Google has just released a new single app to migrate all data from Outlook to Google Apps. Now it is a one step process.
Once you have converted your email from Outlook to Gmail or Google Apps you need to get your data moved as well.
Moving Email is easy for the most part. The Google Email Uploader application can automatically transfer your mail from your .PST file into GMail.
Calendar and Contacts are a little bit harder. Google has a product called Google Calendar Sync that syncs your Outlook Calendar with your Google Calendar.
Once installed, change the settings to sync from Outlook to Google Calendar. All of your future calendar events will be transfered to Google Calendar.
Transferring contacts can be a little more involved. The long way is to export all of your Outlook contacts into a .CSV file and then from within Google Contacts select import from the top right menu bar and import the .CSV or vCard file(s) into your Google Contracts.
I did it through my blackberry loading Google Sync onto my Blackberry and setting it up to sync to my Google account. You could also use Google Sync to sync your Blackberry Calendar to your Google Calendar.
Google's applications for Gmail and Calendar are very functional and feature rich. Google's implementation of a contact management system needs work. A few add ons are available like mailbrowser however they install an application on your desktop and you only have the functionality when you are on your system. I think this defeats the benefit of having Google Apps available anywhere.
Not on pet peeve with Google Calendar: Most calendar systems allow you to change the time zone for an event. For people who travel and set up appointments in different time zones this is a must. Google only allows the user to set up a timezone for the entire Calendar. For an enterprise ready application Google needs to build their Calendar system to support event timezones.
In my next post I will highlight the labs that I have installed.
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