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title: "Google Workspace Wednesday Issue #67 (11-SEP-24)"
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News and updates covering Google Workspace and Google Cloud Platform for small and midsize businesses.

| View in browser Google Workspace Wednesday   Issue #67 / 11-SEP-24 View your most relevant Google Drive folders and files on a single page   Last year, Google introduced a new homepage view in Drive that included personalized file and folder suggestions with machine learning algorithms to help you get started quickly. Now, you will see a combined, unified view for file and folder suggestions on the Drive homepage that leverages machine learning to help you find and organize your most relevant content faster and intuitively. More specifically, you’ll notice: combined file and folder suggestions, seamless navigation and organization, and enhanced search filters. Read more Access and sort shared files more easily in Google Chat conversations   Earlier this year, Google improved upon the file management experience in Google Chat spaces by creating the Shared tab, a central place to manage all conversation-related artifacts including files, links and media. Now, Google has announced that the Shared tab is now available in 1:1 direct messages and group messages, enabling easier collaboration across all conversation types. Read more 5 tips on getting started with Gems, your custom AI experts   Google recently introduced Gems, a tool that lets you create custom experts for any task within Gemini. The idea behind Gems is to give you an AI chat agent that’s designed to help you exactly how you want it to. For example, you can create a Gem to act as a positive, upbeat running coach who’s made a training plan just for you. Basically, you can give your Gem unique context and revisit this exact AI expert whenever you need it. Gems has launched to Gemini Advanced, Business and Enterprise users everywhere. Read more Gemini now shows related content links in its responses   You can now access additional information on topics directly in Gemini’s responses to your prompts. Specifically, you’ll see links to related content in responses to fact-seeking prompts. If you have a Gemini for Workspace license and Workspace extensions in Gemini are enabled, Gemini will also include inline links to relevant emails referenced in responses where the Gmail extension is used. Including this information offers another easy way to dig deeper into Gemini’s responses. And you can use Gemini’s double-check feature to verify responses by using Google Search to highlight which statements are corroborated or contradicted on the web.  Read more Google Cloud Directory Sync now complies with your conflicting accounts management settings   When Google Cloud Directory Sync (GCDS) attempts to create new users, it may encounter unmanaged accounts that conflict with the accounts it’s attempting to create. In these instances, GCDS will now comply with the conflicting accounts management settings specified in the Admin console. This update helps reduce the time spent migrating user accounts to business accounts, helping to accelerate the adoption of Google Workspace and Google Cloud. Read more Follow   \|   View   \|   Visit   \|   Meet Cumulus Global, 4 Bellows Road / 2nd Floor, PO Box 1129, Westborough, MA 01581-6129, USA, +1 (508) 948-4070 / (866) 356-1202 Unsubscribe Manage preferences |
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