[AnthonyRusso]

Google Calendar Sync is made just for that purpose. It works for your main Calendar only, so make sure that is the one you want Outlook items to show on. I configured my GCal to have an additional "Personal" Calendar for items that I did not want to show up in my 'work' Outlook.

All the info you need is right here:

https://www.google.com/support/calen...y?answer=89955

[jangilmer]

You can actually still use your Outlook calendar and sync it with google - the best of both worlds and you only have to update one calendar (which you can also sync outlook to pda's etc as well.

[marjaypen]

Originally Posted by Chrissy Scivicque

I've just discovered Google Calendar and it looks like a really cool free program. The thing I like most is that I can allow others to view my calendars and they can be viewed from any computer anywhere. I can see this being helpful for work, but also for home - for example, I can give my boyfriend permission to view my calendar so if he wants to make plans, he can check what I'm doing really quickly without having to send me an email.

Has anyone had any experience with the Google Calendar system? What are your thoughts? How do you think it compares to the Outlook Calendar? Do you think it will always be a free program or something you'll have to pay a monthly fee for?

Thanks for the help!

I tend to think if it catches on, there will likely be some sort of fee. So far, I haven't been able to make the switch, but the sharing of calendars is a good point.

[AnthonyRusso]

A fee from Google for the Calendar is not likely. As with their Search and immensely popular Gmail, they always have been free. Google makes it's money on Advertising. As you use the Google Calendar, there are ads sprinkled around the page. This is where Google makes it's money. But as you use Google's services, you start to not even see the ads.

[Jodith]

Do you have a problem with company firewalls using Calendar Sync? Being able to sync google calendar with Outlook would be awesome, but I can't imagine my company allowing it through the firewall.

[eironae]

I just played with the Google Calendar Sync and it's awesome. One question, is there any way to get Outlook to take your flagged emails and turn them into task list items and/or/also put your dated/timed reminders on your calendar? My calendar looks a lot more sparse than it truly is because I use the flag/reminders for a lot of things...I'd hate to actually have to take the time to turn them into tasks and calendar items.

[jayanu]

Outlook has other functions - mainly integrated tasks functions and ability to integrate them with Calendar. For just calendar function GCal is great allows sharing with others much easier and allows to have multiple calendars etc.

As Anthony mentioned a good synch tool will keep GCal and outlook in synch and can be useful.