Lol I should more correctly say that they don't support it-it's not that it's forbidden or anything-just that I got a "Don't come asking us for help with it b/c we don't support it so we won't help you"-there's not actually a policy against using it!
Does that help? -----Original Message----- From: Hardware <hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com> On Behalf Of Christopher Fisk Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2019 12:59 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Outlook 2019 and Gmail questions-specifically Gmail Calendar in Outlook! First: https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftools.google.com%2Fdlpage%2Fgssmo%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cf5878d71931f4db11bf808d784c64005%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637123859319752530&sdata=thyndf%2BlPnqPtj69M7m%2BSwEkxV34QrHMnxzfwcHK63Q%3D&reserved=0 Second: "Oh and I can't ask Corp IT b/c they don't want anyone using Outlook just all the GSuite stuff over the web and so I'm not getting any help there sadly..." I honestly can't in good conscious recommend that you break company policy by using outlook. On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 12:43 PM Bino Gopal <binogo...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hey guys, > > So my new work uses GSuite instead of Exchange for work > emails...shocking to me but I guess the move to the Cloud is really real...! > > The problem is that I've lived and breathed Outlook for the last 20 > years for email and I pretty much have all the workflows I need in it > down (rules of all kinds, etc, etc). I also have a > Hotmail/Outlook.com account for my personal email and that also works > great in Outlook and so I'm used to doing all my > email/contacts/calendar etc in one place. This setup also synced great to my > iPhone and I was happy with it. > > The problem I'm having now is that I'm not sure how best to set things > up in Outlook with the new Gmail account for work...any general > suggestions would be welcome (like which account I should set up as > the default one on my phone or in Outlook-my work account or Hotmail?), etc. > > More specifically, one BIG problem I'm having is that when I added my > work Gmail account to Outlook 2019 it sync'ed my email and that mostly > works fine-BUT I do NOT have a calendar of any kind showing up at all > on the Gmail account in Outlook 2019...which is really weird to me (no > Contacts either btw). But when I get invites sent to my work email I > can accept them and then they are added to the Calendar showing up in > my Hotmail account (which is where I put my personal appts) and made > my default once I left the old job (yeah no longer with > Citrix/NetScaler after 19 years!) > > But when I log into the Gmail calendar on the web those items are > definitely not sync'd with the items on my Hotmail calendar (like when > I accept the invite through Outlook 2019 it's just adding it to that > Calendar showing in Outlook and doing nothing with the Gmail > calendar)-so I'd have to manage two calendars which I'd like to avoid... > > I've also noticed that certain items are not showing up in the Outlook > calendar that are on my Gmail calendar and I'm not sure why as I've > accepted all the invites I could find so that's worrying me too... > > Anyway obviously I've mostly got questions right now about the Gmail > calendar and basically why I don't have it showing up in Outlook and > how I can get the Gmail calendar sync to what's showing on my Hotmail > calendar so I don't have to manage two separate calendars... > > Thoughts? Any help would be REALLY appreciated. Oh and I can't ask > Corp IT b/c they don't want anyone using Outlook just all the GSuite > stuff over the web and so I'm not getting any help there sadly... > > > BINO > >
