SaaS Updates Summary: April 12 – April 16

Just a couple updates to, well, update you about. First, a new Rules homepage in Google Workspace that promises to make security easier. Plus, some fancy new tools for Google Workspace for Education users. Check out these updates in the links.

New Google Meet Hardware Admin Console Features: Peripheral Status, Default Volume, and Static URLs
Google Workspace Updates | Google is adding three new features to the Google Meet Hardware section of the Admin console: Peripheral Status, Default Volume, and Static Device List URLs. You’ll see these updates in the Admin console under Devices > Google Meet Hardware. This will be available to all Google Workspace customers in organizations with Google Meet Hardware.

New Rules Homepage in the Admin Console Make Security Simpler
Google Workspace Updates | Google is making some updates to how you create, view, and manage rules in the Admin console. Some of those updates include making the Rules homepage available to all Google Workspace customers and consolidating the rules and security rules pages to make rule discovery and management easier.

School Matches Are Available in Originality Reports for Education Customers
Google Workspace Updates | Once school matches are enabled by your admin, submitted assignments will automatically be added to your school-owned private repository after an originality report is run. If a match is detected amongst other documents in the repository, the match is included as a flagged passage for the educator to review.

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