Google Calendar Sync error code 2016

Google Calendar Sync error 2016

For those who have enjoyed the benefits brought by Google Calendar Sync software, you are perhaps disappointed by now as of 8/1/2014. Why? Google is shutting down the service mercilessly.

For smartphone users, non-Outlook users, or Google Apps for Business (GASMO), Education and Government users, they have their own way out. What about for the rest of Outlook users? All they get is error code 2016!

I have done some research looking for alternatives. I came up with three solutions as below:

1. EVO Collaborator for Outlook
   
   
   
   
   Up to 100 profiles covering more CardDAV/CAlDAV services than just Google’s, such as iCloud, Yahoo!, SabreDAV, Zimbra, OwnCloud and EVO Mail Server. Once installed, all you need to do is keying in username and password. Synchronization will be triggered once profile changes take place or any contact, calendar or task change Outlook 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016 and 2019 is detected, or every 300 seconds. One highlight is the capability of synchronizing cloud to cloud.
2. Bynari WebDAV Collaborator
   
   
   Once installed, more than 10 fields have to be configured per profile. It is somewhat not user friendly. I don’t know how to define synchronization mode. One highlight is the synchronization schedule. If you know exactly how to configure what you want from it, it is good.
3. ICal4OL
   
   
   More complicated than Bynari. It may be advanced and flexible. However, you need to understand lots of tech terms. To be honest, I gave upon it because I am just an ordinary Outlook user busy on my assignments rather than being a IT guru.

Even though Google is giving us a hard time unless we pay for GASMO, there are still alternatives to choose from and make our day. Guys! Don’t you give up! try EVO Collaborator for Outlook.

 

How to setup Gmail POP in Outlook? How to setup Gmail IMAP in Outlook?

How to setup Gmail POP in Outlook? How to setup Gmail IMAP in Outlook?

A majority of users are used to using Gmail on browsers. However, there are occasions integrating Gmail accounts into Outlook user-interface is more convenient. Thus, we do not need to flip between Outlook and browser while working on mails between accounts under Outlook.

Most users may wonder why Gmail cannot be easily configured in Outlook lately? Recently, Gmail, iCloud and Yahoo! mail have implemented an additional security feature that require users to enter a second password for any third-party application including Outlook that is trying to access their email, calendars, contacts and tasks information.

It is called 2-step verification. You must enable it in order to use Gmail under Outlook. 

Here is how to enable it:

Log in your Gmail and go to Account / Security / Password. Click on Setup next to 2-step Verification. Right there, proceed its following instructions.

Then, how do I setup Gmail email in Outlook?

1.      In your account’s Google Account page, go to Security tab at the top and click on Settings (if it appears Disabled) next to Access for less secure apps under Account permissions.Click on radial of Enable next to Access for less secure apps and Done.

3.      Within Gmail, select Settings from the gear-icon pull-down menu at the top right-hand side.

4.      Under Settings page, click on Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab and turn on POP3 and/or IMAP upon your choice. Shown as below:

5.      How to setup Outlook for Gmail? Go to Outlook, click on File at top-left and select Account settings

6.      Manually create a mail profile as usual. On Account Type, choose POP or IMAP according to your preference. Enter password which you just obtained from 2-step Verification.

7.      Click on More settings to the right. Click on Outgoing Server tab and check the box of My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication.

8.      Go to next tab of Advanced, check the box of This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) and the port number will change to 995 for POP and 993 for IMAP.

                                      

9.      Then, change Outgoing server (SMTP): to 587 if value of Use the following type of encryption connection: is TLS.

10.   change Outgoing server (SMTP): to 465 if value of Use the following type of encryption connection: is SSL.

11.  Click OK to exit and OK all the way.

Now we can use Gmail's mail feature in Outlook. But what about contacts and

calendars? There is an Outlook add-in called EVO Collaborator for Outlook and it is able

to handle this type of 2-steps verification process in Gmail, iCloud and Yahoo!. You can

download it from its official website and try it out.

EVO Collaborator for Outlook is compatible with:

Public contact, calendar, task services such as Gmail, iCloud, Yahoo! and fruux

On-premise CardDAV/CalDAV servers such as EVO Mail Server, Mac OS X Server,

OwnCloud and Zimbra

After ECO installation, any contact, calendar and task items created by other means of

mobile devices or web-based interface will be synced to Outlook and vice versa.

For all items before ECO installation, you may manually select items and upload them to

your CardDAV/CalDAV account.

I think it is worth every penny of it.

Please refer to the following links on how to sync popular CardDAV/CalDAV services

with Outlook 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016 or 2019.

1. Sync Gmail with Outlook

2. Sync iCloud with Outlook

3. Sync Mac OS X, Zimbra or OwnCloud with Outlook

Synchronize Google Tasks with Outlook

Synchronize Google Tasks with Outlook

In this year of 2020, more and more jobs require people to work from home due to COVID-19 pandamic. Syncing calendar, contact and task remotely from home in order to cope with colleagues has become an issue for those who have not done this before. If you are the boss and try to survive through this pandamic by cutting budget, you may wanna try using a cheaper way of collaboration team work other than Outlook 365 or GSuite.

Some visitors of my blog asked if it is possible to sync Google Tasks with Outlook 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016 or 2019? I told them to use Tasks/Reminders feature of iCloud or Yahoo!. They said it is not the same. Then, I started to wonder why a lot of users are so getting used to Google Tasks?

Google Tasks API vs. CalDAV Tasks API

After doing some research, I found Google Tasks API is actually not the same with CalDAV protocol like others do and it is not compatible with CalDAV Tasks. 

As a Google loyal user, you should notice that Google Tasks sticks within Gmail rather than Google Calendar (using CalDAV API) in your Google account. Meanwhile CalDAV Tasks and CalDAV Appointments belong to the same family. 

One of the Google Tasks API’s advantages is the tree structure of Tasks that tasks can be created under one another. It is sort of task and sub-task relationship.

Testing ECO’s new feature

Not long ago, I received a newsletter from EVO Software Production telling me that its EVO Collaborator for Outlook: Sync Google Calendar with Outlook is now compatible with Google Tasks. I did not pay too much attention to it.

Since I have ECO on my computer, let us examine if EVO Collaborator for Outlook really works for Google Tasks:

1. Download the latest release of ECO from EVO’s official website
   
2. Install ECO with administrator’s privilege
   
3. Open Configure profile from EVO ribbon and fill up Gmail account
   
4. Click on TEST and finish Gmail OAuth routine
   
5. You will see Tasks URL is automatically filled in with matching URL address
   
6. Next to Tasks URL, you will see a folder icon if you do have multiple task folders. Click on it to select which folder you like to use
   
7. Click on Apply and Quit.
8. After synchronization is completed, go to Tasks and you will see items are being listed
   

ECO seems to be working on Google Tasks. But, we need to confirm that if Outlook feature such as Importance and Gmail Tasks’ tree structure will be ripped off? I wrote back to EVO staffs and mentioned about this concern. They told me not to worry about it for all metadata will be well preserved.

Yesterday, I installed ECO for my colleagues. They saw their Google Tasks sync result and check back what they have on their Gmail web-GUI. They were very happy about it.