G Suite Updates: 4 new posts

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• Security groups help manage groups used for security and access control
• New device management API now generally available
• Adding present and chat Meet moderator capabilities for education users
• Coming soon: See read receipts on direct messages in Google Chat

Security groups help manage groups used for security and access control Posted: 03 Sep 2020 03:03 PM PDT What's changing  We're making security groups available in beta. Security groups help you easily regulate, audit, and monitor groups used for permission and access control purposes. They enable admins to:  Apply a label to any existing Google Group to distinguish it from email-list groups.  Provide strong guarantees that:  External groups (owned outside your organization) and non-security groups cannot be added as a member of a security group.  Security labels, once assigned to a group, cannot be removed.  Soon, you'll be able to use more granular admin roles to separate administration of security and non-security groups. Keep an eye on the G Suite Updates blog for an announcement when that rolls out.  Who's impacted  Admins and developers  Why you'd use it  Groups are used in a variety of ways. This can include groups that help teams communicate and collaborate, as well as groups that control access to important apps and resources. Security groups can help customers manage these categories of groups differently to increase their overall security posture.  For example, if you have compliance or regulatory requirements for managing access control, you may have set up naming conventions to keep track of which groups were used for this purpose. With security groups, you can now assign a security label to these groups and more easily manage them without having to use workarounds like naming conventions.  Getting started  Admins: You can assign a group as a security group through the Cloud Identity Groups API, and then manage these groups through the Admin SDK Groups API, the Admin console, or the Cloud Identity Groups API. See our API documentation to learn how to update a Google Group to a security group.  End users: There is no end user setting for this feature.  Rollout pace  This feature is available now for all users in beta.  Availability  Available to all G Suite customers  Resources  Cloud Identity API documentation: Updating a Google Group to a security group

New device management API now generally available Posted: 03 Sep 2020 03:02 PM PDT Quick launch summary  Earlier this year, we announced that a new API to manage company-owned and personal mobile devices and desktop devices was available in beta. Now, we're making that API generally available. There are no changes to the new API since we launched the beta.  The new Devices API enables you to manage mobile and desktop devices within your organization. It is intended to fully replace the existing Mobiledevices endpoint of the Admin SDK Directory API, and provides some significant additional functionality as described below. The Mobiledevices endpoint (aka "old API") will continue to be supported.  The device management API implements the following new functionality not found in the Mobiledevices endpoint of the Directory API:  Support for desktop devices  Add company owned devices to the device inventory  Manage company-owned devices inventory  Manage desktop device inventory  Ability to manage devices under all management modes (Fundamental, Basic or Advanced)  Create and manage custom state with each user account on a device. This custom state can be used in making context-aware access decisions.  In addition, the following main functionality from the older API is also available in the new API:  Manage BYOD inventory for Android and iOS devices  Manage organizational user accounts on devices  Devices under Basic or Advanced management can be managed  Perform actions such as wipe on devices and organizational user accounts on devices  Search devices and organizational user accounts on devices  Find out more about the new API in our beta announcement.  Getting started  Admins: The API is available by default. See our API documentation to learn more.  End users: No impact for end users.  Rollout pace  Rapid and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on September 3, 2020  Availability  Available to all G Suite customers  Resources  API documentation

Adding present and chat Meet moderator capabilities for education users Posted: 03 Sep 2020 01:42 PM PDT What's changing We're giving hosts (meeting creators and calendar owners) of G Suite for Education meetings new meeting safety controls to manage who can share their screen and who can send chat messages within the meeting. Who's impacted End users Additional details Manage who can share their screen To control who can share their screen in a meeting, hosts can turn "Share their screen" on or off. By default, this setting will be on. When "Share their screen" is on, participants will see the option to share their screen to all meeting participants. When "Share their screen" is off: Only the host can share their screen. The option to "Present now" won't show for participants. Hosts can turn "Share their screen" on or off from within meetings on the web. Hosts will not see the option to change this setting on mobile devices. Manage who can send in-meeting chat messages To control who can send chat messages in a meeting, hosts can turn "Send chat messages" on or off. By default, this setting will be on. When "Send chat messages" is on, participants will see the option to send chat messages to meeting participants. When "Send chat messages" is off: Only the host can send chat messages, but participants will still be able to see messages sent by the host. Messages sent when "Send chat messages" was on will still show in the chat history. Hosts can turn "Send chat messages" on or off from within meetings on the web. Hosts will not see the option to change this setting on mobile devices. Moderator controls for who can share their screen Moderator controls for who can send chat messages If you're unable to turn the features on or off, it's possible that you have a Chrome extension for Meet which is preventing the features from working. To fix the issue, try turning your Meet Chrome extensions off. Getting started Admins: There are no admin controls for these features. End users: These features will be on by default and can be turned on or off by the host during each meeting. Visit the Help Center to learn more about turning these features on or off in your meetings. Rollout pace  Rapid and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) Availability Available to all G Suite for Education and G Suite Enterprise for Education customers Not available to G Suite Essentials, G Suite Basic, G Suite Business, G Suite Enterprise, and G Suite for Nonprofits customers Resources G Suite Admin Help: Set up Meet for distance learning Google Help: Start a video meeting for education Roadmap This feature was listed as an upcoming G Suite release.

Coming soon: See read receipts on direct messages in Google Chat Posted: 03 Sep 2020 01:59 PM PDT Quick launch summary No sooner than October 5, you'll be able to see when your Google Chat direct messages have been seen. This will only apply in active chat windows for one-on-one conversations on Android, iOS, and the web. In these messages, you'll see the avatar of the person you're chatting with to the right of the last message they've seen. See when your Google Chat message has been read Read receipts will show a sender when a message has been read by the recipient or if the recipient has replied to a message from a notification. Read receipts won't be visible in group messages or rooms. This feature was previously available in classic Hangouts and is now available in Google Chat. Stay tuned on the G Suite Updates blog for more information on exact timing. Getting started Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. End users: There is no end user setting for this feature. Rollout pace Rapid and Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) no sooner than October 5, 2020 Availability Available to all G Suite customers

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