Tag: Google Calendar Sync shutting down on 8/1/2014

Google Calendar Sync shutting down on 8/1/2014

Lisa Hendrickson | July 21, 2014

Dear readers,

If you are using Outlook for your email and using a Google calendar and have been successfully synchronizing your calendar from Google Calendar to Outlook, this feature will be turned off at the end of July, 2014 -unless you upgrade to their Google Apps at $5 per month. (see at the bottom of this blog the message from Google)

Many years ago, Google offered a free sync tool that worked quite well. At one point, they discontinued allowing downloads. If you haven’t got a new computer or needed to fix it, you could very well still be using it just fine. If you are one of these folks, this blog message is for you. For those that realized it was not a viable calendar synchronizing solution because they could not download the sync tool, I have helped many people move to 3rd party apps, iCloud or if they have a business branded email (.com), then we also have moved people to Microsoft Exchange (Which is included in Office 365 Business)

If you are not sure what to do, please call me for a consult.

Other options if you do not want full on Google Apps at $5 per month

Install a 3rd party app to sync the calendars from Google Calendar to Outlook, some 3rd party applications I have used are Gsyncit and CompanionLinl
Use iCloud
Use Outlook.com to sync your calendar and contacts (and email)
Move to a more robust system, like Microsoft Exchange that will sync your email, calendar, contacts, notes and tasks. I have never had one client tell me they hate this system, it’s one that you will love to pay for and it’s priced at $4.95 per month.

I found this on a Google Support page

Google Calendar Sync, a Windows application that syncs events between your Google Calendar and your Microsoft Outlook calendar, is no longer supported. Almost two years ago, we announced that we ended support for Google Calendar Sync and on August 1, 2014 the application will stop syncing events.

We recommend that you uninstall the application on your computer and view your Google Calendar events using one of the other ways listed below.

Uninstall Google Calendar Sync on a Windows computer

Click Start, then Control Panel.
Click Programs, then Programs and Features.
Select Google Calendar Sync.
Click Uninstall.

Note: Directions for uninstalling may be different for your version of Windows.

Other ways to view Google Calendar events

Google Apps for Business, Education, and Government customers can use Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook®.
To view your events on a computer, go to calendar.google.com. You can also get to Calendar from Gmail and other Google products by clicking the App launcher icon in the top right corner of a Google page.
To view your events on a phone or tablet, you can get the Google Calendar app for Android, sync Calendar with an iPhone or iPad, or open Calendar on a mobile web browser.

Contact me if you need more information, or want to schedule an appointment for help.

Lisa@callthatgirl.biz 612-865-4475