Heres what you missed in October 2025...

Our Google Workspace Community is growing fast, with 300+ members already onboard. This dedicated Google Chat space is an exclusive hub for Workspace Administrators and Google Partners to connect, share best practices, and tackle challenges together.

Members get access to:

• Monthly expert-led webinars

• Real-world tips and advice from peers

• A supportive, vendor-neutral environment

It’s free to join and already being called one of the most valuable networks for Workspace professionals.

Want to join? Visit our community page here

Come and say hi and dive into the latest community discussions about all things Google Workspace.

Our Patronum ‘How To’ webinar series continues this month, helping customers get the most out of Patronum with live, hands-on walkthroughs and expert insights.

Each session is designed to help you:

• See Patronum in action with real-time demonstrations

• Learn best practices for maximising efficiency and governance

• Ask questions and get direct answers from our team

If you missed any previous sessions, you can catch up anytime on the Patronum YouTube channel.

Upcoming sessions:
📅 Thursday 6th November at 16:00 BST- Email Signature Management
📅 Thursday 20th November at 16:00 BST

These sessions are open, practical, and built around your feedback, helping you and your team make the most of Patronum’s automation and lifecycle management features.

If there’s a specific topic you’d like to see covered in a future session, we’d love to hear from you! Just reply to this email or reach out via our LinkedIn page.

At the end of October, we hosted an exclusive Google Workspace Community session with Sean Gill from JumpCloud, following the announcement of JumpCloud’s strategic partnership with Google Workspace to launch the Work Transformation Set.

Sean shared how JumpCloud and Google Workspace integrate to simplify identity, device, and access management, highlighting key benefits for both customers and partners. The conversation was interactive, with members engaging in real-time questions and discussions.

If you missed it, catch the session on our YouTube channel.

The community continues to grow as a place where admins, partners, and experts connect, learn, and share insights shaping the future of Google Workspace.

Upcoming Google Workspace Community Hangouts

We’re bringing even more insights and expert discussions in November!

Community Session: Google Workspace Community Hangout- Google Workspace Automation

Date: 27 November 2025

Time: 11:00 AM Pacific, 16:00 BST

The Google Workspace Community is about bringing like-minded people together to share ideas and offer advice where needed.

If you’re in the community and want to host a session or know someone perfect to host, feel free to reach out.

And if you’re not in the community yet but want to be part of exclusive conversations and a growing network of IT leaders, now’s the time to join.

Here’s the latest from Google Workspace!!!

Generate Presentations from Prompts in Gemini Canvas
Gemini now lets you create full slide decks within the app using Canvas. Just supply a prompt or upload content, and it builds a themed presentation that you can export to Google Slides. This streamlines the gap between idea and output, meaning professionals, educators, and students alike can turn concepts into polished visuals in minutes.

Enhanced Admin Audit-Log Events for Deeper Insight
The audit logs in Admin Console have been improved with expanded schema, clearer event naming, and richer detail, enabling admins to dig deeper into Drive, Gmail, and security events. These enhancements are critical for investigations and risk assessments, giving organisations more confidence in understanding what’s happening behind the scenes.

Protection in Gmail via Cross-Origin Opener Policy (COOP)
Gmail now enforces a stricter Cross-Origin Opener Policy to guard against side-channel attacks like XS-Search effectively reducing attack surfaces by isolating how windows communicate across origins. This update strengthens Gmail’s security posture without needing user intervention.

Organisation Logo Displayed in Gemini App
Your organisation’s logo will now appear alongside user profiles in the Gemini app when using business or education accounts, a small change, but one that reinforces identity, trust, and brand consistency within the user experience.

Automated Governance Is the New Frontier!
Google’s recent updates, from richer logs to AI-driven slide generation, underscore a shift: visibility is only the first step. To truly control your Workspace, you need systems that act on those insights. Tools like Patronum complement these updates by automating enforcement, lifecycle management, and policy execution so your admins can spend less time chasing issues and more time strategizing.

With Google rolling out new capabilities at a faster pace, the challenge shifts from unlocking features to managing change, usage and hygiene across your Workspace. Patronum helps by automating lifecycle management, enforcing policies and giving admins control from day one so your team can focus on productivity, not firefighting.