Free Outlook Google Sync For Calendar Tool May Not Work Anymore

Lisa Hendrickson | February 11, 2013 | 0 Comments

Sometimes when you work with larger companies such as Google, they may change a policy on the use of their free software, and many times they are not exactly clear on what is going on. Here is what I know about Google calendar syncing…

Google calendar sync was a nifty little tool to allow Outlook users to sync those calendars with their Google calendars. From my research, this tool is not available on the Google websites anywhere to download and use for free anymore.

Also I have learned that if you had it installed at one point, you can continue to use it…but any new users need to sign up for their Google Apps plan to be able to sync.

This is the paragraph I read…

Starting January 30, 2013, users, other than paid Google Apps users, won’t be able to set up new devices using Google Sync and should see our sync site for instructions. You can also consult with your device carrier or manufacturer for how they recommend to sync with Gmail, Google Calendar, and Contacts. Google Apps for Business, Education, and Government customers can continue to set up new devices with Google Sync after this date.

To read the full article…

http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2716936

So how this technician reads it, Google is not allowing free calendar syncing. If you have found a solution to this and know where the tool is, feel free to let me know and I’ll update this blog article!

If you want to get on board with their Google Apps plan, we can help. If you want to move to a Microsoft solution, hosted exchange in my opinion just works better overall for business needs. Everyone will have their own opinion though on this!