Google App Sync blemish for Outlook search:The very new application sync introduced by Google for its user turned out to be clumsy is terms of Microsoft Outlook Search.
As Microsoft announced in its blog “The installation of the Google Apps Sync plug-in disables Outlook’s ability to search any and all of your Outlook data. When a Google Apps user installs the sync plug-in for Outlook, the plug-in modifies a registry key which disables Windows Desktop Search from indexing and providing search functionality for all Outlook data, not just the Outlook data being synchronized from Gmail. Because Outlook search relies upon the indexing performed by Windows Desktop Search, Outlook search functions are broken as a result. It is also important to note that uninstalling the plug-in may not fix the issue.”
Microsoft has offered to work with Google to find a resolution for our mutual customers, Outlook Product Manager Dev Balasubramanian writes. “As soon as this is done, we will publish more information.”
Google acknowledged an issue with its software, which it released last week. Google introduced its App Sync software as an optional tool to its Premier and Education Edition users. It lets them sync up messages, calendar appointments, and contacts between Outlook and Google’s hosted office services.
A post by Google on its enterprise blog late Tuesday details some of the broken plug-ins, which includes Adobe’s Acrobat PDF Maker toolbar, as well as Microsoft’s Office Outlook Connector and Outlook change notifier. Google spokesman Andrew Kovacs has written to note that users of the new Apps Sync plug-in can still search Outlook data by using Outlook’s default search,”
The company said it is working with Microsoft to fix Desktop Search with Outlook.
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