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PaulRLeesTeam Leader

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New Google Contacts

Google Contacts is often over looked, but this latest update brings contact into Google Workspace allowing you to see the organisational information such as managers and direct reports from the Google Directory. I think this is a brilliant update and helps bring a wealth of contact information to users.Do you already use Google contacts to find people within your organisation, and what’s your thoughts on this latest update?

1 year ago

pgogginCommunity Member

asked in Workspace Users

User Time Tracking (spying)

Have any of you been asked if you can track user time in Google Workspace?I have a rather old school client, who recently moved to GW, and they want to be able to see how long their team are working in GW.These questions always make my skin itch a bit, partly due to the out dated managers it reminds me of working under, but also because I’m sure there’s some legal hole I could fall into if I provide this and the team raise a grievance.I hope the answer is “you can’t”, so I can swerve it easily!

1 year ago

PaulRLeesTeam Leader

asked in Workspace Users

Moving from Zoom to Google Meet

How are people moving away from Zoom to Google Meet?Having video backgrounds is good fun, but doesn't provide huge business benefit. I would have preferred Google to have focused its efforts on closing the feature gaps between Meet and Zoom Webinar. Zoom Webinar has some really nice features such as a registration page, PayPal integration etc.How have others addressed these feature gaps of Google Meet?

1 year ago

iliasC2C Team Member

posted in Workspace Users

Boosting collaboration in Google Workspace with Adobe Creative Cloud

Just read this article about individuals and creative groups combining Google Workspace with Adobe Creative Cloud.I did not know that there was an Adobe’s add-on for Google Workspace and that it had over a million installations and counts.Did you know? Do you use it? What do you think about this?

1 year ago

PaulRLeesTeam Leader

posted in Workspace Users

Migrating emails for ex-employees (To do or not to do?)

Yesterday during the C2C UK&I event we discussed in detail the offboarding of Google Workspace accounts, and what organisations do with users data, specifically email.Interestingly this generated a lot of differing views, and whether it was ethical to migrate email from an employee leaving the organisation to say a colleague or a manager. What if there were personal conversations between the employee and HR was an example used?From a legal perspective, and with clear employment contracts in-place the emails are the property of the company.What are your thoughts on this, do you migrate email or just archive and only access if necessary?

1 year ago

dominikkugelmannCommunity Member

posted in Workspace Admins

Google Calendar Guest Edit Domain Default

When creating an event the organiser can choose to allow edits from their guests. A great and pointed ability to allow guests to add event details. A calendar owner can also choose to share their calendar with edit rights to an organisation. Most of the time this is an over extension of rights that most would not want to use. When creating and sharing an event I can set the “let guests edit event” as default too. But that setting seems overly broad in some cases. I’d love to be able to set this setting as default for company internal guests so I can ensure that all my colleagues who are guests of an event can simply go in and edit an event while external guests can not. This has a handful of benefits to the users:Users can ask another guest to add or edit a section of an event w/o being the organiser or a calendar editor. Users can still be sure that external guests are not able to edit the event if they don't want that to happen. Users in an organisation often have a different (higher

1 year ago

Content SabinaCommunity Member

posted in Workspace Users

Javier Soltero Shares How Google Workspace Keeps Collaboration Thriving, Virtually

This was written by Javier Soltero, Vice President and General Manager, Google Workspace, shares a few key ways Google Workspace is ensuring a successful hybrid working environment.You can read his full article here, but check out the key highlights below. As businesses move to a hybrid work environment, the importance of creating secure collaboration spaces and fostering human connection has never been more important. Because Google Workspace was designed to fuel anywhere, anytime collaboration, we’re now helping millions of organizations navigate the challenges and opportunities of the newly emerging work model. Spaces With the introduction of Spaces, we’re evolving the Rooms experience in Google Chat into a dedicated place for organizing people, topics, and projects in Google Workspace. Over the summer, we’ll evolve Rooms to become Spaces and launch a streamlined and flexible user interface that helps teams and individuals stay on top of everything that’s important. Powered by ne

1 year ago

iliasC2C Team Member

posted in Workspace Users

Google Workspace delivers new levels of trusted collaboration for a hybrid work world

Just read the this article.I like the stronger privacy and data security with Client-side encryption, the more control over secure collaboration with trust rules for Drive, and the enhanced data loss prevention and classification with Drive labels.I can say that a lot is happening in the workplace. 4 posts yesterday (3 posts by @PaulRLees and 1 by me). And this article today from the 2 Directors - Product Managers.I would like to read your thoughtsImage Source: Google Cloud Blog

1 year ago

iliasC2C Team Member

posted in Workspace Users

Google Workspace for the Public Sector events

Just read this article.There are about 10 Google Workspace events, they will be available for on-demand viewing immediately following each live broadcast, were we can learn about Google Workspace tips and tricks to help us get things done.Image source: Google Cloud BlogWho is going to attend them? @Nina Trankova, @chanelgreco, @PaulRLees, @alan.muntadas

1 year ago

iliasC2C Team Member

posted in Workspace Users

Navigating hybrid work with a single, connected experience in Google Workspace

There are many changes - announcements for Workspace.These changes will make meetings a safer, more connected, and inclusive experience across all hybrid environments. Register today for a free webinar on how Google Workspace is enabling hybrid work and helping foster collaboration equity. @andy.yates, a core team member of UK&I, will be there talking about flexibility on the foundation.Image Source: CloudOnAir - Google Workspace

1 year ago

PaulRLeesTeam Leader

posted in Workspace Users

Google Chat Evolving, introducing Spaces.

Today Google announced that it will be once again evolving the Gmail interface and introducing Spaces to create a richer, more collaborative experience.See http://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2021/06/evolving-rooms-in-google-chat-to-spaces.html for more details. What do you think about this redesign and the direction of Gmail?

1 year ago

PaulRLeesTeam Leader

posted in Workspace Users

Google Workspace Individual

Wow what a morning, so many announcement coming from Google Workspace. Another one is Google Workspace Individual, a new Google Workspace subscription offering, individual small business owners can get more done, show up more professionally and better serve their customers.Including a neat feature that seems to be the end of Calendly and other scheduling apps.Workspace Individual is rolling out soon to six markets, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Australia and Japan. Sign up to receive updates on Google Workspace Individual. See https://blog.google/products/workspace/google-workspace-everyone/ for further information.

1 year ago

PaulRLeesTeam Leader

posted in Workspace Users

Google Drive Labels goes into beta

Previously called “Drive metadata” Google is expanding the beta testing of Google Drive Labels. This is a great feature for organisations implementing ISO27001 and other security standards. If you’re interested you can apply for the beta here.

1 year ago

MarissaCommunity Member

posted in Workspace Users

End of Week Wins for Google Workspace

Hello Google Workspace Group! As people around the world are wrapping up their work week, let’s take a moment to celebrate the wins (both big and small). Feel free to share:Your personal victories this week Any company victories you would like to share out General achievements that the Google Workspace Group can all get behind

1 year ago

dominikkugelmannCommunity Member

posted in Workspace Admins

The collective C2C Feedback thread for Google Workspace

By request of Marco I am formally creating the collective C2C OG’s (and Workspace Power Admins ;)) feedback thread! Please use this thread to add, explain, and link to your favorite Google Workspace feature requests for end users, admins, and ~gam lovers~ developers. Have fun and collect on!

1 year ago

PaulRLeesTeam Leader

asked in Workspace Users

How do you manage your right to disconnect?

I recently read the following article on the new “right to disconnect” campaignSuggesting that “bosses to add footers to any messages, reminding workers that they are not obliged to reply when not at work.” Obviously having created Patronum with email signature management included, we’d love to see these things being done within more organisations. However, what other things are you doing to help employees better manage their work life balance?

1 year ago

Nina TrankovaCommunity Member

asked in Workspace Users

What is the Best Integration of Google Workspace Shared Drives and WorPress?

I have received a recommendation from @alan.muntadas and @JoeyMaller_UCC during the weekly coffee Community Meet about two choices for intergating a list of files [videos] in Shared Drives to a WordPress site:using Google Sites or working with Drive API What would you choose?

1 year ago

iliasC2C Team Member

posted in Workspace Users

Google Meet adds ‘gentle’ notifications & custom recommendations for improving call quality

Have you seen the red dot over the More Options on Google Meet?It’s the “Gentle Notificaions” https://9to5google.com/2021/06/01/google-meet-quality-recommendations/Cool, right?

1 year ago

JimmyJigmoCommunity Member

posted in Workspace Users

Discover solutions for collaboration, security and automation

Rethink your way of working 💡. Discover solutions for collaboration, security and automation. Register here: https://lnkd.in/e95uYev 👈

1 year ago

JimmyJigmoCommunity Member

posted in Workspace Users

Killer update: Timeline view in Sheets

You’ll be able to toggle between new views in Sheets to better manage and interact with your data. Our first launch will be a timeline view that makes tracking tasks easier and faster. This flexible view allows you to organize your data by owner, category, campaign, or whichever attribute fits best. Using a dynamic, interactive timeline strengthens your ability to manage things like marketing campaigns, project milestones, schedules, and cross-team collaborations. SOURCE: https://blog.google/products/workspace/google-workspace-featuresUse the new timeline view in Sheets to better manage and interact with your data.

1 year ago

iliasC2C Team Member

posted in Workspace Users

[LAST CALL - FREE WEBINAR]: "Data Protection Strategies for Google Drive"

Are your Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, or other files protected? Google Workspace is great for collaborating with others, but the reality is that data exposure and compliance is no laughing matter. That’s why C2C is co-hosting an event with Tricent about the different data protection strategies for Google Workspace. There will be a lot of valuable insights you don't want to miss out on! When? This Friday (28th of May) 13:00-14:00 (GMT+2) Join - it’s free:https://hubs.la/H0MXssB0 See you there!

1 year ago

alan.muntadasTeam Leader

posted in Workspace Users

Google IO - Workspace announcements !

These are just great !What's your favourite ? Mine is clearly the Timeline view in Sheets ! A native Gantt chart ? Yes!

1 year ago

PaulRLeesTeam Leader

posted in Workspace Users

C2C Connect Morning Coffee = Life saver

Every Thursday C2C Connect has the Workspace Morning Coffee and Chat. I just wanted to say how I love these informal, talk about anything sessions. They have become a welcome break in the week where I can just turn up to a Google Meet and not have to “perform”. If you’ve not attended one of these sessions you’re missing out on connecting on a more personal level with some amazing people. Give it a try. (You have to bring your own coffee).

1 year ago

PaulRLeesTeam Leader

posted in Workspace Users

Google Meet picture-in-picture to Docs, Sheets, and Slides

In the coming months, Google will be rolling out Meet picture-in-picture to Docs, Sheets, and Slides. Designed for interactions where you’re pitching a proposal or walking through a document. This seems like a great feature, however, could this have a negative effect with people insisting on more real-time interaction and collaboration?Meet picture-in-pictureI love Google docs and the ability to have a single collaborative document, however, it’s very rare that I’ll be in a document at the same time as a colleague. I’d rather understand what’s necessary, leave comments or suggest changes and get on with my stuff, and only get together occasioning and when necessary. How do you see this new feature being adopted?

1 year ago

PaulRLeesTeam Leader

posted in Workspace Users

SaaSOps Community

I am super passionate about communities and the voice of the customer, so I’d like to recommend folk join the SaaSOp.Life Community ran by C2C member @colinmccarthy Every other Friday at 2pm ET / 7pm BST, Colin hosts a live discussion about all things SaaSOps. Each week, they tackle a new topic concerning modern IT. I was lucky enough to be invited as a guest speaker back in January and now I’m a regular member enjoying some interesting and insightful conversation. (see my presentation of Patronum, The Google Workspace Manager below.) So jump on in and share your own experiences from the field or soak up best practices from your SaaSOps peers.

1 year ago

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