Google Apps News This Week (May14th)

This week Google introduced 2 new features:

-Rollout For Version 3.1 Of Google Apps Sync For Microsoft Outlook

-Scheduled Release Tracks Updates (May14th)

Rollout For Version 3.1 Of Google Apps Sync For Microsoft Outlook

In 2 to 3 weeks time the Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook 3.1 will be rolling out.

The new features include:

• New users will have a new registry key for the purpose of hiding the Synchronization Status
• Synchronization Status now shows disabled services
• Fix for “Error reported”

Scheduled Release Tracks Updates (May14th)

Features to be released on May 15th

Sites

Sites editor keyboard shortcut

Docs

Rolling out of new Google Documents version of May 16th

Drive

Roll out of the “opt-in: phase of Google Drive to scheduled track domains

Opt-in phase includes:

•    Users can opt-in to Drive by visiting drive.google.com
•    Users opting in will be shown an interstitial along with a video
•    Users visiting docs.google.com shall be directed to drive.google.com
•    Documents navigation will be changes to “Drive”