October 17, 2022
Encouraging Working Location coverage across organizations
What’s changing
Starting today, admins have access to a new tool that aims to drive Working Location usage across their organizations. This setting adds a customizable banner to users’ Calendar either encouraging or requiring them to set up their working location.
By increasing the usage of working location, admins and colleagues will have better context for location planning, meeting room management, preparing meetings for virtual and in-room attendees, and more.
Example of a default message on a non-dismissible banner
Example of a custom message on a dismissible banner
Who’s impacted
Admins
Why it’s important
This feature furthers our effort to enable better planning around in-person collaboration and meeting and event coordination, especially in a hybrid work environment. Additionally, the banner will encourage users to take advantage of the many enhancements to Working Location capabilities over the last few months:
Additional details
The Calendar banners are easy, flexible, and can be customized to include a message or a link to a landing page. Admins can also determine how long they want banners to appear.
Getting started
- Admins:
- Before you can display banners, make sure the working location feature is on. Visit the Help Center to learn more about turning working location on or off for users.
- The banners feature will be OFF by default and can be enabled in Admin Console by navigating to Menu > Apps > Google Workspace > Calendar > Sharing settings > Working location banner section. Visit the Help Center to learn more about inviting users to set working location.
- End users: There is no end user setting for this feature. Visit the Help Center to learn more about setting your working hours & location.
Rollout pace
- Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on October 17, 2022
- Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on October 31, 2022
Availability
- Available to Google Workspace Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Fundamentals, Education Plus, Education Standard, and the Teaching and Learning Upgrade, as well as legacy G Suite Business customers
- Not available to Google Workspace Essentials, Business Starter, Business Standard, Enterprise Essentials, Nonprofits, Frontline customers as well as legacy G Suite Basic customers
- Not available to users with personal Google Accounts