Google has developed a plug-in that enables Outlook users to
synchronise their e-mail, calendar and contacts with Google
Apps.
Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook supports Outlook 2003
and 2007. It provides access to Global Address List data and
enables users to schedule meetings by looking up when attendees are
free or busy, Google said. It also includes a migration utility
which enables users to copy their data from a previous Outlook data
source, such as Microsoft Exchange servers.
Google Apps Sync enables users to synchronise e-mail, calendar,
and contacts in both directions, to and from Outlook. Users can
also schedule appointments with resources or colleagues by seeing
their calendar availability.
Google Apps Sync will not support user delegation, public
folders, and syncing of notes, tasks, journals, and distribution
lists with Outlook. It works with Microsoft Outlook 2003 SP3 and
2007 SP2 (or SP1 with a hotfix) Windows XP SP2 (with selected
hotfixes) and Vista SP1 (with a hotfix).
The plug-in is available for users of Google Apps Premier
Edition from the
Google Apps
website.