Previously, Google Apps administrators had no means by which to give people in their organizations a Google+ profile in order to connect with other employees and encourage collaboration and sharing in the organization. With today’s launch, admins can now perform individual profile upgrades centrally (bulk upgrades coming soon).
For people with Google+ enabled who have yet to register (i.e., create a profile), admins may individually create a basic Google+ profile on their behalf, certifying the employee is 18+ years of age (or specifying a birthday). After the admin has completed this action, the person for whom the profile was created will receive a Google+ welcome email explaining the action taken by the admin.
Notes
- Today’s launch applies to Premier, Gov and higher-education EDU domains only (K-12 EDU domains are excluded).
- People using Picasa or with a public chat photo are not eligible to be upgraded by an admin, and must create their own profile.
Release schedule:
Rapid release and Scheduled release
For more information:
Note: all launches are applicable to all Google Apps editions unless otherwise noted
whatsnew.googleapps.com
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