Google have released a new free PC based utility to synchronize your Google Calendar with MS Outlook and vice versa if you wish.

I wrote in a recent post - GTD - Getting Things Done

At present I am constrained by the need to use MS Outlook at work so I really need some freeware utilities that can intelligently exchange data with Outlook.

This seems to be a very significant step in the right direction but is not a complete solution as yet.

I picked up on this at the Downloadsquad blog in the post - Synchronize Google Calendar and Outlook with Google Calendar Sync so I followed the link over to Google Calendar Help where the download link is, grabbed the file and installed it.

All went smoothly and up popped the options screen which I duly filled in. Then disappointment, it only works with Outlook 2003 and 2007.

So I left the following comment at Downloadsquad and will follow up with testing on my home PC later.

3-06-2008 @ 8:01AM

Barry Cleave said…

Great step forward!
In a post on my blog on 5 Feb 08 (GTD - Getting Things Done) I said:

“At present I am constrained by the need to use MS Outlook at work so I really need some freeware utilities that can intelligently exchange data with Outlook.” I am sure this applies to lots of other people.

Unfortunately we are still using Outlook 2000 at work and the Google Sync utility only works with 2003 and 2007. We also sit behind a firewall and proxy so I wonder if this will also be an issue (Anyone know the answer to that?) Anyway I shall certainly use it at home but will still have to rely on Activesync and my mobile phone to sync my work calendar

Regards

Barry
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