Google Calendar Now Syncs With Outlook 2003 And 2007

Love them or hate them, most folks will say that the one big flaw remaining in Google’s applications is the inability to sync reliably with Microsoft Outlook, still the most-used personal and business schedule management tool.

That obstacle has been made smaller, if not removed entirely, by Google’s announcement on Friday that Google Calendar will now sync with Outlook. At present, Google Calendar Sync will function only with Outlook 2003 and 2007. Users of Outlook Express and plain old Works Calendar will have to do without.

In addition to simply syncing, you can determine the direction of information flow, as well as the sync frequency. However, it’s not possible to sync events on secondary calendars at this time. Google Calendar Sync will only sync events from your primary Google Calendar and your default Microsoft Outlook calendar. Knowing Google, there will be refinements coming soon.

Now, Mountain View, when can we expect to see integration of Gmail, Calendar, and the Google Applications package? Eh?

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