Google releases Apps Sync for Outlook

David Flynn
11 June 2009, 4:20 PM


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Like Google Apps for your email, calendar and contacts but prefer to run Microsoft Outlook as your desktop client? Now you have have your cloud computing cake and eat it too...


Google has gone gunning for Exchange and taken another step in broadening the reach of its online Google Apps suite with the release of sync software for Microsoft Outlook.

Following in the footsteps on similar sync software for the ever-popular BlackBerry, Apps Sync for Outlook provides the Microsoft desktop software with direct links to your Google mail, calendar appointments and contacts. The search supremo says the new software provides far greater performance than the current work-around of using IMAP to connect Outlook and Google.

Available on the Google Apps Premier Edition and Education Edition services, the tool not only keeps Outlook and Google Apps synchronised around the clock but lets you reference your Google data while offline through Outlook.

The service even mimics a few features of Microsoft Exchange, such as a Free/Busy lookup in your Google Calendar and access to a ‘global address list’ shared with colleagues.

The sync software also includes a migration tool to transfer existing data from Outlook or Exchange into Google Apps.

Google Apps Sync for Outlook can be downloaded from www.google.com/apps/get-outlook-sync.



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McBanjo (New user):

Did I hear Snow Leopard will have this feature built into their OS natively? Yes I did. Thumbs up to Google for picking up Microsoft's slack though.

11 June 2009, 4:43 PM (3 years ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

gankul (User):

Well, Microsoft has to be careful what they put into their OS nativly, considering they have to remove things now. :)

But hey, if they made it an optional install, that would solve the problem.

12 June 2009, 9:23 AM (3 years ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

Dan Warne (Regular user):

Let's be frank, though (Hi Frank!) -- Microsoft wants to sell more licences for Exchange Server, not support Google's competing Exchange Server replacement...

13 June 2009, 10:20 AM (3 years ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

Raindog (New user):

Quoting Dan Warne:
Microsoft wants to sell more licences for Exchange Server, not support Google's competing Exchange Server replacement...

And just like every subsequent release of Windows breaks Samba compatibility, we can be sure to see a new Outlook revision emerge which will stifle Google Apps Sync. Let the (same old) games begin.


13 June 2009, 10:39 AM (3 years ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

Tin (User):

You aren't suggesting MS break things on purpose, are you? :-D

16 June 2009, 9:11 AM (3 years ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

Raindog (New user):

Let's just say that if MS was an auto maker by now they would have already had a go at introducing MS-roads where only the MS-Vista Roadster and later were able to traverse. (And yes they'd be scratching their heads to why this didn't catch on too.)

16 June 2009, 2:35 PM (3 years ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

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