Google Apps administrators can now set different usage policies for groups within their organization's domains, a feature that many IT departments have requested Google add to this hosted collaboration and communication suite.

With this new capability, Apps administrators can divide their user base into groups, each with a specific set of access rights for the suite's applications, which include e-mail, instant messaging, calendar, office productivity software, discussion forums and Web site building tools.

For example, a company's marketing department may be allowed access to certain applications and not others, while the customer service group may be given permission to a different combination of applications.

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