and embraced the entire web throughMovi.Kanti.Revo, a new sensory Chrome experiment crafted by Cirque du Soleil
- [Import emails and contacts from other webmail systems](https://www.miadria.com/import-emails-and-contacts-from-other-webmail-systems/) - If you're switching to Gmail from another email provider like Yahoo!, Hotmail, or AOL, consumer Gmail has a handy tool to help you move over your old emails and contacts. This tool is now accessible to Google Apps users as well. Note: This import feature is powered by TrueSwitch and is not a Google Apps core service.
- [New way to submit feedback about the administrator control panel](https://www.miadria.com/new-way-to-submit-feedback-about-the-administrator-control-panel/) - Google Apps is changing the way in which Google collects your feedback. To provide feedback about the administrator control panel, navigate to the page you'd like to improve and click the 'Send Feedback' link at the bottom. If you are experiencing an issue or would like to reach out to someone directly, please contact support.
- [A Chrome update with a side of gaming coming right up](https://www.miadria.com/a-chrome-update-with-a-side-of-gaming-coming-right-up/) - In today’s Chrome Stable release, Google has added support for more natural gaming on web apps. If you enjoy 3D gaming, check out the technical details on the Chromium blog. For everyone else, sit back, relax, and enjoy today’s bundle of Chrome goodness through automatic updates.
- [Comments in Sites](https://www.miadria.com/comments-in-sites/) - Comments in Sites are now powered by Discussions. This brings powerful features like +mentioning, responding to comments via email, etc. to Google Sites. For more information: http://support.google.com/sites/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=98225
- [A new way to sync Google Contacts](https://www.miadria.com/a-new-way-to-sync-google-contacts/) - For many years, Google has supported two open protocols for accessing Gmail and Calendar from mobile apps and devices: IMAP for email and CalDAV for calendar. These protocols, combined with the options to access Gmail, Calendar, and Contacts with your desktop or mobile browser and via native apps on iOS and Android, help ensure you have a great experience
- [Gmail Advanced Labs Management](https://www.miadria.com/gmail-advanced-labs-management/) - This new feature of the administrator control panel allows Google Apps admins to better control Gmail Labs. Each lab can be individually: - Enabled: The Lab is enabled for all users in the domain; users are not able to disable it - Allowed: Users are allowed to enable the lab for their own account -
- [Another Chrome Beta release out for delivery](https://www.miadria.com/another-chrome-beta-release-out-for-delivery/) - Today’s Chrome Beta channel release is hot off the press and ready to go. If technical speak makes your heart throb more than a YouTube star does, you can find more details about this release over at the Chromium blog. For everyone else, enjoy!
- [Take your Chrome to work day](https://www.miadria.com/take-your-chrome-to-work-day/) - Chrome is speedy, simple and secure making it a great browser to use at home, and now it's even better for your IT folks at work. Check out today's Google's post from the enterprise blog and send it to your IT department if you'd like to use Chrome at work.
- [It's an awesome world](https://www.miadria.com/its-an-awesome-world/) - A few months ago, people in Google heard an awesome story. It was about a dad, named Dallas Clayton, and a little book he wrote for his son about dreaming big, fantastic dreams – called An Awesome Book! After writing the book, Dallas wanted to share it with more people. But every publisher he took it
- [Communicate more easily across languages in Gmail](https://www.miadria.com/communicate-more-easily-across-languages-in-gmail/) - gmail transliteration, gmail languages, change language in gmail
- [Find your stuff faster in Gmail and Search](https://www.miadria.com/find-your-stuff-faster-in-gmail-and-search/) - When you’re looking for something, you should be able to find what you need quickly and easily without needing to think about where it might be, whether it's in your email or out on the public web. That’s why this past August Google opened a field trial allowing you to sign up to get information from Gmail
- [Drag-and-drop to upload folders in Google Drive](https://www.miadria.com/drag-and-drop-to-upload-folders-in-google-drive/) - Users have had the ability to upload files to Google Drive by dragging-and-dropping them into the web interface since April 2011. They can now upload folders from their computer to Google Drive in the same way. Note that this feature is only available using the latest version of Google Chrome. For more information: http://support.google.com/drive/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2424368
- [Import emails and contacts from other webmail systems](https://www.miadria.com/import-emails-and-contacts-from-other-webmail-systems-2/) - If you're switching to Gmail from another email provider like Yahoo!, Hotmail, or AOL, Gmail has a handy tool to help you move over your old emails and contacts. This tool is now accessible to Google Apps users as well. Note: This import feature is not a Google Apps core service and is not supported
- [The new Chromebook, for everyone](https://www.miadria.com/the-new-chromebook-for-everyone/) - A few years ago, Google set out on a journey to build a better computer that’s faster, simpler and more secure. When they introduced a few Chromebooks into the market, many of you early adopters joined them on this journey. For folks living entirely in the cloud, the Chromebook is now a primary computer. Many people use the Chromebook today
- [One click to Docs, Sheets, and Slides](https://www.miadria.com/one-click-to-docs-sheets-and-slides/) - Google Drive is a place where you can create, share, collaborate and keep all your stuff. Of course, there are times you want to start a new document right away–say, to take notes in class or prepare a last-minute presentation for your boss. To make it even easier for you to create stuff quickly, Documents,
- [World, meet your browser](https://www.miadria.com/world-meet-your-browser/) - When Chrome first launched back in 2008, Google realized that a lot of people didn’t know what a web browser was, much less which version they were using. They also didn’t know that you could choose to use a different browser. To help people learn about the importance of browser choice, they introduced whatbrowser.org, a simple site that answers the
- [Get your Google back](https://www.miadria.com/get-your-google-back/) - If you’ve moved to Windows 8 and are getting acquainted with it, you may be looking for a couple of your favorite Google products that you use every day. To help you get the best experience possible on Google and across the web, Google has designed and built a new Google Search app and Chrome
- [Controlling your computer from afar](https://www.miadria.com/controlling-your-computer-from-afar/) - One year ago, Google launched Chrome Remote Desktop in beta. From adjusting printer settings on your mom’s computer to finding a lost file on your dad’s laptop, Chrome Remote Desktop has made you the family hero by helping you remotely access other computers -- including your own -- via Chrome. Now, Google is taking Chrome Remote Desktop
- [Chrome Web Lab: The Experiment Continues](https://www.miadria.com/chrome-web-lab-the-experiment-continues/) - In July, Google launched Chrome Web Lab, a series of 5 interactive experiments that push the boundaries of what is possible in a modern browser and a museum experience that’s fully web-connected. Web Lab has opened the Science Museum in London to the entire world, and so far it's seen more than 2.5 million visitors from
- [Share your work from Google Drive to Google+](https://www.miadria.com/share-your-work-from-google-drive-to-google/) - With Google+, you can share what you want with just the right people. That might be pictures from your team offsite or an article from your favorite new blog. Starting today, you can also share the work you create and store in Google Drive, and people will be able to flip through presentations, open PDFs,
- [Introducing the new compose in Gmail](https://www.miadria.com/introducing-the-new-compose-in-gmail/) - Google is always trying to make Gmail faster and easier to use, so now they're introducing a completely redesigned compose and reply experience that does just that. Faster How many times have you been writing an email and had to reference something in another message? Saving a draft, opening the old email, and then reopening
- [Longer battery life and easier website permissions](https://www.miadria.com/longer-battery-life-and-easier-website-permissions/) - A wise person once said, “Modern life is a constant search... for a power outlet.” With today’s new Chrome Stable release, we hope you can begin looking for more meaningful things. Google recently enabled GPU-accelerated video decoding for Chrome on Windows. Dedicated graphics chips draw far less power than a computer's CPU, so using GPU-accelerated video decoding while
- [JAM with Chrome: Play music live with your friends online](https://www.miadria.com/jam-with-chrome-play-music-live-with-your-friends-online/) - If you ever dreamed of playing in a band, now’s your chance to be a rock star. JAM with Chrome is an interactive web application that enables friends in different locations to play music together in the Chrome browser on their computers. No matter what your level of talent—from daydreaming air guitarist to music pro—you can JAM
- [Always getting faster](https://www.miadria.com/always-getting-faster/) - Every time you launch Chrome, you see the same simple browser window. What you may not know is that things are changing under the hood every six weeks, thanks to auto-update. It’s like a mechanic stopping by every six weeks to give your car a new engine. With today’s Chrome Beta channel release, Chrome continues to get faster, as
- [The new Acer Chromebook](https://www.miadria.com/the-new-acer-chromebook/) - Creating a better, simpler computer and making it available for everyone is at the core of the Chromebook vision. It’s exciting to see people using Chromebooks as the perfect additional computer in the home, and Googlers continue to work with our partners to make them easy-to-use and more affordable. Today, their partner Acer is introducing a new
- [Securing Flash Player for Mac users](https://www.miadria.com/securing-flash-player-for-mac-users/) - Adobe Flash Player is a very widely used browser plug-in used to watch videos, play games and consume content on the web. Unfortunately, it’s also commonly used as a vector for malware, which tries to monitor your activities, steal information, or otherwise wreak havoc on your computer. Since 2010, Google's been working with Adobe to improve the security of Flash
- [Some new ways to get things done in Google Drive](https://www.miadria.com/some-new-ways-to-get-things-done-in-google-drive/) - In case you haven’t noticed them already, here are a handful of small updates that will make it easier to find, organize, and view files on Drive. Search by person: Can't remember the name of a file but know who shared it with you? Now Drive search auto-completes people’s names, making it easier to find
- [Explore the stellar neighborhood with your browser](https://www.miadria.com/explore-the-stellar-neighborhood-with-your-browser/) - Visualizing the exact location of every star in the galaxy is a problem of, well, galactic proportions. With over 200 billion stars, capturing every detail of the Milky Way currently defies scientists and laptops alike. However, using imagery and data from a range of sources, including NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), Google was
- [Google+ Available for Education and New Google+ Premium Features](https://www.miadria.com/google-available-for-education-and-new-google-premium-features/) - We’re excited to announce new premium features for Google+ , including: Google+for Education Edition: G+ can now be enabled as a service for all Education Edition Domains. Larger Hangouts: The size of Hangouts for G+ Premium feature domains has been increased from 10 to 15 participants (including host). Admin Age Verification: G+ premium feature domain
- [New Control Panel Features Available in All Languages](https://www.miadria.com/new-control-panel-features-available-in-all-languages-2/) - The admin control panel now makes new features available in all languages at the same time. Previously, admins had to choose between viewing the admin control panel in English to receive the very latest features or waiting until new features had been translated into their preferred language. Instead, the control panel will always be displayed
- [Gmail and Drive - a new way to send files](https://www.miadria.com/gmail-and-drive-a-new-way-to-send-files/) - Since Google Drive launched in April, millions of people have started using Drive to keep, create and share files. Starting today, it’s even easier to share with others: you can insert files from Drive directly into an email without leaving your Gmail. Have you ever tried to attach a file to an email only to
- [Edit spreadsheets on the go with the Drive mobile app](https://www.miadria.com/edit-spreadsheets-on-the-go-with-the-drive-mobile-app/) - Just in time for this year’s holiday season, you can edit Google Sheets on your mobile device, just like you can with Google Docs. From the Drive app on your iPhone, iPad or Android device, you can create a new spreadsheet or edit an existing one. You can switch fonts, resize columns, sort data, and more.
- [Google Play Private Channel: Your own Google Play store](https://www.miadria.com/google-play-private-channel-your-own-google-play-store/) - Google Apps domains can now distribute internal Android apps to users at their organization through the Google Play Private Channel. This private channel is restricted to users in the domain and can be used to host internal corporate Android apps like a mobile company directory app. For more information: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-new-way-to-distribute-your-internal.html http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?&answer=2494992
- [The Gmail app for iPhone and iPad: version 2.0](https://www.miadria.com/the-gmail-app-for-iphone-and-ipad-version-2-0/) - Six months ago, Google team set out to completely rebuild the Gmail app for iPhone and iPad to give you you a faster, sleeker, and easier experience on iOS. The result? Version 2.0. With version 2.0 of the app, you'll get a totally new look and feel, plus a bunch of improvements like profile pictures in
- [Changes to Google Apps packages](https://www.miadria.com/changes-to-google-apps-packages/) - Starting today, Google is no longer accepting new signups for the free version of Google Apps. The option to switch to this version will no longer be available in 30 days. This change has no impact on customers who are already using the free version. They can continue to use Google Apps for free. For
- [5,000 new stock images in Google Drive, thanks to you](https://www.miadria.com/5000-new-stock-images-in-google-drive-thanks-to-you/) - A few months ago, many of you submitted ideas to Google on how they can expand the selection of stock images in Google Drive to add to the categories that you’re most interested in. Thanks to your suggestions, 5,000 new photos of nature, weather, animals, sports, food, education, technology, music and 8 other categories are now available
- [Restrict Admin Privileges to Organizational Units](https://www.miadria.com/restrict-admin-privileges-to-organizational-units/) - Google Apps super admins now have the ability to designate users as admins for specific organizational units. Users in a domain can be arranged in organizational units to better control the services and features they have access to. For more information: http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=182433 http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=172176
- [Chromebooks for classrooms: $99 for the holidays](https://www.miadria.com/chromebooks-for-classrooms-99-for-the-holidays/) - For many students and teachers, the hassles of traditional computing often prevent them from making the most of technology in the classroom. Schools that have adopted Chromebooks, however, have been able to bring the web’s vast educational resources—whether it’s conducting real-time research or collaborating on group projects—right into the classroom. Chromebooks are fast, easily sharable,
- [Fusion Tables Available for Google Apps for Business](https://www.miadria.com/fusion-tables-available-for-google-apps-for-business/) - A limited version of Fusion Tables is now available for administrators to enable in the administrator control panel under Additional Services. When this service is turned on, users will be able to use all features of Fusion Tables except the ability to create a Google Map. For more information: http://support.google.com/fusiontables/answer/1657096
- [Introducing the Save to Drive extension, plus enhancements to images](https://www.miadria.com/introducing-the-save-to-drive-extension-plus-enhancements-to-images/) - The new Save to Drive Chrome extension gives you a few new ways to capture content from anywhere on the web and store it neatly in Drive. After you install the extension, you can click on the Drive extension icon to save: an image of an entire page or an image of the visible page the HTML
- [The evolution of This Exquisite Forest](https://www.miadria.com/the-evolution-of-this-exquisite-forest/) - A few months ago Google released This Exquisite Forest, a Chrome Experiment that lets you create collaborative animations using an online drawing tool. Thousands of people from all over the world have contributed to the project, creating unique animations like Looking Up / Looking Down,Wine after Coffee and Animated Typography. For any of these animations, you can click the button in
- [Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Exchange (GAMME) 3.0](https://www.miadria.com/google-apps-migration-for-microsoft-exchange-gamme-3-0-2/) - Version 3.0 of Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Exchange (GAMME) is now available for download. It has the following improvements: - Calendar migration for resources Migrate calendar resources like meeting rooms from Exchange to Google Apps. - Public folder migration Migrate public folders in Exchange to Google Groups using the command line. - New in-product
- [Santa Claus is coming to Chrome](https://www.miadria.com/santa-claus-is-coming-to-chrome/) - On Christmas Eve, as Santa makes his way across the world, you can follow his progress and keep tabs on how many presents he’s delivered with the Google Maps’s Santa Tracker. And this year Santa’s developer elves went a bit further. They created a Chrome extension that enables you to simultaneously browse the web on your
- [Your favorite apps, with Google Drive (Holiday Edition)](https://www.miadria.com/your-favorite-apps-with-google-drive-holiday-edition/) - For the second installment of our Apps in Google Drive series, Google's giving things a holiday twist with apps that can help you out with some (last-minute) personalized gifts. Once you install one of the third-party Drive apps below, you can use them to create a variety of one-of-a-kind gifts: your pug on a mug, your
- [Enforce SSL  and QuickOffice for Google Apps](https://www.miadria.com/enforce-ssl-and-quickoffice-for-google-apps/) - Enforce SSL on the contacts APIs Google Apps administrators now have the ability to enforce SSL connections on the Contacts APIs through a setting in the control panel. This setting provides added security against session hijacking and user impersonation. It affects these APIs: - Contacts API - Domain Shared Contacts API - Google Apps Profiles
- [Make the most of your holiday gifts and time at home with Google Drive](https://www.miadria.com/make-the-most-of-your-holiday-gifts-and-time-at-home-with-google-drive/) - Chances are that many of you lucky readers will be unwrapping new computers, mobile phones, and tablets this holiday season. Here are a few quick tips on how you can smoothly transition all of your stuff from old devices to new ones using Google Drive. For laptops & desktops First, you’ll want to get all
- [Go Paperless in 2013](https://www.miadria.com/go-paperless-in-2013/) - It’s a new year, which means new resolutions. If you’re up for saving time, money and trees, going paperless might be a good goal for you in 2013. Google Drive makes it easy to keep all your stuff in the cloud and access it anywhere -- so you don’t have to carry around paper copies
- [Vault's new look and Docs audit logs](https://www.miadria.com/vaults-new-look-and-docs-audit-logs/) - New look for Google Apps Vault Earlier this week Google launched a new look for Google Apps Vault. No product functionality has been changed. For more information about carrying out tasks in the new interface please read the Help Center documentation at http://support.google.com/vault
- [Google Maps Coordinate now available on iPhone](https://www.miadria.com/google-maps-coordinate-now-available-on-iphone/) - Google Maps Coordinate makes it easy to manage mobile teams more efficiently. Starting today, Maps Coordinate will be available on iPhones in addition to Android devices. Now, mobile workers equipped with an iPhone can be dispatched and record job details using Maps Coordinate. Maps Coordinate combines the power of Google’s mapping technologies with modern smartphones to
- [Google's newest Beta, for Android phones and tablets](https://www.miadria.com/googles-newest-beta-for-android-phones-and-tablets/) - Release early, release often. Today, Google is introducing Chrome Beta channel for phones and tablets on Android 4.0+. The Beta channel was launched in the early days of Chrome to test out new features and fix issues fast. Google's newest Beta channel for phones and tablets now joins their Beta versions of Chrome for Mac, Windows, Linux
- [Speedy Chrome delivery](https://www.miadria.com/speedy-chrome-delivery/) - With today’s Chrome Stable release, you’ll be booting up a faster browser. Feel free to kick back after the holidays and enjoy Chrome’s new year freshness through automatic updates.
- [Hello Browser](https://www.miadria.com/hello-browser/) - Using your voice to search on your computer or phone is handy, but there’s so much more you can do with voice commands. Imagine if you could dictate documents, have a freestyle rap battle, or control game characters with your browser using only your voice. With today’s Chrome Beta release, this future is closer than
- [Export Google Docs & Google Vault retention](https://www.miadria.com/export-google-docs-google-vault-retention/) - Export Google Docs, Sheets and Slides format files to Office Open XML formats In September, Google added the ability to export Google documents to the newer Microsoft Office formats that rely on open standards (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx). To continue adding new features and innovations to Google Drive and Docs, they’ll be focusing their resources on
- [For schools: The new Lenovo ThinkPad Chromebook](https://www.miadria.com/for-schools-the-new-lenovo-thinkpad-chromebook/) - The Chromebook journey has been about building a faster, simpler and more secure computer for everyone, and Google has introduced a new Chromebook built for schools. Learn more about the Lenovo ThinkPad Chromebook from the post on the enterprise blog.
- [New ways to find coworkers on Google+](https://www.miadria.com/new-ways-to-find-coworkers-on-google/) - To make it easier for you to find coworkers, add them to Circles, and share things with them on Google+, Google's adding new domain labels. When you hover over someone’s name or photo, a window will show with more information. If that person is part of your organization, you’ll see a label below their name
- [Create, edit and present with Google Slides offline](https://www.miadria.com/create-edit-and-present-with-google-slides-offline/) - Good news, Slides lovers. You can now create, edit, comment and (perhaps most importantly) present without an internet connection—just like you can with Docs. Any new presentations or changes you make will be automatically updated when you get back online. So you can continue polishing slides on your next flight, and head to your upcoming presentation without worrying
- [Google Forms, Refreshed](https://www.miadria.com/google-forms-refreshed/) - With Google Drive, you can do more than just create, store, and share stuff. A variety of apps can help with everything from editing spreadsheets to signing documents electronically. Forms let you easily create questionnaires and automatically collect responses in a spreadsheet. Today a new version launches, rebuilt to bring you a faster, cleaner, and more collaborative experience. Now with collaboration
- [For schools: the edu-fication of Chromebooks](https://www.miadria.com/for-schools-the-edu-fication-of-chromebooks/) - 2013 is already shaping up to be a busy year for the web in education. Earlier this month Lenovo announced the new ThinkPad Chromebook and this week, Jaime Casap, Google's Global Education evangelist announced in his keynote at FETC in Orlando, that there are now globally more than 2,000 schools using Chromebooks - twice as many as 3 months
- [HP Pavilion 14 Chromebook](https://www.miadria.com/hp-pavilion-14-chromebook/) - It's an exciting time in computing. Now more than ever, you have so many choices when it comes to software, hardware and services. With Chromebooks, people tell us they love its ease-of-use, speed and security, and also enjoy having options when it comes to shape, size and price. So today Google's announced that their newest
- [A Chrome Experiment made with some friends from Oz](https://www.miadria.com/a-chrome-experiment-made-with-some-friends-from-oz/) - You won’t need magical powers to take a journey down the yellow brick road; just point your favorite browser to the latest Chrome Experiment, “Find Your Way to Oz.” Developed in collaboration with Disney and UNIT9 in anticipation of the upcoming film, Oz The Great and Powerful, this experiment takes you through a dusty Kansas circus and leads
- [New look for the “Create” menu in Drive](https://www.miadria.com/new-look-for-the-create-menu-in-drive/) - The “Create” menu in Google Drive has a new look. This change allows for easier access to Drive apps and third party apps. Note: To create a new file from a template, open the appropriate editor (Docs, Sheets or Slides) and click on File > New > From template. This functionality has been removed from
- [Preview files in Google Drive](https://www.miadria.com/preview-files-in-google-drive/) - It may sound obvious, but sometimes the best way to find something is to start looking. Beginning today, Google Drive will let you quickly preview more than 30 file types and quickly flip between files until you find the one you want. You’ll see the new preview automatically if you open a photo, video, or PDF. To
- [The Chromebook Pixel, for what’s next](https://www.miadria.com/the-chromebook-pixel-for-whats-next/) - Chromebooks were designed to make computing speedy, simple and secure. For many of you, they have become the perfect, additional (and yes, affordable) computer: ideal for catching up on emails, sharing documents and chatting via Hangouts. Google is tremendously grateful to their partners—Samsung, Acer, Lenovo and HP—for their commitment. The momentum has been remarkable: the
- [Bringing voice recognition to the web](https://www.miadria.com/bringing-voice-recognition-to-the-web/) - Web apps, listen up. Today's Chrome Stable release includes support for the Web Speech API(discussed last month), which developers can use to integrate speech recognition capabilities into their web apps. To see what this might look like, check out this demo on how to compose an email just using your voice. In addition, today’s release also disables silent extension installs in Chrome for
- [HTML5 support for Google Drive videos](https://www.miadria.com/html5-support-for-google-drive-videos/) - Videos stored in Google Drive are now available in HTML5. Videos will be served in HTML5 if Flash support is not available in the browser. This change allows users to play videos on their mobile phones without Flash support. For more information: http://support.google.com/drive/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2423694
- [Bettar spell chek in Chrome](https://www.miadria.com/bettar-spell-chek-in-chrome/) - Today’s Chrome Beta release brings improved spell checking to the browser. To start, Google has refreshed the dictionaries for Chrome’s default spell checker, and have added support for Korean, Tamil and Albanian. Users who sync their settings will also notice their custom dictionary gets shared across devices now, so you won’t need to teach that new Chromebook how to
- [Race to win on big and small screens with Chrome Super Sync Sports](https://www.miadria.com/race-to-win-on-big-and-small-screens-with-chrome-super-sync-sports/) - Smartphones and tablets are great for all sorts of games, and lately Google's been thinking about new ways to play. Chrome Super Sync Sports is a new Chrome Experiment that uses the unique features of mobile devices to create a new gaming experience on big and small screens. In this game up to four friends can compete in running,
- [Faster browsing for your smaller screens](https://www.miadria.com/faster-browsing-for-your-smaller-screens/) - Recent Chrome updates bring faster and simpler browsing to your phones and tablets. Chrome for Android, faster and more responsive Speed is critical, especially when you’re on the go. With the latest version of Chrome for Android, you can scroll and fling to view all of your favorite web pages with even more speed and
- [Type less when you’re on the go](https://www.miadria.com/type-less-when-youre-on-the-go/) - Tired of filling out web forms on your Android phone or tablet with the same information, time and time again? When you’ve signed in to Chrome on your desktop, you can take your saved passwords and autofill entries across your computers and laptops. With today’s Chrome Beta for Android update, you can now access these from your phone and tablet too.
- [New Notifications Inbox in the admin control panel](https://www.miadria.com/new-notifications-inbox-in-the-admin-control-panel/) - The Alerts & Notifications box in the admin control panel has now been replaced with a new Notifications Inbox. This new feature can be accessed by clicking on the bell icon on the top right. Admins now have the ability to see the number of available notifications. They can also dismiss notifications that aren’t important.
- [Bringing Chromebooks to new frontiers (literally)](https://www.miadria.com/bringing-chromebooks-to-new-frontiers-literally/) - Over the past few months, Chromebooks have become a part of everyday life for many people - a computer for the kitchen, for on the go, or for sharing with the family (or not). In the U.S., the Samsung Chromebook has been at the top of Amazon’s best-selling laptop list for 149 days since launch and in
- [Make a silent movie by talking to Chrome](https://www.miadria.com/make-a-silent-movie-by-talking-to-chrome/) - Last month, the Web Speech API brought voice recognition to Chrome users in more than 30 languages. Google thought it would be fun to demonstrate this new technology by using an old one: silent film. The Peanut Gallery lets you add intertitles to old black-and-white movie clips just by talking out loud while you watch them. Create a film and share it
- [Google Keep—Save what’s on your mind](https://www.miadria.com/google-keep-save-whats-on-your-mind/) - Every day we all see, hear or think of things we need to remember. Usually we grab a pad of sticky-notes, scribble a reminder and put it on the desk, the fridge or the relevant page of a magazine. Unfortunately, if you’re like me you probably often discover that the desk, fridge or magazine wasn’t
- [Painting the streets with the web in Indonesia](https://www.miadria.com/painting-the-streets-with-the-web-in-indonesia/) - People around the world are using the web as a platform to both showcase and create amazing local culture. In the last six months, Chrome has played host to some of Indonesia’s finest up-and-coming artistic talent with the Chrome Open Spaces project. From old masters like Basuki to contemporary street artists like Darbotz, Indonesia has a long and rich history
- [Cloud Connect deprecation](https://www.miadria.com/cloud-connect-deprecation/) - Two years ago, Google introduced Google Cloud Connect as a free plug-in to help people work in the cloud by automatically saving Microsoft Office files from Windows PCs to Google Drive. But installing Google Drive on your desktop achieves the same thing more effectively—and Drive works not only on Windows, but also on Mac, Android
- [Oodles of improvements to Chrome’s spell checking](https://www.miadria.com/oodles-of-improvements-to-chromes-spell-checking/) - Another stable release of Chrome arrives today, bringing you improved spell checking in the browser. Google has refreshed the dictionaries for all languages, and users who speak Korean, Tamil, or Albanian will appreciate that we’ve added support for those languages, too. In addition, users who add custom words to the dictionary can now sync their settings to bring those changes to
- [Reply and search faster with the Gmail app for Android](https://www.miadria.com/reply-and-search-faster-with-the-gmail-app-for-android/) - With launch of the new Gmail Android app, you can save time on the actions you use most often: reply, archive, and search. If you're using Gmail on an Android 4.1+ device, the updated app lets you reply and archive messages right from notifications with one quick tap. You can combine this with existing notification features like
- [Quickoffice on your Android and iPhone is here](https://www.miadria.com/quickoffice-on-your-android-and-iphone-is-here/) - One of the easiest ways to share old files and collaborate with others is to convert them to Google Docs, Sheets and Slides. However, not everyone you work with has gone Google yet. So to help, Google Apps for Business can already edit Microsoft Office files using Quickoffice on an iPad, and starting today they can do
- [Fill out forms faster, from anywhere](https://www.miadria.com/fill-out-forms-faster-from-anywhere/) - For those of you who can never seem to remember that one password, or dread typing your full mailing address into those small form fields on your phone and tablet, today’s Chrome for Android stable update is for you. You can now access your saved passwords and autofill entries on your phone and tablet when you’ve signed
- [Faster and faster](https://www.miadria.com/faster-and-faster/) - In today’s Chrome Beta release, web pages now load 5% faster. Huzzah!
- [Improved Gmail search for Google Apps customers](https://www.miadria.com/improved-gmail-search-for-google-apps-customers/) - At work and school, being able to find things quickly is important. So today, Google Apps customers will have access to autocomplete predictions in your Gmail search boxes to make getting the information you want faster than ever before. When you start typing in the Gmail search box, you’ll now see predictions display. Those predictions are based
- [More immersive mobile web](https://www.miadria.com/more-immersive-mobile-web/) - More content, less chrome - on mobile too Today’s update to Chrome Beta for Android and Chrome for iPhone and iPad brings you more web and less chrome. Google has heard your feedback, and now web pages can display in fullscreen on phones, which is especially handy on smaller screens. As you scroll down a
- [More improvements for Chrome at the office](https://www.miadria.com/more-improvements-for-chrome-at-the-office/) - You probably use a browser throughout the day to access useful information, stay connected with people, and run web apps -- at work, at home and on the go. However, browser choice at the office may be determined by your company’s IT team. Today Google is making it easier for companies everywhere to choose Chrome for Business. First
- [News from the Chrome team](https://www.miadria.com/news-from-the-chrome-team/) - Manage Chrome policies from the Google Admin panel Admins now have the ability to customize 100+ Chrome policies for users right from the Google Admin panel. That means employees will be able to access pre-loaded applications, custom themes, or a private app web store from any computer -- whether it’s the company desktop or personal
- [A speedy, more secure way to view Microsoft Office files directly in Chrome](https://www.miadria.com/a-speedy-more-secure-way-to-view-microsoft-office-files-directly-in-chrome/) - If you use a Chromebook, you’ve already been enjoying the ability to open Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files directly in your browser. Starting today, Google brings this same functionality to Chrome on Windows and Mac. If you’re running Chrome Beta on Windows or Mac and install the Chrome Office Viewer (Beta) extension, you’ll be able to click a link
- [Bringing people together in Drive](https://www.miadria.com/bringing-people-together-in-drive/) - More often than not, you need to work with others to get things done. Today, working together in Drive is getting even easier with new profile pictures and one-click group chat. Now when you open a file in Drive, you’ll see the profile pictures of other viewers at the top instead of just their names,
- [New chat experience in Google Drive](https://www.miadria.com/new-chat-experience-in-google-drive/) - Chat in Docs and Slides has a new look similar to what you’re used to in Gmail. You can now start a group chat with just one click. Simply select the new chat button at the top right and a chat box will appear, making it easy for you to quickly message everyone who is
- [Chromebook kiosks for customers and employees](https://www.miadria.com/chromebook-kiosks-for-customers-and-employees/) - With easy personalization and built-in security, Chrome devices were made for sharing. The new Managed Public Sessions feature delivers a highly customizable experience for both customers and employees without requiring a login. Because Chromebooks are low cost, easy to set up and manage, and require virtually no maintenance, Chromebooks with Managed Public Sessions make perfect shared kiosks.
- [Access Google Keep with the new Chrome app](https://www.miadria.com/access-google-keep-with-the-new-chrome-app/) - Last month, Google Keep launched to help you quickly jot down ideas and keep track of things while on the go with your Android device or on the web. Today, with the launch of a new Chrome app, Google Keep is even easier to access on your computer using Chrome. The Google Keep Chrome app launches in its own window, so
- [Add events to Google Calendar from Gmail](https://www.miadria.com/add-events-to-google-calendar-from-gmail/) - If you do a lot of scheduling over email, it's now a little bit easier to create events directly from your Gmail. Starting today, dates and times within emails are lightly underlined: click them to schedule that conference call or lunch date without ever leaving Gmail. When you click on one of these underlined dates,
- [new Google Groups user interface & Email and contacts import tool shutdown](https://www.miadria.com/new-google-groups-user-interface-email-and-contacts-import-tool-shutdown/) - Transition to the new Google Groups user interface Google launched a new look for Google Groups in May last year. This design offers a new and improved user interface in addition to some popular features like: - Collaborative inbox - Rich text formatting of messages in the Groups interface - Ability to move posts to
- [Bringing it all together: 30 GB now shared between Drive, Gmail, and Google+ Photos](https://www.miadria.com/bringing-it-all-together-15-gb-now-shared-between-drive-gmail-and-google-photos/) - Life gets a bit easier when your Google Apps products work well together -- whether that’sinserting a Drive file into an email or sharing Docs and photos from Drive on Google+. As that experience becomes seamless, having separate storage doesn’t make as much sense anymore. So over the coming weeks, you’ll get 30 GB of unified storage
- [New way to access the Admin console](https://www.miadria.com/new-way-to-access-the-admin-console/) - Google Apps administrators can now access the Admin console by visiting admin.google.com and logging in. If you are already logged in, this new URL will automatically take you to the Admin console. The old URL (www.google.com/a/) will continue to work for now. For more information: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2013/05/new-google-admin-console.html
- [Live from Google I/O: Mo’ screens, mo’ goodness](https://www.miadria.com/live-from-google-io-mo-screens-mo-goodness/) - This morning, Google kicked off the 6th annual Google I/O developer conference with over 6,000 developers at Moscone Center in San Francisco, 460 I/O Extended sites in 90 countries, and millions of you around the world who tuned in via our livestream. Over the next three days, they’ll be hosting technical sessions, hands-on code labs, and demonstrations of Google's products
- [New Hangouts experience](https://www.miadria.com/new-hangouts-experience/) - Apps customers now have the option to replace chat in Gmail and Talk on Android with a new version of Hangouts that combines text, photos and live video calls across computers and Android and iOS devices. The new Hangouts is designed to help bring all of your real-life conversations online, across any device or platform.
- [Quick actions button in Gmail](https://www.miadria.com/quick-actions-button-in-gmail/) - Getting things done in Gmail is getting easier. You'll now see new quick action buttons that let you take action on a message right from the inbox. For example, you can RSVP to a meeting, open a document, and more without even opening an email. For more information: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/take-action-right-from-inbox.html
- [Every second counts](https://www.miadria.com/every-second-counts/) - Last month’s Chrome Beta release contained optimizations so that web pages load 5% faster on average. Google has included those optimizations in today’s Chrome Stable release so all users will enjoy a faster browsing experience. A 5% improvement may not seem like much by itself, but their estimates show that when you add up those saved seconds across all Chrome users,
- [Searching on the go, made even simpler](https://www.miadria.com/searching-on-the-go-made-even-simpler/) - Chrome for Android, improved search and fullscreen browsing Today’s Chrome for Android stable update, now available on Google Play, makes searching on the go even simpler. You can now see your search queries in the omnibox instead of the long search URL, so you can easily refine them and view more results. To make browsing the mobile web
- [A smoother Drive app for Android](https://www.miadria.com/a-smoother-drive-app-for-android/) - The process of creating and accessing your stuff shouldn’t be, well...a process. Today, the Drive app for Android is getting several improvements to make creating and accessing your stuff on-the-go even easier. To help you find the content you care about, Drive files will now be displayed in a clean, simple card-style. You can swipe between files
- [Richer notifications coming to Chrome](https://www.miadria.com/richer-notifications-coming-to-chrome/) - When you’re surfing the web, you can get so immersed that you might not realize you’re late for a meeting or that someone messaged you in another chat window. A couple years ago, Google created a way for notifications to appear outside the browser window. Starting in today’s Beta channelrelease, they’re enabling Chrome apps and extensions to show richer notifications with
- [Browse the web across languages, on the go](https://www.miadria.com/browse-the-web-across-languages-on-the-go/) - Today’s Chrome Beta for Android release brings the built-in translation bar you’ve seen on desktop Chrome to help you read more of the web while you’re on the go, regardless of the language of the web page. When you come across a page written in a language that isn't in the same language as your phone or
- [Roll across platforms and race across screens with two new Chrome Experiments](https://www.miadria.com/roll-across-platforms-and-race-across-screens-with-two-new-chrome-experiments/) - We spend huge chunks of our lives on our phones and tablets. And since life shouldn't be all work and no play, Google has created two new Chrome Experiments—Roll It and Racer—that let you play with other people using phones, tablets, and computers running Chrome. Roll It brings a classic boardwalk game to your browser using your phone and
- [A new inbox that puts you back in control](https://www.miadria.com/a-new-inbox-that-puts-you-back-in-control/) - We get a lot of different types of email: messages from friends, social notifications, deals and offers, confirmations and receipts, and more. All of these emails can compete for our attention and make it harder to focus on the things we need to get done. Sometimes it feels like our inboxes are controlling us, rather
- [Search emails, Google Drive, Calendar and more as you type](https://www.miadria.com/search-emails-google-drive-calendar-and-more-as-you-type/) - As part of field trial Google opened in October, it became possible to instantly see your relevant emails, Google Drive files, Calendar events, and more when you search in Gmail. Those of you who participated in the field trial told Google that you like the time-saving convenience of searching for all your stuff from one place,
- [Play Cube Slam face-to-face against your friends](https://www.miadria.com/play-cube-slam-face-to-face-against-your-friends/) - My friends and I used to play video games all the time, squashed together on the couch, engaged in structured intellectual discourse about exactly how badly we were going to destroy each other. Now that we live spread out around the world, it’s a bit harder to dance in each other’s faces and yell “booyah!”
- [Retiring Chrome Frame](https://www.miadria.com/retiring-chrome-frame/) - The main goal of the Chromium project has always been to help unlock the potential of the open web. Google works closely with the industry to standardize, implement and evangelize web technologies that help enable completely new types of experiences, and push the leading edge of the web platform forward. But in 2009, many people were
- [Chromebooks: coming to more stores near you](https://www.miadria.com/chromebooks-coming-to-more-stores-near-you/) - In Northern California where I live, summer is here, which means family vacations, kids’ camps, BBQs and hopefully some relaxation. But it also means back-to-school shopping is just around the corner. So in case you’re on the hunt for a laptop in addition to pens, paper, and stylish new outfits, your search just got a
- [18 New Languages for Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides](https://www.miadria.com/18-new-languages-for-drive-docs-sheets-and-slides/) - Google Drive lets you store and access your files anywhere -- on the web, your computer, your phone, or on the go. Whether you’re presenting slides in a boardroom in São Paulo or negotiating a Japanese contract in Tokyo, Google Drive speaks your language: 65 of them, to be exact, with the addition of 18 new
- [New Google Groups now available to everyone](https://www.miadria.com/new-google-groups-now-available-to-everyone/) - With Google Groups, you can manage a mailing list, coordinate with your social club, and find experts who share your interests. Over the last year Google has been working on improving the experience and adding new features while keeping our old version running. Today they’re retiring the old version and bringing the new Google Groups to everyone.
- [Print Google Forms in a fillable format](https://www.miadria.com/print-google-forms-in-a-fillable-format/) - You now have the option to print Google Forms. When you print a form, each question is formatted in a way that makes it simple for people to fill in when printed on paper. To try it out, just create a form and press the print button. For more information: https://plus.google.com/+GoogleDrive/posts/ZSWMyZKC22t
- [Making calls from Hangouts — in Gmail and across the web](https://www.miadria.com/making-calls-from-hangouts-in-gmail-and-across-the-web/) - For those of you who have taken the plunge and are using desktop Hangouts in Gmail, Google+, and the Chrome extension, it's been heard loud and clear that you miss the ability to make calls from Gmail, so today, we're happy to announce it's back - and better than before! Even better: calls to the US and Canada
- [Richer notifications now available to all Chrome users](https://www.miadria.com/richer-notifications-now-available-to-all-chrome-users/) - tarting today Chrome users on Windows will see their browser updated to include richer notifications (Mac is coming soon). We’re excited to see what developers create and the convenience it brings to your day-to-day lives. If you haven’t tried Chrome yet, there’s no better time than now!
- [More multilingual mobile web](https://www.miadria.com/more-multilingual-mobile-web/) - Today’s Chrome for Android stable update continues to break down the language barrier as you browse the mobile web. In addition to the built-in translation bar, Google has added improved layout support for right-to-left languages including Arabic, Farsi and Hebrew. This update also bringsfullscreen browsing to your tablet. Furthermore, they’re rolling out an experimental data compression service over the coming
- [Smarter omnibox suggestions tailored to you](https://www.miadria.com/smarter-omnibox-suggestions-tailored-to-you/) - For folks using Chrome Beta on Windows, Mac, or Linux, starting today you’ll notice improvements to omnibox suggestions based on the recency of websites visited, so you’ll get more contextually relevant suggestions at the right time. In addition, if you use Chrome Beta on your Android phone or tablet, Google's releasing a new update later today to improve the way you
- [Better integration between Chrome and Google apps](https://www.miadria.com/better-integration-between-chrome-and-google-apps/) - Today’s release of Chrome for iPad and iPhone makes it easier to integrate your favorite Google apps with Chrome. After you sign in to Chrome, you can sign in to other Google apps with a single click. In addition, if you prefer to follow directions in the Google Maps app instead of in the browser, you
- [Simpler printing from more places](https://www.miadria.com/simpler-printing-from-more-places/) - Have you ever needed to print a boarding pass, whitepaper, or speech, and didn't have your computer at hand? Google Cloud Print helps you print from anywhere to anywhere using any device, and Google has recently made several improvements on that front. First, if you have an Android smartphone or tablet, they've released the Cloud Print app in Google
- [Full screen option in the new Gmail compose experience](https://www.miadria.com/full-screen-option-in-the-new-gmail-compose-experience/) - A full screen option has now been enabled in the new Gmail compose experience for Rapid release domains. Scheduled release domains will have this feature on August 6th, 2013. To try it out: 1. Click Compose. 2. Click the double-arrow icon at the top right of the compose window. 3. Enjoy a larger composition mode
- [Email alerts for admins](https://www.miadria.com/email-alerts-for-admins/) - If you’re a Google Apps for Business administrator—or if you know one—you know it’s not just about managing users, services and devices. It’s also about keeping users secure and productive—and, after receiving some great feedback from their customers, Google has found a way to make that easier. Now, admins can elect to receive customizable email
- [Google Apps Vault for a subset of your users](https://www.miadria.com/google-apps-vault-for-a-subset-of-your-users/) - Since Google launched Google Apps Vault, thousand of businesses, schools, and governments have adopted it to archive, retain, and manage business-critical information. Until now, customers have only been able to buy Vault for their entire domain. Now, with partial domain licensing, you can buy Vault for specific users or by organizational units, enabling you to save money
- [Google Apps Directory Sync version 3.2.1 now available](https://www.miadria.com/google-apps-directory-sync-version-3-2-1-now-available/) - A new version of Google Apps Directory Sync (GADS) is now available for download. For details about the changes in this version please go through the release notes. For more information: http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py&answer=106368
- [New URL i multiple account sign-in for the Admin console](https://www.miadria.com/new-url-i-multiple-account-sign-in-for-the-admin-console/) - Get to the Admin console more easily with the new, simplified URL (admin.google.com). The admin console now supports multiple sign-in, so admins who manage multiple domains can quickly switch between accounts. Note: The old Admin console URL (www.google.com/a/) will automatically redirect to the standard Google login page. When non-admin users from domains that use SSO try
- [Mobile updates and a new API for using Google+ at work](https://www.miadria.com/mobile-updates-and-a-new-api-for-using-google-at-work/) - If you're a Google Apps for Business, Government or Education customer, Google's releasing a few new features designed to make it even easier for you to get things done with Google+. Over the next few days new business-focused features for the Google+ app on Android and general availability of the Google+ Domains API will be
- [Head back to school with Drive](https://www.miadria.com/ead-back-to-school-with-drive/) - Wendy Gorton is an education consultant for organizations around the world. She’s a former classroom teacher, Google Certified Teacher and Trainer, and is passionate about creating learner-centered environments using tools like Google Apps for Education. Follow the Drive Google+ page this and next week for daily tips and suggestions for using Drive in the classroom. Google Drive is the
- [Smarter omnibox suggestions for all](https://www.miadria.com/smarter-omnibox-suggestions-for-all/) - Starting today, all Chrome users will start seeing improvements to omnibox suggestions based on the recency of websites you visited, resulting in more timely and contextually relevant suggestions. Mac users will also receive support for rich notifications, so you can keep up with what’s happening within your apps and extensions. And for those nostalgic for the new car smell
- [Here, there and everywhere—Google Keep reminds you at the right time](https://www.miadria.com/here-there-and-everywhere-google-keep-reminds-you-at-the-right-time/) - Notes are a good way to keep track of all you have to do, but most of us need a little nudge now and then. Google Keep can remind you of important tasks and errands at just the right time and place. For example, Keep works with Google Now to remind you of your grocery
- [Searching by image gets easier](https://www.miadria.com/searching-by-image-gets-easier/) - Have you ever seen an image on the web and wanted to know more about it? Well, with today’s Beta release of Chrome you can quickly discover all sorts of content related to an image by right-clicking on it, or by long pressing it on mobile devices, and selecting the option to search for it
- [Joining a moment in history through the modern web](https://www.miadria.com/joining-a-moment-in-history-through-the-modern-web/) - Nearly 50 years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a stirring speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial with the words “I have a dream.” Today, here's new way to take part in this historic moment through a web experience developed by our friends at Organic and Unit9, for the National Park Foundation. Called
- [A new breed of Chrome Apps](https://www.miadria.com/a-new-breed-of-chrome-apps/) - Google's unveiling a new kind of Chrome App, which brings together the speed, security and flexibility of the modern web with the powerful functionality previously only available with software installed on your devices. (Think apps designed for your desktop or laptop, just like the ones for your phone and tablet.) These apps are more powerful
- [Head back to school with Drive: Student Edition](https://www.miadria.com/head-back-to-school-with-drive-student-edition/) - Summer is coming to an end, which for college students usually means the end of a grueling internship, a road-trip or cross-country flight back to campus, embracing friends you have not seen in months, and, oh yeah, that other tiny detail: the start of classes. With so much else going on — friends, extracurriculars, sports
- [A completely new look for Drive on iOS](https://www.miadria.com/a-completely-new-look-for-drive-on-ios/) - One of the features you’ve told Google you want on Drive for iOS is the ability to effortlessly browse and preview files, just like you can onAndroid. Today’s update delivers that same card-style thumbnail layout, along with a number of other upgrades that make it even easier to use Drive on your iPhone or iPad.
- [Four new ways to customize your Google Forms](https://www.miadria.com/four-new-ways-to-customize-your-google-forms/) - From classroom pop quizzes to RSVPs for your family reunion, you can use Google Forms in tons of different ways -- which is why it's important to be able to customize each form to fit your needs. Starting today, you’ll be able to take advantage of four new features to create your perfect form: progress
- [Gmail for feature phone browsers gets a new look](https://www.miadria.com/gmail-for-feature-phone-browsers-gets-a-new-look/) - People use all sorts of devices to access Gmail: their web browser, smartphone, tablet and, in many parts of the world, their feature phone. For those of you who use a feature phone to access Gmail on the go, starting today you're getting a brand new look that's faster and easier to use. You'll get
- [Just a Reflektor: a virtual projection with Arcade Fire](https://www.miadria.com/just-a-reflektor-a-virtual-projection-with-arcade-fire/) - Since Chrome launched in 2008, Google has been experimenting with new ways to tell stories on the web using 3D graphics, immersive sound effects and more. In the last few years, the mobile web has also exploded, so Google wanted to explore what kind of new interactions were possible using the latest technologies available on Chrome for Mobile. “Just A
- [A fresh mix of Intel-based Chromebooks — something for everyone](https://www.miadria.com/a-fresh-mix-of-intel-based-chromebooks-something-for-everyone/) - Chromebooks were designed to make computers faster, simpler, safer and much more affordablefor everyone. Over the past year, with the launch of Chromebooks by a number of Google partners for as low as $199, they have become the go-to laptop for many people. Research firm NPD says Chromebooks represent 20-25% of the $300-or-less computer segment. In education, more
- [A new Chrome for a new iOS: Better Google Apps integration and improved voice search](https://www.miadria.com/a-new-chrome-for-a-new-ios-better-google-apps-integration-and-improved-voice-search/) - Just in time for iOS7, comes a new Chrome for iOS. Starting today you can download the latest update to Chrome for iOS for both your iPhone and iPad. You’ll notice a new design for iOS7, including improvements to the fullscreen experience on your iPad. Better Together: Chrome integrates with your favorite Google Apps It’s now easier
- [Freeing Quickoffice for everyone](https://www.miadria.com/freeing-quickoffice-for-everyone/) - Everyone likes free stuff, which is why Google is making Quickoffice available for free, for everyone. With Quickoffice, you can edit Microsoft® Office documents across your devices, giving you the freedom to work with anyone no matter what hardware or software they’re using. Quickoffice also integrates seamlessly with Google Drive storage so you can safely access your
- [More On Gmail’s Delivery Delays](https://www.miadria.com/more-on-gmails-delivery-delays/) - On September 23rd, many Gmail users received an unwelcome surprise: some of their messages were arriving slowly, and some of their attachments were unavailable. Google apologizes—they realize that their users rely on Gmail to be always available and always fast, and for several hours they didn’t deliver. Google has analyzed what happened, and we’ll tell
- [Search by image and new Chrome for Android gestures](https://www.miadria.com/search-by-image-and-new-chrome-for-android-gestures/) - If you use Chrome, you might notice Google is always making small adjustments to simplify and streamline your browsing experience. Starting this week, all Chrome users will be able to search by image and Chrome for Android users get some new gestures to quickly navigate open tabs and access the menu. Right-click on an image
- [Monitor user logins, storage consumption and apps usage with the Admin SDK](https://www.miadria.com/monitor-user-logins-storage-consumption-and-apps-usage-with-the-admin-sdk/) - Google has added a few new features to the Admin SDK Reports API to let you more easily visualize Google Apps' usage and security in your domain. These new features include: Security Reports Login audit: View all web browser based logins with IP information for all users in your domain. You can use this data to monitor all
- [Content & Color: An updated look for Docs, Sheets & Slides](https://www.miadria.com/content-color-an-updated-look-for-docs-sheets-slides/) - Starting today, things are about to get cleaner—and more colorful—in Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, Forms and Apps Script. First, you’ll notice each editor’s product icon displayed in the header, which doubles as a quick link back to all your files in Drive. Next, you’ll see that the header is more streamlined and compact, helping you
- [Hulu Plus now works with Chromecast](https://www.miadria.com/hulu-plus-now-works-with-chromecast/) - Hulu has added Chromecast support to their Hulu Plus app—just in time for the fall television season. Now you can easily enjoy your favorite shows, such as “Modern Family,” “New Girl” and “Parks and Recreation,” on your big-screen TV by casting from Hulu Plus on your mobile phone or tablet. It’s the same intuitive, remote-free experience you’ve come to enjoy
- [Chrome for Android gets application shortcuts and faster search](https://www.miadria.com/chrome-for-android-gets-application-shortcuts-and-faster-search/) - Have you ever wished your phone or tablet’s browser could immediately open a website you visit often? With the Beta release of Chrome for Android rolling out today, it’s now easier to create shortcuts on your homescreen to do exactly that. When visiting a website you’d like to save, simply select “Add to homescreen” from the toolbar
- [The new HP Chromebook, made with Google](https://www.miadria.com/the-new-hp-chromebook-made-with-google/) - We need our computers to be as fast and mobile as we are. We want to work across multiple screens—often at the same time. We want the latest and greatest software and we want to be able to get to our stuff from wherever we are. Chromebooks offer all of that, making computers that are
- [Share Docs, Slides and Drawings with people who do not have a Google Account](https://www.miadria.com/share-docs-slides-and-drawings-with-people-who-do-not-have-a-google-account/) - Google is making it easier to share Docs, Slides and Drawings with people who don’t have a Google Account. As a result of this change, files shared outside your domain to an email address not linked to an existing Google Account can be viewed without having to sign in or create a new Google Account.
- [More magic in Slides: editable themes and widescreen presentations](https://www.miadria.com/more-magic-in-slides-editable-themes-and-widescreen-presentations/) - Presentations give you the ability to bring a story to life in a visually compelling way—whether it’s a pitch for a new product idea, a deck for a history class assignment, or an introduction to your surfing club. Today you can take the magic up a notch with two new features in Slides—widescreen format and
- [The Acer C720 Chromebook launches](https://www.miadria.com/the-acer-c720-chromebook-launches/) - Following their announcement at IDF, Google's officially welcoming the Acer C720 as the latest addition to the Chromebook family. Featuring Intel’s latest Haswell processor and a battery that lasts all day, the C720 is an ideal balance of power and portability. The C720 is available online at Best Buy and Amazon for $249.99 in the U.S., with devices arriving in
- [Extending Chrome support for XP users until April 2015](https://www.miadria.com/extending-chrome-support-for-xp-users-until-april-2015/) - On April 8, 2014, after more than a decade of powering many of the world’s computers, Windows XP will officially retire. Like all technologies that come to their end-of-life, the XP operating system and most of its desktop applications will no longer receive updates and security patches. Since unpatched browser bugs are often used by
- [Hangouts can now be enabled for domains using Google Apps Vault](https://www.miadria.com/hangouts-can-now-be-enabled-for-domains-using-google-apps-vault/) - Customers using Google Apps Vault can now activate the new Hangouts in the Admin console. An amendment has been added in the Admin console that allows you to activate the new Hangouts on acceptance of the terms. This amendment outlines the change in Vault functionality that will exist until Google completes the roll out of
- [Handwriting input comes to Gmail and Google Docs](https://www.miadria.com/handwriting-input-comes-to-gmail-and-google-docs/) - Gmail and Docs offer wide language support, however in some cases using the keyboard is less than ideal. Whether you’re a student trying to include a foreign phrase in your paper or an international consultant hoping to begin your message with a friendly local greeting, now you’ll be able to use your own handwriting to
- [A beta preview: supervised users](https://www.miadria.com/a-beta-preview-supervised-users/) - Google finds it important to keep family members protected from websites that may be inappropriate. To help those who may need some guidance browsing the web, Google's kicking off a beta channel preview of a new feature calledsupervised users. Let’s say you’ve recently purchased the new HP Chromebook 11 and want to share it with your son. He’ll be able to
- [New version of the Google bar](https://www.miadria.com/new-version-of-the-google-bar/) - Google is rolling out a new version of the Google bar for Google Apps users. This is designed to be simpler and more consistent with Android and Chrome OS. It includes notifications, a Google+ share box (if Google+ is enabled), and a new App Launcher with links to other Google products. Google Apps users will
- [Don’t mess with my browser!](https://www.miadria.com/dont-mess-with-my-browser/) - In some ways, it's safer than ever to be online — especially if you use Chrome. With continued security research and seamless automatic updates, your browsing experience is always getting better and more secure. But recently you may have noticed something seems amiss. Online criminals have been increasing their use of malicious software that can silently hijack
- [Real time text cursors and other enhancements in Slides](https://www.miadria.com/real-time-text-cursors-and-other-enhancements-in-slides/) - The Docs editors make it easy to work with others on the same file at the same time. And the next time you are working with others on a presentation in Slides, you'll see their names appear next to their cursor as they type—just like in Docs. Also, many of you have been editing themes
- [End of support for Internet Explorer 9](https://www.miadria.com/end-of-support-for-internet-explorer-9/) - We would like to remind you of the Google Apps browser support policy, the set of guidelines for Google Apps services interoperability support. Google supports the latest version of Google Chrome (which automatically updates whenever it detects that a new version of the browser is available) as well as the current and prior major release
- [Calendar and Google Groups + Domain-restricted Google+ communities](https://www.miadria.com/calendar-and-google-groups-domain-restricted-google-communities/) - Calendar events that update when Google Groups change Starting today when Google Calendar invitations are sent to members of a Google Group, the attendee list will automatically update as people join or leave the group. When you join a Google Group, you will be added to all of its meetings. And if you leave a
- [Track down those noisy tabs](https://www.miadria.com/track-down-those-noisy-tabs/) - Have you ever shuffled through your tabs to figure out where that sound or music is coming from? Google hears you! With today’s latest Chrome Beta release, you can now visually scan your tabs for a speaker icon to quickly find the offender. Chrome will also indicate which tabs are currently using your webcam or are being cast
- [Attachments in Gmail, now with the power of Google Drive](https://www.miadria.com/attachments-in-gmail-now-with-the-power-of-google-drive/) - You're probably used to downloading email attachments, but each of those files takes time to download, eats up space on your device, and can get buried deep inside your "Downloads" folder. With today's update to Gmail, you can skip that whole process. Instead, you can view attachments and save files directly to Google Drive without ever leaving
- [Important update on the HP Chromebook 11](https://www.miadria.com/important-update-on-the-hp-chromebook-11/) - Google and HP are pausing sales of the HP Chromebook 11 after receiving a small number of user reports that some chargers included with the device have been damaged due to overheating during use. Google is working with the Consumer Product Safety Commission to identify the appropriate corrective action, and will provide additional information and
- [Browse faster on mobile with new Autofill updates](https://www.miadria.com/browse-faster-on-mobile-with-new-autofill-updates/) - Today, Google is starting to roll out new features on Chrome for mobile to help save you time and hassle while you’re on-the-go. Autofill coming to iOSFor iPhone and iPad users, Chrome for iOS will soon include Autofill to help you quickly fill out forms on-the-go just as you can on desktop and Android. When you sign
- [A new look for the Gmail app on iPad](https://www.miadria.com/a-new-look-for-the-gmail-app-on-ipad/) - Tablets are great because the large screen not only gives you a more immersive experience but also extra room for serious multitasking. And with today’s update to the Gmail iOS app, you’ll be able to do even more with your iPad. If you hold your iPad in landscape mode, you’ll immediately notice the new left hand
- [Domain-restricted videos in YouTube](https://www.miadria.com/domain-restricted-videos-in-youtube/) - Google Apps users who use their Google+ identity in YouTube will now have the option to post videos that are viewable only by others at their domain. Domain-restricted videos can only be viewed through the web UI at this time. You’ll see a field under the “Privacy Settings” drop-down menu where you can add your
- [Third-party apps now easier to find and more secure](https://www.miadria.com/third-party-apps-now-easier-to-find-and-more-secure/) - Starting today, administrators will be able to find, manage and deploy third-party applications directly from the Google Apps Admin console. To start, over twenty third-party applications will be available in the Admin console. These applications all offer the latest OAuth 2.0 security, single sign-on (SSO), and integration with Google services. Applications with OAuth 2.0 allow
- [Bringing hobbits, dwarves and dragons to screens everywhere](https://www.miadria.com/bringing-hobbits-dwarves-and-dragons-to-screens-everywhere/) - You don’t need to be besties with a Wizard to share an adventure in Middle-earth—just point your favorite browser to goo.gl/TheHobbit on your laptop, phone or tablet to check out “Journey through Middle-earth,” the latest Chrome Experiment. Inspired by the upcoming motion picture "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” “Journey through Middle-earth” brings the locations and characters from
- [Admin controls and global address list support for Hangouts](https://www.miadria.com/admin-controls-and-global-address-list-support-for-hangouts/) - Admins now have the ability to customize which Hangouts features are available to which employees. They choose to limit Hangouts chat messages to being internal-only, set chat history to off by default and decide whether users within the domain can contact each other without sending or accepting formal invitations first. Video and audio chat can
- [New sign-in page for Google Apps customers (coming next year)](https://www.miadria.com/new-sign-in-page-for-google-apps-customers-coming-next-year/) - Early next year, the sign-in page for all Google Apps customers will be updated to be consistent across all Google Apps services. In other words, the sign-in page for Gmail will now be identical to the sign-in page for Google Calendar, Google Drive, or any other Google Apps service. This change will improve security and
- [Touchscreen Chromebooks for everyone](https://www.miadria.com/touchscreen-chromebooks-for-everyone/) - As 90 percent of people move between multiple screens every day, many with touch capabilities, Google's become accustomed to tapping, swiping and zooming to get things done. They’ve received a lot of positive feedback about the touchscreen on the Chromebook Pixel, and over the past year they’ve made optimizations to Chrome OS to make touch actions simple and
- [Update to Device management setting in the Admin console](https://www.miadria.com/update-to-device-management-setting-in-the-admin-console/) - It’s now easier to manage your mobile and Chrome device settings in the Google Admin console. Google Apps and Chrome for Business administrators will see a new Device management icon on their dashboard. This device management page allows you to manage your domain’s mobile devices and Chrome devices by clicking Mobile management and Chrome management,
- [Download a copy of your Gmail and Google Calendar data](https://www.miadria.com/download-a-copy-of-your-gmail-and-google-calendar-data/) - Having access to your data and being able to take it with you is important, especially if that data contains precious memories like old love letters, your first job offer, or that 100-message thread discussing the merits of various cat videos. Starting today Google's e rolling out the ability to export a copy of your
- [New Chromecast apps for the holidays](https://www.miadria.com/new-chromecast-apps-for-the-holidays/) - Just in time for the holidays, 10 new apps have been added to the Chromecast family. Beginning today you can enjoy action sports, news, music videos, and more with the addition of VEVO, Red Bull.TV, Songza, PostTV, Viki, Revision 3 and BeyondPod. And for those many holiday gatherings, you can also cast your personal media
- [A new breed of Chrome Apps, now available for Mac](https://www.miadria.com/a-new-breed-of-chrome-apps-now-available-for-mac/) - A few months ago Google announced Chrome Apps which bring the best of productivity, games and more to your desktop. Starting today, you can access these apps on any computer with Chrome, including Mac. Check them out in the “For your desktop” collection in the Chrome Web Store. Chrome Apps work offline, update automatically and sync to
- [New Google Sheets: faster, more powerful, and works offline](https://www.miadria.com/new-google-sheets-faster-more-powerful-and-works-offline/) - Whether you’re crunching big data or tracking your family budget, you don’t want to waste time waiting for files to load or re-doing edits that were lost because your Internet connection dropped. You can now get more done by switching to the new version of Google Sheets. It’s faster, supports larger spreadsheets, has a number of new
- [Targeted legal holds in Google Vault](https://www.miadria.com/targeted-legal-holds-in-google-vault/) - Vault admins have had the ability to put an entire user account on hold to preserve messages in that account. Next week Google will roll out a new feature that will allow admins to also have the option to target specific messages—for example, by date or with certain terms—for indefinite preservation in Vault.For more information:https://support.google.com/vault/answer/4409170https://support.google.com/vault/answer/4409174
- [Images Now Showing](https://www.miadria.com/images-now-showing/) - Have you ever wondered why Gmail asks you before showing images in emails? We did this to protect you from unknown senders who might try to use images to compromise the security of your computer or mobile device.But thanks to new improvements in how Gmail handles images, you’ll soon see all images displayed in your
- [Conquer the Lonely Mountain in Chrome](https://www.miadria.com/conquer-the-lonely-mountain-in-chrome/) - In “The Hobbit,” a company of Dwarves tries to reclaim the lost kingdom of Erebor from Smaug the Terrible, a fire-breathing Dragon. While the Dwarves’ quest is fraught with danger, your journey to Erebor is just a click away in “A Journey Through Middle-earth,” the Chrome Experiment released a few weeks ago from Warner Bros.
- [Hello, new year. Hello, new Chromebooks.](https://www.miadria.com/hello-new-year-hello-new-chromebooks/) - In the past year, the way we use computers continued to evolve. Around the world, more than 2.4 billion laptops, tablets and smartphones were purchased — that’s over 4,500 devices per minute — and over one-third of people worldwide now have consistent access to the web, helping us work, play, learn and connect with each
- [Reach people you know more easily through Gmail and Google+](https://www.miadria.com/reach-people-you-know-more-easily-through-gmail-and-google/) - Over the next few days Google will be rolling out a new feature that will suggest users’ Google+ connections as recipients, along with their traditional Gmail contacts, when composing a new email. Your email address isn't visible to a Google+ connection unless you send that person an email, and likewise, that person’s email address isn’t
- [A new activity stream in Drive shows you what’s changed](https://www.miadria.com/a-new-activity-stream-in-drive-shows-you-whats-changed/) - Drive makes group projects easier because everyone can share files and work together. But in today’s busy world, it’s tough to track the changes to all your shared to-do lists, budgets and presentations, especially when content changes so often. So starting today, you’ll notice a new activity stream in Drive – a single, easy-to-view place
- [Print Google Forms in a fillable format](https://www.miadria.com/print-google-forms-in-a-fillable-format-2/) - You now have the option to print Google Forms. When you print a form, each question is formatted in a way that makes it simple for people to fill in when printed on paper. To try it out, just create a form and press the print button. For more information: https://plus.google.com/+GoogleDrive/posts/ZSWMyZKC22t
- [Everyone can now track down noisy tabs](https://www.miadria.com/everyone-can-now-track-down-noisy-tabs/) - November’s Chrome beta introduced improvements to help make your browsing quieter, safer and sleeker. In the latest Chrome release Google is making these available to everyone: You can now track down noisy tabs: You can now visually scan your tabs for a speaker icon to quickly find the ones singing in the background. You’ll also be able to see which
- [More web, more savings with Chrome for Mobile](https://www.miadria.com/more-web-more-savings-with-chrome-for-mobile/) - More and more, we’re using our phones and tablets to discover great web content from all over the world. Today, a few new features in Chrome for Mobile make it easier for you to find and consume this content on the go. Data compression for Android and iOS In the U.S. alone, more than a
- [New sign-in page for Google Apps customers](https://www.miadria.com/new-sign-in-page-for-google-apps-customers/) - The new sign-in page that Google announced last November will be rolling out over the next four weeks starting today. With this change, the sign-in page for all Google Apps customers will be updated to be consistent across all Google Apps services. In other words, the sign-in page for Gmail will now be identical to the sign-in
- [Targeted legal holds in Google Vault](https://www.miadria.com/targeted-legal-holds-in-google-vault-2/) - Vault admins have had the ability to put an entire user account on hold to preserve messages in that account. Over the next few days Google is releasing a feature that will give admins the ability to also have the option to target specific messages—for example, by date or with certain terms—for indefinite preservation in
- [Add names to Hangouts video calls in Google Calendar [Scheduled release]](https://www.miadria.com/add-names-to-hangouts-video-calls-in-google-calendar-scheduled-release/) - Starting January 29th, you will be able to give a name to Hangouts video calls in Google Calendar events. This name makes it easier for you and other guests to join the video call. Note that this feature is only available to domains that have enabled Google+ Premium Features. For more information: https://support.google.com/a/answer/4362302
- [Chrome + LEGO: You can build whatever you like](https://www.miadria.com/chrome-lego-you-can-build-whatever-you-like/) - Think back: you’ve just dumped a bin of LEGO® bricks onto the floor with a satisfying crash, and you have the whole day ahead of you to build whatever you want. There’s something pretty amazing about being able to piece together your ideas with just a collection of colorful bricks. Well, Google thinks the creative freedom
- [A new activity stream in Drive shows you what’s changed  [Scheduled release]](https://www.miadria.com/a-new-activity-stream-in-drive-shows-you-whats-changed-scheduled-release/) - Over the next few days, you’ll notice a new activity stream in Drive. When you open Drive, click the “Details and activity” button (ⓘ) on the top right corner and the activity stream will appear, showing you who has taken action on files and folders in My Drive. You’ll see a rundown of what your
- [Hijacked Chrome extensions cleanup](https://www.miadria.com/hijacked-chrome-extensions-cleanup/) - Google has found that some Chrome extensions come bundled with malicious programs that try to hijack your browser settings. To help keep your browser settings under your control they added a “reset browser settings” button to Chrome’s settings page in October. Despite this, settings hijacking remains their number one user complaint. To make sure the
- [Worried about Windows XP April’s end of support?](https://www.miadria.com/worried-about-windows-xp-aprils-end-of-support/) - Knowing the sunset of XP support is around the corner (8 April 2014), there is an opportunity to break the pattern of forced OS upgrade trouble and enable a modern and flexible OS strategy: Harden existing Windows XP machines where applicable, and instantly modernizing them via Chrome Leverage Google's cloud to liberate your data. In
- [New holiday calendars](https://www.miadria.com/new-holiday-calendars/) - Interested in celebrating Carnival with your cousin in Argentina, or not sure when your friend in Zurich is off for the Swiss National Day holiday? You can now choose from 30 additional country holiday calendars in Google Calendar to help keep track of special occasions in different countries so there’ll be even more to celebrate. The calendars,
- [Get notifications from Google Now in Chrome](https://www.miadria.com/get-notifications-from-google-now-in-chrome/) - Your friend Steve’s flight from New York is delayed by an hour. Your favorite soccer team is up by one point with two minutes left. Your Chromecast has just shipped. If you're using Google Now, you'd already know all of that information without having to ask. Google Now already gives you the right information at the
- [Chromecast is now open to developers](https://www.miadria.com/chromecast-is-now-open-to-developers/) - Chromecast makes it easy to enjoy all of your favorite online content on a TV screen with the simple press of a button on your phone, tablet or laptop. We want to make it easier for that content to get to your TV, so today Google's releasing the Google Cast Software Development Kit (SDK) for developers who want
- [Chromebox, now for simpler and better meetings](https://www.miadria.com/chromebox-now-for-simpler-and-better-meetings/) - The best meetings are face-to-face—we can brainstorm openly, collaborate closely and make faster decisions. But these days, we often connect with each other from far-flung locations, coordinating time zones and dialing into conference calls from our phones. Meetings need to catch up with the way we work—they need to be face-to-face, easier to join, and
- [Search emails by size more easily](https://www.miadria.com/search-emails-by-size-more-easily/) - The Gmail advanced search box now has an option to search emails by size. Emails can now be searched without using operators like “size:” and “larger:”. The advanced search options can be accessed by clicking on the down arrow in the search box in Gmail. For more information: https://plus.google.com/+Gmail/posts/9UAPTmRkRxG
- [Hands-free Google Voice Search in Chrome](https://www.miadria.com/hands-free-google-voice-search-in-chrome/) - If you've ever tried to cook and search at the same time—say, when your hands are covered in flour and you need to know how many ounces are in a cup—you know it can be tricky. With the latest Chrome Beta, you can search by voice on Google—no typing, clicking or hand-washing required. Simply open a
- [Learn about Google Apps through a live demo by product specialists](https://www.miadria.com/learn-about-google-apps-through-a-live-demo-by-product-specialists/) - Google will host live demo sessions on March 11th, 2014 and March 12th, 2014. In this live demo product specialists will walk you through a set of company's core products - GMail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Hangouts - using a real-life example. Experience how Googlers use some of Google products on a day to day basis
- [Additional admin controls for Hangouts](https://www.miadria.com/additional-admin-controls-for-hangouts/) - In November Google announced a suite of new admin features in Hangouts. Today, they are announcing a few more features that make Hangouts work better for businesses, schools and governments. Administrator setting to warn users when chatting out of the domain Admins can now enable a setting that will show users a warning that they are chatting
- [Ending support for the Google Apps Connector for BlackBerry Enterprise Server](https://www.miadria.com/ending-support-for-the-google-apps-connector-for-blackberry-enterprise-server/) - Google Apps Connector for BlackBerry Enterprise Server allows BlackBerry 7 OS and older devices to connect to Google Apps through the BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES). However, BlackBerry no longer supports the version of BES that the Connector needs. The latest BlackBerry devices also do not require a BES. As a result, Google's ending support for
- [Get your mail faster on the Gmail iOS app](https://www.miadria.com/get-your-mail-faster-on-the-gmail-ios-app/) - Whether you’re checking your email first thing in the morning or as you’re waiting in line at the grocery store, you want to get your messages as quickly as possible. With today’s update to the Gmail iOS App, it’s easier to do just that. The app now fully supports background app refresh, which means your Gmail
- [Bring a little something extra to Docs and Sheets with add-ons](https://www.miadria.com/bring-a-little-something-extra-to-docs-and-sheets-with-add-ons/) - Today Google is launching add-ons—new tools created by developer partners that give you even more features in your documents and spreadsheets. To browse through add-ons for Docs and Sheets, select Get add-ons in the Add-ons menu of any open document or spreadsheet. Once you install an add-on it will become available across all of your
- [Save more with Google Drive](https://www.miadria.com/save-more-with-google-drive/) - Having launched Google Drive just two years ago, we see many people are now using it as their go-to place for keeping all their files. Whether it's all the footage of your kids' baseball games, the novel you're working on, or even just your grocery list for the week, we all have files that are
- [Chromecast: now casting in 11 more countries](https://www.miadria.com/chromecast-now-casting-in-11-more-countries/) - Superheroes, cliff divers, fearless reporters or pop icons—whatever you like to watch, Chromecast makes it easy to bring it from a phone, tablet or laptop to the biggest screen in your house: the TV. Since announcing Chromecast in the U.S., Google has grown to include more of your favorite apps and websites. Those numbers will continue to grow, and we want to
- [Staying at the forefront of email security and reliability: HTTPS-only and 99.978% availability](https://www.miadria.com/staying-at-the-forefront-of-email-security-and-reliability-https-only-and-99-978-availability/) - Your email is important to you, and making sure it stays safe and always available is important to Google. As you go about your day reading, writing, and checking messages, there are tons of security measures running behind the scenes to keep your email safe, secure, and there whenever you need it.Starting today, Gmail will
- [The new Google Sheets is now the default option](https://www.miadria.com/the-new-google-sheets-is-now-the-default-option/) - Back in December Google announced the launch of the new Google Sheets. This new version is faster and can support larger spreadsheets. Over the next couple of weeks, rapid release domain users will automatically be upgraded to the new Sheets. Spreadsheets created after the upgrade will use the new version. Users may opt-out of this experience
- [Chrome Experiments, now featuring Chromecast](https://www.miadria.com/chrome-experiments-now-featuring-chromecast/) - The launch of the Google Cast SDK and Chromecast means anyone can develop applications that take advantage of the biggest screen in the house—the TV. Google got excited about using the TV as a place for people to collaborate, so they started tinkering with ways for people to play with photos using their phones and tablets—like an
- [Admin default setting for Google+ profile discoverability](https://www.miadria.com/admin-default-setting-for-google-profile-discoverability/) - Google Apps admins now have the ability to set the default state for profile discoverability in their domain through a control in the admin console. The setting is available for customers who have enabled Premium Features. It is checked by default (i.e., profiles are discoverable in public web searches). At launch: All users with discoverability on
- [Edit images right in Google Slides and Drawings](https://www.miadria.com/edit-images-right-in-google-slides-and-drawings/) - Google Slides and Drawings make it easy for you to tell a story and share your ideas. And a big part of storytelling is the images you use to bring a concept to life. Now it’s even easier to get those images just right, because Slides will let you crop, apply shape masks, and add
- [Google Cloud Platform Live: Blending IaaS and PaaS, Moore’s Law for the cloud](https://www.miadria.com/google-cloud-platform-live-blending-iaas-and-paas-moores-law-for-the-cloud/) - Today, at Google Cloud Platform Live Google is introducing the next set of improvements to Cloud Platform: lower and simpler pricing, cloud-based DevOps tooling, Managed Virtual Machines (VM) for App Engine, real-time Big Data analytics with Google BigQuery, and more. Industry-leading, simplified pricing The original promise of cloud computing was simple: virtualize hardware, pay only for what you
- [New Google Calendar events will now have a Hangout video call link](https://www.miadria.com/new-google-calendar-events-will-now-have-a-hangout-video-call-link/) - New calendar events will now have a Hangouts video call link added automatically to save time and reduce last minute confusion and delays when event creators forget to add a Hangouts link. Additionally, you can add names to your Hangouts video links to make it easier for everyone to join the video call. Please note
- [Bring a little something extra to Docs and Sheets with add-ons](https://www.miadria.com/bring-a-little-something-extra-to-docs-and-sheets-with-add-ons-2/) - We wrote about thisand announced it earlier. Today Google is launching add-ons—new tools created by developer partners that give you even more features in your documents and spreadsheets to scheduled release domains. To browse through add-ons for Docs and Sheets, select Get add-ons in the Add-ons menu of any open document or spreadsheet. Once you
- [The photos from your phone, now one click away](https://www.miadria.com/the-photos-from-your-phone-now-one-click-away/) - Unless you’re a budding Ansel Adams, odds are you take most of your photos using your phone. And whether it’s photos of your hiking trip or a night out, sending photos to friends and family just got easier. Starting today, you can save time and insert your Auto Backup photos from your phone into Gmail messages on the
- [Chrome Remote Desktop goes mobile](https://www.miadria.com/chrome-remote-desktop-goes-mobile/) - Have you ever been out and about, and urgently needed to access a file that’s sitting on your home computer? Since 2011, Chrome Remote Desktop has let you remotely access your machine from another laptop or computer in a free, easy and secure way. And now, with the release of the Chrome Remote Desktop app for
- [Plaaaaay ball! Now casting live with MLB.TV](https://www.miadria.com/plaaaaay-ball-now-casting-live-with-mlb-tv/) - The 2014 Major League Baseball season is off to a big start, and now you can make all those hits, homers, steals and K’s even bigger with Chromecast. Thanks to Google's friends at MLBAM, as of today, you can cast live games straight to the TV with a tap of the cast button. MLB.TV is the
- [Hangout links in Android Calendar app event views](https://www.miadria.com/hangout-links-in-android-calendar-app-event-views/) - Google is updating the Calendar app on Android devices so that Hangout links are available to those viewing meeting events on mobile devices. A “Join Hangout” link will appear in meeting events if a Hangouts video call was added in Calendar. Named Hangout calls will appear the same as non-named calls. The name of the
- [The New Google Sheets is coming to Scheduled release domains](https://www.miadria.com/the-new-google-sheets-is-coming-to-scheduled-release-domains/) - Back in December Google announced the launch of the new Google Sheets for Rapid Release domains. This new version is faster and can support larger spreadsheets. Over the next couple of weeks, Scheduled release domain users will automatically be upgraded to the new Sheets. Spreadsheets created after the upgrade will use the new version. Google will begin upgrading Scheduled Release
- [Improved Gmail “Download all” experience for non-Latin-encoded filenames](https://www.miadria.com/improved-gmail-download-all-experience-for-non-latin-encoded-filenames/) - This is a fix of the “Download Experience” for non-Latin-encoded filenames. Users of Windows and Linux will be able to select one of the supported encodings that will be shown in a list. Before this fix non-Latinnon-Latin-encoded filenames-encoded filenames resulted in blank filenames. Release Track: Scheduled release
- [Photos picker in Gmail Compose](https://www.miadria.com/photos-picker-in-gmail-compose/) - The "insert image" button in the Gmail compose window allows users to upload a picture or add an image by URL. In this launch, “insert image” button will be replaced with a new button that allows you to select a photo or album from Google Photos, upload a new image, or add an image by
- [New mobile apps for Docs, Sheets and Slides—work offline and on the go](https://www.miadria.com/new-mobile-apps-for-docs-sheets-and-slides-work-offline-and-on-the-go/) - Every year, phones and tablets get better, and more of you are starting to use your mobile devices not just to view, but also to create and edit content. And while the Drive app is a convenient place to store your stuff, Google wants to make it easier for you to quickly find, edit and
- [Organizational unit-based search in Google Vault](https://www.miadria.com/organizational-unit-based-search-in-google-vault/) - Vault users can now search for data within a specific organizational unit (OU), in addition to searching the entire domain or searching by user account. Searching within an OU reduces the number of irrelevant search results that a domain-wide search can produce, and eliminates the need to specify individual accounts. When performing a search within
- [New mobile apps for Docs and Sheets — work offline and on the go](https://www.miadria.com/new-mobile-apps-for-docs-and-sheets-work-offline-and-on-the-go/) - Starting today, you can download new, standalone mobile apps for Docs and Sheets—with Slides coming soon. When you open the new apps, you’ll see your most recently edited files, which means less time searching and scrolling. The apps also come with offline support built in, so you can easily view, edit and create files without an Internet connection. You can
- [Edit images directly in Google Docs & Slides](https://www.miadria.com/edit-images-directly-in-google-docs-slides/) - Now you can crop, mask, rotate, and add borders to images without leaving your Google Doc or Slide. Just select an image and edit from the toolbar, Format menu, or context menu. Release Track: Rapid release, with scheduled release coming later in May For more information: https://support.google.com/drive/answer/4600160
- [Speak to learn with Spell Up, the latest Chrome Experiment](https://www.miadria.com/speak-to-learn-with-spell-up-our-latest-chrome-experiment/) - Technology has opened up a wide world of new educational opportunities, from simple searches to Google Translate (and our backpacks have gotten a lot lighter). But it can be hard to find time and the means to practice a new language. So when the Web Speech API made it possible to speak to our phones, tablets and computers,
- [New Google Calendar events will now have a Hangout video call link](https://www.miadria.com/new-google-calendar-events-will-now-have-a-hangout-video-call-link-2/) - Later this week customers on the Scheduled release track will have all new meetings respect the admin setting to control whether Hangout links are automatically added to Calendar events. This new setting was added to the Admin Console earlier this year. Release Track: Scheduled release For more information: http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.com/2014/03/new-google-calendar-events-will-now_26.html https://support.google.com/a/answer/4362302
- [Improvements to Hangouts chat in Gmail](https://www.miadria.com/improvements-to-hangouts-chat-in-gmail/) - Google Hangouts chat users will start seeing an updated UI in their conversation list in Hangouts in Gmail. Status markers are shown as green bubbles and the displayed contacts are in order of most recent chats. Other features include recent conversation snippets and a new contact search button. Editions included: Google Apps for Business and
- [Hop on board—and go almost anywhere—with public transit on Google Maps](https://www.miadria.com/hop-on-board-and-go-almost-anywhere-with-public-transit-on-google-maps/) - Over 70 percent of the world’s population doesn’t own a car1—a surprising fact for anyone who’s sat for what seems like hours on end in bumper-to-bumper traffic. Millions of people rely on public transit to get around. That’s why, since 2007, Google has worked to include public transit routes and schedules in Google Maps. In
- [Access Hangout video calls from Microsoft Outlook®](https://www.miadria.com/access-hangout-video-calls-from-microsoft-outlook/) - If you’re using Microsoft Outlook® with Google Apps you can now add, manage and join Hangout video calls with just a click. Just download the Hangout plugin for Microsoft Outlook® and you will be ready to go. Release Track: Rapid release and Scheduled release. For more information: https://support.google.com/a/answer/4564466
- [Identity verification to keep your account safe](https://www.miadria.com/identity-verification-to-keep-your-account-safe/) - In the coming weeks Google is introducing a feature to keep your account safe from hijackers, even if they have your username and password. Now when they detect a suspicious login, users will be prompted to verify their identity by entering their phone number. Users who have not set up their phone number will see
- [Improved options for setting default and custom retention periods in Google Vault](https://www.miadria.com/improved-options-for-setting-default-and-custom-retention-periods-in-google-vault/) - The options for setting or modifying a retention period--the length of time your company's messages are archived in Google Vault--are now more clear, and Google has added safeguards when setting a retention period for a specified number of days. Release Track: Rapid release and Scheduled release For more information: https://support.google.com/vault/answer/2584132?hl=en
- [New Google Apps Mobile Management features for Android](https://www.miadria.com/new-google-apps-mobile-management-features-for-android/) - The Device Policy mobile app for Android has been updated to provide several new features to assist organizations with meeting the challenge of both helping employees be more productive and protecting corporate data. The new features include inactive account wipe, support for EAP-based WiFi networks, compromised device detection, and additional reporting fields to help admins
- [Domain management of Google Drive Apps](https://www.miadria.com/domain-management-of-google-drive-apps/) - Last year, Google launched a new and improved Google Apps Marketplace experience, allowing admins to be able to find, manage and deploy third-party applications directly from the Google Apps Admin Console. Earlier this year, Google launched the ability for admins to allow their users to install applications that integrate with Google Drive. If this setting
- [New features in Google+ for Android](https://www.miadria.com/new-features-in-google-for-android/) - The Google+ app for Android has been updated to provide several new features to enhance content viewing and sharing. Highlights include the new navigation menu, which makes it easy to switch between your circles and communities. Tapping the new pencil icon in the bottom right allows for easy sharing, including a live camera feed in
- [Protecting Chrome users from malicious extensions](https://www.miadria.com/protecting-chrome-users-from-malicious-extensions/) - We’re constantly working to keep Chrome users safe as they browse, with built-in features like Safe Browsing, which blocks many types of malicious websites and downloads. In the case that malicious software has managed to hijack your settings, we've added a “reset browser settings” button, so you can get things back to normal. But since the bad
- [Chromecast goes on a world tour: Now casting in Asia, Australia and more European countries](https://www.miadria.com/chromecast-goes-on-a-world-tour-now-casting-in-asia-australia-and-more-european-countries/) - Whether it's gourmet cooks, international beauty gurus, or K-Pop superstars—if you’re in Australia, Belgium, Japan, Korea, Portugal or Switzerland, you’ll now be able to use Chromecast to bring your favorite content from a phone, tablet, or laptop to the TV. These countries are home to some of the biggest fans of online content in the world, and the
- [Protecting Chrome users from malicious extensions](https://www.miadria.com/protecting-chrome-users-from-malicious-extensions-2/) - Google is constantly working to keep Chrome users safe as they browse, with built-in features like Safe Browsing, which blocks many types of malicious websites and downloads. In the case that malicious software has managed to hijack your settings, Google has added a “reset browser settings” button, so you can get things back to normal. But since
- [Cloud based migration of email to Google Apps](https://www.miadria.com/cloud-based-migration-of-email-to-google-apps/) - Starting this week,Google is making it easier for businesses to migrate email into Google Apps using our cloud-based data migration service. The data migration service can be configured via the Admin console to connect to your mail server and migrate email over to Google’s Gmail servers. You no longer need to download tools like Google
- [New date picker in Gmail advanced search](https://www.miadria.com/new-date-picker-in-gmail-advanced-search/) - A date picker has been added to the advanced search function in Gmail, making it easy for users to select a date by which to refine their search. Release Track: Rapid release, with scheduled release coming in June For more information: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/6593?hl=en&ref_topic=3394914
- [Assign Vault privileges based on organizational unit](https://www.miadria.com/assign-vault-privileges-based-on-organizational-unit/) - The Manage Exports and Manage Searches privileges in Google Vault can now be granted to a user for an entire organization, or only for specific organizational units (OUs). For example, you can assign a Vault administrator the Manage Searches privilege for your whole organization and the Manage Exports privilege for one OU. Privileges are still
- [Gooooooaal!: Chromecast scores WatchESPN, Major League Soccer and Google+ Photos](https://www.miadria.com/gooooooaal-chromecast-scores-watchespn-major-league-soccer-and-google-photos/) - Soccer, fútbol, football, jogo bonito—however you say it, there’s a good chance you’ll be tuning in to watch when the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ kicks off next week. But if you’re not lucky enough to have a ticket to the matches in Brazil, you can enjoy the next best thing right in your living room
- [Manage your organization faster with insights from the new redesigned Admin Reports](https://www.miadria.com/manage-your-organization-faster-with-insights-from-the-new-redesigned-admin-reports/) - We’re introducing a new redesigned Reports section to the Admin console to make it easier for admins to manage Google Apps and gain insights that help their entire organization run more efficiently. The new reporting section will offer domain highlights, user-level reporting, custom filtering/sorting on data and new audit streams (Login Audit). To use it,
- [Enhanced integration between Google Sites and other products](https://www.miadria.com/enhanced-integration-between-google-sites-and-other-products/) - Today Google launched several features aimed at improving integration between Google Sites and other products. When sharing on social media sites, Google Sites now will showcase images in posts. You’ll see this change when you share Sites links on Google+ and other sites. Google Analytics support on Sites has been improved to support Universal analytics.
- [Improved accessibility, editing and ease of use in Google Sites](https://www.miadria.com/improved-accessibility-editing-and-ease-of-use-in-google-sites/) - Several accessibility improvements have been made to Google Sites, ranging from new keyboard shortcuts for editors (like Alt+Shift+F for opening the editor toolbar) to better viewing experiences for readers. Editors can now also set image width to 100% of the screen width and easily customize the font, color, and size of lower-level headers (H2, H3,
- [Enhancements to the "Open with" menu when previewing Gmail attachments](https://www.miadria.com/enhancements-to-the-open-with-menu-when-previewing-gmail-attachments/) - When previewing Gmail attachments in Chrome, certain Chrome extensions can now be queried to determine if they are enabled for Drive. If they are, they will be included in the list of apps available as choices in the "Open with" menu in the attachment viewer. Release Track: Rapid release, with Scheduled release coming in two
- [Move documents, spreadsheets, and presentations to trash from their own File menu](https://www.miadria.com/move-documents-spreadsheets-and-presentations-to-trash-from-their-own-file-menu/) - Owners of a document, spreadsheet or presentation will now be able to move it to the trash from within its own File menu, rather than needing to do so from the Drive home page. Editors and viewers will see the ‘Move to trash’ option in the File menu, but it will be inactive and greyed
- [An update on identity verification and login challenges](https://www.miadria.com/an-update-on-identity-verification-and-login-challenges/) - Back in May, Google communicated the upcoming launch of login challenges--a new feature aimed at keeping domain accounts safe from hijackers, even if they have attained a user’s username and password. The login challenges feature was rolled out slowly over the past few weeks, and impacted a large number of domains this week. The initial intent
- [Additional audit-logging for Marketplace apps usage](https://www.miadria.com/additional-audit-logging-for-marketplace-apps-usage/) - In an effort to maximize visibility for domain admins, Google recently started logging admin actions related to Google Apps Marketplace (GAM) apps in Admin console. Admins can now view logs for whenever they install/uninstall a GAM app and when they grant/revoke data grants for an app. Admins can view this data in the Reporting section
- [Enabling Google+ Premium Features for Everyone](https://www.miadria.com/enabling-google-premium-features-for-everyone/) - Starting today, Google+ Premium Features will be enabled for any new customers that enable the Google+ service moving forward. In the next few weeks, Google will be enabling Premium Features for existing customers as well. This change will give Google Apps admins access to a number of great business-specific features, making it even easier for
- [Kick, dribble, shoot: Introducing Kick with Chrome, a new Chrome Experiment](https://www.miadria.com/kick-dribble-shoot-introducing-kick-with-chrome-a-new-chrome-experiment/) - Whether you’re from Croatia, Cameroon or Colombia, chances are you’re cheering on your country’s team as they vie for the ultimate soccer achievement: winning the 2014 FIFA World Cup™. Now Chromies around the world can get in on the action with Kick with Chrome, a new Chrome Experiment that will help you tap into your inner
- [Better spam management with Message Center](https://www.miadria.com/better-spam-management-with-message-center/) - Building on the quarantine summary feature launched earlier this year, Google is launching Message Center. Message Center is a web-based spam management system designed for Google Apps customers who relay some or all of their email traffic to on-premise SMTP servers. It provides the following features: Ability to view and search 30 days of clean/spam
- [Enhancements to the SMTP relay service](https://www.miadria.com/enhancements-to-the-smtp-relay-service/) - Google is launching several enhancements to the SMTP relay service. Admins will benefit from the following five key features: Multiple authentication configurations: Admins can now configure multiple sets of authentication rules. For instance, you can specify that messages sent from one IP address are always allowed, messages from another IP address are only allowed if
- [Exclude email drafts from Google Vault search with one click](https://www.miadria.com/exclude-email-drafts-from-google-vault-search-with-one-click/) - Admins can now more easily exclude email drafts from searches in Google Vault. Simply check the Exclude drafts checkbox in the search panel to exclude draft emails from your search. Release Track: Rapid release and Scheduled release For more information: https://support.google.com/vault/answer/2462480 https://support.google.com/vault/answer/4388708
- [New version of Google Apps Migration for Microsoft® Exchange tool](https://www.miadria.com/new-version-of-google-apps-migration-for-microsoft-exchange-tool-2/) - A new version of the Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Exchange (GAMME) tool is now available. The release includes support for Outlook® 2013 (but not Click-to-Run editions) and several bug fixes. Release Track: Rapid release and Scheduled release For more information: https://support.google.com/a/answer/162794 https://support.google.com/a/answer/172212
- [Calendar GData API / Google Calendar Connectors deprecation](https://www.miadria.com/calendar-gdata-api-google-calendar-connectors-deprecation/) - Back in November 2011, Google announced the deprecation of the Calendar GData API (v1, v2) when the APIv3 was made available. They’ll now be shutting down these older versions on November 17, 2014. Any service dependent on the Calendar GData API (v1, v2), such as the Google Calendar Connectors (GCC), will no longer work as intended.
- [Bringing the best of Google to work](https://www.miadria.com/bringing-the-best-of-google-to-work/) - Google I/O, Google's annual developer conference, kicked off this morning in San Francisco with more than 6,000 developers in person and millions more on the livestream. This year, 41 percent of live attendees represent companies that develop business-to-business (B2B) applications, which validates what we’ve known for a while: there’s great demand for better apps in
- [Unlimit your business with Google Drive for Work](https://www.miadria.com/unlimit-your-business-with-google-drive-for-work/) - The workplace is full of files that capture your best ideas or your team’s most productive collaborations. But those files aren’t useful if you’re unable to access or share them effectively. That’s why, just two years ago, we introduced Google Drive. Today more than 190 million people actively use it at home, school and work.
- [Google Play for Education comes to Chromebooks](https://www.miadria.com/google-play-for-education-comes-to-chromebooks/) - Whenever I visit schools and talk to teachers, I’m reminded of the innovation that happens every day in the classroom. The English teacher who knows just the book to send a curious student’s mind racing, or the Physics teacher who shows how force and acceleration factored into the goal that tied the US vs. Portugal
- [Work with any file, on any device, any time with new Docs, Sheets, and Slides](https://www.miadria.com/work-with-any-file-on-any-device-any-time-with-new-docs-sheets-and-slides-2/) - Odds are, you don't use just one device throughout the day—maybe it's a tablet at home over breakfast, a phone on the train to work, and then a computer or laptop once you're in the office. In other words, you expect to be able to get stuff done no matter where you are, which device
- [Meet the new Google Drive](https://www.miadria.com/meet-the-new-google-drive/) - It’s been a little more than two years since Google Drive launched, and already, more than 190 million people are actively using it to safely store and access their files on their phones, tablets, and computers. This tremendous growth has allowed Google to offer more affordable storage plans and, today, they’re updating Drive so it’s faster and
- [Google Drive Update to Protect Shared Links](https://www.miadria.com/google-drive-update-to-protect-shared-links/) - We recently received a report via our Vulnerability Reward Program of a security issue affecting a small subset of file types in Google Drive and have since made an update to address it. Please refer to the post on the Google Online Security blog for details.
- [Increased accessibility with Braille display support for Google Docs, Slides and Drawings](https://www.miadria.com/increased-accessibility-with-braille-display-support-for-google-docs-slides-and-drawings/) - If you use a Braille display, you can now enable Braille support in Google Docs, Slides and Drawings to read and enter text. This option is currently available for Google Chrome and Internet Explorer. Release track: Rapid release and Scheduled release For more information: Learn how to enable Braille support
- [Launch Hangouts in Chrome without a plugin](https://www.miadria.com/launch-hangouts-in-chrome-without-a-plugin/) - Over the next week, users will be able to launch Hangouts in Chrome without having to download and install a plugin. This will simplify initial setup and maintenance. Users of other browsers will still need to use the plugin. Release track: Rapid release and Scheduled release For more information: https://plus.google.com/u/0/103171586947853434456/posts/39TCW3PcLye
- [Collaborator selection announcements in Google Docs, Slides, & Sheets (for visually impaired users)](https://www.miadria.com/collaborator-selection-announcements-in-google-docs-slides-sheets-for-visually-impaired-users/) - To make collaboration accessible to visually impaired users, information about nearby collaborators is now announced. For example, if a collaborator initiates a selection in a region overlapping the region where another user is editing, this would be verbalized to the collaborator. Release track: Rapid release and Scheduled release For more information: https://support.google.com/docs/topic/6039805?hl=en&ref_topic=1382883
- [Reset image in Google Docs, Slides, and Drawings](https://www.miadria.com/reset-image-in-google-docs-slides-and-drawings/) - This feature provides the ability to reset the properties and formatting of an image in Google Docs, Slides, and Drawings after edits have been made to it. This is useful for restarting an image editing attempt if unhappy with the first try. Release track: Rapid release, with Scheduled release coming in two weeks For
- [Replace image in Google Docs, Slides, and Drawings](https://www.miadria.com/replace-image-in-google-docs-slides-and-drawings/) - This feature provides the ability to replace an image in a document, presentation, or drawing with a different one without changing the general size, layout, and properties applied to the original image. This is useful for replacing images in templates. Release track: Rapid release, with Scheduled release coming in two weeks For more information:
- [Maps are going Google: Decide with Instant Insights](https://www.miadria.com/maps-are-going-google-decide-with-instant-insights/) - Data is critical for businesses, helping to steer day-to-day operations as well as future strategies. But when it comes to using data at work, there’s a fine line between empowered and overwhelmed. Unless your team can analyze and interpret all the information available to them, they’re far more likely to end up on the wrong
- [Transfer ownership of Drive files before deleting a user](https://www.miadria.com/transfer-ownership-of-drive-files-before-deleting-a-user/) - To help prevent the accidental deletion of Drive files when deleting a user, admins will now be prompted to optionally transfer ownership of any files owned by the user. Admins can choose to transfer all files the user owns or only shared files they own. If the user is deleted without transferring the user’s Drive
- [Browser upgrade notifications in Gmail](https://www.miadria.com/browser-upgrade-notifications-in-gmail/) - Google’s long-standing browser support policy states that we support the current and previous major releases for modern browsers. In line with that policy, they will be making the following updates to the browser upgrade notifications in Gmail in the coming weeks: Chrome (current version 35.x) they will start showing the upgrade browser banner on v33.x
- [New version of the Gmail Android app](https://www.miadria.com/new-version-of-the-gmail-android-app/) - A new version of the Gmail Android app is coming to Google Play. The launch includes: Insert Google Drive files directly into messages Improved autocomplete: start typing in the To, Cc or Bcc field and you'll now get better suggestions, faster Improved formatting support when restoring saved drafts Release track: Rapid release and Scheduled
- [Richer profile information with extended user attributes in Admin console](https://www.miadria.com/richer-profile-information-with-extended-user-attributes-in-admin-console/) - When adding users to a domain in the Admin console, admins will now have the option to add and manage contact information on user profiles like secondary email address, as well as phone and address information. Admins will also be able to add employee details like Employee ID, Employee Type, Title, Manager, Department and Cost
- [Search delegated contacts](https://www.miadria.com/search-delegated-contacts/) - Contacts delegation allows enterprise users to delegate full access to the contacts in their “My Contacts” group without granting access to their mail or anything else in their accounts. This is a common delegation practice between some executive users and their assistants and may be used in any situation where a user wishes to share
- [Changes to legacy Google Drive URLs](https://www.miadria.com/changes-to-legacy-google-drive-urls/) - Currently, there are two urls one can use to reach Google Drive--docs.google.com and drive.google.com. In line with the new Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides home screens we announced recently, Google’ll be redirecting docs.google.com to point to the new Google Docs home screen, where you can see a list of your most recent Google Docs files.
- [New ‘User Security Management’ privilege for delegated admins](https://www.miadria.com/new-user-security-management-privilege-for-delegated-admins/) - Currently there are a number of user security management features that are available only to super admins. To increase flexibility, Google's goal is to provide granular privileges so that some of these security features can be delegated to non-super admins. To that end, Google has created a new privilege called ‘User Security Management’ that allows
- [Get the most out of Gmail with the new setup gadget](https://www.miadria.com/get-the-most-out-of-gmail-with-the-new-setup-gadget/) - Gmail now has a setup gadget to help people new to Gmail get started. This gadget is customized for Google Apps and helps people set up their Gmail account with actions like adding a profile picture and creating an email signature, and teaches them to use features like undo send and creating an auto-responder. The
- [Chrome users no longer need Hangouts video plugin](https://www.miadria.com/chrome-users-no-longer-need-hangouts-video-plugin/) - A few weeks ago Google announced automatic support for Hangouts video calls in Chrome without the need for the Hangouts video plugin. Starting tomorrow, we are happy to announce that they are rolling this out to all Google Apps users. Following this update, when users try to start a video call for the first time, they’ll
- [Sort and use filter views in Google Sheets without edit access](https://www.miadria.com/sort-and-use-filter-views-in-google-sheets-without-edit-access/) - This feature will allow those with view only access to sort and use filter views in Google Sheets. Users will also now be able to link to specific filter views to share with others and change the range of the filter view without needing to delete and then re-create it. Release track: Rapid release, with
- [Simplified sign-in with Chrome for Android](https://www.miadria.com/simplified-sign-in-with-chrome-for-android/) - If you’ve typed your password on a tiny on-screen keyboard recently, you know how frustrating it can be. Well, say goodbye to all those "x"s when you meant "c"s. Now with the latest Chrome beta for Android when you’re signed into Chrome, you won’t need to sign in again on Google websites, including Gmail, Maps or Search.
- [Happy 1st Birthday, Chromecast!](https://www.miadria.com/happy-1st-birthday-chromecast/) - Chromecast is a year old. Google built Chromecast to make it easier for people to enjoy their favorite entertainment from their phone, tablet or laptop on the largest screen in the house—the TV. Since Chromecast launched, people have hit the cast button more than 400 million times to enjoy their favorite sports, music, premium movies and
- [Summer digest 1](https://www.miadria.com/3054-2/) - Support for dual screens in Chromebox for meetings devices Domains using Chromebox for meetings devices will be able to simply plug in a second display to their Chromebox’s display port and that display will behave as a secondary display. During a video call, this will allow participants to see the audience and the projected presentation
- [New version of Google Drive viewer](https://www.miadria.com/new-version-of-google-drive-viewer/) - As part of the new Google Drive, we are updating Drive’s viewer. The new viewer is faster, cleaner and provides easier ways to connect with third-party Drive apps. It also brings a unified viewing experience across Drive content and Gmail attachments. Note that as part of this change we will remove support for adding file-level
- [New bulk mail filter in Gmail Spam settings](https://www.miadria.com/new-bulk-mail-filter-in-gmail-spam-settings/) - With this new option in Gmail Spam settings, admins can turn on more stringent filtering of bulk mail using a single checkbox. This is a feature that was available in Postini, and will now be available to Google Apps customers. For migrated Postini customers, the checkbox will be enabled by default. Release track: Rapid release
- [Summer digest 2](https://www.miadria.com/summer-digest-2/) - Support for third-party internationalized email addresses in Gmail With this launch, Gmail users will be able to send to, and receive from, email addresses that contain accented or non-Latin characters. This includes both the domain name (to the right of the @ symbol) and/or the local-part (to the left of the @ symbol), as in
- [Optimize the experience working with Office files on your Chromebook](https://www.miadria.com/optimize-the-experience-working-with-office-files-on-your-chromebook/) - People using Chrome OS on the latest versions (36.0.1985.138 or 36.0.1985.126), and who are opted-in to the new Drive UI, can now edit Office files natively from Drive and Gmail. They will also experience greater stability and rendering fidelity for files. If your organization manages updates for Chrome, be sure to update to the latest
- [Using Suggested Edits between Microsoft® Word and Google Docs](https://www.miadria.com/using-suggested-edits-between-microsoft-word-and-google-docs/) - A few weeks ago Google launched Suggested Edits in Google Docs--a way to make edits that can be accepted or rejected by the owner of the document. They know that some of you work with people who still use Word, so starting today any tracked changes in a .docx file will be automatically carried over
- [New version of Gmail iOS app](https://www.miadria.com/new-version-of-gmail-ios-app/) - A new version of the Gmail iOS app is now available in the App Store. The launch includes: Save attachments directly to Google Drive so you can access them anywhere while saving space and bandwidth on your device Insert Google Drive files directly into messages New account management options to choose which accounts you want
- [Classroom now available to Google Apps for Education](https://www.miadria.com/classroom-now-available-to-google-apps-for-education/) - Today Google started to open Classroom all Google Apps for Education users helping teachers create and collect assignments paperlessly. Classroom includes time-saving features like the ability to automatically make a copy of a Google Document for each student, and also creates Drive folders for each assignment and for each student to help keep everyone organized.
- [Summer digest 3](https://www.miadria.com/summer-digest-3/) - Updated version of Google Apps Password Sync (GAPS) Google Apps Password Sync 1.2 is now available with the following new features: GAPS now logs password sync failures to the Windows 'Application' event log Several bug fixes Release track: Rapid release and Scheduled release For more information: Help Center article _____________________________________________________________________________________ Copy and paste charts within
- [That’s not the download you’re looking for...](https://www.miadria.com/thats-not-the-download-youre-looking-for/) - You should be able to use the web safely, without fear that malware could take control of your computer, or that you could be tricked into giving up personal information in a phishing scam. That’s why Google has invested so much in tools that protect you online. Their Safe Browsing service protects you from malicious websites and
- [Search delegated contacts](https://www.miadria.com/search-delegated-contacts-2/) - Contacts delegation allows enterprise users to delegate full access to the contacts in their “My Contacts” group without granting access to their mail or anything else in their accounts. This is a common delegation practice between some executive users and their assistants and may be used in any situation where a user wishes to share
- [View event support in Google Drive audit logs](https://www.miadria.com/view-event-support-in-google-drive-audit-logs/) - Currently, Google Apps Unlimited customers are able to access Drive audit logs using the Reports API and in the 'Audit' section of the Admin console reports. The current Drive audit logs include events such as create, upload, edit, rename, move, add to folder, remove from folder, trash, delete and untrash. Google is now adding view
- [Your iPhone & iPad are ready to get to work with new apps for Docs, Sheets, & Slides](https://www.miadria.com/your-iphone-ipad-are-ready-to-get-to-work-with-new-apps-for-docs-sheets-slides/) - You suddenly remember you need to add "buy milk" to your grocery list, but don't have a pen or paper in sight. You’re on the subway with no reception and need to update your soccer club spreadsheet before you get to practice. You desperately need to make edits to your marketing strategy PowerPoint before you
- [Getting things done: Office editing on iOS](https://www.miadria.com/getting-things-done-office-editing-on-ios/) - Our phones and tablets help us get things done at work, but sometimes, you’re on the subway with no reception and need to update your spreadsheet before you get to the client’s office. Or you desperately need to make edits to your marketing strategy PowerPoint before you present, but you only brought your iPad to
- [New available contacts tab for Hangouts in Gmail](https://www.miadria.com/new-available-contacts-tab-for-hangouts-in-gmail/) - With this launch, Google is introducing a new tab to Hangouts in Gmail that shows a list of a person’s contacts sorted by availability, making it easier to see which contacts are currently online. Available contacts (those with the green circle) will show in an alpha-ordered list first, followed by a second alpha-ordered list of
- [This time it's personal](https://www.miadria.com/this-time-its-personal/) - Anyone who’s argued over the TV remote knows that sharing a living room doesn’t mean you want to share everything else. The same is true on the web. So in the latest Chrome beta, Google's exploring a new way for you to share your computer without sharing your business. Get started by clicking on “You”
- [Your Forms, your way](https://www.miadria.com/your-forms-your-way/) - Google Forms makes it easy to gather information from a group, whether it’s something as important as requesting RSVPs for your rehearsal dinner, collecting attendance from students for a class trip, or just keeping track of who’s bringing what on a camping weekend with your friends. One of your top requests has been the ability
- [Improved publishing interface for Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides](https://www.miadria.com/improved-publishing-interface-for-google-docs-sheets-and-slides/) - Google has launched a new publishing interface for Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. The interface makes it easier for people to understand how document, spreadsheet and presentation content can be published as a webpage or embedded in their own website(s). In the new Google Sheets, the new interface also provides the ability to publish specific
- [New version of Google Drive app for iOS](https://www.miadria.com/new-version-of-google-drive-app-for-ios/) - A new version of the Google Drive app for iOS is now available in the App Store, containing the following features: Faster syncing New upload experience that shows progress and destination Release track: Rapid release and Scheduled release For more information: G+ post Get the Google Drive app in the App Store
- [Sharing just got a little easier.](https://www.miadria.com/sharing-just-got-a-little-easier/) - Google has launched a new simplified sharing experience for the Google Docs editors and Google Drive, making it easier for people to find and copy the link for a file or folder to share with others. To give access to your content to others, click the blue “Share” button (or select a file/folder in Drive
- [Managing client certificates on Chrome devices just got simpler](https://www.miadria.com/managing-client-certificates-on-chrome-devices-just-got-simpler/) - Client certificates are required in many organizations to access EAP-TLS 802.1x WLAN or wired networks as well as mutual TLS protected web resources. Today Google is launching an easy way to provision and manage these certificates across a fleet of devices. They’re providing an API so that extensions can support a variety of enrollment protocols
- [More transparency for reporting data in Admin console and API](https://www.miadria.com/more-transparency-for-reporting-data-in-admin-console-and-api/) - Google has introduced a date picker at the top right of the Reports section in the Admin console to provide additional transparency into any reporting delays and unblock partial data feeds in the event some data is unavailable. The latest date for which all data points are present (usually 2 days prior to the current
- [Increasing security and productivity for iOS devices](https://www.miadria.com/increasing-security-and-productivity-for-ios-devices/) - Marvel and DC Comics, Star Wars and Star Trek, Emacs and VI—we all have our favorites. And then there’s iOS and Android, each with dedicated fans. Regardless of which you prefer, there’s no reason your device of choice should get in the way of your work. Alongside the Android device management solution, Google's introducing iOS Sync for
- [Improved presenting in Hangouts video calls: Present to everyone](https://www.miadria.com/improved-presenting-in-hangouts-video-calls-present-to-everyone/) - Any participant in a video call can now select a participant to be shown to all other participants’ views. This feature overrides the automatic speaker-driven switching for everyone in the call. For example, if a participant is sharing a desktop view or showing something live, anyone can make that the default view for all, so
- [Multi-way video calls for Hangouts on Android and iOS without a G+ profile](https://www.miadria.com/multi-way-video-calls-for-hangouts-on-android-and-ios-without-a-g-profile/) - As announced in July, with today’s Hangouts update, people using the Hangouts apps on Android and iOS will now be able participate in multi-way video calls without a Google+ profile. Release track: Rapid release and Scheduled release For more information: Help Center
- [Google Drive and the Docs editors: designed with everyone in mind](https://www.miadria.com/google-drive-and-the-docs-editors-designed-with-everyone-in-mind/) - Imagine trying to keep track of another person’s real-time edits in a document—using only your ears. Or trying to create a table from spreadsheet data—without being able to clearly see the cells. Whether you’re backing up a file in Drive or crunching some numbers in Sheets, it should be easy to bring your ideas to
- [First set of Android apps coming to a Chromebook near you](https://www.miadria.com/first-set-of-android-apps-coming-to-a-chromebook-near-you/) - Chromebooks were designed to keep up with you on the go—they’re thin and light, have long battery lives, resume instantly, and are easy to use. Today, Google is making Chromebooks even more mobile by bringing the first set of Android apps to Chrome OS: Duolingo - a fun and free way to learn a new language
- [Google Chrome 64-bit for Mac and Windows](https://www.miadria.com/google-chrome-64-bit-for-mac-and-windows/) - In late August Google released Chrome 64-bit for Windows, which brought benefits in speed, security and stability. They’re now bringing these benefits to OS X with Chrome 64-bit for Mac, version 39, due to be released in Nov 2014. Unlike on Windows, where Chrome is available in both 32-bit and 64-bit, on Mac, Chrome will
- [Automated lists, backspace to undo autocorrections in Google Docs, Slides, and Drawings](https://www.miadria.com/automated-lists-backspace-to-undo-autocorrections-in-google-docs-slides-and-drawings/) - In Google Docs, Slides, and Drawings, we will now automatically turn on bulleted or numbered list mode when we detect that a person wants to make a list based on what was typed as the first visible character in a paragraph. For example, if an asterisk [*] or hyphen [-] is typed as the first
- [New UI for all Google Drive pickers](https://www.miadria.com/new-ui-for-all-google-drive-pickers/) - Google has launched a new UI for all Google Drive pickers--the interface that allows people to select and insert content stored in Google Drive (e.g. Insert files from Drive, Insert Images from Drive, etc). The UI will closely align with the new Google Drive UI, and will move all menu options from vertical tabs on
- [Increased productivity and security for iOS devices with iOS Sync for Google Apps](https://www.miadria.com/increased-productivity-and-security-for-ios-devices-with-ios-sync-for-google-apps/) - Today Google introduced a new iOS Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution known as iOS Sync for Google Apps, which integrates Google mobile apps with native iOS device management. Users of Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides on their iPhones and iPads receive all the benefits of Google Apps on iOS, and organizations maintain the security
- [Opening up Google Apps Marketplace beyond Apps administrators](https://www.miadria.com/opening-up-google-apps-marketplace-beyond-apps-administrators/) - This launch gives the ability for Google Apps admins to open up the Google Apps Marketplace (GAM) to people from their organization to directly find and use 3rd party applications that integrate with Google Apps. Admins will be able to allow the installation of any GAM apps, or they can choose to customize which apps
- [Support for third-party internationalized email addresses in Google Calendar](https://www.miadria.com/support-for-third-party-internationalized-email-addresses-in-google-calendar/) - As announced recently for Gmail, Google is launching support for internationalized email addresses in Google Calendar. This will allow people to use email addresses that contain accented or non-Latin characters to invite guests and share calendars, and perform any other action where email addresses are used by Calendar. This includes both the domain name (to
- [New features in Admin SDK: Custom user attributes, and opening up access to all domain users](https://www.miadria.com/new-features-in-admin-sdk-custom-user-attributes-and-opening-up-access-to-all-domain-users/) - The Admin SDK provides a comprehensive directory experience for Google for Work customers to help them meet specific business needs around data storage for customers. Here are some important updates to this SDK. Custom attributes in the user’s profile Now available is a new feature in the Directory API which allows you to add custom
- [Manage Chrome policies on Android and iOS from Google Admin console](https://www.miadria.com/manage-chrome-policies-on-android-and-ios-from-google-admin-console/) - Since April 2013, admins have had the capability to set 100+ Chrome policies for users on Chrome Devices, Windows, Mac, and Linux when they sign-in to Chrome with their Google Apps account. Today Google is providing an early preview of applying some of these same policies to Chrome on Android and iOS as well. For
- [Enhanced Google Apps Directory Sync v4.0.1 launch](https://www.miadria.com/enhanced-google-apps-directory-sync-v4-0-1-launch/)
- [Deprecated Google Apps Admin APIs to be discontinued in April 2015](https://www.miadria.com/deprecated-google-apps-admin-apis-to-be-discontinued-in-april-2015/) - In May 2013 we introduced the Admin SDK, which enables developers to build customized administrative tools for organizations that use Google Apps. Later in July 2013, we followed with the release of the new improved Email Migration API v2. With each of these introductions, we also announced the deprecation of a set of corresponding APIs,
- [Google Apps Marketplace apps migration to OAuth2](https://www.miadria.com/google-apps-marketplace-apps-migration-to-oauth2/) - Google has been working with developers to migrate their Google Apps Marketplace apps from OAuth1.0 to OAuth2.0. This change improves integration, discovery, distribution, security, and management of third-party apps. Google officially deprecated OAuth1.0 in April 2012 (see here), and we’re moving toward the end of this deprecation timeline for the Google Apps Marketplace. In most
- [Simpler, faster experience for the mobile web version of Google Drive](https://www.miadria.com/simpler-faster-experience-for-the-mobile-web-version-of-google-drive/) - Google has simplified the UI for the mobile web version of Google Drive, making it easier for people to access their files more quickly. People accessing the new mobile web version of Drive will be able to view, download and print their files. However, to optimize the feature experience, they will be directed to download
- [Chrome Legacy Browser Support Stable Update Timeline and Test Channel](https://www.miadria.com/chrome-legacy-browser-support-stable-update-timeline-and-test-channel/) - Google has launched a Chrome Legacy Browser Support Test Channel so that you can test the next versions of the LBS Chrome Extension and MSI before they are promoted to stable. More information on how to setup and use this test channel can be found at the link below. The next stable release of Legacy
- [Change to ‘Other calendars’ list order in Google Calendar](https://www.miadria.com/change-to-other-calendars-list-order-in-google-calendar/) - To more easily make visible or hide calendars from the ‘Other calendars’ section in Google Calendar, Google has made a change to its list order behavior. Calendars selected for viewing will now move up to the top of the list in alpha order, leaving the remaining unchecked calendars below in alpha order. Release track: Rapid
- [Video call links in Calendar events for Google Apps for Government](https://www.miadria.com/video-call-links-in-calendar-events-for-google-apps-for-government/) - With this launch, Google Calendar will automatically add video call links to new Calendar events for all Google Apps for Government domains. This is a follow up to the August launch where this feature was launched for all other Apps customers. As announced earlier this year, administrators can disable this functionality for specific organizational units.
- [More ways to build and share Google Forms](https://www.miadria.com/more-ways-to-build-and-share-google-forms/) - Several new features have launched today in Google Forms, making them easier to build and share: Find what you’re looking for Search the menus: Quickly access nearly all features in Forms without having to dig through menus. To use this feature, press Alt + / or look under the Help menu. New ways to
- [Announcing Drive for Education](https://www.miadria.com/announcing-drive-for-education/) - Today Google announced that we’ll bring Drive for Education, with unlimited storage and enhanced administrative controls, to the Google Apps for Education platform. In the coming months, the features below will be added to all Google Apps for Education accounts at no charge: Unlimited storage: Store as many Google Drive files, Gmail messages, and Google+ photos
- [Google Sheets add-on for linear optimization](https://www.miadria.com/google-sheets-add-on-for-linear-optimization/) - Your work depends on the best solutions to some tough problems. Whether you're working to optimize distribution networks or delivery routes, or simply getting the best staff schedules and optimizing your finances, the Google Sheets add-on for linear optimization can now help you do the math. This add-on is one of many available. Remember to
- [Reminder: Making Google Apps Marketplace available to non-admins](https://www.miadria.com/reminder-making-google-apps-marketplace-available-to-non-admins/) - As announced on Sept 17, the Google Apps Marketplace (GAM) will open to non-admins in Scheduled release domains by default early next week. Admins can now choose to allow people from their organization to install any GAM apps via the GAM interface (vs having to visit a GAM app vendor website directly), or they can
- [New version of the Google Admin app on iOS](https://www.miadria.com/new-version-of-the-google-admin-app-on-ios/) - A new version of the Google Admin app for iOS is now available in the App Store. The app lets admins manage their Google for Work products on the go with their iPads and iPhones. This latest release (v1.1.0) contains the following features: Instant search for finding users Unifying the search fields for first name
- [Adobe joins the Chromebook party, starting with Photoshop](https://www.miadria.com/adobe-joins-the-chromebook-party-starting-with-photoshop/) - Chromebooks are fast, easy to use and secure. They bring the best of the cloud right to your desktop, whether that’s Google Drive, Google+ Photos or Gmail. Today, in partnership with Adobe, Google is welcoming Creative Cloud onto Chromebooks, initially with a streaming version of Photoshop. This will be available first to U.S.-based Adobe education customers with
- [](https://www.miadria.com/3173-2/) - This launch allows Google Apps customers to share links to Hangouts video calls so that external guests may request to join if not explicitly invited. This will also help your guests avoid errors when joining with alternate Google accounts. Features of the launch include: People in the same domain as the Hangout can make
- [Installable triggers in add-ons for Google Docs and Sheets](https://www.miadria.com/installable-triggers-in-add-ons-for-google-docs-and-sheets/) - Earlier this year, Google introduced add-ons for Google Docs and Sheets—packaged Apps Script projects that users can easily install from our add-on store to get extra functionality and features. Since then, plenty of developers told Google they were eager to add installable Apps Script triggers to their add-ons. We're happy to announce that now you can do just that, making
- [Adjust image color and filters in Google Slides](https://www.miadria.com/adjust-image-color-and-filters-in-google-slides/) - People working with images in Google Slides on the web will now have the ability to adjust their color, transparency, brightness, and contrast. To use this feature, select an image in Google Slides and click the Image options button in the toolbar (you can also right click on the image, or use the Format menu,
- [Turn your TV screen into a beautiful backdrop](https://www.miadria.com/turn-your-tv-screen-into-a-beautiful-backdrop/) - You’ve told Google you love the photography that shows up on your TV when you’re taking a break from casting videos with Chromecast. But many of you have also told them you want to add your own photos on the screen. Now, you can. With a new backdrop option, you can customize your TV screen
- [New Hangouts Chrome app](https://www.miadria.com/new-hangouts-chrome-app/) - A new Hangouts Chrome app was launched today with an updated UI. The app is available for Windows and Chrome OS platforms and brings the best of Hangouts to your desktop. Improvements include: Streamlined design that keeps your chats accessible without getting in the way of everything else. Your contact list and all your
- [Google+ Polls](https://www.miadria.com/google-polls/) - Today Google announced Google+ Polls, a new feature that allows people using Google+ to create interactive polls and share them with their friends and followers. Images can be added to the polls from one’s device or Google+ photos, making them interesting and engaging. Followers can then vote on the polls and results are visible to
- [Spell check in the new Google Sheets](https://www.miadria.com/spell-check-in-the-new-google-sheets/) - Google has added spell check functionality to the new Google Sheets. This is a new and improved version of spell check compared to what existed in the old Sheets. In this version, spelling is checked against the web (similar to Docs and Slides) so that the dictionary is always up-to-date. Also like in Docs and
- [A simpler, faster way to use Hangouts on your desktop](https://www.miadria.com/a-simpler-faster-way-to-use-hangouts-on-your-desktop/) - When you’re chatting with your friends and family, you want your conversations easily accessible, not buried in browser windows. Today, Google's introducing the Hangouts Chrome App for Chrome OS and Windows -- a simpler, faster way to use Hangouts on your computer alongside whatever else you’re doing. The new app brings the best of Hangouts to your
- [Admin SDK Reports API limit extended to 15 months](https://www.miadria.com/admin-sdk-reports-api-limit-extended-to-15-months/) - In an effort to provide more historical App usage reporting data for admins, Google recently extended the time limit for application usage activity reporting data provided by the Admin SDK Reports API from 6 months to 15 months. Note that this change does not apply to the application usage activity reports in the Admin console
- [Auto-upgrade to the new Google Forms](https://www.miadria.com/auto-upgrade-to-the-new-google-forms/) - In the coming weeks, Google’ll begin auto-upgrading all legacy forms created in the old version of Google Forms (those created prior to February 2013) to the new version. The new version of Forms supports higher response rates and advanced features like custom themes, randomizing questions, and one response per person. All responses from the old
- [Improvements to Google Apps for Work Support](https://www.miadria.com/improvements-to-google-apps-for-work-support/) - After more than a decade working with customers of all sizes from all over the world, Google knows that if you encounter an issue with your Google for Work services, you want reliable help—fast. As part of their commitment to customers, Google is announcing improvements to the Google Apps support program to make it even
- [Improving Google Classroom for students around the world](https://www.miadria.com/improving-google-classroom-for-students-around-the-world/) - Primary school students in rural Australia are using Google Classroom to collaborate with astronauts on the Space Station. A school without any IT support in Mexico was able to go paperless with Classroom. And in the United Kingdom, a Holton, Oxfordshire school is exploring local historical villages and writing reports using Google Apps and Classroom. These examples represent just a
- [Translate web pages more easily with the new Google Translate Chrome Extension](https://www.miadria.com/translate-web-pages-more-easily-with-the-new-google-translate-chrome-extension/) - When you're browsing the web, you might come across a page where some of the text is in a different language. With the new update to the Google Translate Chrome extension, you can translate just that piece of text, without worrying about the rest of the page. Simply highlight the text that you want to
- [Improvements to email log search in Admin console](https://www.miadria.com/improvements-to-email-log-search-in-admin-console/) - Email log search gives admins the ability to sift through the delivery logs for their domains and evaluate message transit. This is useful for tracking down a sender or recipient's missing messages, such as those that have been quarantined as spam or otherwise routed incorrectly. Admins also use this tool to determine the IP addresses
- [Time-based triggers now in add-ons](https://www.miadria.com/time-based-triggers-now-in-add-ons/) - Building on the recent launch of installable triggers for add-ons, time-based triggers can now be used as well. Time-based triggers let scripts execute at a particular time or on a recurring interval, as frequently as once per hour in add-ons. Take a look at our trigger documentation for more information. Release track: Rapid release
- [Aggregate reports added to Admin console reporting](https://www.miadria.com/aggregate-reports-added-to-admin-console-reporting/) - Google has added a new feature to Admin console reporting called aggregate reports. The aggregate reports are designed to provide domain-level trends across multiple apps and allows admins to select their favorite reports for regular tracking. The first version contains a series of charts displaying Google+ Hangouts usage, account status, admin status, storage quota, document
- [Manage revisions for non-Google files in the new Google Drive](https://www.miadria.com/manage-revisions-for-non-google-files-in-the-new-google-drive/) - As available with the classic version of Google Drive, Google has now incorporated the option to view and manage versions for non-Google file formats in the new Google Drive. Simply right-click on a non-Google file (or click on it and use the ‘More Actions’ menu in the toolbar), and select ‘Manage versions.’ Release track:
- [Incoming items view added to Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides apps on iOS](https://www.miadria.com/incoming-items-view-added-to-google-docs-sheets-and-slides-apps-on-ios/) - People using the Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides apps for iPhone and iPad will now see a new Incoming view added to the navigation panel, similar to the one in Drive today, granting quick access to files that have been shared with them. As with other available views, by touching the menu button next to
- [Add-ons for Google Forms](https://www.miadria.com/add-ons-for-google-forms/) - In the spirit of giving you even more flexibility and customization, Google is launching add-ons for Google Forms--new tools, created by developer partners, that bring even more features to your surveys (just like add-ons for Docs and Sheets). Check out the growing list of available add-ons, several of which are particularly relevant for education, from
- [Unlimited Drive storage for Google Apps for Education](https://www.miadria.com/unlimited-drive-storage-for-google-apps-for-education/) - As initially announced last month, this week Google’ll be rolling out unlimited Drive storage to all Google Apps for Education schools at no charge. Stay tuned for future updates on Google Apps Vault and enhanced auditing tools coming later this year to Google Apps for Education. Release track: Rapid release and Scheduled release For more
- [Notification re: Google Talk app for Windows replacement](https://www.miadria.com/notification-re-google-talk-app-for-windows-replacement/) - Late last year, we announced that the Google Talk app for Windows was being retired. Soon, people using the Google Talk client for Windows will start seeing the following notification within the application: Google Talk app for Windows is no longer supported. It is being replaced by the new Hangouts Chrome app. Install the Hangouts
- [Enhanced Google Admin app for Android](https://www.miadria.com/enhanced-google-admin-app-for-android/) - The Google Admin app for Android allows super admins to manage their Google for Work products on the go with their Android phones and tablets. The app can be used to manage users and groups, contact support, view audit logs, check notifications and do other common administrative tasks. Google has launched an update to the app,
- [Notification in older spreadsheets of upcoming migration to new Google Sheets](https://www.miadria.com/notification-in-older-spreadsheets-of-upcoming-migration-to-new-google-sheets/) - Starting next week, people using older spreadsheets (those created prior to Dec 2013, including any subsequent copies) in Google Apps domains on the Rapid release track will see a notification about an upcoming auto-migration to the new version of Google Sheets. They will be directed to the Help Center to learn more. The actual migration
- [New version of the Google Drive app for Android](https://www.miadria.com/new-version-of-the-google-drive-app-for-android/) - A new version of the Google Drive Android app is coming to Google Play. The launch includes: New Design: The new interface, leveraging some of the Material Design principles recently announced, puts your content front and center and makes creating, uploading and accessing it easier than ever. Improved Search: The search tool makes it easy
- [New features added to the Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides Android apps](https://www.miadria.com/new-features-added-to-the-google-docs-sheets-and-slides-android-apps/) - Several new features are now available in the Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides Android apps, including: Incoming items view Similar to the one in Drive today, and recently added for iOS, a new Incoming view has been added to the navigation panel, granting quick access to files that have been shared Make a copy of
- [Deprecated Google Calendar APIs (v1, v2) shutting down on November 17th, 2014](https://www.miadria.com/deprecated-google-calendar-apis-v1-v2-shutting-down-on-november-17th-2014/) - As initially announced in November 2011, and reiterated in June of this year, the older versions (v1, v2) of the Google Calendar API will be shut down on November 17, 2014. Any service dependent on v1 or v2 of the Google Calendar API will no longer work as intended. Developers should ensure any relevant services
- [A more modern Gmail app for Android](https://www.miadria.com/a-more-modern-gmail-app-for-android/) - Today, the Gmail app for Android is getting updated with a more modern style, sleeker transitions, and a few other handy improvements. As part of the new design, there’s now a convenient reply button at the bottom of every message, making it quick and easy to continue a conversation when you’re on the go. And
- [New Google Calendar app](https://www.miadria.com/new-google-calendar-app/) - Today, Google is introducing a brand new Google Calendar app, built to save you time and help you make the most of every day. Key features of the app include: Assists: suggestions that save you time When creating a calendar event, we often have to piece together phone numbers, addresses and attendees from lots of
- [Notification of migration of Google Forms themes](https://www.miadria.com/notification-of-migration-of-google-forms-themes/) - As recently communicated, Google Forms is in the process of upgrading older forms to the new version of Google Forms, followed by the auto-upgrading of legacy themes to allow for customization and a better mobile experience moving forward. After the theme upgrade, some text and colors from older forms may not show up properly, in
- [Additional Gmail reports added to new aggregate reports dashboard](https://www.miadria.com/additional-gmail-reports-added-to-new-aggregate-reports-dashboard/) - Building on the recent launch of aggregate reports in Admin console, Google has launched additional time-series reports for Gmail, with the goal of providing admins more visibility into mail flow. New reports include: Outbound Mail Delivery Outbound Mail Encryption Inbound Mail Delivery Inbound Mail Encryption Inbound Spam For more detail on these new reports,
- [Launch desktop applications from Google Drive in Chrome](https://www.miadria.com/launch-desktop-applications-from-google-drive-in-chrome/) - Today Google is launching a new extension for Chrome that lets you open files from Google Drive directly into a compatible application installed on your computer. This includes apps like advanced image and video editing software, accounting and tax programs, or 3D animation and design tools. So, no matter what you keep in Drive, using
- [New version of the Google Drive iOS app](https://www.miadria.com/new-version-of-the-google-drive-ios-app/) - A new version of the Google Drive iOS app, optimized for iOS 8, is now available in the App Store. The app includes some new security and convenience features, including: Open files from Drive, and save back to Drive, from other apps on your device (iOS 8 only) Unlock Drive using Touch IDーwe’ve offered the
- [A new, unified experience coming to Google products](https://www.miadria.com/a-new-unified-experience-coming-to-google-products/) - At Google I/O in June, Google introduced material design, a single underlying design system that allows for a unified experience across platforms and device sizes. It features smooth animations and transitions between screens, a multi-layered interface with quick access to the elements that you need most often, and a colorful UI with diverse fonts and
- [New Google Drive UI to become the default experience](https://www.miadria.com/new-google-drive-ui-to-become-the-default-experience/) - Since the launch of the new Google Drive UI in June, the new experience has been opt-in, allowing people to try out and become accustomed to the UI and feature set. Google has since been working on adding a few features that weren’t ready for the launch in June, like the ability to view and
- [Migration of older spreadsheets to the new Google Sheets](https://www.miadria.com/migration-of-older-spreadsheets-to-the-new-google-sheets/) - As recently communicated, the auto-migration of older spreadsheets (those created prior to Dec 2013, including any subsequent copies) to the new version of Google Sheets will start today for Google Apps domains on the Rapid release track. No action is required as a result of the migration. No data should be affected; however, in rare
- [Introducing fun family games for Chromecast](https://www.miadria.com/introducing-fun-family-games-for-chromecast/) - Over the past year Chromecast has added hundreds of your favorite apps, and brought anything on the web to the TV via Android mirroring and Chrome tab casting. Just in time for the holidays, Google is adding even more apps to the list. So whether you’re looking forward to a quiet evening watching your favorite holiday heartwarmer
- [Increased visibility and control with OAuth token audit reporting](https://www.miadria.com/increased-visibility-and-control-with-oauth-token-audit-reporting/) - Currently, people using Google Apps can authorize any third party mobile or web application which supports login with a Google Apps account using OAuth to read their account data (e.g. Contacts, Calendar, Drive files, etc) to integrate with Google Apps. Each authorization grants an access token, which is then logged in the Apps Admin console.
- [Admin provisioning of individual Google+ profiles](https://www.miadria.com/admin-provisioning-of-individual-google-profiles/) - Previously, Google Apps administrators had no means by which to give people in their organizations a Google+ profile in order to connect with other employees and encourage collaboration and sharing in the organization. With today’s launch, admins can now perform individual profile upgrades centrally (bulk upgrades coming soon). For people with Google+ enabled who have
- [Bookmarks get a new look and learn a few new tricks](https://www.miadria.com/bookmarks-get-a-new-look-and-learn-a-few-new-tricks/) - We all know how hard it can be to find something once you've saved it. Starting today, it's a lot easier thanks to an update to bookmarks in the latest Chrome Beta. Google’ll be rolling this feature gradually out over the next few weeks. Try out the new Bookmarks Manager by going to your Chrome Menu >
- [Better collaboration in Hangouts video calls](https://www.miadria.com/better-collaboration-in-hangouts-video-calls/) - To make it easier to collaborate during Hangouts video calls, Google has enabled the sharing of links to any Drive file directly from the chat window. Shared links will show a preview of the file right in the chat message, even when other participants don’t have their chat window open. Clicking on the link will
- [Admin control of link sharing for Hangouts video calls](https://www.miadria.com/admin-control-of-link-sharing-for-hangouts-video-calls/) - Last month, Google launched the ability for Google Apps customers to share links to Hangouts video calls so that external guests may request to join if not explicitly invited. This helps guests avoid errors when joining with alternate Google accounts. They’re now giving admins greater control over this feature with an option in the Admin console to
- [New security tools to help improve online security](https://www.miadria.com/new-security-tools-to-help-improve-online-security/) - As an IT manager, Google realizes you spend a lot of time managing devices, applications and security settings for everyone at your organization. To make your job a bit easier, today Google is announcing new security tools to help Google Apps users take more control of their security online. A new Devices and Activity dashboard gives your
- [Highlights in Inbox: Help during the holidays](https://www.miadria.com/highlights-in-inbox-help-during-the-holidays/) - The holiday season is a busy time and your email is no different, with photos from friends and family, gift purchases and travel plans completely taking over. You find yourself with less time for email but lots more of it, and this is exactly where Highlights in Inbox can help. Highlights work together with Bundles to show
- [Slide numbers in Google Slides](https://www.miadria.com/slide-numbers-in-google-slides/) - People using Google Slides can now add slide numbers to their presentations, providing a reference guide for both presenters and audiences. To add slide numbers, go to Insert > Slide numbers from the toolbar. You can then choose to apply slide numbers to all slides or selected slides. You can also choose to skip title slides: Release track: Rapid
- [Adjust image color and filters in Google Docs](https://www.miadria.com/adjust-image-color-and-filters-in-google-docs/) - As recently launched for Google Slides, people working with images in Google Docs on the web will now have the ability to adjust their color, transparency, brightness, and contrast. To use this feature, select an image in Google Docs and click the Image options button in the toolbar (you can also right click on the image, or use the Formatmenu,
- [Table cell merging in Google Docs](https://www.miadria.com/table-cell-merging-in-google-docs/) - This launch adds the ability to merge the cells of a table in Google Docs. Merged table cells can span more than one row and/or column. To merge table cells, highlight the cells to be merged in your table and select Merge cells from the Table menu (or right click and select Merge cells). Merged table cells in Word documents
- [Conversion support for additional Microsoft® Office formats](https://www.miadria.com/conversion-support-for-additional-microsoft-office-formats/) - We know some of you work with Office files regularly. Now, Google is adding conversion support in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides for 15 new Office file formats. New formats supported include: dot, dotx, dotm*, docm* conversions to Google Docs xlt, xltx, xltm*, xlsm* conversions to Google Sheets pot, potx, potm*, pptm*, pps, ppsx, ppsm*
- [Edit icons for Office files in Gmail desktop attachments](https://www.miadria.com/edit-icons-for-office-files-in-gmail-desktop-attachments/) - In Gmail, with a single click on the pencil icon in the attachment card, you can now convert any Office files sent as attachments to Docs, Sheets, or Slides. You can then start editing and enjoying the full benefits of a single document to keep track of, access from anywhere, and full revision history. Release
- [Upcoming removal of Apps Search lab feature](https://www.miadria.com/upcoming-removal-of-apps-search-lab-feature/) - The Apps Search lab feature, launched in 2010, extends Gmail search to include relevant results from one’s Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides content and displays them in a separate section below email search results when typing a query and hitting ‘Enter/Return.’ Currently, Google Apps admins have the option in the Admin console to enable this
- [Quota for Calendar API v3 now 10 times higher](https://www.miadria.com/quota-for-calendar-api-v3-now-10-times-higher/) - At Google they like to make 10x rather than 10% improvements. In this spirit, they are increasing the default quota for the Calendar API v3 by a factor of ten, to 1 million requests per day. That means your application can support ten times as many users without any need to apply for more quota.
- [New versions of the Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides iOS apps](https://www.miadria.com/new-versions-of-the-google-docs-sheets-and-slides-ios-apps/) - New versions of the Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides apps for iOS are now available in the App Store. New features include: Support for viewing and editing text in tables in the Docs app Ability to insert, move, resize and rotate text boxes, shapes and lines in the Slides app Enhanced support for iPhone 6/6+
- [New sparkline options in Google Sheets](https://www.miadria.com/new-sparkline-options-in-google-sheets/) - The SPARKLINE function in Google Sheets creates a miniature chart contained within a single cell, providing a quick visual depiction of data trends. With this launch, Google is adding two new types of sparklines - column and winloss - joining the existing line graph and bar chart options: See the Help Center for details on using the
- [A better place to manage your apps](https://www.miadria.com/a-better-place-to-manage-your-apps/) - To make it easier to find and manage your apps, Google has introduced a new Apps icon in the Admin console. The Apps icon is the one place to manage Google Apps, Additional Google services, and Google Marketplace apps. To check it out, simply login to admin.google.com, and click on the Apps icon: Clicking on the Apps icon above takes you to the screen
- [Chromecast, now with guest mode](https://www.miadria.com/chromecast-now-with-guest-mode/) - You’re having friends over and before you know it, a battle has ensued in your living room over who can show the funniest YouTube video. Now, it’s even easier for your friends to cast to your TV without first having to connect to your WiFi. With the new guest mode feature, anyone with an Android
- [Admin provisioning of Google+ profiles for organizational units](https://www.miadria.com/admin-provisioning-of-google-profiles-for-organizational-units/) - A few weeks ago, Google launched the capability for Google Apps admins to give individual users a Google+ profile, in order to connect with other employees and encourage collaboration and sharing in the organization. They’re now extending this capability so that admins can perform automatic profile upgrades for an entire organizational unit (OU). From Apps > Additional Google Services > Google+ > Sharing settings,
- [New reports, policies and more for iOS Sync](https://www.miadria.com/new-reports-policies-and-more-for-ios-sync/) - Earlier this year, Google launched a new iOS Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution known as iOS Sync for Google Apps, which integrates Google mobile apps with native iOS device management. They’re now launching several new features and improvements for iOS Sync, including: Security policies Backup policies Require encrypted backups Allow user to back up to iCloud Allow
- [Smarter sharing in Drive and Docs](https://www.miadria.com/smarter-sharing-in-drive-and-docs/) - Today Google is introducing two new features to help make working together even easier in Drive and the Docs editors. After you add an email address to the sharing dialogue, you’ll see profile pictures for everyone you’ve added. This can come in handy when you need to confirm that you’re inviting the right contacts, especially
- [Easy troubleshooting using Calendar audit](https://www.miadria.com/easy-troubleshooting-using-calendar-audit/) - Sometimes Calendar events change―like an event being deleted or updated, the removal of a booked room, or a change to a list of invitees―and it’s not clear how those changes came about. Starting today, admins can use the new Calendar audit feature in Admin Reports to see details of specific user actions within Google Calendar. You can
- [Improvements to Google account settings pages](https://www.miadria.com/improvements-to-google-account-settings-pages/) - The Google account settings pages now have a refreshed look and feel, aligned with Google’s material design principles, and a new url: myaccount.google.com. Tabs have been removed in favor of a simple, single landing page that links directly to existing account resources. All other functionality is unchanged. Release track: Rapid release and Scheduled release For more information: http://myaccount.google.com/
- [Now, Docs! Now, Sheets! Now, Slides and Add-ons! Simplify your holidays with Google Docs](https://www.miadria.com/now-docs-now-sheets-now-slides-and-add-ons-simplify-your-holidays-with-google-docs/) - The Docs editors don’t just make things easier at work—they’re handy for helping you get stuff done at home too, especially around the holidays. Google has rounded up five ideas to help you focus on the cheer—they’ll take care of the rest. 1. Sending holiday cards? Refresh your address book first. Use Forms to make it easy
- [Custom status messages for Google Hangouts](https://www.miadria.com/custom-status-messages-for-google-hangouts/) - People using Google Hangouts on the web can now add custom status messages and see the status messages of others in the Contacts view. Status messages can be added via the settings menu: By default, custom status messages will be displayed outside of the domain, though admins have the option to restrict them to be displayed within
- [Docs, Sheets, and Slides coming to the App Launcher](https://www.miadria.com/docs-sheets-and-slides-coming-to-the-app-launcher/) - Google announced that they’ve added Google Docs to the App Launcher for consumers, making it easier for people to get straight to Google Docs when signed into other Google products. For Google Apps customers, they’ll be adding all three of the Docs editors―Docs, Sheets, and Slides―to the App Launcher in early January. The editors icons will
- [Search and content improvements for the Google Drive Android and iOS apps](https://www.miadria.com/search-and-content-improvements-for-the-google-drive-android-and-ios-apps/) - Google has added some helpful new features to the Google Drive apps for Android and iOS. On Android, you can now search for files in Drive from the Google app. For example, you could say “OK, Google — search for team meeting notes on Drive” and find files in the Drive app without having to
- [Complete ODF file format support and more for Google Docs editors](https://www.miadria.com/complete-odf-file-format-support-and-more-for-google-docs-editors/) - With this launch, we now support importing all three major ODF (Open) file formats: .odt files for documents, .ods for spreadsheets, and .odp for presentations. We’ve also added a few more Office-friendly improvements: Support for more complex SmartArt from older Powerpoint presentations in Slides Import/export support for merged cells in Word Documents and slide numbers
- [Watch three authors write a short story together, live, in Google Docs](https://www.miadria.com/watch-three-authors-write-a-short-story-together-live-in-google-docs/) - Last month, Google partnered with National Novel Writing Month to see what happens when three writers come together, online from three different cities, to create a short story in Google Docs. The three authors—Edan Lepucki, Tope Folarin, and Mike Curato—had one hour to create the story, based on an opening line submitted by Docs user Lauren Lopez
- [Reject the unexpected - Content Security Policy in Gmail](https://www.miadria.com/reject-the-unexpected-content-security-policy-in-gmail/) - Google know that the safety and reliability of your Gmail is super important to you, which is why they’re always working on security improvements like serving images through secure proxy servers, and requiring HTTPS. Now, Gmail on the desktop is becoming more secure with support for Content Security Policy (CSP). There are many great extensions for Gmail.
- [New versions of the Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides Android apps](https://www.miadria.com/new-versions-of-the-google-docs-sheets-and-slides-android-apps/) - New versions of the Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides apps for Android are now available on Google Play. The Docs app now has line spacing controls that let you choose single, double or fractional line spacing, the Sheets app has new scrollbars for faster navigation, and the Slides app now supports inserting, moving, resizing, and
- [Sharing Drive files as attachments in Gmail](https://www.miadria.com/sharing-drive-files-as-attachments-in-gmail/) - Currently, when composing an email in Gmail, people have the option to share Google documents and other files stored in Drive via links by clicking on the ‘Insert files using Drive’ button. With this launch, Google’ll enable the option to share files in Drive as attachments, allowing the file owner to remove the source file
- [2014 cheers for Docs, Sheets, Slides and Forms](https://www.miadria.com/2014-cheers-for-docs-sheets-slides-and-forms/) - 90,000 hours. That’s the amount of time the average person spends working during their lifetime. To put that in perspective, if you spend 90,000 hours watching movies and did nothing else — no sleep, no breaks — you would be watching for 10 years non-stop. Since you spend so much time at work, we all
- [Do some holiday (window) shopping with Google Maps](https://www.miadria.com/do-some-holiday-window-shopping-with-google-maps/) - So much of the fun of holiday shopping is seeing the lavish, seasonal displays in the windows of shops and department stores as you pass by. Starting today, with Google Maps Business View, you can see decked out displays in New York and London—without braving the cold weather, lugging bags around or fighting for sidewalk space
- [Add image to Gmail signature from Google Drive](https://www.miadria.com/add-image-to-gmail-signature-from-google-drive/) - Google has made it easier to add images to Gmail signatures on the web by enabling the option to choose and display images from Google Drive. Images can be added in Gmail Settings > General. In the ‘Signature’ section, click the ‘Insert image’ icon above the signature text box and add your image from Drive. Note: In order for
- [Reminder to migrate to updated Google Data APIs](https://www.miadria.com/reminder-to-migrate-to-updated-google-data-apis/) - Over the past few years, Google has been updating our APIs with new versions across Drive and Calendar, as well as those used for managing Google Apps for Work domains. These new APIs offered developers several improvements over older versions of the API. With each of these introductions, we also announced the deprecation of a
- [Ho Ho Ho! Track Santa around the world with Google’s Santa Tracker](https://www.miadria.com/ho-ho-ho-track-santa-around-the-world-with-googles-santa-tracker/) - After 23 days of preparation, the elves are finally ready for Santa’s annual journey around the globe. They’ve taught each other how to say "Santa Claus" in Swedish, guided their friends through mazes with code, brushed up on their geography, and learned about organizations making a difference worldwide. It’s been a busy month, but Santa’s sleigh is now ready
- [“Last seen” indication in Hangouts](https://www.miadria.com/last-seen-indication-in-hangouts/) - To make it easier to know when people using Hangouts are available to chat, Google has added timestamps as part of status (e.g. ‘last seen 2h ago’), indicating when one was last using Hangouts: Individuals can control whether this info is shared from Hangouts chat settings. This feature is now available on Hangouts in Gmail
- [Custom status messages on the Hangouts iOS app](https://www.miadria.com/custom-status-messages-on-the-hangouts-ios-app/) - As launched recently for Hangouts in Gmail, the latest version of the Google Hangouts iOS app now includes the ability to add custom status messages and see the status messages of others in the Contacts view. Status messages can be added via the settings menu. Note: status messages shared on one device will also apply to other devices on
- [Easier guest access to Hangouts video calls on iOS](https://www.miadria.com/easier-guest-access-to-hangouts-video-calls-on-ios/) - Last year, Google announced a new feature for Hangouts on the web allowing Google Apps customers to share links to Hangouts video calls so that external meeting guests may request to join if not explicitly invited. This feature helps external guests avoid errors when joining with alternate Google accounts. The latest release of the Hangouts iOS app
- [Gmail labels in Google Vault email search results](https://www.miadria.com/gmail-labels-in-google-vault-email-search-results/) - To make it easier for Google Apps admins to locate specific emails in Google Vault search, Gmail labels are now included in search results. Admins can now view both system labels―i.e. the status of the message as viewed by the user - Unread, Inbox, Spam, Sent, etc―and user-applied labels: To view Gmail labels and basic
- [Introducing Google Cast for audio](https://www.miadria.com/introducing-google-cast-for-audio/) - In 2014, many of you—millions, in fact—helped make Chromecast one of the most popular streaming media devices globally. It's been exciting to bring Chromecast from one country to now 27 countries, with more to come in 2015. Chromecast usage per device has increased by 60% since launch due to the growing roster of new apps
- [Better search experience for Hangouts in Gmail](https://www.miadria.com/better-search-experience-for-hangouts-in-gmail/) - To make it easier to find and connect with your work contacts in Hangouts in Gmail, Google’ll now display them as a distinct group as you start typing in the search box. The work contacts will appear below any contacts (work or personal) that you regularly Hangout with, so you can always find your most
- [Search improvements in the Gmail iOS app for Google Apps customers](https://www.miadria.com/search-improvements-in-the-gmail-ios-app-for-google-apps-customers/) - Google Apps customers using the Gmail iOS app will now see query suggestions when searching their email. The query suggestions are shown in a drop down as a query is typed and are tailored to the content in your email, so you can save time and get the information you want faster than ever before―same
- [Docs, Sheets, and Slides added to the App Launcher](https://www.miadria.com/docs-sheets-and-slides-added-to-the-app-launcher/) - As announced last month, the Docs editors―Docs, Sheets, and Slides―have now been added to the App Launcher. The editors icons are on the first screen of the App Launcher, along with your other Google Apps products: Groups and Contacts were moved to the ‘More’ screen to make room. Release track: Rapid release and Scheduled release
- [Images in frozen sections in Google Sheets](https://www.miadria.com/images-in-frozen-sections-in-google-sheets/) - People using Google Sheets will now be able to add images to frozen sections. This is helpful for prettying up invoices, reports and other spreadsheets where you want to feature a logo or image: To insert an image in a frozen section, select a cell in the row and click on Insert > Image. You can then resize
- [New status menu, bandwidth control for Google Drive for Mac/PC](https://www.miadria.com/new-status-menu-bandwidth-control-for-google-drive-for-macpc/) - Google Drive for Mac/PC syncs any or all of your files to Google Drive on the web, making them available anywhere, at any time, on any device. It also provides secure cloud-based storage for your files. A new version of Google Drive for Mac/PC is rolling out this week, featuring a new, more visually rich
- [A Classroom mobile app and new desktop options for teachers](https://www.miadria.com/a-classroom-mobile-app-and-new-desktop-options-for-teachers/) - Today Google is launching a native Classroom mobile app for both Android and iOS to help teachers and students be more collaborative in the classroom and save even more paper and time: New with the mobile app, students and teachers can: Snap a photo: Right from the assignment page in the mobile app, students can snap a photo and attach it
- [Upcoming changes to NPAPI support in Chrome, impact on audio dialing in Google Talk](https://www.miadria.com/upcoming-changes-to-npapi-support-in-chrome-impact-on-audio-dialing-in-google-talk/) - In September 2013, Google announced their plan to remove NPAPI support from Chrome, a change that will improve Chrome’s security, speed and stability. They gave some more details on timing and expected changes last November. The first of those changes will take place with the launch of Chrome 40 to the stable channel, currently planned for this week. Currently Chrome supports
- [Protected sheets and ranges improvements in Google Sheets](https://www.miadria.com/protected-sheets-and-ranges-improvements-in-google-sheets/) - Google is launching several improvements to the protected sheets and ranges functionality in Google Sheets, providing faster and more granular control when locking down sections of content in spreadsheets. Key changes include: Ability to lock down all content in a sheet except a particular cell or range Faster set up with the ability to re-use
- [New versions of the Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides apps on Android and IOS](https://www.miadria.com/new-versions-of-the-google-docs-sheets-and-slides-apps-on-android-and-ios/) - New versions of the Google Docs, Sheets and Slides apps are now available on Google Play and the App Store. New features include real-time spell-checking in documents (new for iOS only), inserting links (Android only) and hiding rows/columns in spreadsheets, and grouping shapes in presentations. Google has also added support for Touch ID on iOS, so you can
- [A new look for the Google Apps Admin console](https://www.miadria.com/a-new-look-for-the-google-apps-admin-console/) - At Google I/O last June, Google introduced material design, a single underlying design system that allows for a beautiful unified experience across platforms and device sizes. You’ve seen these design principles applied to many of Google’s products recently, and today Google is announcing that the Admin console is next in line. The Admin console has been redesigned to
- [VMware to make Google Cloud Platform available to its customers](https://www.miadria.com/vmware-to-make-google-cloud-platform-available-to-its-customers/) - Many businesses around the world rely on VMware datacenter virtualization solutions to virtualize their infrastructure and optimize the agility and efficiency of their data centers. Google announced that they are teaming up with VMware to make select Google Cloud Platform services available to VMware customers via vCloud Air, VMware’s hybrid cloud platform. They know how
- [Google Apps Vault added to all Google Apps for Education accounts](https://www.miadria.com/google-apps-vault-added-to-all-google-apps-for-education-accounts/) - As of yesterday, all new Google Apps for Education customers will receive Vault as part of their Google Apps for Education suite. Existing Google Apps for Education customers who do not already have Vault enabled will now see it added to their account (note: these customers will first have to set up retention policies for archiving to
- [An update on the migration of older spreadsheets to the new Google Sheets](https://www.miadria.com/an-update-on-the-migration-of-older-spreadsheets-to-the-new-google-sheets/) - Back in November 2014, Google announced that older spreadsheets (those created prior to Dec 2013, including any subsequent copies) would start being gradually migrated to the new version of Google Sheets for Google Apps domains on the Rapid release track, with Scheduled domains to follow. While the migration started for consumer spreadsheets, Google decided to delay the migration for
- [Offline access to Google Docs editors auto-enabled when signing into Chrome browser on the web](https://www.miadria.com/offline-access-to-google-docs-editors-auto-enabled-when-signing-into-chrome-browser-on-the-web/) - When working in a Chrome browser, people using the Google Docs editors with offline access enabled can work on files even when not connected to the internet. Files are synced so they can be viewed and edited offline, allowing for continued productivity regardless of one’s internet connection. Setting up offline access manually can be cumbersome,
- [Updated version of Google Apps Password Sync (GAPS)](https://www.miadria.com/updated-version-of-google-apps-password-sync-gaps/) - Google Apps Password Sync 1.3 is now available with the following new features: GAPS now uses the Admin SDK - Directory API (version 1) Improved Google Apps validation when configuring GAPS Several bug fixes Note: All customers running a previous version of GAPS must upgrade to GAPS 1.3 before April 20, 2015. Older versions will stop
- [Reminder: Support for the Google Apps Connector for BlackBerry Enterprise Server to end on March 5, 2015](https://www.miadria.com/reminder-support-for-the-google-apps-connector-for-blackberry-enterprise-server-to-end-on-march-5-2015/) - Last March, Google announced that they’d be ending support for the Google Apps Connector for BlackBerry Enterprise Server on March 5, 2015. Please note thattheye’re now one month away from the end of support date. On March 5, Google will turn down the underlying services and the Google Apps Connector for Blackberry Enterprise Server will no longer sync
- [Google Groups for Business added to Google Takeout](https://www.miadria.com/google-groups-for-business-added-to-google-takeout/) - Google Takeout allows people with Google accounts to backup and download their data. Takeout creates an archive of data from one’s Google products that can be used to migrate to another solution. Takeout is already integrated with several Google services―such as Gmail, Drive, and Calendar―and we’re now integrating Google Groups for Business. The addition of
- [Google Groups for Business UI and performance improvements](https://www.miadria.com/google-groups-for-business-ui-and-performance-improvements/) - Google’ll be releasing some minor UI changes to Google Groups for Business over the coming weeks, including a cleaner ‘My Groups’ page and new notification bars and dialog windows. There will be no functionality changes, just improvements to look and feel. They’re also implementing various performance improvements to reduce latency when using Google Groups. Release
- [A quick checkup and a simple thanks](https://www.miadria.com/a-quick-checkup-and-a-simple-thanks/) - This Safer Internet Day, we’re reminded how important online safety is and hope you’ll use this as an opportunity to take 2 minutes to complete a simple Security Checkup. While everything stored in Drive is always encrypted in transit and at rest in Google’s custom-built data centers, this checkup ensures you’re making the most of the
- [New version of the Google Docs Android app](https://www.miadria.com/new-version-of-the-google-docs-android-app/) - A new version of the Google Docs Android app is now available on Google Play. New features include: Support for selecting, cutting, copying and pasting text along with images, tables, and charts in Office Compatibility Mode Ability to insert links in Google documents Release track: Rapid release and Scheduled release For more information:
- [More Protection from Unwanted Software](https://www.miadria.com/more-protection-from-unwanted-software/) - SafeBrowsing helps keep you safe online and includes protection against unwanted software that makes undesirable changes to your computer or interferes with your online experience. Google recently expanded their efforts in Chrome, Search, and ads to keep you even safer from sites where these nefarious downloads are available. Chrome: Now, in addition to showing warnings before you download unwanted
- [Updated version of Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Exchange®](https://www.miadria.com/updated-version-of-google-apps-migration-for-microsoft-exchange/) - Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Exchange® v4.1 is now available with the following new features: Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Exchange® Email migrations now uses the latest Email Migration API (version 2). Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Exchange® now uses latest Admin SDK API (version 1) for user validation and group creation. Google
- [1,000 Chrome Experiments and counting...](https://www.miadria.com/1000-chrome-experiments-and-counting/) - In 2009, Google launched Chrome Experiments to showcase the work of creative coders who pushed HTML5 and JavaScript to the limits in order to build beautiful, unique web experiences. At first, the site had only 19 experiments, but Google hoped they would be a source of inspiration for programmers who made art with open web technologies. Since then, they’ve been
- [Announcing the Android for Work program](https://www.miadria.com/announcing-the-android-for-work-program/) - Google announced the Android for Work program. With a group of partners, they're helping businesses bring more devices to work by securing, managing and innovating on the Android platform. Check out the Google for Work blog post for details on how the program provides businesses and workers with the choice and flexibility they need to get things done
- [New views, settings and more for the Google Calendar Android app](https://www.miadria.com/new-views-settings-and-more-for-the-google-calendar-android-app/) - A new version of the Google Calendar app for Android is coming to Google Play over the next few days. Based on your feedback, Google has made a number of improvements―with more on the horizon: See more events at a glance with 7-day week view and pinch-to-zoom Add Google Drive files to events Drive will check if all
- [Custom themes, mobile app improvements for Google Classroom](https://www.miadria.com/custom-themes-mobile-app-improvements-for-google-classroom/) - Today Google announced several improvements to Google Classroom. On the web, teachers can now bring their own personal touches to Classroom by uploading their own images to use as themes. They can add their own custom images, or choose from our gallery of options, which has been updated with 18 new images and 30 pattern themes. For
- [Admin quarantine for inbound and outbound email](https://www.miadria.com/admin-quarantine-for-inbound-and-outbound-email/) - The admin quarantine feature provides greater email security and control by allowing admins to moderate when messages satisfying certain conditions are encountered in their domain’s mail traffic. When a message is flagged by a policy for quarantine (e.g. subject contains the word ‘confidential’), it will not be delivered to the intended recipient. Instead, this message
- [Suspicious login alerts no longer included in Admin console notification inbox](https://www.miadria.com/suspicious-login-alerts-no-longer-included-in-admin-console-notification-inbox/) - Based on admin feedback―and in an effort to reduce overall notification volume―we have stopped including suspicious login alerts in the Admin console notification inbox. These alerts will continue to be sent via email. Release track: Rapid release and Scheduled release
- [Google Docs editors URL format change](https://www.miadria.com/google-docs-editors-url-format-change/) - To help people use the Google Docs editors when signed in to multiple accounts in an upcoming release, Google is changing the structure of Docs editor URLs to no longer use the format /a/DOMAIN for Google Apps customers and to instead use a format containing /u/. All current URLs will continue to work after this
- [Shared with me’ is coming to the new Google Drive UI](https://www.miadria.com/shared-with-me-is-coming-to-the-new-google-drive-ui/) - With the launch of the new Drive UI last year, Google renamed the ‘Shared with me’ section to ‘Incoming’ and tweaked the functionality a bit. They’ve since heard feedback from people using the new UI that they miss the ‘Shared with me’ functionality, so today, Google is bringing it back. Release track: Rapid release and
- [Google Apps Mobile Management improvements with Android for Work](https://www.miadria.com/google-apps-mobile-management-improvements-with-android-for-work/) - Last week Google announced the Android for Work program, which helps businesses bring more devices to work by securing, managing and innovating on the Android platform. Today, Google Apps Mobile Management is ready for you to take full advantage of Android for Work. The Android for Work platform offers three main benefits: more granular control of Android devices, a
- [New Birthday settings for Calendar web](https://www.miadria.com/new-birthday-settings-for-calendar-web/) - As mentioned in the announcement of the new version of the Google Calendar app for Android last week, Google has launched new Birthday calendar settings for Calendar web this week: Birthday calendar can be hidden from 'My Calendars' Control whether birthdays from Google+ are shown Release track: Rapid release and scheduled release For more information: Help Center
- [Easier guest access to Hangouts video calls on the Hangouts Android app and Chromebox for Meetings devices](https://www.miadria.com/easier-guest-access-to-hangouts-video-calls-on-the-hangouts-android-app-and-chromebox-for-meetings-devices/) - Last year, we announced a new feature for Hangouts on the web allowing Google Apps customers to share links to Hangouts video calls so that external meeting guests may request to join if not explicitly invited. We recently announced this functionality for iOS as well. Today, Google is announcing that this functionality has been added to the Hangouts Android
- [New versions of the Google Docs editor iOS apps](https://www.miadria.com/new-versions-of-the-google-docs-editor-ios-apps/) - New versions of the Google Docs editor iOS apps are now available in the App Store. New features include: Ability to make a copy of documents, spreadsheets and presentations Accessibility improvements in the Sheets app Performance improvements in all apps Release track: Rapid release and Scheduled release For more information: Download the latest Google Docs, Sheets,
- [Improved bulk operations, PDF viewer and more for the Google Drive Android app](https://www.miadria.com/improved-bulk-operations-pdf-viewer-and-more-for-the-google-drive-android-app/) - A new version of the Google Drive Android app is coming to Google Play. New features include: Improved bulk operations like moving, starring, pinning and downloading multiple files at once by long pressing (see below) PDF viewer improvements Performance and design improvements Release track: Rapid release and Scheduled release (gradual rollout) For more information:
- [Share extensions, actionable notifications and more added to Gmail iOS app](https://www.miadria.com/share-extensions-actionable-notifications-and-more-added-to-gmail-ios-app/) - A new version of the Gmail iOS app is now available in the App Store. New features include: Email files from other apps - Attach photos, links, and documents directly to a Gmail message from iPhoto, Chrome, and other apps. Easily open attachments - With the new attachment viewer you can now open files of any kind
- [Greater mail flow transparency with email alerts](https://www.miadria.com/greater-mail-flow-transparency-with-email-alerts/) - Sending and receiving emails is something we all do many times a day, and it nearly always works flawlessly. When something does go wrong, however, it’s not always clear that there is even a problem and, once identified, it can be very difficult to determine the problem’s root cause. With today’s launch, Google is adding
- [Google Calendar app for iPhone](https://www.miadria.com/google-calendar-app-for-iphone/) - Last year Google brought you the new Google Calendar app for Android, built to save you time and help you make the most of every day. Today, they’re bringing the new Google Calendar to iPhone: Just like on Android, you’ll get the following features: Assists, which make suggestions that save you time creating events. Schedule View,
- [Simpler deployment of 2-Step Verification](https://www.miadria.com/simpler-deployment-of-2-step-verification/) - Previously, the deployment of 2-Step Verification (2SV) within a domain could be a tedious process, as it required Apps admins to carefully monitor the 2SV enrollments of their users before the actual enforcement, potentially leading to lock out situations requiring admin intervention. Today, Google is improving the enrollment and enforcement process for 2SV for Google
- [Greater visibility and control of Chrome apps in Admin console](https://www.miadria.com/greater-visibility-and-control-of-chrome-apps-in-admin-console/) - Chrome application settings in the Admin console allow admins to control which Chrome applications and extensions their users can access, and whether users can create and publish their own apps. With today’s launch, the Admin console has been updated with a new App management view, providing admins with greater visibility and control in managing specific apps and
- [Unified Network management across devices](https://www.miadria.com/unified-network-management-across-devices/) - Starting today, from a single interface, Google Apps admins can define and push networks to Mobile, Chromebook, and Chromebox for Meetings devices. Previously, admins had to configure the same network in multiple places to make it available to different device types. With today’s launch, Google has removed the redundant network configuration points in the Admin
- [Old Reports UI in Admin console to be removed March 31, 2015](https://www.miadria.com/old-reports-ui-in-admin-console-to-be-removed-march-31-2015/) - Last June, Google redesigned the Reports section in the Admin console to make it easier for admins to manage Google Apps and gain insights that help their entire organization run more efficiently. The improved Reports section provides domain highlights, user-level reporting, custom filtering/sorting on data, aggregated domain level reports and new audit streams (Login and Calendar Audit). Since the
- [Google Docs in the wild: Google Slides and Rentity](https://www.miadria.com/google-docs-in-the-wild-google-slides-and-rentity/) - From college kids to billion-dollar companies, lots of people are using Google Docs to be productive, creative, and collaborative. On this blog, we'll be sharing some of their stories, starting with Rentity, a website that helps people find and rent apartments. Rentity recently used a publicly shared Slides presentation to spread the word about their work and collect feedback
- [New versions of the Google Docs editor Android apps](https://www.miadria.com/new-versions-of-the-google-docs-editor-android-apps/) - New versions of the Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides apps are coming to Google Play today. New features include: Reading view in Docs: hides the formatting toolbar, allowing for scrolling through documents with more room to read. To edit or make formatting changes, just tap the blue pencil icon. Performance improvements Release track: Rapid release
- [Google Apps Marketplace post-install notifications](https://www.miadria.com/google-apps-marketplace-post-install-notifications/) - Today we’re announcing a new feature that will allow Google Apps admins to automatically notify their users of any newly installed app from Google Apps Marketplace. After installing a Marketplace app from the Admin console, admins will have an opportunity to choose whether to send a notification to their users to inform them about the
- [Enhanced add-ons experience for Google Apps admins](https://www.miadria.com/enhanced-add-ons-experience-for-google-apps-admins/) - Last year Google launched add-ons, tools created by developer partners that provide even more helpful features in your documents, spreadsheets and forms. Previously, the ability to install add-ons was controlled centrally by Google Apps admins in the Admin console, but users retained ultimate control of choosing which individual add-ons to install or remove. Google is releasing a couple of updates
- [Enhanced add-ons experience for Google Docs admins and developers](https://www.miadria.com/enhanced-add-ons-experience-for-google-docs-admins-and-developers/) - A year ago, Google partnered with loads of great developers to showcase their add-ons for Google Docs. Add-ons have opened up a world of extra features for their users, from a student needing a powerful tool for diagrams to a project manager looking for a handy way to keep their team on track. Today Google is releasing a couple of updates
- [Final Reminder: Deprecated Google Apps Admin APIs to be discontinued on April 20, 2015](https://www.miadria.com/final-reminder-deprecated-google-apps-admin-apis-to-be-discontinued-on-april-20-2015/) - Over the past few years, Google has been updating our APIs with new versions across Drive and Calendar, as well as those used for managing Google Apps for Work domains. These new APIs offered developers several improvements over older versions of the API. With each of these introductions, Google also announced the deprecation of a set of
- [Feature parity for multi-domain Google Apps instances](https://www.miadria.com/feature-parity-for-multi-domain-google-apps-instances/) - Complex businesses can require multiple Google Apps domain instances to meet their needs. Previously, certain domain management functionality was restricted to primary domains only, making managing multiple domains a bit cumbersome. With today’s launch, Google is extending several key features to secondary domains to make managing multiple domain instances more seamless: Custom app URLs―make it easy
- [Conditional formatting improvements in Google Sheets](https://www.miadria.com/conditional-formatting-improvements-in-google-sheets/) - People using Google Sheets will now have more powerful conditional formatting options. This launch will add the following features: Ability to add gradient conditional formatting rules (e.g. green -> orange, where the lowest numbers are shaded green and the highest are shaded orange, with gradient shades in between) More style choices like bolding, striking through,
- [Google+ Photos coming to Google Drive](https://www.miadria.com/google-photos-coming-to-google-drive/) - Google Drive allows you to store and access your files anywhere—on the web, on your hard drive, or on the go. Google is now making it easier to store and organize your photos and videos in Google Drive as well. Moving forward, people using Google+ Photos will see their photos and videos automatically in Google
- [Combined inboxes, smarter search and more with the new Gmail app for Android](https://www.miadria.com/combined-inboxes-smarter-search-and-more-with-the-new-gmail-app-for-android/) - A new version of the Gmail app for Android is now available on Google Play. New features include: All your inboxes in one place―view all your mail at once, regardless of whether it’s from your work or personal accounts, using the new “All Inboxes” option. This way you can read and respond to all your
- [An update on the new Google Drive UI](https://www.miadria.com/an-update-on-the-new-google-drive-ui/) - Last year, Google started the gradual rollout of the new Google Drive UI as the default user experience for Rapid release Google Apps customers, while retaining the ability to return to the old Drive UI via the Settings drop down. After pausing the rollout to work on some performance improvements, the rollout was resumed and completed earlier this month.
- [Share Drive links for viewing outside of your domain, no sign-in required](https://www.miadria.com/share-drive-links-for-viewing-outside-of-your-domain-no-sign-in-required/) - When it comes to sharing Google Drive content outside of your domain, whether giving marketing materials to your design agency or inventory lists to your caterer, you want to make sure they can see it―whether they use Drive or not. With today’s launch, Google Apps admins now have the option in the Admin console to
- [Follow up: Google+ Photos coming to Google Drive](https://www.miadria.com/follow-up-google-photos-coming-to-google-drive/) - Earlier this week, Google announced that the photos and videos you keep in Google+ Photos will now be available in Google Drive. This feature will begin rolling out to Google Apps customers during the week of April 6th. A few things to note in advance of next week’s rollout: All users will see a new menu item
- [Self-service password recovery for Google Apps users](https://www.miadria.com/self-service-password-recovery-for-google-apps-users/) - Password recovery can be a frustrating and time-consuming activity for both Google Apps admins and the people in their domains who have been locked out of their accounts. With today’s launch, Google is giving admins the option to reduce their workload, and save time for those who have been locked out of their accounts, by
- [Reminder: Upgrade to the latest versions of GAPS, GADS, and GAMME before April 20, 2015](https://www.miadria.com/reminder-upgrade-to-the-latest-versions-of-gaps-gads-and-gamme-before-april-20-2015/) - As previously communicated, please note that all customers using Google Apps Password Sync (GAPS), Google Apps Directory Sync (GADS), or Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Exchange® (GAMME) should be sure to upgrade to the latest versions prior to April 20, 2015: Required Upgrades Google Apps Password Sync (GAPS) Version 1.3 Google Apps Directory Sync (GADS) Version 4.0.3 Google Apps Migration
- [New admin policy and compliance controls for Google Hangouts chat](https://www.miadria.com/new-admin-policy-and-compliance-controls-for-google-hangouts-chat/) - Google Hangouts provides an end-to-end chat solution for Google Apps customers, allowing people within an organization to securely communicate with one another across all devices and platforms. Today Google is adding two new policy options for Apps admins to give them greater control of how Hangouts chat is used in their domains, as well as introducing
- [Month view added to Google Calendar app for Android](https://www.miadria.com/month-view-added-to-google-calendar-app-for-android/) - Google launched the new Google Calendar app for Android last year, helping to save you time and make the most of every day. In February, Google launched an updated version containing several additional features based on user feedback, and today we’re doing the same. Month view has been added (back) to the latest version of the Google Calendar app
- [Set custom alerts on audit events for Google Apps admins](https://www.miadria.com/set-custom-alerts-on-audit-events-for-google-apps-admins/) - Admin alerts help give Google Apps admins visibility into important events within their domain, such as potentially suspicious login attempts, or service setting changes by other administrators. Previously, admins could turn on pre-defined alerts for various user activities, settings changes, and mail flow events. Today Google is launching a new feature that allows admins to set up
- [Google Vault now covers Hangouts for work chat](https://www.miadria.com/google-vault-now-covers-hangouts-for-work-chat/) - As an IT admin you want your organization to be free to focus on getting stuff done. But part of your role is also to make sure you stay on top of legal compliance. Today we’re making it a little bit easier to do both with two new Hangouts features. Over the next few days,
- [The first-ever Chrome Live: Coming to a screen near you on April 22nd](https://www.miadria.com/the-first-ever-chrome-live-coming-to-a-screen-near-you-on-april-22nd/) - Chrome was a big bet when it was introduced six years ago and has since grown to provide a simpler, speedier and safer web for more than 750 million users around the world. Today, Chrome is an integrated hardware and software solution for work that meets the challenges of and innovates upon traditional platforms. Join
- [Search and browse faster with the latest Chrome for iOS](https://www.miadria.com/search-and-browse-faster-with-the-latest-chrome-for-ios/) - Many people whip out their phones throughout the day to check something quickly—get a weather forecast, check what time the Giants game is, find out who guest starred on Mad Men last night. And that’s true for the many millions of you who use Chrome on iOS, so Google has made the latest version even
- [Providing updates for Chrome for XP through 2015](https://www.miadria.com/providing-updates-for-chrome-for-xp-through-2015/) - On April 8, 2014, Microsoft stopped supporting Windows XP. This isn’t just a formality: computers running Windows XP haven’t received security patches in over a year and are facing a number of critical security vulnerabilities. At the operating system level, computers running XP are inherently in danger of being infected by malware and viruses, making
- [New sharing options, languages and more with the latest version of the Google Drive Android app](https://www.miadria.com/new-sharing-options-languages-and-more-with-the-latest-version-of-the-google-drive-android-app/) - A new version of the Google Drive Android app is coming to Google Play over the next week. New features include: After uploading a file, the ability to add people to sharing settings and share a link directly from the upload notification: Ability to access a contact’s extended information from the sharing section of the
- [New versions of the Google Docs editor apps](https://www.miadria.com/new-versions-of-the-google-docs-editor-apps/) - New versions of the Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides apps for Android are now available on Google Play and a new version of the Docs app for iOS is available in the App Store. New features include: Docs Accept, reject, or comment on suggestions (Android and iOS) Tracked changes and comments in Word files (Android
- [Teaching teams: New ways to work together in Classroom](https://www.miadria.com/teaching-teams-new-ways-to-work-together-in-classroom/) - Google Classroom allows teachers to spend less time on paperwork and more time with their students. Starting today, multiple teachers can work and collaborate in a single Classroom class. With the exception of deleting the class altogether, additional teachers can perform all of the same functions as the primary teacher, including: Creating assignments and announcements
- [Animation improvements in Google Slides](https://www.miadria.com/animation-improvements-in-google-slides/) - Animations are an easy way to make your presentations look more dynamic in Google Slides. Starting today, you can improve your Slides presentations with two new animations: Appear and Disappear. You can also now set the direction (to and from left, right, top, and bottom) of two previously existing animations: Fly in and Fly out.
- [Protect Google and Google Apps Accounts with Password Alert](https://www.miadria.com/protect-google-and-google-apps-accounts-with-password-alert/) - Today we’re launching Password Alert, an open-source Chrome extension that helps protect Google and Google Apps Accounts from phishing attacks and encourages people to use different passwords for different sites, a security best practice. When an employee with Password Alert installed enters their Google password into any site other than an authentic Google sign-in page
- [Introducing Google+ Collections, a new way to group posts by topic](https://www.miadria.com/introducing-google-collections-a-new-way-to-group-posts-by-topic/) - Today, we’re announcing Google+ Collections, a new way to group posts by topic. Every collection is a focused set of posts on a particular topic, providing an easy way for people using Google+ to organize their interests and focus areas. For Google Apps customers, collections could be used for communicating to a project team or
- [Deprecation reminder: Migrate all scripts away from OAuthConfig before June 26th, 2015](https://www.miadria.com/deprecation-reminder-migrate-all-scripts-away-from-oauthconfig-before-june-26th-2015/) - OAuth is the de facto standard for authorization today and used by most modern APIs. To assist with connecting Apps Script to OAuth-protected APIs, Google recently created two new open source libraries: OAuth1 for Apps Script and OAuth2 for Apps Script. These libraries replace and extend the capabilities of the UrlFetch service's limited OAuthConfig class. All Google APIs (Google Calendar,
- [New Research: The Ad Injection Economy](https://www.miadria.com/new-research-the-ad-injection-economy/) - In March, we outlined the problems with unwanted ad injectors, a common symptom of unwanted software. Ad injectors are programs that insert new ads, or replace existing ones, into the pages you visit while browsing the web. Google has received more than 100,000 user complaints about them in Chrome since the beginning of 2015—more than any other issue.
- [Create, edit, and grade assignments on the go with new Classroom mobile app features](https://www.miadria.com/create-edit-and-grade-assignments-on-the-go-with-new-classroom-mobile-app-features/) - In January, Google launched a Classroom mobile app for iOS and Android, because they knew that students were increasingly relying on mobile devices to get homework done on the go. That app has now been downloaded more than 2.5 million times. This functionality isn’t just useful for students, however. Google has heard from teachers that
- [PDF viewer and performance improvements for the Google Drive app for Android](https://www.miadria.com/pdf-viewer-and-performance-improvements-for-the-google-drive-app-for-android/) - A new version of the Google Drive app for Android is coming to Google Play this week. New features include: PDF Viewer enhancement: see completed form data Performance and interface improvements Release track: Rapid release and Scheduled release (gradual rollout) For more information: Get the latest Google Drive app on Google Play
- [Mobile image and table insertion on the Google Docs and Slides apps](https://www.miadria.com/mobile-image-and-table-insertion-on-the-google-docs-and-slides-apps/) - New versions of the Google Docs and Slides apps for Android and iOS are now available on Google Play and the App Store. New features include: Docs Insert images Slides Insert, crop and mask images Insert and manipulate tables All of today’s improvements to Docs and Slides will remain available when you’re offline. You’ll just
- [Changes to Drive folder and page URL structure](https://www.miadria.com/changes-to-drive-folder-and-page-url-structure/) - To improve overall performance, we’re moving from using hash marks (#) to using the HTML5 History API in Google Drive. This means that moving forward, Google Drive folder and page URLs will no longer include hash marks (for example, https://drive.google.com/drive/#folders/ABC will become https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ABC and https://drive.google.com/drive/#starred will become https://drive.google.com/drive/starred). Links to Drive folder and page URLs containing hash marks will continue to work
- [Expanding the Inbox by Gmail early adopter program for work](https://www.miadria.com/expanding-the-inbox-by-gmail-early-adopter-program-for-work/) - Earlier today, Google announced that Inbox by Gmail is now open to all consumers—no invitation required. They also announced several new features for Inbox like undo send and signatures. In addition, while they’re still in the early stages of bringing Inbox to work, Google has expanded the Inbox early adopter program—announced earlier this year—so any Google Apps for Work customer who
- [New privacy and security tools for Google accounts](https://www.miadria.com/new-privacy-and-security-tools-for-google-accounts/) - We recognize that people today are constantly connected, making control over their digital privacy and security even more important. Google wants to help them better use tools and settings to safeguard their data, protect their privacy, and decide what information is used to make Google services work better for them. With this in mind, they
- [Better battery life for your laptop](https://www.miadria.com/better-battery-life-for-your-laptop/) - Adobe Flash allows web pages to display rich content—but sometimes that can put a squeeze on your laptop’s battery. So Google's been working with Adobe to ensure that your experience on the web can be power-efficient as well as rich and interactive—and today,they’re introducing an update to Chrome that does just that. When you’re on a
- [New UI, faster syncing and more with the latest version of the Google Drive app for iOS](https://www.miadria.com/new-ui-faster-syncing-and-more-with-the-latest-version-of-the-google-drive-app-for-ios/) - A new version of the Google Drive app for iOS is now available in the App Store. New features include: New material design Faster syncing with Google Drive web Improvements to image viewing and scrolling (people no longer need to tap “Load more”) Swipe gesture to go back Release track: Rapid release and Scheduled release
- [Quick answers to quick questions](https://www.miadria.com/quick-answers-to-quick-questions/) - Often when we use our mobile phones, it's for something fast in the moment. We see a food item we can’t identify, or hear a song lyric, and want to know more—quick answers to quick questions. So now here's a new feature to Chrome—search from any webpage with just a tap. Since Chrome can see
- [iOS Account Wipe and new features in Android for Work MAM](https://www.miadria.com/ios-account-wipe-and-new-features-in-android-for-work-mam/) - This week, we’re introducing iOS Account Wipe (i.e. Selective Wipe), which allows Google Apps admins to safely delete an employee’s corporate account and data from their iPhone or iPad without impacting that employee’s personal space (e.g. their personal photos). The existing Remote Wipe functionality, which allows admins to wipe an employee’s entire device, will remain unchanged. In
- [Security improvements for Microsoft and Yahoo accounts in the Gmail app for Android](https://www.miadria.com/security-improvements-for-microsoft-and-yahoo-accounts-in-the-gmail-app-for-android/) - Google is always working to make the Gmail app experience safer, including when people use non-Gmail email addresses. As part of that effort, today they’re launching Oauth support for all Yahoo and Microsoft accounts in the Gmail app for Android. By authenticating these non-Gmail accounts directly with Yahoo and Microsoft, the Gmail app for Android
- [Full-view screen sharing for Google Hangouts](https://www.miadria.com/full-view-screen-sharing-for-google-hangouts/) - For a richer experience when presenting screen-shared content, today Google is launching full-view screen sharing for Google Hangouts. Moving forward, when people using Hangouts present to meeting participants in ‘Present to everyone’ mode─or another participant pins someone who is screen-sharing─Hangouts participants will see two changes to the user interface: The screen shared content will use
- [Google Slides now supports Chromecast and AirPlay](https://www.miadria.com/google-slides-now-supports-chromecast-and-airplay/) - Today’s update to the Google Slides app makes it even easier to share presentations on big screens. With just your phone or tablet and the Google Slides app, you can present easily to any screen with Chromecast or AirPlay. When you’re presenting on the big screen, you can use your smaller screen to advance slides,
- [More options for charts, cells, and collaboration in Google Sheets on the webfor charts, cells, and collaboration in Google Sheets on the web](https://www.miadria.com/more-options-for-charts-cells-and-collaboration-in-google-sheets-on-the-webfor-charts-cells-and-collaboration-in-google-sheets-on-the-web/) - When working with spreadsheets, it’s important to take raw figures and turn them into a story. Today’s update to Google Sheets on the web allows people to do just that, offering even more ways to visualize and analyze data. Customized charts, made easier Charts can make even the largest data sets digestible, so Google has
- [Insert images into Google Sheets when offline](https://www.miadria.com/insert-images-into-google-sheets-when-offline/) - Google is making it easier for your employees to work on the go—and without Internet access—in Google Sheets on the web. With this launch, people can now insert images into Sheets even when they’re not online, provided they’re working in Chrome and have turned on offline access. Those images will be synced once the person gets
- [Updated version of Google Apps Password Sync (GAPS)](https://www.miadria.com/updated-version-of-google-apps-password-sync-gaps-2/) - Google Apps Password Sync 1.4 is now available. The release fixed an issue where, after failing to retrieve the email address attribute for an account from Active Directory, GAPS silently crashes. Note: This issue has only been observed on Windows Server 2003, but we recommend upgrading regardless of your Windows Server version. Release track: Rapid
- [Full launch of the new Google Drive UI](https://www.miadria.com/full-launch-of-the-new-google-drive-ui/) - As previously communicated, and per the release calendar, the new Google Drive UI will be fully launching to Apps customers on the Rapid release track next week. The ability to revert to the old Drive UI will be removed with this launch. The full launch to Scheduled release customers will follow on July 7. Please note that
- [More image types now supported during conversion in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides](https://www.miadria.com/more-image-types-now-supported-during-conversion-in-google-docs-sheets-and-slides/) - Converting a file to Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides allows a person to edit, collaborate on, and share the file online. When converting Microsoft® Office files, the following common image types remain readable: JPEG, PNG, EMF, and WMF. Starting today, larger images, images in less common formats (like TIFF), and images with non-RGB color profiles
- [Google Drive event attachments, 7-day week view and more for the Google Calendar app for iPhone](https://www.miadria.com/google-drive-event-attachments-7-day-week-view-and-more-for-the-google-calendar-app-for-iphone/) - In March Google announced the Google Calendar app for iPhone, and today they’re adding lots of improvements based on your feedback―with more on the horizon: See more events at a glance with 7-day week view Add Google Drive files to events (for domains with Drive enabled) Drive will check if all event invitees have access to the
- [Event attachment improvements for Google Calendar web and API](https://www.miadria.com/event-attachment-improvements-for-google-calendar-web-and-api/) - Event attachments allow people using Google Calendar to attach meeting notes, presentations, or any other relevant files from Google Drive to events and make them available for all event attendees. Previously a Calendar Labs feature, event attachments are now fully launching in Google Calendar web by default with today’s rollout. The ‘Add attachment’ link will
- [Undo Send for Gmail on the web](https://www.miadria.com/undo-send-for-gmail-on-the-web/) - Previously a popular feature in Gmail Labs, and recently added to Inbox by Gmail, today Google is adding 'Undo Send' as a formal setting in Gmail on the web. 'Undo Send' allows people using Gmail to cancel a sent mail if they have second thoughts immediately after sending. The feature is turned off by default for
- [Downloading, sending, and sharing improvements with the latest version of the Google Drive app for Android](https://www.miadria.com/downloading-sending-and-sharing-improvements-with-the-latest-version-of-the-google-drive-app-for-android/) - A new version of the Google Drive app for Android is coming to Google Play over the next week. New features include: Ability to download multiple files in the background at the same time Ability to use the "Send File" feature on more than one file at a time New and improved sharing
- [Easily migrate employee contacts from Microsoft Exchange and Office 365 to Google Apps](https://www.miadria.com/easily-migrate-employee-contacts-from-microsoft-exchange-and-office-365-to-google-apps/) - As previously announced, Google Apps for Work admins can easily migrate their employees’ emails to Google Apps using the cloud-based data migration service available in the Admin console—no additional tools are needed. Today Google is launching that same capability for contacts. Admins can migrate their employees’ contacts from Microsoft Exchange (2007 and above) and Microsoft Office
- [An additional row of apps and customization coming to the App Launcher](https://www.miadria.com/an-additional-row-of-apps-and-customization-coming-to-the-app-launcher/) - In January, Google added Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides to the first screen of the App Launcher. Based on your feedback, Google will be adding an extra row of apps to that first screen. This fourth row of icons will launch to Google Apps customers on July 6th. The exact combination of apps featured will vary depending on
- [Enhanced inbound mail gateway functionality](https://www.miadria.com/enhanced-inbound-mail-gateway-functionality/) - Google Apps allows for the use of inbound mail gateway servers which admins can leverage to process their inbound mail in different ways―such as archiving it or filtering out spam―before passing it onto the Google Apps mail server for delivery. Today’s launch adds more flexibility for Apps admins when using inbound mail gateway servers: Multiple
- [Download event support in Google Drive audit logs](https://www.miadria.com/download-event-support-in-google-drive-audit-logs/) - To help analyze and monitor the use of Google Drive content in their organizations, Drive for Work and Google Apps for Education admins are able to access audit logs in the ‘Audit’ section of the Admin console Reports area and via the Reports API. The current Drive audit logs include events such as create, view,
- [Publish Google Sheets spreadsheets in five additional formats](https://www.miadria.com/publish-google-sheets-spreadsheets-in-five-additional-formats/) - In Google Sheets on the web, if a person wants to make a spreadsheet available for a large audience to see, they can publish the file as a web page. Once that file is published, the person receives a URL that can be sent to whomever they choose or embedded into a website. Today’s launch allows people
- [A special offer and new controls for Security Key administrators](https://www.miadria.com/a-special-offer-and-new-controls-for-security-key-administrators/) - Last year, Google worked with the FIDO Alliance standards organization to launch the Security Key — an actual physical key used to simplify 2-Step Verification with Google Accounts. The key adds a layer of protection as it sends an encrypted signature rather than a code, ensuring that login information cannot be phished. Recently, Google announced that they've been working on new
- [Accept or reject external guest requests to join Hangouts video calls with the Hangouts iOS app](https://www.miadria.com/accept-or-reject-external-guest-requests-to-join-hangouts-video-calls-with-the-hangouts-ios-app/) - Google recently completed the cross-platform rollout of a feature allowing Google Apps customers to share links to Hangouts video calls so that external meeting guests may request to join if not explicitly invited. Previously, video calls shared with the link required someone in the Apps domain of the Hangout video call to accept those requesting access on the
- [Create and manage custom maps in Google Drive](https://www.miadria.com/create-and-manage-custom-maps-in-google-drive/) - Google My Maps makes it simple to create, share, and publish custom maps online for a variety of business purposes—from publicizing a company’s location to mapping delivery routes and planning events. Now integrated with Google Drive, My Maps allows anyone to easily create maps with custom lines, shapes, and placemarks, to import geographic data (like
- [Download Microsoft Office files quickly and easily in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides](https://www.miadria.com/download-microsoft-office-files-quickly-and-easily-in-google-docs-sheets-and-slides/) - The Office Compatibility Mode extension in Chrome allows people to view and edit Microsoft® Office files in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. Based on feedback, Google has added a new feature that makes it simpler to use those edited files on the web. This new download functionality provides a person with a local copy of their file
- [Google Apps launch announcement improvements](https://www.miadria.com/google-apps-launch-announcement-improvements/) - Based on customer feedback and in an effort to help Google Apps admins better digest and communicate launches to their users, starting today Google’ll be adding more structured information to our launch announcements regarding the expected rollout pace, impact, and recommended actions for each launch. Moving forward, each launch announcement will include one selection from
- [Changing how Google Apps admins set new retention rules in Google Apps Vault](https://www.miadria.com/changing-how-google-apps-admins-set-new-retention-rules-in-google-apps-vault/) - Starting today, Google is changing the way Google Apps Vault admins set up new retention rules in Google Apps Vault. This change will not impact any current retention settings—existing rules will continue to retain and delete messages according to their original configuration. Going forward, admins will be prompted to select one of the following options when setting
- [Edit and review more easily in the newest Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides apps for Android](https://www.miadria.com/edit-and-review-more-easily-in-the-newest-google-docs-sheets-and-slides-apps-for-android/) - The latest versions of the Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides apps for Android make it easier to work on both Google and non-Google files on mobile. Check out the new features below. People can now edit document, spreadsheet, and presentation titles directly from the overflow menu in the top right corner of each app, making
- [Customize the App Launcher to make frequently used apps more accessible](https://www.miadria.com/customize-the-app-launcher-to-make-frequently-used-apps-more-accessible/) - As previously announced, it is now possible to customize the App Launcher by moving app icons between rows and screens. While Google Apps admins will not be able to customize the App Launcher for their employees, individuals will be able to configure the App Launcher on their own—making it easier for them to access the apps
- [Whitelist specific Google Apps domains to allow file sharing from Google Drive, Docs editors, and Classroom](https://www.miadria.com/whitelist-specific-google-apps-domains-to-allow-file-sharing-from-google-drive-docs-editors-and-classroom/) - Companies today don’t work in silos; businesses are often dependent upon partnerships with other businesses, vendors, and organizations—not to mention customers. As a Google Apps admin, you may currently protect your data by restricting employees from sharing Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides files outside of your domain. At times, however, such external sharing is
- [Print and preview event support in Google Drive audit logs](https://www.miadria.com/print-and-preview-event-support-in-google-drive-audit-logs/) - Following the addition of download event support to the Google Drive audit logs, today Google has added support for print and preview events within the Drive viewer. As with download events, today’s launch will cover print and preview events for Google and non-Google file formats. Admins will also be able to filter on these events and combine that
- [Disable downloading, printing, and copying of any Google Drive file](https://www.miadria.com/disable-downloading-printing-and-copying-of-any-google-drive-file/) - With Information Rights Management (IRM), people using Google Drive can now disable downloading, printing, and copying from the advanced sharing menu―perfect for when the file you're sharing contains sensitive information that you don't want shared broadly or leaked. This new option is available for any file stored in Google Drive, including documents, spreadsheets, and presentations
- [New content notifications in the Classroom app](https://www.miadria.com/new-content-notifications-in-the-classroom-app/) - Over the next few days, students will begin receiving mobile notifications via the Classroom app for Android and iOS when new content is added to their classes. For instance, students will be alerted immediately when they receive new assignments or grades, notes from teachers, comments from fellow classmates, and more—allowing them to stay on top
- [New privilege in Admin console will make transferring data ownership easier](https://www.miadria.com/new-privilege-in-admin-console-will-make-transferring-data-ownership-easier/) - Currently, super admins and delegated admins with the Drive service privilege can transfer Google Drive content from one employee to another in the Drive section of the Admin console. Recently, Google introduced a new Data Transfer privilege in the Admin console (located under Admin roles > Privileges > Admin API Privileges). Over the course of the following week, super
- [Notification of invalid sharing settings in Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides](https://www.miadria.com/notification-of-invalid-sharing-settings-in-google-drive-docs-sheets-and-slides/) - Sharing files in Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides is crucial to collaboration, but it’s important to maintain confidentiality by setting the appropriate file-sharing permissions. As such, employees can share files only to the extent allowed by their Google Apps administrators (for example, as an Apps admin, you can restrict employees from sharing Drive files and folders
- [Clearer indication of 'View' and 'Comment' access in Google Docs editors](https://www.miadria.com/clearer-indication-of-view-and-comment-access-in-google-docs-editors/) - In an effort to make it more clear when people using the Google Docs editors have only ‘View’ or ‘Comment’ access to a file―and to simplify the process of requesting edit access―Google is making some minor UI tweaks. Starting today, those with ‘View only’ access to a document, spreadsheet, slide, or drawing will see a
- [Google Drive plug-in for Microsoft Office](https://www.miadria.com/google-drive-plug-in-for-microsoft-office/) - With Google Drive you can keep all your important files in one place, then open them with your choice of apps and devices. Today, Google is offering new ways to work together with Office files, using the Google Drive plug-in for Microsoft Office. With the new Google Drive plug-in, people using Office for Windows can now
- [Better email security and compliance with attachment scanning and file type detection](https://www.miadria.com/better-email-security-and-compliance-with-attachment-scanning-and-file-type-detection/) - Email compliance settings allow Google Apps admins to set policies to regulate the delivery of both internal and external email for their organization. Today, Google is announcing two different policy improvements to further enhance email security: Attachment scanning The Content compliance setting enables admins to specify what action to perform for messages based on predefined sets of
- [Prevent individuals from changing their Google+ profile names](https://www.miadria.com/prevent-individuals-from-changing-their-google-profile-names/) - With today’s launch, Google is introducing a new setting in the Google Apps Admin console that gives Apps admins control over whether or not people in their organizations can edit their profile names in Google+. By default, people can change the profile name that’s displayed for their Google+ profile. The new display name is also
- [A new look for the Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides viewers on the mobile web](https://www.miadria.com/a-new-look-for-the-google-docs-sheets-and-slides-viewers-on-the-mobile-web/) - To create a consistent experience across the Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides viewers on the web on mobile, today Google is introducing a simpler, more uniform interface for each. In addition, Google is encouraging people to edit their Google Docs files in the mobile app, which is easier to use and offers more robust functionality. Going
- [New Chrome policies and improvements in the Google Apps Admin console](https://www.miadria.com/new-chrome-policies-and-improvements-in-the-google-apps-admin-console/) - The Admin console has been updated with new Chrome policies and improvements to the device details page: Admins can now autocomplete the default domain to use when a user only enters their username at the login screen. A new policy enables users to enter an asset identifier during the enrollment process. The asset ID field in the device details
- [Upcoming changes to commenting behavior on YouTube for Google Apps customers](https://www.miadria.com/upcoming-changes-to-commenting-behavior-on-youtube-for-google-apps-customers/) - This week Google announced some upcoming changes to the way Google+ and YouTube will interact moving forward that will make commenting simpler and more streamlined. For Google Apps customers with YouTube enabled, there are few key changes to highlight: Comments posted on YouTube will now appear only on YouTube, not also on Google+ (and vice-versa). We will remove the “Also
- [All aboard!](https://www.miadria.com/all-aboard/) - Easily enroll devices in Systems Manager MDM Systems Manager Sentry offers a range of features that make the life of IT administrators easier. By providing simple, automatic security that is context aware, Sentry dramatically simplifies previously complex configurations. To be able to take advantage of Sentry functionality, devices need to be enrolled in Systems Manager.
- [Include hidden and filtered data in charts in Google Sheets](https://www.miadria.com/include-hidden-and-filtered-data-in-charts-in-google-sheets/) - Google is jmaking charts in Google Sheets easier to use and analyze. This launch introduces the option to include hidden and/or filtered data in Sheets charts. Going forward, if you create a chart in Sheets on the web and then filter or hide any of the source data, a small message will appear indicating that
- [Hover over Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides Share button to see warning if sharing settings are invalid](https://www.miadria.com/hover-over-google-docs-sheets-and-slides-share-button-to-see-warning-if-sharing-settings-are-invalid/) - In July,Google launched notifications in the Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides sharing dialogues that warn users when they attempt to share files with others but cannot do so due to their own or the recipient’s domain-wide sharing settings. Starting today, a similar warning will appear when a user hovers over the Share button in
- [New settings in Admin console for restricting YouTube content on managed networks](https://www.miadria.com/new-settings-in-admin-console-for-restricting-youtube-content-on-managed-networks/) - Today Google is introducing YouTube settings, available to Google Apps admins as an Additional Service, that will allow admins to restrict YouTube content on managed networks. This feature is integrated directly into the Google Apps Admin console under YouTube settings [Apps > Additional Google services > YouTube]. In addition to restricting video content, admins will be able to delegate “approvers”
- [Easily change the relative font size of text in Google Docs and Slides](https://www.miadria.com/easily-change-the-relative-font-size-of-text-in-google-docs-and-slides/) - This launch will allow users to more easily increase or decrease the relative font size of text in Google Docs and Slides. Starting today, if a user highlights a range of text or any number of textboxes in Google Docs or Slides, he or she can increase or decrease that selection’s font size in 1-pt
- [Present to anyone, from wherever you are](https://www.miadria.com/present-to-anyone-from-wherever-you-are/) - Google Slides helps you share your big ideas with the world, but sometimes presenting these ideas can be challenging. In June, Slides added support for Chromecast and Airplay, which made it easier to project your slides on the big screen. Now there’s another new way to share your work: easy presenting to Hangouts video calls. Teammates,
- [Host Google Slides presentations via Google Hangouts](https://www.miadria.com/host-google-slides-presentations-via-google-hangouts/) - As previously announced, you can use the Google Slides app on your mobile phone or tablet to present to any screen with Chromecast or AirPlay. The latest version of the Slides app for Android allows you to share your work even more widely, by presenting to Google Hangouts. To get started, simply open your presentation and
- [Go deep](https://www.miadria.com/go-deep/) - Specialist Systems Manager webinars on advanced topics With so many feature additions to Systems Manager, Meraki has decided to create a recurring series of specialist webinars focusing on how to make the most of them. These specialist webinars will be scheduled regularly and cover two important feature sets available in Systems Manager, Sentry and Teacher’s
- [New owners receive all notifications in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides](https://www.miadria.com/new-owners-receive-all-notifications-in-google-docs-sheets-and-slides/) - Currently, the owner of a document, spreadsheet, or presentation in the Google Docs editors receives an email notification when anyone adds a comment to the file, even if the owner’s name isn’t explicitly added to the comment. When the file’s ownership is transferred to someone else, this "all notifications" setting remains with the original owner,
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- [Launch desktop applications from Google Drive Preview in Chrome](https://www.miadria.com/launch-desktop-applications-from-google-drive-preview-in-chrome/) - In November 2014, Google Drive added the ability to open files from Google Drive directly into the compatible application installed on your computer. Today, this capability will be extended to the Drive viewer as well, which means you can now launch apps from preview mode and more easily access your files. This includes apps like advanced image
- [Better preservation in Google Apps Vault](https://www.miadria.com/better-preservation-in-google-apps-vault/) - Creating a hold in Google Apps Vault allows you to preserve your employees’ Gmail messages indefinitely, in order to meet legal or preservation obligations. Today, we’re introducing several improvements to the existing holds system that will help you better meet those obligations. The key enhancements include: Create and manage holds for organizational units (OUs) - Previously, you
- [ITt's 10 o'clock, do you know where your packets are?](https://www.miadria.com/itts-10-oclock-do-you-know-where-your-packets-are/) - Cisco Meraki MX: Now with NetFlow! With the massive increase in mobile devices, guest networking, and web-based services in recent years, knowing exactly what clients are doing on your network is more important than ever. Luckily, the IT world has many different methods and tools to help administrators do just that. With Cisco Meraki
- [New features in the Google Docs and Sheets mobile apps](https://www.miadria.com/new-features-in-the-google-docs-and-sheets-mobile-apps-2/) - The latest releases of the Google Docs and Sheets mobile apps include the following new features: Print Layout view in Google Docs for Android and iOS (Beta) - You can now select Print Layout from the overflow menu in the top right corner of the Docs app on Android and iOS to see a fully paginated,
- [Head back to school with new features in Google Classroom](https://www.miadria.com/head-back-to-school-with-new-features-in-google-classroom/) - As teachers gear up for the new school year, Google is adding a number of new features in Google Classroom to help them save time, engage with students, and keep everyone organized. Most of these features are rolling out this week, with others coming soon. Keep students engaged with question-driven discussions Since Classroom launched last
- [Save time planning business travel and more with events from Gmail on Google Calendar](https://www.miadria.com/save-time-planning-business-travel-and-more-with-events-from-gmail-on-google-calendar/) - The Internet has made business travel―booking flights and hotels, reserving restaurant tables, buying event tickets, and more―infinitely easier. Adding that information to a calendar, on the other hand, has remained time-consuming and tedious, typically requiring people to copy and paste information from various confirmation emails. In the coming week, Gmail and Google Calendar will start
- [Chrome can now spellcheck multiple languages simultaneously](https://www.miadria.com/chrome-can-now-spellcheck-multiple-languages-simultaneously/) - Polyglots of the world rejoice: Google developer François Beaufort has revealed that the company has added support for simultaneous multilingual spellcheck in its latest experimental Chrome Canary build. So, next time you’re sending a message, email or blog post out into cyberspace in more than one language, the browser’s built-in spellcheck will flag mistakes
- [Deprecating web hosting support in Google Drive](https://www.miadria.com/deprecating-web-hosting-support-in-google-drive/) - Beginning August 31, 2015, web hosting in Google Drive for users and developers will be deprecated. Google Apps customers can continue to use this feature for a period of one year until August 31, 2016, when serving content via googledrive.com/host/doc id will be discontinued. In the time since web hosting in Drive was launched, a
- [Download embedded emails in a message in Gmail](https://www.miadria.com/download-embedded-emails-in-a-message-in-gmail/) - Some third-party email clients can embed a whole message as an attachment. This creates a MIME part of "message/rfc822" content type. The content disposition header on these messages can be set to display either inline, or as a downloadable attachment typically with a .eml extension. Previously, if the message was set to inline, the Gmail
- [Google Groups support in Admin console audit logs](https://www.miadria.com/google-groups-support-in-admin-console-audit-logs/) - Audit logs allow Google Apps admins to monitor user activity across different applications like Calendar and Drive, giving them increased visibility for tracking and troubleshooting. Today we’re adding audit log support for Google Groups for Business. Google Groups audit logs will provide admins with access to their users’ Google Groups activity via the Admin console
- [Do your best work with Google Docs](https://www.miadria.com/do-your-best-work-with-google-docs/) - To help you and your employees be as efficient as possible, collaborate more effectively, and create beautiful, compelling content, we’re launching several new features in Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Forms. Read on for more information about each! Be more efficient New functionality in Docs saves you time by enabling you to work on
- [Send students to the same website with Share to Classroom Chrome extension](https://www.miadria.com/send-students-to-the-same-website-with-share-to-classroom-chrome-extension/) - Today, Google is launching a new Chrome extension for Classroom called Share to Classroom. This extension makes it easy for teachers to send all of their students to the same website during class. Once the extension is installed, a teacher can simply open a website and “push” it to his or her students, triggering that website
- [Hangouts services to be served from ‘hangouts.google.com’](https://www.miadria.com/hangouts-services-to-be-served-from-hangouts-google-com/) - Following the launch of the new standalone Google Hangouts homepage, Hangouts-related services and web traffic will be served from ‘hangouts.google.com’ in addition to existing host names. This change is happening gradually over the coming weeks. There is no required action for Apps customers. Launch Details Release track: Launching to both Rapid release and Scheduled release
- [A brand new Google Apps Marketplace](https://www.miadria.com/a-brand-new-google-apps-marketplace/) - The right tools help organizations succeed. The Google Apps Marketplace makes it easy for admins and employees to find these tools by offering hundreds of third-party applications that integrate directly into Google Apps for Work. Today, we’re revealing a brand new site for the Google Apps Marketplace that makes this process even simpler. A new
- [Multi-select files for offline use, quick sharing and more with the latest version of the Google Drive iOS app](https://www.miadria.com/multi-select-files-for-offline-use-quick-sharing-and-more-with-the-latest-version-of-the-google-drive-ios-app/) - A new version of the Google Drive iOS app is coming to the App Store over the next week. New features include: Ability to select multiple files to keep offline, star, or organize Share, rename, or view details for a file more quickly Performance improvements Launch Details Release track: Launching to both Rapid release
- [Upcoming change to Google Calendar URL: www.google.com/calendar](https://www.miadria.com/upcoming-change-to-google-calendar-url-www-google-comcalendar/) - In an effort to further increase security, in the coming weeks Google will be changing the main Google Calendar URL from 'www.google.com/calendar' to 'calendar.google.com.' Following the launch, the old Calendar url will simply redirect to the new one, so the overall impact of this change on Google Apps customers should be minimal. A few things of
- [Chrome improvements for a faster and more efficient web](https://www.miadria.com/chrome-improvements-for-a-faster-and-more-efficient-web/) - Speed is one of the founding principles of Chrome. As the web evolves and sites take advantage of increasing capabilities, Chrome’s performance—how fast pages load, how smooth scrolling is, how much memory is consumed, and how long your battery lasts—becomes even more important. So in the latest release of Chrome Google has included a ton of
- [Manage apps on employees’ iOS devices directly from Admin console](https://www.miadria.com/manage-apps-on-employees-ios-devices-directly-from-admin-console/) - Earlier this year, Google introduced Mobile Application Management (MAM) for Android devices. Today, they’re launching that same functionality for iOS devices. iOS Mobile Application Management enables Google Apps admins to recommend specific mobile apps they want their employees to use on their managed iOS devices. Admins can easily whitelist the apps of their choosing from within
- [Block access to less secure applications in the Admin console](https://www.miadria.com/block-access-to-less-secure-applications-in-the-admin-console/) - Last year, as part of an initiative to enhance user security, Google encouraged developers to switch to OAuth 2.0 if their applications used plain passwords to authenticate to Google. To further that effort, we are now giving Google Apps admins increased control over user security by allowing them to block access to less secure applications
- [Easily migrate calendar events to Google Apps](https://www.miadria.com/easily-migrate-calendar-events-to-google-apps/) - The Google Apps data migration service lets Apps admins easily migrate user data to Google Apps via the Admin console, with no additional software or hardware installations required. The process is easy—just enter basic information about where the data is coming from, specify the type of data to include in the migration, and select the
- [Presenting on the go and charts made easy in the Google Slides and Sheets Android apps](https://www.miadria.com/presenting-on-the-go-and-charts-made-easy-in-the-google-slides-and-sheets-android-apps/) - As previously announced, you can use the Google Slides app on your mobile phone to present to any screen using Chromecast, AirPlay, or Google Hangouts (Android only). This launch makes that task even easier for presenters, allowing them to change and preview slides from their phone’s lock screen and to toggle between a presentation and
- [Programmatically transfer ownership of Drive content and Google+ pages](https://www.miadria.com/programmatically-transfer-ownership-of-drive-content-and-google-pages/) - In July,Google introduced a Data Transfer privilege in the Admin console, which we indicated would be required to use the soon-to-launch Data Transfer API. We’re excited to announce that that API is now available! It allows admins to programmatically transfer ownership of Google Drive content and Google+ pages—in bulk—from one employee to another. For more details
- [New version of Google Apps Migration for IBM Notes (GAMIN) (v 5.0)](https://www.miadria.com/new-version-of-google-apps-migration-for-ibm-notes-gamin-v-5-0/) - A new version (v 5.0) of the Google Apps Migration for IBM Notes (GAMIN) tool is now available for download. GAMIN was formerly known as Google Apps Migration for Lotus Notes (GAMLN). Here’s what’s new: Service Accounts and OAuth 2.0 tokens are now used for data migration GAMIN now uses the Gmail API for mail
- [More formatting options after pasting content in Google Sheets](https://www.miadria.com/more-formatting-options-after-pasting-content-in-google-sheets/) - By default, when you copy and paste content in Google Sheets, the formatting of that content is maintained (unless you use the Paste special function). This launch gives you alternative formatting options at your fingertips, allowing you to paste only the values contained with a cell (e.g. the numbers or text, without any formatting) or
- [Block and Unsubscribe in Gmail](https://www.miadria.com/block-and-unsubscribe-in-gmail/) - To avoid disruptive emails and help people using Gmail stay in control of their inboxes, today Google is launching a new Block feature in the Gmail app on Android and the web. Future mail from blocked email addresses will go directly to Spam (and can always be unblocked in Settings). In addition, the Unsubscribe option is
- [Update: Upcoming change to Google Calendar URL - www.google.com/calendar](https://www.miadria.com/update-upcoming-change-to-google-calendar-url-www-google-comcalendar/) - As communicated earlier this month, Google’ll soon be changing the main Google Calendar URL from www.google.com/calendar to calendar.google.com to further increase security. Note that the rollout of this change to Rapid release domains has been pushed back to early October, with the rollout to Scheduled release domains to follow two weeks later. In addition, starting
- [Google Keep: save your thoughts from wherever—including iPhones](https://www.miadria.com/google-keep-save-your-thoughts-from-wherever-including-iphones/) - Forget fumbling with sticky notes or trying to recall that last item on your to-do list. When you’re trying to capture a moment or remember a task, Google Keep can help. And starting today, the things you love about Keep on the web and Android are now available on iOS: Find what you need, quickly by
- [Get more out of Google Apps Script with the Apps Script Execution API](https://www.miadria.com/get-more-out-of-google-apps-script-with-the-apps-script-execution-api/) - Google Apps Script is a scripting language based on JavaScript that lets you do new and cool things with various Google Apps, like Docs, Sheets, and Forms. Today, Google is launching the Apps Script Execution API, which allows developers and Apps admins to expose the full utility of Apps Script to any application, including Android and
- [Putting beacons to work](https://www.miadria.com/5547-2/) - lluminating the path to new customer interactions Late last year Meraki launched the world’s first enterprise AP with integrated Bluetooth Low Energy beacon technology. Beacons can be put to use in a couple of significant ways. Since many beacons are small, light and portable they can be attached just about anywhere and are particularly useful for
- [How to love Chromecast a lot](https://www.miadria.com/how-to-love-chromecast-a-lot/) - Today, Google introduced a new Chromecast and its partner-in-crime, Chromecast Audio. Chromecast has faster performance, a new design and is available in three colors. Chromecast Audio is a small device that plugs into your existing speakers, so you can stream your favorite tunes from your phone, similar to Chromecast. Google is also introducing an easier way to
- [Change to default avatar for Google account owners](https://www.miadria.com/change-to-default-avatar-for-google-account-owners/) - Google account owners with Google+ enabled have the option to add a photo to their account profile to signify when they are logged in and help make it clear which account they are using. To extend these benefits to those account owners who haven’t added a photo to their account, Google will be replacing the
- [Customer story contest](https://www.miadria.com/customer-story-contest/) - Have a great Meraki story? Ready to share it with the world as a Meraki featured customer? This contest is for you! As a reader of this blog, perhaps you’ve had some experience with Meraki hardware (no? check out our evaluation program). We’re always searching for customers with unique, engaging, and robust deployments, within any
- [Never be late for a very important date](https://www.miadria.com/never-be-late-for-a-very-important-date-3/) - 8:30am: You just hopped in your car for a quick dash across town to make that 9am appointment. 9:15am: You are still sitting in bumper to bumper traffic, watching as pedestrians hurry past and cursing the decision to pick up the car keys. 9:25am: Finally arriving at your appointment, you reflect that maybe hopping on
- [8 great Google Maps tips for Android and iOS](https://www.miadria.com/8-great-google-maps-tips-for-android-and-ios/) - The new Google Maps app for Android and iOS makes perfect sense once you get the hang of it, and the latest version makes it even easier to get where you’re going or see every detail in your virtual surroundings. 1. When in doubt, swipe up (or tap) Swipe up
- [Meraki portfolio is growing much faster than traditional Cisco WLAN](https://www.miadria.com/meraki-portfolio-is-growing-much-faster-than-traditional-cisco-wlan/) - According to Gartner the Meraki portfolio is growing much faster than traditional Cisco WLAN. Gartner says it has observed over the last year that ‘Cisco is increasingly leading with the Meraki portfolio for new opportunities and upgrades to existing installations versus its on-premises solutions’. The report says enterprises are looking for complete solutions that address wired
- [Change your primary domain in the Admin SDK](https://www.miadria.com/new-domain-management-features-in-the-admin-sdk/) - To provide developers and administrators with more fine-grained control, the Google Apps Admin SDK now includes new domain management features. These new APIs let you programmatically manage domains for your Google Apps account, similar to other RESTful resources like Users, Groups, etc., providing a superset of the domain management capabilities available on the Domains page in
- [Updated version of Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Outlook®](https://www.miadria.com/updated-version-of-google-apps-migration-for-microsoft-outlook/) - An updated version of Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Outlook® (GAMMO) is now available: What's New Click-To-Run editions of Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2016 are now supported. Windows 10 is now supported. Migrates email using the Gmail API. Removed deprecated 2-legged OAuth command line options -- google_consumer_key and --google_consumer_secret. Support Service Account authentication to migrate
- [Improving the view](https://www.miadria.com/improving-the-view/) - Taking customer feedback onboard,Meraki has refreshed a few popular dashboard pages Meraki takes pride on having the cleanest, most intuitive management interface in the data networking industry. From the very early days of the company, almost 10 years ago now, the emphasis has been on a management experience like no other, which focuses engineers on what
- [Flexible editing and sharing options with the latest version of the Google Drive iOS app](https://www.miadria.com/flexible-editing-and-sharing-options-with-the-latest-version-of-the-google-drive-ios-app/) - A new version of the Google Drive iOS app is now available in the App Store. New features include: Open, edit and save back to Drive using other document editing apps Back up and share photos and videos from the iOS Photos app Launch Details Release track: Launched to both Rapid release and Scheduled
- [Latency, tunnels, and peers – oh my!](https://www.miadria.com/latency-tunnels-and-peers-oh-my/) - View aggregate and per-site VPN latency metrics, check the status of 3rd-party peer connections, and more with the new VPN Status page AutoVPN is a unique feature of Cisco Meraki MX Security Appliances that allows secure connections to be established between remote branches within seconds, and it’s one of the most common reasons customers have
- [Request access to files with the Google Drive Android app](https://www.miadria.com/request-access-to-files-with-the-google-drive-android-app/) - A new version of the Google Drive Android app is now available on Google Play. This release adds the ability for people using the Drive Android app to request access to Drive content links―received via email, Hangouts, etc―to which they don’t already have access. Launch Details Release track: Launching to both Rapid release and Scheduled
- [Azure PowerShell 1.0 Preview](https://www.miadria.com/azure-powershell-1-0-preview/) - We are pleased to introduce Azure PowerShell 1.0 Preview, now available on PowerShell Gallery and will be available on WebPI in upcoming weeks. There are many changes in this preview and Micosoft would like to use it to gather feedback, which they’ll incorporate into Azure PowerShell 1.0. Note: This is a preview and not intended for
- [Automation Community Gallery – Finding the right building blocks for your automation processes](https://www.miadria.com/automation-community-gallery-finding-the-right-building-blocks-for-your-automation-processes/) - As a PowerShell user, you have inevitably faced the struggle of starting to author a script with a blank page in front of you. After looking at your editor for a few minutes, you have searched online for examples of what you want to do and then downloaded and modified the examples you found. Azure
- [Azure Site Recovery with Azure Pack Update](https://www.miadria.com/azure-site-recovery-with-azure-pack-update/) - Over the last few months Azure Site Recovery has added many service provider focused capabilities, helping MS partners to offer Disaster Recovery as a Service to their customers in a simple, robust and cost effective manner. We first announced the integration of ASR with Azure Pack, enabling service providers to provide managed Disaster Recovery for their
- [New Row-Level Security functionality: Block predicates (preview)](https://www.miadria.com/new-row-level-security-functionality-block-predicates-preview/) - Block predicates are now available as a preview enhancement for Row-Level Security (RLS) on Azure SQL Database. Block predicates address a common point of customer feedback, by enabling security policies to prevent users from inserting, updating, and/or deleting rows that violate the predicate. You can try block predicates today on any Azure SQL Database (V12)
- [Monitoring an already-live Azure Web App](https://www.miadria.com/monitoring-an-already-live-azure-web-app/) - Sometimes you want to monitor the performance of an app but you don’t have access to the source code. For example, Microsoft Azure provides a Marketplace of third-party web apps you can configure and run on your own site. Ideally, telemetry – code that lets you monitor how your live app is performing and being
- [Integrating SQL AlwaysOn with Azure Site Recovery](https://www.miadria.com/integrating-sql-alwayson-with-azure-site-recovery/) - I am excited to announce the preview of our integration of SQL AlwaysOn with Azure Site Recovery. At Azure Site Recovery they have been consistently working to provide guidance to setup disaster recovery for various workloads keeping in mind the unique availability requirements for each application. This time MS went a step further. Azure Site Recovery now
- [Manage multiple SAML and OIDC-based cloud services and custom apps with Google Apps Single Sign-On](https://www.miadria.com/manage-multiple-saml-and-oidc-based-cloud-services-and-custom-apps-with-google-apps-single-sign-on/) - Businesses today are investing in numerous cloud applications to provide the simple, secure, and customized experience for their employees that comes with moving to the cloud. Each application, however, can require its own set of user IDs and passwords, creating a huge amount of overhead and complexity for both admins and employees alike. To help
- [New strategic partnership and immediate support for iOS 9](https://www.miadria.com/new-strategic-partnership-and-immediate-support-for-ios-9/) - What’s new with iOS 9 & Meraki Systems Manager On August 31, Cisco and Apple announced a new strategic partnership. To address the ever-increasing demands on corporate infrastructure, Cisco networks and iOS devices will be optimized so that they work together more efficiently, with the goal of providing users even greater performance. Read more reflections
- [Microsoft Azure Government continues momentum to meet government customer challenges](https://www.miadria.com/microsoft-azure-government-continues-momentum-to-meet-government-customer-challenges/) - Today, we are excited to announce further momentum with new capabilities on Microsoft Azure Government that help customers leverage the cloud to deliver hybrid applications and business continuity. Today Microsoft is releasing five new capabilities for Azure Government customers: Azure Backup Azure ExpressRoute Azure Resource Manager Azure Redis Cache Azure Automation Since the launch ten months ago,
- [Dive into Azure at Microsoft Ignite 2016. Pre-register now for the lowest price.](https://www.miadria.com/dive-into-azure-at-microsoft-ignite-2016-pre-register-now-for-the-lowest-price/) - In September 2016, Microsoft Ignite is headed to Atlanta, Georgia. Pre-register now and get ready for: 1,000+ hours of content, 700+ sessions, and a multitude of networking opportunities Insights and roadmaps from industry leaders Deep dives and live demos on the products you use every day Direct access to product experts Interactive digital labs Knowledge
- [Determine your WordPress web app usage with Azure App Insights](https://www.miadria.com/determine-your-wordpress-web-app-usage-with-azure-app-insights/) - Visual Studio Application Insights (preview) is an extensible analytics service that helps you understand the performance and usage of your live application. It's designed for developers, to help you continuously improve the performance and usability of your app. This analytics service provides you with a JavaScript code to inject in your web application pages so
- [Microsoft Invites You to Join the Cloud Conversation!](https://www.miadria.com/microsoft-invites-you-to-join-the-cloud-conversation/) - The 5th annual Future of Cloud Computing Survey has just been launched by North Bridge in partnership withWikibon. We are participating in this survey because your feedback on cloud computing is important to MS and the industry. They want to hear about your plans for cloud, where it is making an impact across your organization, and what
- [Google Atmosphere 2015](https://www.miadria.com/google-atmosphere-2015/) - Take a deep look into the future of work as experts at cutting-edge companies of today & tomorrow see it. View the agenda below to plan your journey with the world's forward-thinkers at Google for Work's digital event. Register at the link and get access to Atmosphere Live event on October 21! Become more knowledgeable
- [Behind the red warning: more info about online site safety](https://www.miadria.com/behind-the-red-warning-more-info-about-online-site-safety/) - You’re browsing the web, checking out the latest news on your favorite band, when suddenly you see a red warning screen: “The site ahead contains malware.” These warnings aren’t new—since 2006, Google Safe Browsing has shown them when you navigate to an unsafe site. The warnings protect you from harms caused by unsafe sites, such
- [Google Maps making stressful times easier](https://www.miadria.com/google-maps-making-stressful-times-easier/) - You’re running late for an interview, but that little gas light on your dash has been on... for well... too long. You reroute Google Maps to the nearest gas station and start to fill up—and that’s when you notice the gas across the street is 25 cents cheaper. When you finally close the tank, re-type
- [The Walking Dead: No Man's Land game soars to #1 supported by Azure DocumentDB](https://www.miadria.com/the-walking-dead-no-mans-land-game-soars-to-1-supported-by-azure-documentdb/) - Next Games, is a fast growing gaming company based in Helsinki, Finland. On October 7, 2015, AMC and Next Games released The Walking Dead: No Man’s Land, the official mobile game based on AMC’s record-breaking TV series, for iOS. Within a week, the game quickly skyrocketed to the #1 spot on Apple’s Top Free App
- [Google Apps Admin SDK: Introducing the Roles API](https://www.miadria.com/google-apps-admin-sdk-introducing-the-roles-api/) - In a Google Apps domain, admin role management (i.e. create, assign, and update admin roles) is a critical function for super admins that helps them distribute admin responsibilities in a more secure manner. Until now, this functionality was only available via the Admin console UI. This is what Role management looks like in the Admin
- [Multitasking and shopping on Chrome for iOS just got easier](https://www.miadria.com/multitasking-and-shopping-on-chrome-for-ios-just-got-easier/) - Often on the web, Google is doing a ton of things at once -- reading up on an exotic travel location, catching up on social media or booking a hotel. With that in mind, they’re introducing Split View for your iPad (Air 2 or mini 4) to Google's latest version of Chrome. Google is also working to make
- [Turkey and Macedonia get Street View](https://www.miadria.com/turkey-and-macedonia-get-street-view/) - Street View has been added to Turkey and Macedonia. Both countries seem to have pretty extensive Street View coverage. The virtual tourist on Google Maps can now view the Blue Mosque and the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. In the Republic of Macedonia you can visit the Stone Bridge in Skopje. Church of Saint Clement of Ohrid, Skopje,
- [As if by magic](https://www.miadria.com/as-if-by-magic/) - Silent app install with VPP With the release of iOS 9 Apple introduced a number of improvements to the Volume Purchasing Program (VPP). Of these improvements, one of the more significant is app assignment by device. With this new functionality it is now possible to assign VPP apps to an iOS device without the need
- [Tips for Increasing Productivity Using Office 365](https://www.miadria.com/tips-for-increasing-productivity-using-office-365/) - Office 365 makes the transition simple but, without a clear strategy in place for driving adoption, businesses can't and won't unleash the platform's full business value. Miadria provides technical deployment and more importantly change management for driving adoption so that businesses unleash Office 365 full business value. Below are 7 recommendations and tips to facilitate
- [Essential Excel functions everyone needs to know](https://www.miadria.com/simple-yet-powerful-excel-functions-you-need-to-know/) - Power users love to talk about how powerful and awesome Excel is, what with its Pivot Tables, nested formulas, and Boolean logic. But many of us barely know how to find the Autosum feature, let alone use Excel’s functions to create powerful formulas. If that’s you, here are 15 handy Excel functions that will
- [Office Lens now includes Office 365 support for iOS and more features for business professionals, teachers and students](https://www.miadria.com/office-lens-now-includes-office-365-support-for-ios-and-more-features-for-business-professionals-teachers-and-students/) - Two of the top requests from our Office Lens users are support for Office 365 accounts, at work and school, and enhanced business card scanning and storage. Today we’re excited to deliver both of these features, making their pocket scanner app even more useful for business professionals, teachers and students. All Office Lens users for Android, iPhone and
- [Indexing and analyzing media for law enforcement](https://www.miadria.com/indexing-and-analyzing-media-for-law-enforcement/) - Azure Media Indexer has shown itself useful in a large variety of scenarios. Microsoft first envisioned Indexer as a product for enterprises and content owners to create internal or consumer video portals with captions and search. Since its release last year, Microsoft discovered countless new scenarios improved by integrating its speech-to-text indexing capabilities. Lamont Harrington describes how Azure Media
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- [Systems Manager now available in combined networks](https://www.miadria.com/navigate-the-fullstack/) - Navigate the #fullstack At Meraki, they are continually focused on simplifying the IT management experience. One of the areas their engineering team is always paying attention to is how to offer additional benefits to customers who have multiple Meraki product types. Meraki wants every product, be that wireless, security, switching or mobility management to be outstanding in their
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- [Do more on the go with new features in the Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides Android apps](https://www.miadria.com/do-more-on-the-go-with-new-features-in-the-google-docs-sheets-and-slides-android-apps/) - The latest versions of the Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides Android apps include several new features that make it easier to work on your mobile device. You can now: View more content at one time in Sheets - Now, when you scroll down or zoom in on a spreadsheet, Googlee’ll hide your toolbars and headers
- [Faster, smoother and safer videos on Chrome](https://www.miadria.com/faster-smoother-and-safer-videos-on-chrome/) - Chrome is one of the world's most popular ways to watch video, with around 3,000 hours of video watched every second. Whether you're singing along with Taylor Swift, binge-watching Breaking Bad or learning about NASA’sPluto mission—no matter what you watch, Googlemakes sure that your videos look great and load fast when you’re using Chrome. Faster,
- [The new Office—October feature update](https://www.miadria.com/the-new-office-october-feature-update-2/) - Welcome to Microsoft's first new Office update post in which they share the features they are delivering to their Office customers across Windows, Mac, iOS, Android and Office Online. This month Microsoftexpanded Skype integration in Office Online, introduced an Office Online extension for Chrome and delivered improvements in Office on Android and Office 2016 for Mac. We have several
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- [Boo! Hide n’ Street...View](https://www.miadria.com/boo-hide-n-street-view/) - Are you seeking a Halloween fright without hopping on a flight? Look no further than Google's creepy crop of spooky sites in Street View. Just in time for All Hallows’ Eve, you can go on a virtual journey to see the world’s most petrifying places—from safely behind your screen. Few places have more history (or horrors!)
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- [Word real-time co-authoring—a closer look](https://www.miadria.com/word-real-time-co-authoring-a-closer-look/) - Now that Office 2016 is officially here, Microsoft is giving a special nod to one of their coolest features within the suite—real-time co-authoring. The Word team is honored to debut this new capability in Office 2016 for Windows. We work and live in a world where collaboration can’t always happen in person and sharing ideas and information
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- [Episode 071 on the PNP Partner Pack with Paolo Pialorsi—Office 365 Developer Podcast](https://www.miadria.com/episode-071-on-the-pnp-partner-pack-with-paolo-pialorsi-office-365-developer-podcast/) - In this episode, Jeremy Thake talks to Paolo Pialorsi on the new Office 365 developer PNP Partner Pack. Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. Download the podcast. Weekly updates Social Share makes it easy to distribute slides and decks to more people through social networks Getting started with yo office for
- [Chrome OS is here to stay](https://www.miadria.com/chrome-os-is-here-to-stay/) - Over the last few days, there’s been some confusion about the future of Chrome OS and Chromebooks based on speculation that Chrome OS will be folded into Android. While Google has been working on ways to bring together the best of both operating systems, there's no plan to phase out Chrome OS. With the launch of
- [OneNote as a school platform](https://www.miadria.com/onenote-as-a-school-platform/) - Today’s post was written by Brad Shreffler, digital instructional coach at West Orange High School. At West Orange High School, we have launched into OneNote as a school platform with both feet. At this point, just nine weeks into our one-to-one program, we have roughly 80 percent of our teachers using OneNote Class Notebooks for
- [Computer, respond to this email: Introducing Smart Reply in Inbox by Gmail](https://www.miadria.com/computer-respond-to-this-email-introducing-smart-reply-in-inbox-by-gmail/) - With the holidays approaching and emails coming in at a furious pace, we can all use a little help. Inbox is already on hand assisting you with the next step, organizing your trips, and even suggesting reminders. But when you're checking email on the go, it can be cumbersome and time-consuming to reply to all
- [Find, approve, and install apps that work with Android for Work even more easily](https://www.miadria.com/find-approve-and-install-apps-that-work-with-android-for-work-even-more-easily/) - The Google Apps Marketplace offers hundreds of quality enterprise apps that admins can install for their domains, enhancing their employees’ native Google for Work apps with additional functionality and features. Google is now making it easier for admins to determine the apps on the Google Apps Marketplace that work with Android for Work and that
- [Microsoft Virtual Academy: Security in a cloud-enabled world](https://www.miadria.com/microsoft-virtual-academy-security-in-a-cloud-enabled-world/) - Are you securing IT assets in a public or hybrid cloud? Concerned about increasing cybersecurity threats? If you are, you’ve found the right course! Gain insights into Microsoft learnings from responding to customer cybersecurity incidents and from helping customers defend their cloud assets and manage the shared security responsibility for cloud services. Mark Simos, an
- [Better previews of Excel and other spreadsheet files in Google Drive and Gmail](https://www.miadria.com/better-previews-of-excel-and-other-spreadsheet-files-in-google-drive-and-gmail/) - Google Apps aims to provide customers with a seamless experience when interacting with files and attachments, regardless of their file type. Today’s launch will provide a more consistent and useful experience when previewing Excel and other spreadsheet files (e.g. .csv, .tsv, .ods) in Google Drive and Gmail on the web. When spreadsheet files are opened
- [Great apps, recommended by Google](https://www.miadria.com/great-apps-recommended-by-google/) - Strengthening the Google Apps ecosystem The promise of the cloud is to make businesses more effective, more mobile and more secure. Today, more than 2 million paying businesses have chosen Google Apps for Work to advance communication, collaboration and productivity across work teams. In addition to all the goodness that Google Apps offers, many businesses
- [Sharing on the go with Google Drive](https://www.miadria.com/sharing-on-the-go-with-google-drive/) - Following the recent addition of the ability to request access to Drive files on Android, today Google is making sharing on the go even easier with several new features in the Drive apps for Android and iOS. Sharing notifications (Android and iOS) People using the Drive app can now choose to receive mobile notifications when
- [Updated version of Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Exchange®](https://www.miadria.com/updated-version-of-google-apps-migration-for-microsoft-exchange-2/) - An updated version of Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Exchange® (GAMME) is now available: What’s New Service Accounts and OAuth 2.0 tokens are now used for data migration authorization. This replaces the deprecated OAuth 1.0 protocol. GAMME now uses the Gmail API for mail migration and label creation, replacing the Email Migration API v2 and
- [Restore deleted events in Google Calendar web](https://www.miadria.com/restore-deleted-events-in-google-calendar-web/) - Ever deleted a calendar event by mistake and wanted to get it back - just like you can in Gmail and Drive? Now you can: today Google is adding Trash functionality to Google Calendar on the web, providing an easy way for users to view, permanently delete, or restore individual and recurring deleted calendar events. Trash
- [What’s new in Office 365: October 2015](https://www.miadria.com/whats-new-in-office-365-october-2015/) - The Office 2016 launch in September was followed by a steady stream of improvements in October. The Skype for Business iOS app is here, and the preview of the new Skype for Business voice and meeting capabilities is now more widely available. FastTrack evolved from an onboarding service to a customer success service to help
- [‘Tis the season: Google brings holiday hours to Maps and Search](https://www.miadria.com/tis-the-season-google-brings-holiday-hours-to-maps-and-search/) - Ever trekked all the way to your favorite restaurant just to realize it’s closed for the holidays? Well, Google has. Now Google Maps and Google Search will help you avoid that common holiday mistake. They've added holiday hours to Maps and Search, so when you search for a business and a major holiday is within
- [Bringing Meraki to the enterprise](https://www.miadria.com/bringing-meraki-to-the-enterprise/) - Simplify Mission Critical Networks with Meraki Today is an exciting day at Meraki HQ. Following months of hard work by their hardware and software engineering teams, Cisco announced new additions to their switch and security appliance lines which will help their customers build larger, faster and more robust networks. Meraki has revolutionized the world of network management, reducing
- [Attachments in Outlook 2016—ready for collaboration](https://www.miadria.com/attachments-in-outlook-2016-ready-for-collaboration/) - Tired of digging around for the file you want to attach when you were just working on it earlier? Tired of later trying to sift through emails to find links shared with you? With the Windows release of Outlook 2016, attachments just got a whole lot better. You can now skip the hassles associated with finding and
- [Join Microsoft for Create the Modern Workplace webcast series](https://www.miadria.com/join-microsoft-for-create-the-modern-workplace-webcast-series/) - Join Microsoft for a virtual webcast series live from the Microsoft Technology Center to learn how to empower your employees and organization with tools from Office 365. With the industry’s most advanced productivity suite—Office 365—Microsoft is focused on creating the modern workplace to help you communicate and collaborate without borders and barriers. They know that connecting with
- [Find ‘missing’ emails more easily in Gmail](https://www.miadria.com/find-missing-emails-more-easily-in-gmail/) - Sometimes emails are mistakenly marked as spam or put into Trash, and they can be difficult to discover via search. To help address this issue, Gmail will now search in both the Trash and Spam folders (only Trash was indexed previously). If a match is found, a footer at the bottom of search results will
- [Google Hangouts for the Web being updated with new layout and better streaming](https://www.miadria.com/google-hangouts-for-the-web-being-updated-with-new-layout-and-better-streaming/) - Google Hangouts for the Web is getting an upgrade. In addition to a new interface, Hangouts video will now be “crisper.” Already in use at Google, the new interface still has all the buttons you need — like hang up, mute or settings — but makes them a bit more subtle. Others in your conference
- [TensorFlow helps makes apps smarter](https://www.miadria.com/tensorflow-helps-makes-apps-smarter/) - TensorFlow - Google’s latest machine learning system, open sourced for everyone Deep Learning has had a huge impact on computer science, making it possible to explore new frontiers of research and to develop amazingly useful products that millions of people use every day. Google's internal deep learning infrastructure DistBelief, developed in 2011, has allowed Googlers
- [Updates to Chrome platform support](https://www.miadria.com/updates-to-chrome-platform-support/) - Earlier this year, Google announced that Google Chrome would continue support for Windows XP through the remainder of 2015. At that time, Google strongly encouraged users on older, unsupported platforms such as Windows XP to update to a supported, secure operating system. Such older platforms are missing critical security updates and have a greater potential to be
- [Navigate and search the real world … online or off](https://www.miadria.com/navigate-and-search-the-real-world-online-or-off/) - Roughly 60 percent of the world is without Internet today, and even where online access is available, it can still be spotty. That means that quick and easy access to information is still not possible for a majority of the population. This is a huge problem, especially as people attempt to navigate and explore the
- [Predicting Future Travel Times with the Google Maps APIs](https://www.miadria.com/predicting-future-travel-times-with-the-google-maps-apis/) - Location-based and time-relevant data are changing the way we live, work and travel. As consumers, we can access incredibly detailed information about where we are and where we’re going with a few taps on our mobile devices. Location and time-relevant data play an important role in helping to answer everyday questions like “what’s the best
- [The evolution of PowerPoint—introducing Designer and Morph](https://www.miadria.com/the-evolution-of-powerpoint-introducing-designer-and-morph/) - Office 2016 hit the market just two months ago and over the coming weeks Microsoft is rolling out the next wave of monthly innovations for Office 365 subscribers. This month, PowerPoint leads the way with game changing tools that make it simple to build designer grade layouts and transitions. With this month’s feature update, Microsoft is
- [Enhanced commenting, charts, and font functionality in the Google Docs and Sheets apps for Android](https://www.miadria.com/enhanced-commenting-charts-and-font-functionality-in-the-google-docs-and-sheets-apps-for-android/) - Commenting is crucial to collaboration amongst your employees. This launch makes it easier for them to work together—even from their mobile devices. In the latest version of the Google Sheets app for Android, users can now add new and reply to existing comments. In the newest Google Docs app for Android, they can now see
- [Smarter sorting in Google Drive ‘Recent’ view on the web](https://www.miadria.com/smarter-sorting-in-google-drive-recent-view-on-the-web/) - Google Drive lets people organize and access their content in a single, secure location. To make it easier for people to find and interact with that content on the web, today’s launch introduces a smarter sorting experience for the ‘Recent’ view in Drive. The new sorting experience removes the existing sorting dropdown options (‘Last modified,’
- [Safe Browsing protection from even more deceptive attacks](https://www.miadria.com/safe-browsing-protection-from-even-more-deceptive-attacks/) - Safe Browsing has been protecting over one billion people from traditional phishing attacks on the web for more than eight years. The threat landscape is constantly changing -- bad actors on the web are using other types of deceptive behavior to trick you into performing actions that you didn’t intend or want, so Google has expanded
- [Get your favorite places on the map with Local Guides](https://www.miadria.com/get-your-favorite-places-on-the-map-with-local-guides/) - Picking the right place to go can be tough—whether you’re looking for a night out with friends, a quiet weekend away with family, or just a neighborhood coffee shop. To help make these decisions easier, Google is expanding the Local Guides program in Google Maps, which gives you the chance to share your discoveries directly to
- [Azure SQL Database hosts Ask Me Anything session](https://www.miadria.com/azure-sql-database-hosts-ask-me-anything-session/) - The Azure SQL Database team will host a special Ask Me Anything session on /r/Azure, Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm PDT. What's an AMA session? Microsoft 'll have folks from across the Azure SQL Database Engineering team available to answer any questions you have. You can ask Microsoft anything about their products, services or
- [Video conferencing nightmares and how to avoid them](https://www.miadria.com/video-conferencing-nightmares-and-how-to-avoid-them/) - No matter what industry you’re in, you’ve probably experienced at least a few video conference calls. While these calls require slightly more equipment than audio conferencing, they fill a need for face-to-face time that can’t quite be met without in-person gatherings. In fact, the popularity of video conferencing has exploded in recent years and that
- [Office 365 news roundup](https://www.miadria.com/office-365-news-roundup-3/) - Providing customers with world-class productivity tools sometimes requires both innovation and acquisition, a combination of all the features and capabilities our best minds can develop and those Microsoft chooses to add through the strategic purchase of technology that others have created. Microsoft recently announced two new business deals that demonstrate the value of using thoughtfully acquired
- [New version (v3.8) of Google Apps Sync for Microsoft® Outlook now available](https://www.miadria.com/new-version-v3-8-of-google-apps-sync-for-microsoft-outlook-now-available/) - A new version (v3.8) of Google Apps Sync for Microsoft® Outlook (GASMO) is now available for download. The latest version now supports Office 2016 and Windows® 10. Check out the Help Center for more details and download the latest version of GASMO. Auto-updates for existing GASMO users will start in the coming days. Launch Details
- [Get an early look at Microsoft Ignite 2016 with Mark Russinovich](https://www.miadria.com/get-an-early-look-at-microsoft-ignite-2016-with-mark-russinovich/) - Microsoft Ignite is all about getting knowledge direct from the source—everything from industry leaders talking about what’s next, to in-person Q&As with the people who built the tools you use every day. So what better way to introduce the 2016 conference than with insights directly from product experts—Julia White, Jeffrey Snover, and Mark Russinovich—sharing their
- [A simpler, better Google+](https://www.miadria.com/a-simpler-better-google/) - Today Google is rolling out a few updates to Google+ that make it easier to focus on the features their Apps customers tell them they find the most useful. There’s a new homestream to quickly browse through content, Communities that make it easy to safely share ideas and Collections that enable organizations to curate their work and
- [Reaching customers with kiosks and digital signage just got simpler](https://www.miadria.com/reaching-customers-with-kiosks-and-digital-signage-just-got-simpler/) - More and more businesses across the globe are using DIY-service models and integrated mobile, digital signage and kiosk technology to personalize their customer experience. While the customer experience is enhanced, the administration experience needs to stay simple. That’s why Google developed the web-based Chrome Device Management Console, which allows business owners to remotely manage their
- [Google Open Sources Two Tools To Import Mail Into Gmail](https://www.miadria.com/google-open-sources-two-tools-to-import-mail-into-gmail/) - Google has two new open-source projects to help people import their existing email into Gmail using the Gmail API: mail-importer and import-mailbox-to-gmail. Do you have an old Thunderbird mail archive that you downloaded from an old email account? Do you want to move those old messages to Gmail so that you can use the
- [Set and forget with Cisco Meraki](https://www.miadria.com/set-and-forget/) - Automate WiFi settings with Systems Manager Sentry Not long ago the configuration of a computer’s settings were the responsibility of the end user. This spawned numerous guides, created by beleaguered IT administrators, that tried to ease the number of repetitive helpdesk support calls on common topics. What if you could do away with the multi
- [Azure: The cloud for any app and every developer](https://www.miadria.com/azure-the-cloud-for-any-app-and-every-developer/) - Microsoft's vision for Azure is to enable every developer to be able to create, deploy and manage any application in the cloud, regardless of the tools, technology, architecture or platform they prefer. We continue to innovate in delivering services on Microsoft Azure, often in close partnership with leading innovators across many technologies, to ensure open source
- [The future of planning—online project planning in Microsoft cloud](https://www.miadria.com/the-future-of-planning-online-project-planning-in-the-cloud/) - For almost any company, whether large or small, project management is necessary for getting—and remaining—organized. There are multiple project management tools available to help your business manage resources, project and control costs, communicate effectively with multiple team members, and track progress on any given project. While some of these tools can be installed as software
- [Share Office slides with your social network](https://www.miadria.com/share-slides-with-your-social-network/) - It’s a snap to share presentations with your social network using Social Share—a Microsoft Garage project. Share snapshots of slides or even the entire presentation as a photo album or video. Check out the demo: This add-in for PowerPoint makes it easy to connect with Facebook and Twitter right from your Office pane. People in
- [Google Photos Can Now Free Up Space on Your Phone](https://www.miadria.com/google-photos-can-now-free-up-space-on-your-phone/) - Running out of space on your phone is the worst. You’re stuck constantly deleting apps, music, and pictures, just to make room for one more photo or video. Today, Google is making it easy to free up space on your phone, anytime you need. Just tap “Free up space” in Settings, and Google Photos will remove
- [Meetings made simple with guest access - Google Hangouts video calls without a Google account](https://www.miadria.com/meetings-made-simple-with-guest-access/) - Joining a meeting should be as easy as walking into a room. That should be the case whether you’re meeting in person, or face-to-face over video. This week Google is rolling out an update to Google Hangouts that makes joining a video call as simple as clicking a link in an invitation. No filling in forms,
- [How to type in Google Docs using your voice](https://www.miadria.com/how-to-type-using-your-voice/) - Type with your voice For an easy way to put words on a page, you can type with your voice in a document. At the moment, this feature is only available in Chrome browsers. Before you get started, make sure that you have a working microphone either built in to your device or connected externally.
- [Google StreetView opens eyes to climate change](https://www.miadria.com/google-streetview-opens-eyes-to-climate-change/) - Where there is will there is a way. So as world leaders gather for the COP21 conference in Paris, Polar Bears International teemed up with Google to create a lesson plan and activity for schools to do their own exploration of their habitat in Manitoba. Educating new generation about the world and how it is changing
- [Google Maps Christmas hack](https://www.miadria.com/google-maps-christmas-hack/) - In December when things sometimes get a tad bit crazier, make the most of the time you do have. Here's how you can save time. If you find yourself in a jam caused by an accident or construction, Google Maps lets you know how long you'll be at a standstill and automatically re-routes you if there’s
- [Learning history with a little help from Google Maps](https://www.miadria.com/learning-history-with-a-little-help-from-google-maps/) - Teacher, especially older ones, often shun technology as they don't understand it. We are aware that they should be motivated and educated on how to use technology by their employers, which, even more often, turns the blind eye. In order not to let children suffer from these discrepancies, there is a way to use modern
- [Google Maps see through walls](https://www.miadria.com/google-maps-see-through-walls/) - Ever got lost in a mall? Or an airport? To avoid going through it all again, use Google Maps on your smartphone and move around like a pro. Many malls, airports, museums and stadiums have indoor maps and floorplans in Google Maps so you can quickly find your way around and get to where you want
- [Azure Backup team to host Ask Me Anything session](https://www.miadria.com/azure-backup-team-to-host-ask-me-anything-session/) - On Thursday, December 10, 2015 from10:00 am to 4:00 pm PDT, the Azure backup team will host a special AMA session. What's an AMA session? People from the Azure Backup Engineering team will be available to answer any questions you have. You can ask them anything about the Azure, products, services or even their team! The place to
- [New - Reminders  in Google Calendar](https://www.miadria.com/new-reminders-in-google-calendar/) - You're probably using Notifications already and many people fell in love with Google Calendar just because of them (especially after enabling the SMS reminders. as the event becomes a matter of the past, its notifications die away with them. Now, with reminders, they stick with you untill you decide you don't need them any more.
- [Save time this Christmas with Google Maps](https://www.miadria.com/save-time-this-christmas-with-google-maps/) - Where to go, how to get there, which route is th fastest... all these are Season's typical questions people worry about. At Google Maps they are aware of the trouble and are going to great lengths to help you out. You can even see what time the shops open and close so you can schedule
- [How to become on Office boss](https://www.miadria.com/how-to-become-on-office-boss/) - How am I spending my time and with whom? How an increase in your annual bonus can improve your financial state? How do i become the boss of me? To help you with these and other questions, go on a business analysis feature tours in your Office and get hold our your time and plans. Learn more
- [Google Drive gets Warp search](https://www.miadria.com/google-drive-gets-warp-search/) - The faster and the better. Click on the picture to find out more.
- [Google Apps in retail](https://www.miadria.com/google-apps-in-retail/) - Retailers, especially new ones have a difficult task of competing with a full-grown competition. A task that might seem as an impossible mission, but Google Apps for Work help them leverage the technology aspect of it by offering an affordable solution that holds all the tools the corporations use and in a modern, state-of-the-art way. Learn how
- [Your wish is this app's command](https://www.miadria.com/your-wish-is-this-apps-command/) - Ever fancied having a butler? Well, this app won't get you a human one but can offer services of a virtual butler. Simply tell it what you want and enjoy the time and nerves it saves you. Available from your bed, table, office... :-) Order a wake up call, search for videos or flights or
- [HTTPS security and protection for your AWS or Azure Wordpress website with free SSL](https://www.miadria.com/https-security-and-protection-for-your-aws-or-azure-wordpress-website-with-free-ssl/) - Protect yourself and your customers, visitors of your website, by using recognized free SSL certificates and placing your website on best infrastructure form leading public cloud vendors like Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure and deploying encryption by means of HTTPS protocol. In order to use HTTPS for public websites you need recognized SSL certificate that usually
- [Google Sheets speak your language, now they do](https://www.miadria.com/google-sheets-speak-your-language-yes-they-do/) - In the next couple of days, Google will be rollling out translated functions in Google Sheets. Many are used to using english, but not everyone is fluent in it enough to use it for everyday use. From now on, more happy faces can be seen in offices abroad as they are not forced
- [How one Googler teaches time management strategy](https://www.miadria.com/how-one-googler-teaches-time-management-strategy/) - It's not a physical exercise team building that will bring your employees together. Caring about one another, sharing good knowledge is a great act of comradeship and unselfishness. Creating a culture of sharing at the company will make the Christmas spirit linger all year round. A Google employee teaches his colleagues how to block out
- [What about templates in Google Apps?](https://www.miadria.com/what-about-templates-in-google-apps/) - Templates are crazy useful, you just to make them (or have them made). They help you get tedious work done in seconds and be more efficient by saving your energy for other tasks orrelax. What takes most of your time when creating a new file is formatting - all those borders, tables, fonts and colours....
- [Try out Meraki's story site](https://www.miadria.com/try-out-merakis-story-site/) - Dave is an adventurous IT guy whose adventure include MS switches. He's quite eager to explore where and how you can save time and money in your company. Dave has explored many networking technologies in the past, but none have come close to the ease and visibility his Meraki MS Switches offer. To meet Dave, the
- [Christmas competition with MS Azure is still on for a short while!](https://www.miadria.com/christmas-competition-with-ms-azure-is-still-on-for-a-short-while/) - If you still haven't entered the SearchforSearch competition, there's still some time left. Deadline is the end of the year, so act now! Some cool stuff are being made... Find more on the submission rules here.
- [Hop-on, hop-off your shopping route easily](https://www.miadria.com/hop-on-hop-off-your-shopping-route-easily/) - When you're Santa Claus, the tasks are many and driving to pick up presents is self-understood. Google Maps has immaculate navigation, but doesn't predict situations like. running out of gasoline, hunger strike and similar misfortunes. To lower the stress level, Google has enabled detours that do not affect your original route. To steer clear of season's
- [This Christmas, keep your files safe in Google Drive](https://www.miadria.com/this-christmas-keep-your-files-safe-in-google-drive/) - Keeping your files safe is important. Enjoying Christmas with family is also important. Being carefree on holidays is super important. To have all three at the same time is easy if you keep your files in Google Drive and rest assured that 500+ of the world's best experts are taking care of the security of
- [Outlook on the web learns from you](https://www.miadria.com/outlook-on-the-web-learns-from-you/) - Imperfections can add flavour to life but in business - no one want to fall short of perfection. Outlook on the web helps you remain perfect by learning how you work and predicting your moves. So, if you forget to add a contact to your group email, Outlook will gently ask you if you want
- [Four reasons you should ditch your free mail provider](https://www.miadria.com/three-reasons-you-should-ditch-your-free-mail-provider/) - Reason 1 - Your image To give you an idea, simply compare addresses john.simmons.67@gmail.com and john@simmons.com. No further explanation needed. Reason 2 - Security Imagine you run a company and have a great new product. Your competitor sends an email from address john_simmons@gmail.com saying something like: "Dear Sir, due to problems with our server
- [Does Santa use GPS?](https://www.miadria.com/does-santa-use-gps/) - Such a big world, so many addresses, so little time! Santa has been having rough holiday, every holiday. No wonder his hair went white from worrying. New technology helps the old grandad plan his journey. The rumour has it that he creates his "Good and Bad" list in Google Apps so that it's always at
- [Save time this holiday season with Google Maps](https://www.miadria.com/save-time-this-holiday-season-with-google-maps/) - Preparation makes things easy and doable at a fraction of time. With a couple of minutes spent on preparation of your Google Maps app, you can save precios time wherever you go. If you're about to stampede to yet more stores today for a gift for a cousin who decided to come for Christmas family gathering
- [It makes economic sense to ride the new tsunami wave of the cloud](https://www.miadria.com/it-makes-economic-sense-to-ride-the-new-tsunami-wave-of-the-cloud/) - Cloud Services are Eating the World. Today, economics are driving decisions to go the cloud. If you are a CIO you probably spend 50 percent of the budget on people, while a significant part of the remaining budget could be spent on buying hardware and software and, in essence, trying to replicate a data center as
- [Raiffeisen Bank goes Google](https://www.miadria.com/raiffeisen-bank-goes-google/) - Banks are known to always tread slowly and safely through time and to those following IT trends, it comes to no surprise that yet another bank has decided to ditch legacy system and opt for Google cloud solution. Raiffeisen Bank Romania is not the first big bank to do this, BBVA has done it some time

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- [Politika kvalitete i informacijske sigurnosti](https://www.miadria.com/iso/) - POL-ISU-KIS - Politika kvalitete i informacijske sigurnostiDownload
- [Corporate Networking](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/networking-and-connectivity/corporate-networking/) - Corporate networking today has changed a lot compared to previous times. Mobile devices and cloud applications took over from desktops and applications on hosted or on premise servers. Once it was a matter of firewalls and hardware having a fixed networking infrastructure that did not need to be flexible or offer lots of information. Building
- [Contact](https://www.miadria.com/contact/) - MIADRIA Croatia Company Name: MIADRIA d.o.o. za usluge Company Name (shortened): MIADRIA d.o.o. Legal Address: Savska cesta 41, HR-10000 Zagreb Management Board Office and Mailing Address: Savska cesta 41 - 7th floor, HR-10000 Zagreb e-mail: croatia@miadria.com Phone: +385-1-3090917 Fax: +385-1-4841-704 Registrar: Registry of the Trade Court in Zagreb ID Number: 80632560 VAT ID: HR44531163357 Bank: Raiffeisenbank Austria d.d., Petrinjska 59, HR-10000 Zagreb
- [ConvergeHub - #1 easiest to use CRM software in the market](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/sales-and-operations/convergehub-1-easiest-to-use-crm-software-in-the-market/) - CRM for SMB MIADRIA features ConvergeHub CRM software for the U.S.. Following are some of the main reasons to consider ConvergeHub: ConvergeHub is the #1 Easiest Converged CRM for SMB in the U.S. ConvergeHub is a leader in the SMB CRM software market and recipient of multiple awards including 2014 CRM idol semi-finalist and 2015 winner
- [Microsoft Dynamics 365](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/sales-and-operations/microsoft-dynamics-365/) - Microsoft Dynamics 365 business applications bring together a unique set of modern capabilities to power end-to-end business processes and growth. All in the cloud! Think of Dynamics 365 as a way to achieve digital transformation through deeper business insights, empowered employees and improved customer experiences. Each application solves real problems and delivers real value, but
- [Cloud Connectivity](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/networking-and-connectivity/cloud-connectivity/) - Need a fast, direct peering connection of your private network to the cloud? No problem, we work with cloud and connectivity providers Comcast and Level 3 to address your needs and concerns with: Any public cloud - Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Bandwidth – get guaranteed bandwidth to the cloud, Latency –
- [Backup and Disaster Recovery in Cloud](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/cloud-platform-infrastructure/backup-and-disaster-recovery-in-cloud/) - Why is it important to have replication of your data in the Cloud? Because conventional DR sites have serious issues! High cost Low ROI Implemented only for most critical systems Scaled down to 50% of production Costly software licenses based on hardware usage Challenging compliance, locality distribution Contrary the public cloud offers: Fast Performance ‒
- [G Suite & Office 365 Backup](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/security-and-identity/g-suite-office-365-backup/) - Moving to cloud-based technologies is popular nowadays. You can significantly lower your costs, enhance your outdated IT infrastructure and always have the latest technologies at the palm of your hands. However, when making such a transition, data protection always come up as one of the leading concerns. Why do you need an additional layer of
- [Security Appliances](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/security-and-identity/security-appliances/) - With Cisco Meraki security appliances, we provide you with comprehensive security in a single box! Every Meraki Security Appliance supports several features, like a stateful firewall and integrated Sourcefire intrusion prevention (IPS) engine, to secure your networks. Antivirus and antiphishing threat definitions and filter lists are seamlessly updated, ensuring every MX has bleeding-edge protection from
- [SAP in Cloud](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/cloud-platform-infrastructure/sap-in-cloud/) - SAP applications are mission critical for most enterprises. That’s why companies are turning to the cloud. Miadria is working with all leading public cloud providers Amazon, Microsoft and Google, all certified and customer-proven for running even largest SAP environments. Benefits include: Quickly deploy dev-test and production environments Reduce overall cost: pay for use and rationalize
- [Looking for Innovation?](https://www.miadria.com/looking-for-innovation/) - Innovation is at the core of success. Companies that innovate gain an advantage and are able to get to the market faster, get important information quicker and their business benefits only multiply as they introduce more innovations to their business. Solutions that we help implement and develop include variety of innovative possibilities to enhance your
- [O nama](https://www.miadria.com/o-nama/) - Osnovni podaci o nama Tvrtka: MIADRIA d.o.o. za usluge Skraćena tvrtka: MIADRIA d.o.o. Sjedište: Savska cesta 41, HR-10000 Zagreb Ured Uprave: Savska cesta 41 – 7. kat, HR-10000 Zagreb E-mail adresa: miadria@miadria.com Telefon: +385(1)3090-917 Faks: +385(1)4841-704 Registar trg. društava: Sudski registar Trgovačkog suda u Zagrebu MBS: 80632560 OIB: 44531163357 Poslovna banka: Raiffeisenbank Austria d.d., Petrinjska
- [Introducing Google Workspace](https://www.miadria.com/introducing-google-workspace/) - Check out our videos on Google Workspace: Would you like to try Google Workspace? Contact us by filling out this form and we will set up your free trial.
- [Cookies Policy](https://www.miadria.com/cookies-policy/) - Use of Cookies Miadria Group sites use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only
- [Follow Miadria](https://www.miadria.com/about-us/follow-miadria/) - You think we are really cool and want to follow what steps we take? Links to our pages on Facebook, Twitter, Google+You, LinkedIn and YouTube wait to be clicked on! Miadria on Facebook Read our latest updates, see interesting photos and learn new interesting things! Miadria on Twitter We try to fit our daily thoughts,
- [Google Workspace](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/office_productivity/google-workspace/) - Cloud based office collaboration from Google with Google Workspace
- [Admin](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/office_productivity/google-workspace/admin/) - Administration of Google Workspace
- [Drive](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/office_productivity/google-workspace/drive/) - Online documents with real-time collaboration Web-based documents, spreadsheets, drawings and presentations that let users edit the same file at the same time so you always have the latest version. Anytime, anywhere access to your work Google Drive is securely powered by the web, giving you the flexibility to be productive from your desk, on the
- [Calendar](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/office_productivity/google-workspace/calendar/) - Manage meetings online with Google Calendar A web-based calendar application that enables employees to work together efficiently and helps minimize costs and IT hassles. Easily schedule appointments Overlay multiple calendars to see when people are available. Google Calendar sends invitations and manages RSVPs. Integrate with your email system Google Calendar is integrated into Gmail and interoperable
- [Gmail](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/office_productivity/google-workspace/gmail/) - Run your business, not your email server Gmail for business offers 30 GB of storage per user, powerful spam filtering, BlackBerry and Outlook interoperability, and a 99.9% uptime SLA. Email, IM, voice and video chat Each user gets 30 GB of email and IM storage (50 times the industry average). Anytime, anywhere access to your
- [Meet](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/office_productivity/google-workspace/meet/) - Audio/Video conferences and instant messaging Google Meet is a powerful application which enables you to visually connect with your employees and clients. It works on your computer, tablet and smartphone. Save your time and money No more long-distance calls or expensive hardware equipment for online conferences. No travels for eye-to-eye contact with the client. Meet
- [Sites](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/office_productivity/google-workspace/sites/) - Easily create Intranet/Internet websites for your organization Google Sites enables you to create websites without any coding in HTML and CSS. You can create both protected websites for your project teams and public websites. Organize your business data The idea behind Google Sites is to organize your business data on one place and to share
- [Google Forms](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/office_productivity/google-workspace/drive/google-forms/) - Easily create any kind of forms and surveys Collect and analyze information Google Forms provide you with the easiest way to collect information through beautifully designed forms and surveys. All of the submitted data are stored in a dedicated Spreadsheet what gives you a possibility to process the data in a convenient way. Variuos layouts
- [Google Slides](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/office_productivity/google-workspace/drive/google-slides/) - Create beautiful presentations on the go Easy-to-design presentations Whether you like to design slides from scratch or you like to rely on templates, you will have your final outcome in a minutes rather than hours. Of course, you can go further than basic set up and enhance your presentation with movies, images, transitions and more.
- [Google Sheets](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/office_productivity/google-workspace/drive/google-sheets/) - Create and edit advanced online spreadsheets Data calculations for teams Handle everything from simple tasks to complex data analysis with pivot tables, charts and filters. All of the changes are automatically saved in Drive and you always have the latest version of the document. Collaborate with others while working on the same document Bulit-in video/text chatting
- [Google Docs](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/office_productivity/google-workspace/drive/google-docs/) - Create and edit documents in your web browser Word processing for teams Work on your text documents with your colleagues, wherever they are, at the same time. All of the changes are automatically saved in Drive and you always have the latest version of the document. Comment and chat with co-workers while editing You will
- [Productivity](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/productivity/) - Productivity is the backbone of every organization and every person’s work life. However, productivity is also everyone’s pain point: businesses have a continuing challenge in creating productive business processes and employees struggle to use technology that was originally intended to improve productivity. Furthermore, today’s workers are completing tasks outside of office or outside of work
- [Kutak za korisnike Google Workspace](https://www.miadria.com/korisnici-google-apps/) - Ovdje možete postaviti pitanja vezana uz Google Workspace te naručiti nove licence za Google Workspace
- [Change Management](https://www.miadria.com/services/change-management/) - The new and challenging time has arrived. With or without our will, it is changing everything – from everyday life, our daily routines to the way we are doing business. There are some issues along the way, that’s for sure. But, every similar change in history has brought opportunities too. Every new crisis was a
- [Miadria - What do we do?](https://www.miadria.com/about-us/miadria-what-do-we-do/) - I am Adriana Baranek, CEO of Miadria Group of companies and I would like to tell you few things about what we do and how we serve our clients. How do we describe Miadria Group? Miadria helps companies become more profitable by using technology to transform their business. We are successful in achieving this goal
- [Miadria Group Privacy Policy](https://www.miadria.com/miadria-group-privacy-policy/) - Effective Date: May 2019 Miadria Group companies (“Miadria,” “we,” or “us”) are committed to protecting your information. This Policy applies to Miadria and any entities doing business under this name, which collect, process and/or store information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect and use information that you provide via our websites and apps or
- [License consulting and management](https://www.miadria.com/services/license-consulting-and-management/) - Are you a large company or have a complex software portfolio? Do you feel like you are overpaying for your software agreements? Are you fearing software license audits? Miadria is partnering with one of the largest global software licensing experts, Software One, to provide our clients with: Optimizing software agreements Software license procurement Software asset
- [Cisco Meraki](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/networking-and-connectivity/corporate-networking/cisco-meraki/) - Networking is complicated. Miadria is making it easier, faster and smarter with Cisco. Especially when moving to the cloud you need a solution that will enable you to provide your employees and customers with the reliable networking that is on your end managed from the cloud and enables you to fully control and easily manage
- [Miadria in the Media](https://www.miadria.com/about-us/miadria-in-the-media/) - Press EU regulative povećat će korištenje clouda u 2018. (in Croatian) POSLOVNI.HR, FEB 2018 Cloud za bolje poslovanje (in Serbian) SVET KOMPJUTERA, JUL 2016 Rešenja za postizanje ušteda i fleksibilnosti (in Serbian) INTERNET OGLEDALO, JUN 2016 Guglova rešenja za efikasnije poslovanje (in Serbian) MAGAZIN BIZNIS, JUL 2014 Business.hr on Miadria and Google Apps (in Croatian) BUSINESS.HR, DEC
- [EU regulative povećat će korištenje clouda u 2018.](https://www.miadria.com/about-us/miadria-in-the-media/eu-regulative-povecat-ce-koristenje-clouda-u-2018/) - Poslovni.hr, 25.02.2018. Za ponudu poslovanja 'u oblaku' u Hrvatskoj zainteresiran i Amazon, domaći igrači rastu dvoznamenkasto. Nakon što je DESI indeks za 2017. pokazao da je Hrvatska među 10 najboljih država u EU po korištenju clouda, jer se njime kod nas služi 16% poduzeća, iz jedne od najaktivnijih domaćih tvrtki u području računarstva u oblaku
- [Miadria and Clients](https://www.miadria.com/about-us/miadria-and-clients/) - Our first and foremost goal is providing professional and high quality services to our clients. We care about clients' core business because we understand there has to be a good business reason behind every technology change. Our reputation and relations are built with long-term business in mind. Experienced Education and continuous improvement of knowledge and
- [Team Drive](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/office_productivity/google-workspace/team-drive/) - Special spaces for documents shared by teams Shared spaces in which team members can keep their files and be sure all other team members have the latest version i.e. the up-to-date information, regardless of time and place. Don’t lose data when employees leave Never again lose important documents, even when employees leave or change teams.
- [Use Power of the Cloud to Run Your Business](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/cloud-platform-infrastructure/use-power-of-the-cloud-to-run-your-business/) - Cloud allows businesses to quickly adapt to the latest technologies for continued growth and provides a myriad of opportunities for future development. Moving on-premise systems to the cloud and as-a-Service model, companies benefit from: Economy of scale Switching from CapEx to OpEx - stop spending money on data centers and pay what you really use
- [Active Directory in Cloud](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/security-and-identity/active-directory-in-cloud/) - Enterprise-level identity, access management and domain controller as a service in the cloud. As companies increasingly rely on cloud SaaS applications to support business activities, securely managing users’ identities and access across all corporate apps and devices is a top priority. Microsoft’s Azure Active Directory is a comprehensive, highly available (SLA backed) identity and access
- [Security Keys](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/security-and-identity/security-keys/) - Instead of using more demanding solutions for second factor authentication with your cloud services, you can use efficient, cheap and simple FIDO U2F compatible USB stick with a wide range of benefits: Easy to use and deploy (HID device: no driver required) Full compatibility with Windows, Mac and Linux and Google Chrome No security failure
- [Solutions](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/) - Productivity Productivity is the backbone of every organization and every person’s work life. Unlock your productivity potential. READ MORE » Sales and Operations Address specific Line of Business requirements. Power digital business processes and optimize operations. READ MORE » Cloud Platform & Infrastructure Use power of the cloud to run your business. Move on-premise systems
- [Security and Identity](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/security-and-identity/) - Active Directory in Cloud Enterprise-level identity, access management and domain controller. Azure AD offers a rich, standards-based platform that enables developers to deliver access control to their apps, based on centralized policy / rules. READ MORE » Security Keys Add another layer of security to your corporate data. Efficient, cheap and simple FIDO U2F compatible
- [Cloud Platform & Infrastructure](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/cloud-platform-infrastructure/) - Use Power of the Cloud to Run Your Business Optimize your business. Work better, smarter and faster by leveraging Public cloud benefits. READ MORE » Backup and DR in Cloud Don't wait for it to happen. React on time. Quickly recover from a disaster and ensure business continuity of your applications while keeping your costs
- [Big Data & BI in cloud](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/cloud-platform-infrastructure/big-data-bi-in-cloud/) - One of the pillars of 4th Industrial revolution, or Industry 4.0, is transforming companies to use data for informed decision making. However, the volume of data is already huge and new data generation is increasing at dizzying rates: from diverse sources within an enterprise through external sources such as web and social to highly unstructured
- [Line of Business apps in cloud](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/cloud-platform-infrastructure/line-of-business-apps-in-cloud/) - Even with most of new applications being written for the cloud and running in the cloud, we at Miadria understand that companies still rely on existing internal Line of Business applications to get the job done. That’s why we employ the proven Lift-and-Shift migration method for moving on-premise data and applications into the cloud to:
- [DevOps in Cloud](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/cloud-platform-infrastructure/devops-in-cloud/) - DevOps is a software development and delivery process that increases organization’s ability to deliver applications and services at high velocity, both externally and internally. DevOps in the cloud gives you comprehensive set of development, testing and management tools with multiple, disposable,recreatable environments in a pay for what you use model. Simplify and Speed up Provisioning
- [Services](https://www.miadria.com/services/) - License Consulting and Management Miadria is partnering with one of the largest global software licensing experts. We can help you be compliant and reduce unnecessary licenses. READ MORE » Change Management Change is one of the biggest concerns you will have when decide to move to the cloud. We have lots of experience in managing
- [Sales & Operations](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/sales-and-operations/) - Microsoft Dynamics 365 A way to achieve digital transformation. Digitally transform and run entire business in the cloud. Power end-to-end business processes and growth! READ MORE » ConvergeHub CRM #1 easiest to use CRM software in the market. Decrease the time required to implement the software and increase employee productivity. READ MORE » Satmetrix CEM
- [Networking & Connectivity](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/networking-and-connectivity/) - Corporate Networking Networking is complicated. Miadria is making it easier, faster and smarter with Cisco. Provide your employees and customers with the reliable networking that is on your end managed from the cloud with full control and simple management. READ MORE » Cloud Connectivity Need a fast, direct peering connection of your private network to
- [About Us](https://www.miadria.com/about-us/) - Miadria is cloud broker that can help you reap the benefits of the cloud computing.
- [Office Work in Cloud](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/office_productivity/) - Increase productivity and transform work processes with cloud based solutions.
- [Desktop & App Virtualization in Cloud](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/cloud-platform-infrastructure/desktop-app-virtualization-in-cloud/) - Miadria delivers secure virtual apps and desktops with Citrix technology in the public cloud. Citrix XenApp & XenDesktop is a complete solution to deliver Windows, Linux, web and SaaS applications or full virtual desktops in the cloud to your workers on any device, anywhere. Remotely deploy apps or virtual desktops at scale on Windows, Mac,
- [Google Maps for Work](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/cloud-platform-infrastructure/google-maps-for-business/) - Visualize your company's data. Build amazing maps and share them locally or with the whole world. Speed up the decision making process and focus on the core business. Leverage Google's top-class cloud infrastructure. Your data on top of Google Maps Google Maps for Work (GMfW) is a GIS system which let you visualize your spatial
- [Trax Analytics for FMCG](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/sales-and-operations/trax-analytics-for-fmcg/) - Miadria provides Trax solutions to our clients in consumer goods industry for a more accurate, consistent and reliable way to understand how consumer goods are performing in the marketplace, in real time. Whether you are a manufacturer looking to optimize your in-store execution or to better understand your competitive landscape, or a retailer looking to
- [Satmetrix - Customer Experience Management](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/sales-and-operations/satmetrix-customer-experience-management/) - Satmetrix NPX: where technology, expertise and data collide to deliver customer experience management (CEM) success. Miadria brings our clients Satmetrix, the leading global provider of cloud-based solutions for managing and improving overall customer experience, to drive your customer satisfaction, promote customer loyalty, and increase word of mouth. As co-creator of the Net Promoter® methodology, Satmetrix
- [GIS](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/gis/) - Google GIS Solutions for Work are a suite of products that allows your company to visualize spatial information for better decision making, people and assets optimizations and engagement of your customers. Google GIS Solutions for Work let you make beautiful, efficient and robust GIS applications on top of Google’s powerful cloud infrastructure. Google Maps for
- [Guglova rešenja za efikasnije poslovanje](https://www.miadria.com/about-us/miadria-in-the-media/guglova-resenja-za-efikasnije-poslovanje/) - Intervju: ADRIANA BARANEK, MIADRIA DOO: Ukoliko ekonomije Srbije i Hrvatske žele ići napred i ako želimo da budemo u skladu sa svetom ne možemo koristiti zastarela rešenja i očekivati istu produktivnost, profit i uspeh kao firme u inostranstvu koje koriste najnovija dostignuća. Moramo biti otvoreni i inovativni, krenuti u budućnost, a Google Apps for Business
- [Rešenja za postizanje ušteda i fleksibilnosti](https://www.miadria.com/about-us/miadria-in-the-media/resenja-za-postizanje-usteda-i-fleksibilnosti/) - Intervju: Adriana Baranek, direktorka Grupe Miadria Kompanija Miadria je početkom juna održala brifing novinara u prostorijama Privredne komore Srbije, na kome je prisutne upoznala sa rešenjima vodećih pružalaca usluga u oblaku, čiji je ona partner, kao što su Google, IBM, Microsoft, Amazon, Cisco, a koja omogućavaju start-upovima i razvijenim kompanijama u Srbiji da povećaju brzinu,
- [Cloud za bolje poslovanje](https://www.miadria.com/about-us/miadria-in-the-media/cloud-za-bolje-poslovanje/) - Privredna komora Srbije, 6-7. jun 2016. Konsultantska kompanija Miadria je u saradnji sa Privrednom komorom Srbije organizovala dva skupa za predstavnike poslovne zajednice koji dolaze iz već razvijenih kompanija ili startapa. Na skupu su predstavljena rešenja vodećih svetskih pružalaca usluga u oblasti poslovne infrastrukture i cloud tehnologija, kao što su Google, IBM, Microsoft, Amazon, Cisco
- [Microsoft Office 365](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/office_productivity/microsoft-office-365/) - If your company invested in Microsoft technology in the past for on premise server and office productivity licences now you have many choices and Microsoft Office 365 might be the best choice for your office productivity in cloud and mobile era. Miadria has experience, knowledge and competences to make cloud assessment based on your existing
- [Google Cloud Platform](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/services_in_cloud/google-cloud-platform/) - Build on the same infrastructure that allows Google to return billions of search results in milliseconds, serve 6 billion hours of YouTube video per month and provide storage for 425 million Gmail users. Mobile applications and extensions for Google Apps users using Google App Engine as well as high performance computing applications are at home
- [Atmosphere Digital: Evolving Retail 2016](https://www.miadria.com/atmosphere-digital-evolving-retail-2016/) - Register for the online event and find out more about latest digital trends from Google.
- [Miadria invites you to GCP NEXT 2016](https://www.miadria.com/miadria-invites-you-to-gcp-next-2016/) - Miadria invites you to GCP NEXT 2016 in San Francisco. We look forward to March and having you on this event as future customer on Google Cloud Platform.
- [Cisco Meraki](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/services_in_cloud/cisco-meraki-cloud-controlled-wifi-routing-and-security/) - Miadria partners with Cisco to provide companies with the best solution for the Cloud Managed Networking. If you are moving to the cloud Cisco Meraki is the best solution that will enable you to provide your employees and customers with the reliable networking that is on your end managed from the cloud and enables you
- [How Google Apps help retail in business](https://www.miadria.com/how-google-apps-help-retail-in-business/) - Webinar by Miadria on how Google Workspace help retail in business
- [Vault](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/office_productivity/google-workspace/vault/) - In addition to regular tasks, Google provides Google Vault product which adds archiving and eDiscovery to your Google Apps system. It’s purpose is to manage, search, retain and export organization’s email and chat. Vault costs an additional $5 per user, per month. Retention Policies In Vault, you can define retention policies that are automatically applied
- [Google Drawings](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/office_productivity/google-workspace/drive/google-drawings/) - Online drawings at your fingertips Draw everything you can imagine From organizational charts to floor plans - you can now easily draw whatever you want. Insert text, shapes, arrows and images from your local computer or from the Web. With every detail added on the canvas your drawing is saved on Drive. Export your drawing You
- [Atmosphere Live 2015 SR](https://www.miadria.com/atmosphere-live-2015-sr/) - Pozivnica za registraciju na event: Atmosphere Live Pozdrav! Javljamo vam se jer imamo sjajnu vest: Google nam je pripremio jedno veoma lepo iznenađenje. Naime, u oktobru se održava Atmosphere Live - online event na kojem ćete imati prilike da saznate puno novih i zanimljivih vesti vezanih za Google Apps i druga inovativna rešenja iz Google-a.
- [Chrome](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/chrome/) - A bundle of Chrome browser and Chromebook is a winning combination for modern businesses that striving for excellence and productivity in the cloud. Google Chrome for Work Google Chrome runs your business apps and websites lightning fast and keeps you secure on the Internet. It is manageable from the cloud and lets you apply more
- [Security for Cloud](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/services_in_cloud/security-for-cloud/) - Instead of using more demanding solutions for second factor authentication with Google Apps, Dropbox and more cloud services you can use efficient, cheap and simple FIDO U2F compatible USB stick with a wide range of benefits: Easy to use and deploy (HID device: no driver required) Full compatibility with Windows, Mac and Linux No security
- [Search Results](https://www.miadria.com/search-results/)
- [Application Development](https://www.miadria.com/services/application-development/) - Google Apps Script Automation There is an amazing service on top of Google Apps for Work and that is Google Apps Script. Google Apps for Work brings you plenty of value and Google Apps Script can help you enhance, extend and customize these services in a way that will make Google Apps work in a way
- [Looking for Transformation?](https://www.miadria.com/looking-for-transformation/) - Transforming your company can happen due to your initiative and put you in position where you can easily gain competitive advantage or if you are waiting too long transformation will not be your friend. Business transformation led by Miadria will be easy and it will be managed and organized in a way that will give
- [Amazon Web Services](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/services_in_cloud/amazon-web-services/) - Amazon Web Services provides a complete set of Cloud Computing services that enable organizations to build scalable applications according to their needs. Specific services include: computing, networking, storage and content delivery, databases, deployment, management, application services, backup and disaster recovery. Amazon’s powerful global infrastructure enables you to completely outsource part or all of your hardware
- [Citrix](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/services_in_cloud/citrix/) - Citrix is a mobile workspace solution builder that give people new ways to work better with secure access to their apps, files and services wherever they go, acknowledging that nowadays the workspace is not attached to a fixed location anymore. The company’s philosophy is that networks, desktops, data and meetings have been decoupled from a
- [Business Consultancy & Transformation](https://www.miadria.com/services/business-transformation-2/) - If you are ready to start thinking about how you can rapidly change in the way you do your business we can offer you a complete set of services to help you change the way you do business with assistance of best in class solutions. Our services will unlock the human, material and financial potential
- [Technical Implementation](https://www.miadria.com/services/technical-implementation/) - One of the most important elements when you are moving to the cloud services is to work with experts that understand where you are coming from, what your concerns are and what are your unique needs that will need to be met. Miadria consultants can help you to address all your needs, build a custom
- [Google Apps Script Automation](https://www.miadria.com/services/application-development/google-apps-script-automation/) - There is an amazing service on top of Google Apps for Work and that is Google Apps Script. Google Apps for Work brings you plenty of value and Google Apps Script can help you enhance, extend and customize these services in a way that will make Google Apps work in a way that you need
- [Google App Engine](https://www.miadria.com/services/application-development/google-app-engine/) - Run your applications on a fully-managed Google Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) using built-in services that make you more productive. Just download the SDK and start building immediately. Google App Engine will give you all the resources you will need and help you to focus on business features and not on worries about capacity and ability to procure
- [Microsoft Azure](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/services_in_cloud/microsoft-azure/) - Microsoft Azure is the cloud for modern business. Azure is Microsoft’s cloud computing platform, a growing collection of integrated services – analytics, computing, database, mobile, networking, storage and web – for moving faster, achieving more and saving money. Azure adds to your productivity with many features that make it easier to build and manage enterprise,
- [Services in Cloud](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/services_in_cloud/) - Amazon Web Services Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides a complete set of Cloud Computing services that enable organizations to build scalable applications according to their needs. More… Google Cloud Platform Take advantage of Google's powerful cloud infrastructure and combine hosting, storage, big data, services and computing power to make anything you want - from simple
- [Google Maps Engine](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/gis/google-engine/) - Google Maps Engine (GME) is a core component of the Google Maps for Work system. It is a cloud platform which enables you to use Google’s reliable, top-class infrastructure for making your own maps and maps-based applications. Show your geospatial data GME stores your geospatial data in Google’s cloud, bringing the power of Google Maps
- [Google Earth Pro](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/gis/google-earth/) - Google Earth Pro is a 3D application designed to provide visualization of your spatial data on top of the 3D globe. Import, measure, style You can use this tool to aid planning, analysis and decision making. After completing your project, you can share it with whom you want. Easy data aggregation and layering makes Google
- [Chrome Devices](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/chrome/chrome-devices/) - Google Chromebook is a blazing-fast laptop that runs on linux-based Chrome OS. It is ready to work on in seconds and is optimized to run modern business apps. It brings power of the web to business. Chromebooks are designed and built to protect you against malware and viruses so it protects your data. Moreover, all
- [Chrome for Work](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/chrome/chrome-for-work/) - Chrome is a modern, powerful browser that is easy to use and easy to manage. It is much quicker than rival browsers on the same hardware and it runs smoother providing much more convenient user experience when running complex business apps. While the browser once was a simple way for employees to access web content,
- [Looking for Simplification?](https://www.miadria.com/looking-for-simplification/)
- [Blog/News](https://www.miadria.com/blognews/)
- [Groups](https://www.miadria.com/solutions/office_productivity/google-workspace/groups/) - Online discussion boards for teams, working groups and public communities Google Groups is a useful feature of Google Apps for Work which lets you create mail lists and forums. You can use Groups for tracking and managing queries from associates and clients. Manage your groups You can send emails to the group members, schedule meetings
- [Miadria in Other Countries](https://www.miadria.com/miadria-in-other-countries/) - Serbia Business name: MIADRIA D.O.O. BEOGRAD-ČUKARICA Short business name: MIADRIA D.O.O. Address: Beograd, Radnička 58, Lokal E, Beograd-Čukarica, 11030 Beograd, Srbija Management Board Office: Ulica Jurija Gagarina 14b/II, 11070 Novi Beograd, Srbija E-mail address: miadria@miadria.com Phone: +381 11 252-0130 Fax: +381 11 252-0130 Registration number: 20836440 PIB: 107611532 Business bank: Raiffeisen banka a.d. Bulevar Zorana
- [Primjer Stranice](https://www.miadria.com/primjer-stranice/) - Ovo je primjer stranice. Razlikuje se od blog posta jer se stalno nalazi na istom mjestu i prikazati će se u navigaciji vaše web stranice (u većini tema). Većina ljudi započinje sa O meni stranicom koja ih predstavlja potencijalnim posjetiteljima web stranice. Na primjer može sadržavati: Pozdrav! Ja sam dostavljač paket biciklom tijekom dana, nadahnuti
- [Ireks Aroma](https://www.miadria.com/case-studies/ireks-aroma/) - LEADING FOOD ADDITIVES PRODUCER IREKS AROMA FLAVORS GOOGLE APPS Customer: Croatian company Ireks Aroma is a successor to Chromos Aroma, a company founded over 50 years ago. As a member of Ireks Group, headquartered in Kulmbach, Germany, Ireks Aroma is a market leader and producer of food additives and chemical industry with wide variety of
- [Liburniamar](https://www.miadria.com/case-studies/liburniamar/) - GOOGLE APPS FOR HEAVY DUTY EMAILING Customer: Liburnia Maritime Agency, based in a beautiful seaside resort of Opatija, is a sole Croatian company specialised for project cargoes. Liburnia Maritime Agency is the regional leader in transportation of such cargos; their main activities are Worldwide Chartering, Port Agency with offices in all Croatian ports and ports
- [Case studies](https://www.miadria.com/case-studies/) - Ovdje ćemo objavljivati case studies o poduzećima koja koriste Google Apps. Za početak ćete ovdje pronaći case studies koje smo pripremili na engleskom jeziku za nekoliko poduzeća koja koriste Google Apps. Naravno, od naših klijenata dobili smo prethodno dozvolu za objavljivanje Case studies. Ireks Aroma Liburniamar
- [Google Search](https://www.miadria.com/enterprise-search/) - Google i poduzećima donosi rješenja za interno pretraživanje. Uz Google Search Appliance, Site i Commerce Search koristite u poslovanju snagu Google pretraživanja
- [Miadria izvan Hrvatske](https://www.miadria.com/o-nama/miadria-izvan-hrvatske/) - Srbija Poslovno ime: MIADRIA D.O.O. BEOGRAD-ČUKARICA Skraćeno poslovno ime: MIADRIA D.O.O. Sedište: Beograd, Radnička 58, Lokal E, Beograd-Čukarica, 11030 Beograd, Srbija Ured Uprave: Ulica Jurija Gagarina 14b/II, 11070 Novi Beograd, Srbija E-mail adresa: miadria@miadria.com Telefon: +381 11 252-0130 Faks: +381 11 252-0130 Reg. broj/ Matični broj: 20836440 PIB: 107611532 Poslovna banka: Raiffeisen banka a.d. Bulevar
- [google-search](https://www.miadria.com/google-search/)
- [androidApps](https://www.miadria.com/androidapps/) - Android Applications
- [Appsperience program](https://www.miadria.com/appsperience-program/) - Iskušajte kolaboraciju u 90-dnevnom Appsperience programu Cjenik Veličina organizacije 50 do 500 korisnika Više od 500 korisnika Preporučena cijena* $7,000 $15,000 Tehnička implementacija Upravljanje projektom Verifikacija domene Dodjeljivanje računa Single Sign-On ili Password Sync integracija Upravljanje promjenom Prilagođeni site za obuku o kolaboraciji Webinar uživo Sredstva za internu komunikaciju Upravljanje projektom Istraživanje o prihvaćanju Obuka
- [Google Chrome](https://www.miadria.com/google-chrome/)
- [Google vodič za oglašivače: suradnja s partnerom - trećom stranom](https://www.miadria.com/web-prezentacija/oglasavanje-na-internetu/vodic-za-oglasivace/) - Uvod u online oglašavanje i AdWords AdWords je Googleov proizvod namijenjen oglašavanju na način da prikazuje oglase osobama koje traže proizvod ili usluge koje su slične onima koje nudite na stranicama Googlea ili njegovih partnera. Oglašavanje putem AdWordsa omogućava dosezanje novih kupaca točno u trenutku u kojem traže vrstu proizvoda ili usluga koje nudite. Možete
- [English](https://www.miadria.com/en/)
- [KOM 2010](https://www.miadria.com/kom-2010/) - Miadria sudjeluje na konferenciji KOM 2010. s predavanjem na temu Cjelokupno poslovanje podržano Google Apps (primjer domene www.miadria.com). Osim predavanja Miadrije na konferenciji možete očekivati i brojne druge interesantne teme i predavače, kao što možete provjeriti na adresi na kojoj se nalazi program konferencije!
- [Hosting servisi koji nude izradu besplatnih web stranica](https://www.miadria.com/web-prezentacija/besplatne-web-stranice/hosting-stranice/) - U ovim uputama prikazujemo način izrade novih besplatnih web stranica na jednom od mnogobrojnih sličnih servisa, ovaj koji smo uzeli za primjer nalazi se na adresi www.000webhost.com. Ponuđene su dvije verzije, plaćena i besplatna. Prvo slijedi već poznata procedura, popunjavanje podataka te neizbježni Captcha. Uputno je zapisati ovu internet adresu, budući da se preko nje
- [Pohvale i pritužbe](https://www.miadria.com/o-nama/pohvale-i-prituzbe/) - Adria u Miadria je zapravo skraćenica od imena naše direktorice, Adriane. Ona će uvijek odgovoriti na sve vaše pohvala i pritužbe i stoga joj se uvijek možete obratiti na adresu adriana@miadria.com.
- [Press Release vezan uz Google Apps, ožujak 2010.](https://www.miadria.com/press-release-032010/)
- [Članak iz Mreže, travanj 2010.](https://www.miadria.com/clanak-iz-mreze-travanj-2010/) - Mreža je pisala o Miadriji u travnju 2010.
- [Google Sites](https://www.miadria.com/web-prezentacija/besplatne-web-stranice/google-sites/) - Kreiranje nove Google Sites stranice započinje na web adresi sites.google.com Potreban Vam je Google račun (ako imate Google Email). Ako ga nemate, u procesu stvaranja stranica možete odmah otvoriti Google račun. Kuharica: klik na sites.google.com klik na "Izradi web-lokaciju" Ukoliko nemate svoj Google račun, ovdje ga možete otvoriti. Kuharica: popunite podatke i uz malo sreće
- [Zanimljivosti](https://www.miadria.com/edukacija/ucite-online/)
- [Seminari](https://www.miadria.com/edukacija/seminari/) - 18. listopada 2010. održat ćemo seminar na temu Internet oglašavanja. Ovdje se možete prijaviti za seminar Seminar se održava 18. listopada 2010. u jednoj od edukacijskih dvorana u Hotelu Dubrovnik u Zagrebu, od 9:00-14:00. U pauzama seminara bit će servirani kava, čaj, sokovi, kanapei i kolači. Ukoliko dolazite iz nekog drugog grada možemo vam pomoći
- [Webinari](https://www.miadria.com/o-nama/webinari/) - Miadria već ima višegodišnju tradiciju održavanja webinara. Na ovoj stranici možete vidjeti informacije o već održanima i najave novih webinara.
- [Google Apps aplikacije](https://www.miadria.com/google-apps-aplikacije/) - Google Workspace aplikacije
- [Pratite novosti o Miadriji](https://www.miadria.com/o-nama/pratite-novosti-o-miadriji/) - Želite li primati informacije o Miadriji? U gornjem desnom uglu su naše poveznice na You Tube, Linkedin, Google+, Facebook i Twitter - povežite se s nama!
- [Certifikati i diplome](https://www.miadria.com/o-nama/certifikati-i-diplome/) - Miadria Google Enterprise Partner Zaposlenici Miadrije Google Apps Certified Deployment Specialists Miadrijini stručnjaci certificirani za Google Apps Deployment Google Apps Certified Sales Specialists Miadrijini stručnjaci certificirani za Google Apps Sales Google Apps Education Individual Qualification Google AdWords partner
- [Besplatne web stranice](https://www.miadria.com/web-prezentacija/besplatne-web-stranice/) - Upute za izradu besplatnih web stranica. Google Sites i jedna od opcija hosting providera.
- [Miadria u medijima](https://www.miadria.com/o-nama/mediji/)
- [FAQ](https://www.miadria.com/faq/)
- [Po čemu se razlikujemo?](https://www.miadria.com/web-prezentacija/po-cemu-se-razlikujemo/) - Na prvi pogled, Miadria svojim klijentima pruža tipične usluge vezane uz prezentaciju poduzeća i oglašavanje na internetu. Ali uz pružanje tipičnih usluga Miadria svojim klijentima uvijek pruža i specifično poslovno savjetovanje, usmjereno na povećanje povrata na investiciju klijenta u web stranicu, bazu podataka ili kampanju oglašavanja na internetu. Jedinstveni uvid u poslovanje i naša stručnost
- [Edukacija](https://www.miadria.com/edukacija/) - Mi u Miadriji stalno učimo i usavršavamo se kako bi svojim korisnicima pružili najbolju moguću uslugu. Aktivni smo i na polju edukacije te redovno organiziramo webinare i seminare na koje su dobrodošli svi željni znanja!
- [Opatija 2010.](https://www.miadria.com/frizerskisaloni/opatija-2010/) - Miadria je na Međunarodnom frizerskom festivalu 2010. u Opatiji prezentirala posebnu ponudu web stranica za frizerske salone i portal www.najboljefrizure.com
- [Usluge za frizerske salone](https://www.miadria.com/frizerskisaloni/) - Miadria je dugoročni partner frizerskih salona za njihovu prezentaciju na internetu. Tu je uključen i portal www.najboljefrizure.com
- [Programiranje](https://www.miadria.com/web-prezentacija/programiranje/) - Na internetu postoji puno gotovih predložaka, no u današnjem brzo promjenjivom poslovnom svijetu bitno je biti originalan. Autentičnost može biti ključna razlika između uspjeha i neuspjeha na natjecateljskom tržištu. Programiranje prilagođeno Vašim potrebama jest bitan korak prema uspjehu Vaše tvrtke. A uz našu pomoć, Vaša web stranica može i daleko više. U tom smislu moguće
- [Oglašavanje na internetu](https://www.miadria.com/web-prezentacija/oglasavanje-na-internetu/) - Oglašavanje na internetu putem sustava Google AdWords, konzultantske usluge vezane uz SEO, izrada strategije marketinga web stranica.
- [Izrada web stranica](https://www.miadria.com/web-prezentacija/izrada-web-stranica/) - Izrada web stranica korištenjem open source CMS sustava (Wordpress, Joomla) ali i programiranje zahtjevnih web aplikacija prema korisničkim specifikacijama.
- [Web](https://www.miadria.com/web-prezentacija/) - Cjelovita web prezentacija kroz web stranice i oglašavanje putem sustava Google AdWords.
- [Google Apps novosti](https://www.miadria.com/google-apps-novosti/) - Novosti vezane uz Google Apps. Uključene su novosti tehničke prirode kao i novosti komercijalne prirode.
- [Pravne napomene](https://www.miadria.com/pravne-napomene/) - Svi sadržaji dostupni na stranicama MIADRIA d.o.o. za usluge (u daljnjem tekstu Miadria) vlasništvo su Miadrije te je njihova upotreba dozvoljena samo u nekomercijalne svrhe. Pri prenošenju sadržaja potrebno je poštivati i propise o autorskim pravima, te se isti ne smiju prepisivati, umnožavati ili na bilo koji drugi način distribuirati. Miadria nije odgovorna za eventualnu
- [Zaposlenje u Miadriji](https://www.miadria.com/o-nama/zaposlenje/) - Od radnika tražimo stručnost, marljivost i poštenje. Bez toga ne ide. Ako su to vaše kvalitete slobodno nam pošaljite svoje podatke na miadria@miadria.com.
- [Misija i vizija](https://www.miadria.com/o-nama/misija-i-vizija/) - Naš prvi i osnovni cilj je pružanje stručnih i kvalitetnih usluga našim klijentima. Kako bi to postigli puno ulažemo u edukaciju i stalno usavršavamo naša znanja i vještine. Isto tako, želimo prenositi svoje znanje drugima te zato organiziramo predavanja i webinare. Istinski cijenimo naše klijente i djelujemo u skladu s tim. Naš vremenski horizont je
- [Miadria i klijenti](https://www.miadria.com/o-nama/klijenti/) - Naš osnovni cilj je povećanje vrijednost Interneta za naše klijente. S tim na umu poslovnim subjektima pružamo cijeli komplet usluga vezanih uz korištenje Interneta u poslovanju. Ukoliko u svom poduzeću želite riješiti mail i uvesti najefikasnije rješenje za komunikaciju i kolaboraciju između zaposlenika obratite nam se i dogovorite uvođenje Google Apps rješenja kao i edukaciju
- [Dobro došli u Miadriju!](https://www.miadria.com/dobro-dosli-u-miadriju/) - Miadria je Google Workspace Enterprise Authorized Reseller iz Zagreba, radimo na području Hrvatske, Srbije, Slovenije, BiH, Crne Gore i Makedonije