G Suite Newsletter April 2020

Extended availability of advanced Google Meet features to all customers through September 30, 2020

Last month, Google made advanced Google Meet video conferencing capabilities available at no cost to all G Suite Basic, Business, Education, and Nonprofit customers. Google has extended through September 30, 2020 to ensure businesses, organizations, and educators continue to do their jobs during this crisis….

Improve email security in Gmail with default TLS protocol and other new features

Recently, Google Security blog protocol usage statistics Transport Layer Security (TLS) increased to over 96% of total traffic seen by Chrome browser on Chrome OS….

Important changes to less secure apps and account recovery management in the admin console

Google is making some updates to how you manage less secure application (LSA) and account recovery (AR) settings in the admin console. This is part of a broader migration of Google's Admin console pages to a simpler and more streamlined experience…

Create a pointer to any file or folder in Google Drive with shortcuts

Last year, Google announced beta for shortcuts in Google Drive. This feature is available now and is starting to roll out to all G Suite customers and users with personal Google accounts. Shortcuts in Drive make it easier to organize content and navigate users to relevant information and files on different drives….

Disabling less secure app access will be paused until further notice

Last December, Google announced that they will turn off access to less secure apps (LSA) for your G Suite account, and you should switch to authentication instead OAuth. The first phase of the LSA phase-out is scheduled for June 15, 2020…

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