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For Gmail users who are also avid Mac users, the Outlook mail app has consistently been a bone of contention, as Google Calendar and Google Contacts was not supported by Microsoft’s software. But that is all about to change. In early March, Microsoft announced that it would add Google Calendar and Contacts support to the Mac version of Outlook 2016. And although Outlook has supported Gmail for quite some time already, the addition of this support means that Mac users using this mail client will soon have an enhanced user experience as key Google tools are integrated in to the Outlook interface. This change will not only allow users to seamlessly synchronize their Google calendar and contacts across a range of devices, but it will also allow Gmail users on Mac to utilize some of Outlook’s best features.
The Outlook for Mac update will include the Focused Inbox tool as well as the Summary Card feature. For those unfamiliar with these tools, Focused Inbox allows users to segregate emails into two main categories, Focused and Others.
Unless you are accepted as a member for Insider preview for Office 2016 for Mac, you will not be able to sync Google Calendar to your MS Office without installing a third-party paid tool like CompanionLink for Mac. Learn how to use the robust calendar and task management capabilities of Outlook for Mac 2016 to manage your work. Author Gini Courter explains how to use Outlook as a full-fledged time management system: for scheduling appointments, tracking and delegating tasks, and finding and organizing your high-priority items.
The Focused Inbox allows the user to filter their inbox with just one click and see only the important emails without all the clutter such as spam, solicitations, promotions, etc. Meanwhile, the at-a-glance Summary Card feature is lauded for its ability to compile pertinent information from emails related to package tracking and travel itineraries and puts it all in an easy to read and easy to find format that is also linked to your calendar. At present, this Outlook upgrade is still in beta testing and is only available to select Mac users who are already part of the Microsoft Office Insider Fast Community; however, barring any unforeseen issues during this test phase, Microsoft expects to roll out this update to all Office users later this year.
The Calendar and Contacts support is initially through the program, which supplies potentially risky builds, Microsoft explained. Only Office 365 subscribers can sign up. Insider support should grow 'over the next several weeks,' eventually reaching the broader Office 365 userbase later this year. There's no word on when the feature might reach standalone versions of Office.
The change will allow Google events and contacts to sync just like any other Outlook content, with all the same editing options. That also means sync with the and Android apps. Good I guess, but wouldn't Outlook Mac users be using: A) Exchange contacts, and iCloud contacts?
Seems like a niche. Guess thats why support took so long.
Not necessarily. My sister workers with a loose collection of sales people. They are organized like a bunch of pyramids (though not a pyramid scheme) of direct marketers.
They operate as a team. They get paid by Melaleuca. Basically, it's a referral system with residual income for salespeople. Sharing contacts and calendars would be very useful, easy, and cheap with Google. I have (for an example) my own domain with email hosted by Google for free. I wanted to have the ability to keep an email account forever regardless of who hosts it. It Google suddenly forgets how to perform basic security (like Yahoo) I need to be able to move it elsewhere.
Creating temp email accounts, email aliases, 'sister' domains is also easy, etc. 1) Exchange is to expensive 2) iCloud (as far as I know) doesn't let you use your own domain FYI: Having an email with iCloud.com, gmail.com, outlook.com, hotmail.com, Yahoo.com, MSN.com, etc. Is amateurish and unprofessional. The other advantage is I get almost no spam. Looks like the starting price is $5/month (now) but gets you more. Notice video and voice conferencing is listed as included.
I have no idea if it's the same as what the article is discussing.