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Google Workspace Recap

199 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings

Workspace Recap is the only show dedicated to and discussing all of the changes happening in Google Workspace on a weekly basis, as well as how all these changes affect our users and our businesses. Google Workspace is innovating at a breakneck pace, making it difficult to keep up and keep track. Join us each week as we discuss What’s New in Google Workspace, Upcoming releases, and answer your questions.

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Google Cloud Next 2023 has been announced! Google Workspace Updates of the Week January 31st 2023

February 01, 2023 16:00 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MB

Breaking News: Google Next has just been announced for August 29th through the 31st, and it will be in person! We will make every effort to be there in to bring all of you the latest news and thoughts from Google Cloud Next. Shoutout to the new Google Workspace podcast by our friend Troy Edwards: Workspace After Dark: Available on Youtube and Spotify We just released Season 2 Episode 9 of our SaaS Showdown show: The IT Hippocratic Oath.  Check out our latest episodes from tech community ro...

Google Workspace Updates of the Week January 24th 2023 by Google Workspace Recap

January 25, 2023 20:57 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MB

Our thoughts go out to everyone affected by the tech layoffs at all companies that have been happening all over the industry, and especially to our friends from Google who were let go. We appreciate everything you did at Google and wish you the best of luck in finding what's next. We just released Season 2 Episode 9 of our SaaS Showdown show: The IT Hippocratic Oath.  Check out our latest episodes from tech community rock stars Rose Layton and Colin McCarthy on our Youtube channel and where...

Google Workspace Updates Week of January 17th 2023 by Google Workspace Recap

January 18, 2023 19:00 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MB

Google kicked it back into high gear for our first week with updates of the year with 7 updates published, and one silent update.  Update on the ChromeOS Certification LIVE event, we had to postpone it because my twins arrived early, apologies for that, we are going to reschedule in the next few days, check out our socials for an update! We just released Season 2 Episode 9 of our SaaS Showdown show: The IT Hippocratic Oath.  Check out our latest episodes from tech community rock stars Rose ...

Workspace Wishlist and features we are looking forward to in 2023

January 13, 2023 01:40 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MB

For anyone who missed last week's show, my (Jesse's) wife gave birth to twins last week! We are still acclimating to having double the number of kids, but thankfully, everyone is doing well and healthy. There were zero Google Workspace updates this week as expected, so we went ahead and made a special episode detailing the features we are most looking forward to and some we wish to see in 2023. Enjoy! We just released Season 2 Episode 9 of our SaaS Showdown show: The IT Hippocratic Oath.  C...

Happy New Year! Our Top 10 updates of 2022, also my wife gave birth to twins!

January 04, 2023 20:14 - 49 minutes - 92.8 MB

Happy New Year! So... Turns out my wife went into labor shortly after Steve and I recorded this episode and gave birth to our twins! 🥳 This episode won't be as edited as our others, but I am sure you will understand given the circumstances 😉   Join us January 12th at 9AM Pacific on this channel for our Google ChromeOS Administration Certification LIVE event with the Googlers who developed this amazing new certification. Looking forward to seeing you there! We just released Season 2 Episode...

Google Chrome Quarterly Update: End of 2022 Edition

January 01, 2023 02:56 - 1 hour - 67.1 MB

The Google Chrome teams had one hell of a year, rolling out a ton of new updates focusing on security, zero days, admin panel administration, new features and functionality, and more. We had hoped to do more of these events this past year and will be working hard to host them according to schedule in the coming year. We just released Season 2 Episode 9 of our SaaS Showdown show: The IT Hippocratic Oath.  Check out our latest episodes from tech community rock stars Rose Layton and Colin McCa...

Episode 52 of our weekly show, we made it another year! A few updates to close out the year

December 28, 2022 05:22 - 1 hour - 63.8 MB

Google shipped 4 updates to close out the year and we also managed to record another Google Chrome Recap episode so stay tuned for that to drop in the next few days. It's been a big year for us, but next year we want to go even bigger, like, wayyy bigger. If you have any ideas you would love to see us do, please feel free to drop them in the comments below! We love you all and appreciate you sticking with us as we continue to develop this series and this show. Have a wonderful New Year every...

Code in Google Docs, Improved Call Performance on Voice, Client Side Encryption for Gmail Beta S2E51

December 21, 2022 04:55 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MB

Happy Hannukah and Happy Holidays! One last hurrah for the year from Google this week with 6 Published releases and 3 silent ones. We will be doing a show next week to wrap up the year so stay tuned! Silent Releases Drive approvals available on Android and iOS apps New keyboard shortcuts for Google Sheets on Android Additional functionality for storage management Published Releases Facet Enhancements for Cloud Search Easily format and display code in Google Docs Email notifications f...

Follow along with collaborators in Slides, Share files in Meet Chat, Drop-down Chips in Sheets S2E50

December 14, 2022 01:40 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MB

Welcome to Episode 50! Nearing the end of the year here, Google pushed out several published and silent releases so we have a full show this week.  Have a great week and enjoy the show! Silent Releases See collaborator avatars in the toolbar of apps on Android devices Pin table headers when using pageless format on Google Docs Easily share files in Google Meet chat on web Warning banners for external email recipients on iOS devices Improvements for using Miro in Google Meet (here and h...

Cloud Search API, Improved Meet quality on virtual machines, & a special surprise, stay tuned! S2E49

December 06, 2022 21:24 - 39 minutes - 36 MB

Google is wrapping up the year with a slower pace and a handful of new updates. This week's updates focus on Cloud search Query API and improving meeting quality when joining on virtual machines. We also cover new ChromeOS admin dashboard management controls, and how to join the alpha program.    Stay tuned to the second half of the show for a special unboxing of the brand new Framework repairable laptop Chromebook Edition! Learn more at https://frame.work (this is not a sponsored post, I j...

Pivot! Resize your Pivot Table editor in Sheets, share Editors files in Meet chat, and more S2E48

November 30, 2022 00:37 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MB

Super short show this week with only 3 silent updates and zero published releases. This has never happened in the past 101 episodes we have done, but it was bound to happen eventually.  Enjoy!    Shoutout to our friends at  @Lawrence Systems in this week's episode mentioning their studio setup. Check out that video here: https://youtu.be/vgIT96iiU70 Silent Releases Resizing Pivot Tables in Google Sheets Improved search results based on recent search activity in Gmail Share Google Docs, ...

S2E47: Schedule DND on Chat, Consolidated controls for Takeout, new Drive Sharing Suggestions

November 22, 2022 20:21 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MB

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Steve and I had a great time chatting on this weeks episode before we hit the updates so it took a little longer than usual. Crazy times in the tech and social media worlds right now, anyone want to venture a guess how long it will be until Google gives social media another shot?? Silent Releases Drag content from Google Slides into other apps on Android Improving drag & drop on the Google Drive Android app Full mouse support now available on Google Docs Andr...

S2E46: Gmail Original View is gone, long live the Integrated view!

November 16, 2022 08:00 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MB

I have to apologize to everyone, over the last 45 episodes our sound has been much quieter than it should have been. I did a lot of digging and getting into super nerdy sound stuff and learned that I was exporting with the wrong set of parameters in Final Cut Pro as I had originally learned how to do it, but it turns out that was not in fact optimized for youtube. So you can stop cranking up the volume for our show from this point forward, they should all be the same volume as your other fav...

S2E45: Migrate your legacy Sites already! Timeline view on Sheets and more

November 09, 2022 19:49 - 25 minutes - 22.9 MB

Google finally slowed down on the release cadence to give everyone a breather so you get a short episode this week!   I want to give a shoutout to our sister show SaaS Showdown available everywhere you can find Workspace Recap, and is all about managing SaaS at your organization while staying sane. Their latest episode is debating, who owns that app, Marketing or IT? Check out SaaS Showdown to find out the answer! Silent Releases Use smart chips in Google Sheets as links on mobile Offline...

S2E44: Our 100th Episode! 🎉🥳💯 9 Updates and 6 news items this week

November 02, 2022 06:39 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MB

This week we are continuing with adding visual context from any videos, gifs, and screenshots of the releases to make it easier for you to understand the updates and bring you the best possible episode of Workspace Recap.  This episode is much tighter than last week as I work to improve and tweak my editing style. It did take me 4 hours to edit and it's over 20GB but it's worth it! Now to try and make shorts out of these for those of you who just want only the update. If you would like to se...

S2E43: The Google Next 2022 Overflow Week

October 26, 2022 03:45 - 1 hour - 65.4 MB

It seems Google was not done with releases at Google Next, rolling out 12 updates this week, several of them announced at Google Next 22 and one of them announced at Google Next 2021 - Last year!  Silent Releases Initiate dialog workflows from the Chat app using message cards Add shared drives to specific organizational units, now generally available See when colleagues are out of the office on Android More ways to work with, display, and organize your content across Google Workspace on...

S2E42: Google Next 22: Everything announced for Google Workspace

October 16, 2022 06:43 - 1 hour - 130 MB

Google pulled out all the stops for their yearly cloud conference, and even though we could not attend in person, there was a massive amount of content and announcements recorded and available on demand. This episode focuses on all the Google Workspace updates announced at Google Next 22. The show notes are too long for podcast descriptions, Click here to view our complete notes blog post Don’t miss our SaaS focused show SaaS Showdown! We just released Season 2 Episode 3 Budgets! Check out...

S2E41: Google Next 22! Part 1 of a 2 part episode covering everything announced at Google Next 22

October 13, 2022 05:44 - 50 minutes - 45.9 MB

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S2E40: Updates to Google Calendar shortcuts to improve glanceability for screen readers, Chrome Enterprise, and iOS Apps

October 04, 2022 19:25 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MB

Shana Tova to all my fellow Jewish listeners out there, and happy early Google Next to everyone else. As mentioned, next week's release schedule will be a bit later thanks to me being offline for the holiday and missing the whole first day of Next, hopefully, they won't announce all the new Workspace stuff at once. Published Releases New Google Calendar shortcuts improve glanceability for screen reader users Other Releases Chrome Enterprise and Education release notes v106 Networks man...

S2E39: Updates to Google Sites, App Script, Google Next Session Catalog is Live, and more

September 27, 2022 19:00 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MB

New intro today, I shortened it a bit since I am told that people like videos that just jump into it. Let me know what you think in the comments!   Don’t miss our SaaS focused show SaaS Showdown! We just released the second episode of Season 2 Single Pane of Glass, and despite best efforts email is still not dead! Check out our latest episodes from tech community rock stars Rose Layton and Colin McCarthy on our Youtube channel, http://youtube.com/tabgeeks, or search for SaaS Showdown wherev...

S2E38: Workspace Updates to Chat, Endpoint Management, Meet, and more

September 20, 2022 23:23 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MB

FINALLY! You can now upload multiple images in Google Chat on mobile! I can't believe this was still a limitation, but here we are. Some great things coming for the show in the coming weeks so hit that subscribe button so you don't miss a thing Don’t miss our SaaS focused show SaaS Showdown! We just released the second episode of Season 2 Single Pane of Glass, and despite best efforts email is still not dead! Check out our latest episodes from tech community rock stars Rose Layton and Colin...

S2E37: Workspace Updates to Keep, Calendar API, Admin Console, and more

September 14, 2022 23:26 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MB

Hello from South Florida! I am on the road this week so apologies for the delay, here's the episode! Silent Releases Dual pane view on Keep Multi-instance support on Docs, Sheets & Slides View information about recipients on Android Keep contacts up to date with fewer clicks Notification permission now required for devices running Android 13 Published Releases Calendar User Availability API launching to beta soon, sign-up now and preview documentation in advance Scaling our Calendar...

S2E36: Updates to Meet, Docs, Classroom, Meet Hardware, Work Insights, Admin Console, and more

September 06, 2022 18:34 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MB

Don’t miss our SaaS focused show SaaS Showdown! We just released the first episode of season 2 all about document collaboration, and introducing SaaSOps Cat! Check out our latest episodes from tech community rock stars Rose Layton and Colin McCarthy on our Youtube channel, or search for SaaS Showdown wherever you listen to podcasts. Enjoy!    What do you think of our new title format? Let me know in the comments if you prefer a few key updates or the products that have been updated. Silent...

S2E35: Push to Talk when Muted in Meet, Improved Sharing options for Visitor Sharing, Search for Spaces in Gmail, and more

September 01, 2022 00:49 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MB

I hope you all enjoyed our live event this past Thursday, if you missed it, I will be uploading a full HD version later this week, and pushing it out to the podcast world as well. Now that I am back at full bandwidth for TABGeeks production, I will hopefully be getting these episodes out on our previous schedule, as close to mid-day Tuesday as possible, and I owe you all a bunch of unboxing and update videos, so stay tuned for that. Silent Releases To unmute yourself, press and hold the sp...

S2E34: LIVE event Thursday: Getting Workspace Certified, Easily assign Tasks from Docs, Improved quality and performance on Meet on web, Updated UI for managing email quarantines and more

August 23, 2022 23:11 - 35 minutes - 32.1 MB

Join us THIS Thursday 8/25 at 2 PM Pacific for a LIVE interview with Google's Sara Lerner discussing getting certified with the Professional Google Workspace Administrator Exam.  This event will take place live on our Youtube channel youtube.com/tabgeeks and will cover what you can expect on the exam, how to prepare, and what's involved in taking and passing the test. We hope you will join us Published Releases Improved quality and performance for Google Meet effects on the web More contr...

S2E33: Meet call control for USB peripheral devices, Improved notifications when editing Microsoft Office files in editors, Delegate access to a shared inbox using a group address, and more

August 16, 2022 21:45 - 49 minutes - 92.7 MB

We have a lot of updates this week, and from the looks of things, Google is not slowing down. Thanks for listening and enjoy the show! Silent Releases Delegate access to a shared inbox using a group address Granular controls for app allowlisting in the Google Workspace Marketplace Seamlessly delete subsets of Sites Published Releases Office Building support for Working Locations Improving data privacy with Client-side encryption for Google Meet Stronger protection for sensitive Googl...

S2E32: Seamlessly access popular Edu Tech tools in Classroom, Choose Canvas Speedgrader or Google Assignments, GSuite Legacy downgrade still works!

August 10, 2022 06:58 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MB

Hot off the presses! I have the brand new Visualizing Google Cloud book by Priyanka Vergadia! It contains 101 Illustrated references for cloud engineers and architects as an easy-to-follow visual walkthrough of Google Clouds features. If you are interested in learning more about Google Cloud, grab a copy here:  https://amzn.to/3JMS7cW Silent Releases Extending grammar features to German (Learn more here and here) Published Releases Seamlessly access popular Education Technology tools dir...

S2E31: 2 Simultaneous calls on Voice, Android tablet app updates, new integrated email marketing tools for Gmail, Integrated view in Gmail now default, and much much more

August 05, 2022 04:45 - 1 hour - 132 MB

Monster size episode this week and we could not fit the full notes in the show description. For the full episode notes go to our show notes blog post at https://www.tabgeeks.com/workspacerecap/s2e31  Silent Releases Support for two simultaneous calls now available on Google Voice The new integrated view is now the standard experience for Gmail A unified Gmail, for all the ways you connect Published Releases Improving the Google Workspace experience on large screen Android devices Migr...

S2E30: Google Next Official, Larger Spaces in Chat, Live Stream Meet, Docs edits notifications, Delete Chat Spaces, and more

July 27, 2022 06:20 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MB

Breaking news! Google Next has been announced! Register here: https://cloud.withgoogle.com/next  Apologies for my video and audio quality in this episode again, I am working on some tweaks on the backend to improve our videos, bring our recordings up to 30 fps and full 4K, as well as better audio sync. It seems something glitched in my full quality recording and I had to revert to the backup.   Silent Releases Rollout improvements for future Google Chat launches Series One Desk 27 now in ...

S2E29: DLP for Chat, Delegate Access in Connected Sheets, Better Sharing options for Appointment Schedules, Trust Rules for Drive in Beta

July 20, 2022 21:31 - 43 minutes - 39.4 MB

Google got back to it this week in a big way, and next week looks to be a big one also! Check out a few events we have posted below that happened recently and are available on demand and some that are coming soon.  Breaking news! Google Next has been announced! Register here: goo.gle/3Pp3Wb1 Published Releases Allow collaborators to analyze data in Connected Sheets with delegated access Sync Apple DEP and Google Mobile Device Management servers on demand Add data loss prevention to Goog...

S2E28: Gmail visual update rollout has resumed, Space Managers can change access to Spaces in Chat, Duo upgrading to Meet

July 12, 2022 23:39 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MB

Google seems to have taken a bye week with only 1 official release this week, but next week looks like it is gearing up to be a doozy. Enjoy! Silent Releases Rollout for visual updates in Gmail has resumed  Published Releases Space Managers can change access to new and existing spaces in Google Chat Other Topics Google Duo will be upgraded to Google Meet Gmail Compose window update adds profile avatars, right click menu, and more New Gmail Bug is displaying a warning banner on emails...

S2E27: Google Workspace VP and GM leaving Google, Offline Syncing for Office docs, Calendar guest list in Meet, Updated timeline for Integrated view in Gmail, and more

July 07, 2022 03:27 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MB

Once again, Final Cut Pro was having a violent temper tantrum much like my 3 year old at bedtime last night.  I had to completely reinstall and re-setup my Final Cut library and app just to get it to render properly. Before I did all that, it wouldn't even render video, it output an 11kb file with a few words of the intro. It's like my computer was on strike. I am going to give Adobe Premier a try and see where that gets me. Does anyone know why Final Cut melted down like that? Anyway, on t...

S2E26: DLP for Drive protects uploading to external Forms, New font styling in Forms, Easily print you tasks in Tasks, GSuite Legacy Deadline Passed, and more

June 30, 2022 06:29 - 40 minutes - 76.3 MB

Back from the cruise, and man am I glad we did not try to record. The internet package I paid for had 500kbps up and down Google Chat wouldn’t even load. Guess that’s why they call it the chat package…. This was so painful and as it is I had to remote in to post last weeks episode because it didnt finish rendering in time before I had to leave for the cruise. Apologies for the delay in posting this weeks show, something funky is happening with the episode export, all the files are fine and ...

S2E25: Improved email notifications for Calendar invites, Derevurb available on Meet, And more

June 22, 2022 21:15 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MB

I’m on a cruise so I apologize for the lack of proper intro and title, I’ll attempt to update it later when I have better service. Here’s this weeks episode, enjoy! Published Releases Improved email notifications for Google Calendar invites De-reverberation available for Google Meet VirusTotal integration with the security investigation tool provides deeper insight into Chrome events Manage Google Voice call recording options for your organization Improved experience for removing parti...

S2E24: Gifs in Chat on iOS, Custom DND in Chat, New Admin controls for access to discoverable spaces in Chat, Context Aware Access remediator, star important tasks, and more,

June 14, 2022 17:58 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MB

BIG Announcement! I am proud to announce the launch of our newest show, SaaS Showdown. It’s not Steve and I hosting, after all, we do need to be able to sleep sometimes, it's 2 amazing IT Experts Rose Layton and Colin McCarthy discussing using and managing SaaS Ops while staying sane. Go and check it out at saasshowdown.com or on our youtube channel and on your favorite podcasting platform! One last bit of news… We have just passed 10,000 downloads for the last 6 months, which is twice as f...

S2E23: Easily see file locations in Google Drive, Google for Education transformation reports window open, Google Duo receiving Meet features, article by our founder Why Microsoft is Afraid of Google

June 07, 2022 22:44 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MB

A quiet week for Google means we have a short episode. Enjoy! Published Releases Easily see file locations in Google Drive Google for Education transformation reports window open, available worldwide Bringing Google Meet features to Google Duo for a single, integrated video solution Bringing the power of Google Meet to Google Duo Users Other Topics Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian Makes His Move Chrome Enterprise Demo Day Why Microsoft is Afraid of Google by your host Jesse Nowlin Su...

S2E22: Add tasks in Chat, Add Shared Drives to sub OUs, Take action on multiple text selections in Docs, Use keyboard shortcuts to cut copy and paste files in Drive for Web and more

June 01, 2022 06:09 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MB

I am proud to announce the creation of our MSP division, called TABServices. TABServices is a new kind of Managed Services Provider focusing on Small and Medium-sized businesses who need more help than ever to survive. We created TABServices to help IT professionals at small to midsize companies in a market that only cares about the major enterprises, aka the big fish. 98% of businesses in America are small to midsize, and they deserve the same level of service as enterprises. We are starti...

S2E21: New DevOps integrations for Chat, AppSheet Enterprise available, Export log data in near real time to BigQuery, New banners in Chat protect against malicious links, and more

May 24, 2022 19:19 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MB

Announcing the launch of our MSP division: TABServices! If you need help with Google Workspace or other SaaS products, internal strategy, or consulting, head over to our website to learn more. We designed our services division to help IT Admins at SMBs and provide Enterprise Level Support, Without the Enterprise Price Tag. Let us know how we can help you today! Published Releases Migrate your classic Google Sites before December 1, 2022 New and updated third-party DevOps integrations for ...

S2E20: GSuite Legacy Free Edition is here to stay! YES, that includes Gmail at your custom domain! 🎉 Improved Working location UI in Calendar, Search Meet Content in Drive, and more

May 17, 2022 22:24 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MB

It’s official! Great news for all GSuite Legacy Free Edition folks, Google is letting us keep our accounts! The last few months have been an emotional roller coaster, and I think Google owes us some anti stress swag or something because wow was this tough. I am going to make TShirts that say I survived the GSuite Legacy Shutdown and you can all buy them to commemorate the occasion. Google officially announced today that they are allowing us to keep using our GSuite Legacy Free accounts for p...

S2E19: Space Managers can delete messages in Chat, New Table templates and Chips in Docs, Share video feed in Companion Mode in Meet, Set recurring Task end options in Tasks

May 10, 2022 22:28 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MB

1000 apologies for my audio quality this week. I have been having some issues with my setup and our recording Studio Riverside. They started a couple of weeks ago and have been manifesting as my camera feed cutting out halfway through the video. I have been working daily with their dev team to figure it out, and while we are making progress….. something glitched at the beginning of the episode and my audio source switched from my pro mic to my headphones. I’ll be in the corner crying in sham...

S2E18: Enhanced menus in Docs, Updated Storage Management tools in Admin Console, Warning banners alert users of suspicious Editors files on web, and more

May 03, 2022 19:21 - 54 minutes - 50 MB

I had a great time at the Google Events in LA and Irvine, the LA office is in the old Spruce Goose hanger, the former home to Howard Hughes wooden aircraft that was an engineering marvel, except for the part where it only flew once. It was 6 times larger than any aircraft built at the time in 1947 with a hanger just as large. They literally built a building inside the hanger, incorporating all the style and history, and that is the Google LA Office! Also…. I mayyyy have had a conversation or...

S2E17: Create dynamic groups by querying custom user attributes, Improved Admin experience for moving folders from My Drive to Shared Drives, Refreshed ASUS Google Meet Hardware Kits, and more

April 26, 2022 20:38 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MB

Check out my shirt in this episode! How do you like it? Should we make Official #WorkspaceRecap #Swag? Answer our poll on Spotify or comment on our Youtube video and let me know if we should!  Published Releases Using document popularity in Cloud Search rankings Improved Admin experience for moving folders from My Drive to shared drives Refreshed ASUS Google Meet Hardware kits available now Set up host controls and assign co-hosts ahead of meetings in Google Calendar Create dynamic gro...

S2E16: GSuite Legacy Free Campaign Hashtag, New DLP Beta when uploading to Forms, Join a Meet from the Editors, Appsheet Apps Script connector, Intelligent corrections for formulas in Sheets, and more

April 20, 2022 03:51 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MB

As we get closer to the cutoff for the GSuite Legacy shutdown, we feel it is time to unite our voices behind a single hashtag and amplify our message so that all the right people at Google get to hear it. With that in mind, we have coined the hashtag #familyworkspace and invite everyone to use it in your tweets and posts about the topic. Feel free to tag @Googleworkspace as well! Silent Releases Japanese grammar suggestions for Gmail Update to message ID in Google Chat audit logs Smart r...

S2E15: New Emoji Reactions in Docs on Web, Improvements to Google Meet, Meetups, GSuite Legacy Updates, and Q/A from the audience

April 13, 2022 03:41 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MB

Once again, apologies for my feed halfway through the show, we seem to be having issues with our online studio. I am currently looking into replacing them.  Only 2 updates for you this week even though there were a number of things scheduled for release, guess they were not ready for prime time yet. Published Releases New Emoji reactions in Google Docs on web Additional improvements for Google Meet Other Releases Visible Changes Documents Other Topics C2C In Person Events San Diego ...

S2E14: Markdown enabled on Docs! Improved announcements for Braille Comments on Docs, Assistive writing in docs, Client Side encryption is now GA in Drive and Editors, Update To GSuite Legacy Free!

April 05, 2022 22:43 - 52 minutes - 47.7 MB

Apologies for my feed about 20 minutes into the show, our recording environment suffered an issue that caused the rest of my feed to be lost. Luckily I was able to resurrect it from a Live Feed Recording, but the quality is slightly degraded, especially on the video. UPDATE on GSuite Legacy Free Edition! Google has issued an update stating there will be a new no cost version, but it will be single user only and won't include branded email. This is just to be able to maintain your purchased ...

S2E13: Create externally friendly booking pages in Calendar! Improved Audit Logs in Admin Console, Enable discovery and sharing of Spaces, Upcoming Chrome LIVE Event April 12th

March 29, 2022 19:50 - 54 minutes - 50 MB

Finally the feature Google has been holding out on us for a long time, is finally being released! You can now create an appointment booking page for your calendar natively without needing any third-party tools. There are still a few features that Calendly has over Google's version, of course, that being said, this is a MUCH more feature-rich release than we expected. Thank you Google! Published Releases Google Meet attendance reports available now for education meetings with two or more pa...

S2E12: Sheets doubles cell limit, Additional Calendar statuses in Chat, Docs Email draft template, expanded access management controls, and more

March 23, 2022 03:30 - 1 hour - 57 MB

Google is back swinging for the fences with 9 updates this week, and we are back always bringing you the latest updates! Special thanks to our viewers who commented on Youtube letting us know they were having issues with our sound, glad to hear that we resolved them for you, hopefully, we can keep it up and keep bringing you the best Google Workspace and tabGeeks content! Here are this week’s updates: Published Releases Google Sheets doubles cell limit View additional Calendar statuses ...

S2E11: Configure Chromebase for Meetings to turn off the screen when not in use, Helping Ukraine, Investments in Google Takeout, Workspace Summit, and Drive for Desktop Update

March 15, 2022 20:00 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MB

Short episode this week with only one official update from Google, not to mention that Steve and were having trouble staying awake thanks to daylight savings time. Published Releases Configure Chromebase for Meetings display to automatically turn off when not in use Other Releases Drive for Desktop v56 Release Other Topics Helping Ukraine Chrome Browser API exports too many cells (10M cell update) Google Takeout will get more ways to securely transfer files across services Google Wo...

S2E10: Chrome Browser Update with Google's Alex Bauer! New DLP Detectors, Chat Spaces Manager Role, View Bandwidth Availability in Meet, Embed Forms charts in to the editors, ChromeOS Dark Boot Screen

March 08, 2022 21:45 - 1 hour - 101 MB

This episode is loaded with amazing tips and knowledge from our special guest from the Google Chrome Team, Alex Bauer. He joins us to discuss all things Google Chrome, Chrome Management, roadmap features, and a bunch of features and tricks we've never heard of. This is one episode you do not want to miss! Chrome OS Google Workspace Admin Settings Main List Chrome Enterprise release notes notable sites affected include HBO Go, Bethesda, and Yahoo How to file a Chrome Bug - https://crbug....

S2E9: Classic Hangouts Sunset March 22 2022, Workspace Migrate now GA, updated emojis on Chat Web

March 02, 2022 14:28 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MB

If you have not seen it yet, we have officially relaunched our Supporting IT Support podcast as the Heroes of IT show available on Youtube and all major podcasting platforms. We have 3 episodes out now of our new season so go check it out! We are recording during the day for the first time in forever so apologies for the delay in getting this out, had a bit of a scheduling conflict but hey less harsh lighting in the studio! Published Releases Classic Hangouts will be upgraded to Google Ch...

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