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vincentkoevoets
Copper Contributor
Feb 19, 2020

Difference between Outlook 365 for Windows/Mac

Alright, maybe this has already been mentioned somewhere else, but I'm at a loss. On my MacBook, I'm able to add my Gmail account in Outlook, and also to sync my contacts and calendars along with i...
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RaizelX
Brass Contributor
Feb 19, 2020

Hi,

 

You are correct. 

 

You can set up your gmail account on Outlook for mac and the calendar and contacts will sync as well.

Reference: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/can-i-sync-my-google-account-with-outlook-for-mac-ba24d6df-992f-4e9f-b13f-db45ae51559a

 

As far as I know, you'll not be able to do it in Outlook for windows using an out of the box method.

 

However, I know there are 3rd party sync tools that you can use to sync your gmail contacts and calendars to your Outlook app on Windows.

 

Pretty good idea right? But there's a lot of customer who already raised their concern regarding this. May you could just vote up here:

 

https://outlook.uservoice.com/forums/322590-outlook-2016-for-windows/suggestions/11519616-please-make-it-possible-to-synchronize-gmail-conta

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    vincentkoevoets
    Copper Contributor
    Feb 23, 2020

    RaizelX Thanks for the reply! I did vote on the page you suggested, hope it will help. 

    As for 3rd party software, I tried nearly all of them, and none of them give you the build-in feel that Outlook on the Mac does. Also, as mentioned the knowledge is already there, so why should we dabble with any helper programs to solve a problem which should not be a problem in the first place?

    But that's just frustration talking :xd:

    Guess we'll have to just wait. 

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