Use Microsoft Outlook with Google Apps Email, Contacts and Calendar

Great news for those of you using Microsoft Outlook!

Google Apps syncs with Microsoft Outlook which means that users can connect Google Apps for email, contacts and calendars. In the past this was one of the hurdles users had to overcome when thinking about migrating to Google Apps. Oftentimes the assumption is that if you’re using Google Apps you can’t use Outlook which is totally false. Google Apps Sync for Microsoft just makes it that much easier to make the switch. Watch what CIOs have to say or see how easy it is for end users.

Over the last year, we’ve had a razor sharp focus on making it as easy as possible for businesses to deploy Google Apps. In the last few months you’ve seen some of the results, from offline Gmail to user directory synchronization to full Blackberry® interoperability.

Today we’re excited remove another key barrier to enterprise adoption of Google Apps with Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook. Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook lets you use Microsoft Outlook seamlessly with Google Apps Premier or Education Editions.

Eric Orth, Software Engineer, Google Apps team

So what’s so fantastic about Google Apps Sync for Microsoft?

1. Email, calendar, and contacts synchronization. For email, the plug-in uses the offline Gmail protocol, which is much faster than IMAP or other methods.
2. Free/Busy lookup and Global Address List functionality, which makes it easy to schedule meetings with your colleagues, regardless of whether they use Outlook’s calendar or Google Calendar.
3. A simple, two-click data migration tool which allows employees to easily copy existing data from Exchange or Outlook into Google Apps.

Take 3 minutes and see what the fuss is about!

Contact us to learn more about Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook or if you’re already using Google Apps Premier or Education Edition, go ahead and give the plug-in a try.

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