Google has resolved an issue with the recently released e-mail and calendar synchronisation tool that works with Outlook.
Shortly after the tool, called Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook was rolled out, it was observed that the tool disabled Windows Desktop Search and broke Outlook’s search capabilities.
Chris Vander Mey, senior product manager for Google Apps mentioned earlier in Google’s blog that Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook, which allows people to synchronise Microsoft Exchange with things like Gmail and Google Calendar, does not function properly with programmes that interact directly with the Outlook data file, including Windows Desktop Search and PGP.com’s encryption plug-in.
Also, Google announced that the Microsoft Outlook Connector plug-in works properly with Outlook’s native search feature; however, the problem was with its Windows Desktop Search. Reportedly, while being used with the new version, called Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook, the search tool and webmail client are found no longer broken.
Google said that the new version has the ability to enable or disable auto-archive during installation and allows two-way synchronisation of notes in contacts.
Google unveiled Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook on June 9 to allow businesses using Microsoft Outlook to switch to its cloud-based online service. It allows users to continue using Outlook, but the back-end functionality and storage, instead of residing on the Microsoft’s internal servers, would move on to Google servers.
The Google’s Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook is free for users of Premier Edition of Google Apps, who are paying $50 per business user.
