

These instructions are for free Gmail and Google Apps Standard accounts but they work with any Google configuration. Instructions below are for Outlook 2010 unless indicated otherwise.

We’ll use IMAP for two-way sync with the Google webmail cloud and smart phones configured for Gmail. Not necessary to keep the Gmail browser page open. Other email accounts. All accounts share a common address book and it’s Their Gmail and Google Apps-hosted mail in Outlook alongside their In our example, before you click Next, click the More Settings button, which will take you to an additional entry screen as shown.If users prefer to work in Microsoft Outlook for Windows they can access If you want to get your enterprise email on your smartphone, tablet PC, or other mobile computing device, you will likely need a single sign-on password. In the case of CBS Interactive, I navigated to a specific URL and a password was generated.īy the way, the single sign-on password is also important for connecting mobile devices to the Gmail server. The password is associated with your enterprise configuration and how you acquire it will vary. The SSO password is randomly generated via an encryption protocol and its creation is controlled by your network/email administrator. This is called the single sign-on password. However, if you are connecting to an enterprise that is using Google Mail as its email server, you may have to enter a special password. If you are using IMAP to connect Outlook to a personal Gmail account, you will use your normal Gmail password. Image created by Mark Kaelin for TechRepublic. This gallery is also available as a TechRepublic blog post and download. From the Gmail Inbox, click the Settings link in the upper right-hand corner of the page.

Here are the steps I used to make it work for me.īefore we get to Outlook, you should first make sure you have enabled the IMAP protocol for your Google account. Having recently done this myself, I can tell you there are more than a few tricky spots to navigate through during setup. Those users can continue to use Outlook as their email client if they set up their enterprise Gmail email account using Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP). However, many users will continue to prefer to use Microsoft Outlook as their email client and not the Web-based interface common to Gmail users. One of the increasingly more common ways is to migrate away from a self-maintained Microsoft Exchange Server to a cloud-computing-based solution like Google Mail. Large, medium, and small businesses alike are seeking ways to cut information technology infrastructure costs.
