{"id":18074,"date":"2020-03-23T09:17:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T13:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=18074"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:05:04","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:04","slug":"hangouts-chat-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2020\/03\/23\/hangouts-chat-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Hangouts Chat now available"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hangouts-chat-ad.jpg\" alt=\"Hangout chats ad\" class=\"wp-image-18181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hangouts-chat-ad.jpg 512w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hangouts-chat-ad-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hangouts-chat-ad-200x98.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To better accommodate the need for team-based chat and collaboration, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Google Hangouts Chat<\/strong><\/a> is now available for use at U-M. Hangouts Chat is a G Suite for Education core service. It is free and covered under U-M\u2019s agreement with Google and also <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/safecomputing.umich.edu\/dataguide\/?q=node\/201\" target=\"_blank\">can be used for certain kinds of sensitive data<\/a>. It <strong>should not<\/strong> be used for protected health information (PHI) or HIPAA-regulated data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For several years, Google classic Hangouts has been a part of Google at U-M and is integrated into Google Mail. Hangouts Chat is an updated, team-based experience, and will eventually replace classic Hangouts. This will happen <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/a\/answer\/9197126?hl=en&amp;ref_topic=9197125\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sometime in late 2020<\/a>, until then, the two services will co-exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Getting started<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To learn more about Hangouts Chat, visit U-M\u2019s \u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/documentation.its.umich.edu\/node\/1877\" target=\"_blank\">Getting Started with Google Hangouts Chat<\/a>\u201d documentation article or <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/its.umich.edu\/communication\/collaboration\/google\/hangouts-chat\" target=\"_blank\">U-M Google support site<\/a>. You can also visit Google\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/hangoutschat\/answer\/7653601?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&amp;hl=en#\" target=\"_blank\">Hangouts Chat Help Center<\/a> or <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/a\/users\/answer\/9300511#!\/\" target=\"_blank\">Learning Center<\/a> for additional information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current limitations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Hangouts Chat does not yet integrate directly into U-M Google Mail but is expected to later this year.<\/li><li>There are a number of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/a\/answer\/7651799?hl=en&amp;ref_topic=9197125\" target=\"_blank\">constraints related to interoperability<\/a> between classic Hangouts and Hangouts Chat.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Interested in our latest updates about Google at U-M? Check out the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/its.umich.edu\/communication\/collaboration\/google\/support\/updates\" target=\"_blank\">Google Service Updates<\/a> page or join the<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!forum\/umichcollab\" target=\"_blank\"> U-M Collaboration Forum<\/a>.<\/p><p>To receive notifications of service disruptions, join the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mcommunity.umich.edu\/#group:Collaboration%20Services%20Notifications\" target=\"_blank\">Collaboration Services Notifications<\/a> MCommunity group.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To better accommodate the need for team-based chat and collaboration, Google Hangouts Chat is now available for use at U-M. Hangouts Chat is a G Suite for Education core service. It is free and covered under U-M\u2019s agreement with Google and also can be used for certain kinds of sensitive data. It should not be used for protected\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2020\/03\/23\/hangouts-chat-now-available\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[394,810,87,808],"class_list":["post-18074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects-services","tag-chat","tag-covid","tag-google","tag-hangouts"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/download.png",300,210,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/download-200x140.png",200,140,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/download-286x200.png",286,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/download.png",300,210,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/download.png",300,210,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/download.png",300,210,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/download.png",300,210,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/download-200x140.png",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/download-60x42.png",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/download.png",300,210,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/download.png",300,210,false],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/download.png",300,210,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Rita Girardi, ITS Communications","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/girardi\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"To better accommodate the need for team-based chat and collaboration, Google Hangouts Chat is now available for use at U-M. Hangouts Chat is a G Suite for Education core service. It is free and covered under U-M\u2019s agreement with Google and also can be used for certain kinds of sensitive data. 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