Wednesday, March 05, 2008 at 5:23 PM
Google Apps users appreciate that their web-based Google Calendars are available anywhere and anytime, and packed with powerful sharing options. But people aren't always connected to the Internet, and they may prefer to use different applications (like Microsoft Outlook calendar) at their home or office. One of the biggest issues we hear from users is how hard it is to keep all of their calendars up to date.
Today, we're pleased to announce a tool to sync Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook calendar. If you add an event in your Microsoft Outlook calendar, it will automatically sync to Google Calendar and be accessible at any time, whether you're using a browser or a mobile phone. Similarly, if you schedule an event with a future pop-up reminder in Google Calendar, you will automatically see that reminder in your Microsoft Outlook calendar on your computer. Your Microsoft Outlook calendar and Google Calendar are automatically kept up to date, leaving you free to use whichever one you want.
We also want to ensure that your contacts see your calendar information only if you intend to share with them. You can set the default privacy level in Google Calendar to "private" so events synced from Microsoft Outlook calendar are marked private, and only you (or others who you've granted permission to view event details) will see them on Google Calendar. You can also choose to sync in just one direction if you prefer to keep your private data only in Microsoft Outlook calendar, or only in Google Calendar.
Google Calendar Sync is now available for free for all Google Apps users at http://dl.google.com/googlecalendarsync/GoogleCalendarSync_Installer.exe.
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3 comments:
I have tried syncing only from outlook to Google as I would like to keep my private data in Google as well as being able to see work data, but not share my private events with my calendar that others can see at work. When I sync it deletes anything that isn't in my Google calender. Is there a way around this?
Many thanks
What about Entourage?
I have the exact same question as ewebber. I keep my personal calendar through Google (and sync with my wife's calendar) and my work calendar in Outlook. MY calendar at work is shared with the entire office, so everyone knows when we're going to a dinner party at Merrick's house. This is suboptimal.
It would be great if the Google Calendar entries were marked Private, automatically as they were imported, so that they are not shared with the office. I can do this manually but it is time-consuming and prone to human error.
Thanks. Keep up the great work.
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