SaaS Updates for January 24, 2017

Google announced that on April 3, 2017, it will be shutting down legacy versions of Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides mobile apps.

Microsoft announced several several enhancements to FastTrack for Office 365, as well as previews of FastTrack for Windows 10 and FastTrack for Dynamics 365. It also announced that the School Data Sync (SDS), their online classroom automation solution, is moving from preview to general availability. You can sign up for it and Microsoft will help you deploy it for free.

ServiceNow acquired DxContinuum, a machine learning company to further boost their automation efforts. According to ServiceNow, this purchase takes them into the Internet of Things (IoT) era.

Slack rolled out the Reacji Channeler, which lets you easily copy a message from one channel into another (or multiple channels) using emoji. (Reacji = reaction + emoji.) You can gather messages from multiple channels into one place with one click.

Zendesk announced a new feature, the Web SDK, that lets you build a chat widget unique to your website.

Check out the links below for more information.

• G Suite | Legacy versions of Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides mobile apps shutting down on April 3, 2017
• Office 365 | FastTrack expands to support Windows 10, Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Teams
• Office 365 | Announcing School Data Sync general availability
• ServiceNow | ServiceNow Acquires DxContinuum
• Slack | A new way to share messages across channels — using emoji
• Zendesk | Customize your chat widget with the Web SDK

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