Thank you thank you thank you thank you! With this fixed, I am definitely much happier with Apps!
I hope that we will be able to migrate our existing information to the new service -- this would allow me to finally close my extra Google account. The biggest one is Voice, since I have call/SMS history (and a phone number!) that I'm not willing to lose.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. For those of us who have created a Google Account that matches our Google Apps account (the "shadow hack" method), will there be a way for us to move or redirect our content without breaking everything into itty bitty bits?
That is too awesome. Been using Google Apps with a secondary google account for years now. Out of curiosity, are you going to come up with some sort of migration procedure to get my Google Voice number over to my apps account without having to change it?
Does this mean that I could consolidate or merge accounts in any way? I have an Apps account and a Google account. For whatever reason, I first started using Reader, Picasa Web, Docs and Voice through my Google account, for example, but my primary email and Calendar is through Apps. Would be nice to somehow get them together...
Good news. But what we really need is a way to merge our Google Apps accounts with our vanilla Google accounts. Juggling both of them is really getting to be a pain.
If a user currently has a Google Apps account and a Google Account with the same email address, will they be able to move the applications/data from the Google Account to the Google Apps Account?
What about Google Voice? Since the contacts portion of GV is the hardest to deal with given users must have two separate accounts with the same email address.
This integration is great news, I can't wait to take advantage of the volunteer move over:)
Sweet! I just hope all those maps and news feeds I have under my Google Account are to be magically interwoven with my Google Apps account. Minor detail: Both accounts have the same user name/email...
Larry Anderson is right. Many Google Apps user (myself included) have created a shell Google account to get by. A utility to merge these two accounts is very important, and hopefully one is already planned.
Google Voice integration! Ehh, one can only dream :(. Currently, I have to maintain two separate contact lists, one for my domain's e-mail and one for Google Voice...
Biggest questions.... Google Voice? and Merge my non google apps services (reader, web hist, adwords, analytics, etc) into my google apps login. Any one from google care to comment on the merge process?
Seconding the idea that _merging_ Google Apps accounts with "vanilla Google accounts" will be critical as the number of supported services increases.
Talking with users about their various online personae will be important as well - many people like to keep their work email separate from their recreational pursuits on Blogger, YouTube, etc. I'll be interested to see how well the new architecture enables this, or "preferences" the Google Apps account...
Here's a suggestion - improve the interface for viewing/manipulating/searching files in Google apps. (I am sure you are working on this already...) While the individual apps are getting better, finding files is a pain, and the HTML-only links between docs/sites/mail/calendar is clunky, to put it politely. A more polished AJAX (HTML5?) interface in the browser allowing drag-and-drop of files into folders, tagging, color-codes etc etc (you get the idea) would be welcome.
Will this mean you will be able to merge a standard Google Account with a Apps account? For example I currently have my email via an Apps account which is the same email address as I use for my standard google account however under the current system I can't have a single signin
Which applications will be available to Google Apps customers?
With a few possible exceptions, Google Apps customers will be able to use all Google services. We will continue to update this area of the Help Center as more information becomes available about this.
what about Wave? i heard that some Apps accounts have Wave enabled for their organization, so enabling it for use on the rest is probably more like plug-n-play right?
Awesome awesome awesome guys! I've been firing for this and it will make a huge difference to ease of se and functionality. This is exactly what school need to manage these tools.
I agree with Andrew above, what about analytics and feedburner?
A big plus for us as Education customers is the ability to use 2-legged OAuth to perform deep integration between Google Apps and our own enterprise systems. Will 2-legged OAuth be supported on the other products outside the core apps as well?
This is great news. Juggling accounts have really been a pain for a long time. Hopefully we will be able to merge our accounts into google app. Don't want to loose anything. Good way: merge present account into google app, close other account. Bad way: having to recreate everything.
Will you allow for importing/switching from a standard Google account to a Google app account. IE (Google Voice/Blogger/Reader) go into settings and switch from standard Google to app in one swoop, or is this like the switch from standard Gmail to Google app mail (SOL)
What about google voice? Can you modify google notifier for mac and google talk for pc to accomodate both my personal gmail account and my google apps account simultaneously? That said, this is great news.
Awesome! Hopefully there's a way to merge accounts so I can associate my existing Blogspot account with my Apps account, not have to create a new blog on my Apps account.
Does this include support for using an Apps account with Google Checkout and payments for Apps on Android? (ALL versions of Android need to be supported here too)
Will there be a way to merge an Apps and a normal Google account into one so that I no longer need to have both accounts and I can select a profile if I've previously used both with an Application?
This is fantastic news - I cannot wait to enable the features on my google apps domain! I have one slight concern... I'm currently using my apps domain username as my google id, what will happen to this account and data when the new features are enabled?
This a great extension. However, Google should also take a look at it from Enterprise perspective and not just personal internet user perspective.
Like on-boaring of new employees, tracking their personal/ org data, in short entire HRMS (Human Resource Management System) ; leave management system; etc specifically for the Small & Medium Sized Enterprises.
This will make the offering comprehensive and a single login will suffice to switch to any apps.
For this very reason I recently closed my apps account.. NOW they are bringing these services to apps... Thanks google.. took a while BUT i'm glad apps are going to be as up to date as apps customers.
This is great news. I strongly request that you enable this new feature BEFORE September 1, 2010 so that our teachers and students can have all this capability available on Day 1 of the new school year. Thanks.
Will we be able to merge a Google account with a Google Apps for your domain account ? I have 2 separate accounts. One for Blogger, Google Voice, Picasa. One for my domain with email, talk & calendar. It would be cool to merge those 2 accounts.
I should add that I noticed something odd today. I logged into my documents section of my account and for some reason it pulled my google account not the google apps one for some reason. This did cause me to freak out a bit until I noted that there were one too many links on the upper left corner. I assume this was an artifact of the ongoing integration you are making. Simply clicking Sign Out caused it to switch to the correct profile and I did not have to sign back in.
Is there a beta program? I've been working with the Google auth APIs for a while, and working in a very hybridized Google Account / Apps account system for quite a while. I'd be happy to provide usability feedback on the merged authentication token system from both a user perspective, and a development perspective.
Google rocks! Thank you for all of the great products and timely updates. Every time I think of something that I wish Google Apps could do, you manage to toss a useful update out there such as this one which answers my wishes.
Now how about a Google hosted LDAP directory to go with Google Apps? Or a database option which would allow my users to develop their own access like databases?
I know we keep asking for more, but I could eat, sleep, and breath Google.
We're thrilled to see all the enthusiasm for this big upcoming change that many readers have expressed in the comments, and we're beginning to bring on early testers now. If your organization would like to move to the next-generation infrastructure for Google Apps accounts – and be able to sign in to many more Google services with your Google Apps accounts – please fill out this form: http://goo.gl/zLZO
Yes, please let us import our google account content to google apps. Picasa, Voice, Checkout, etc etc. The only reason I even have a regular google account is because it's the only option to access them. It really sucks when my contacts are missing, or signing into a google docs page on the iPhone doesnt work. (it forces you to use a google account, and google apps account doesnt work!)
I am a domain admin for a medium sized non-profit. I see a lot of people on this comment list asking to be able to import all their personal email and calendars into Apps accounts once more services are available. But I would not welcome this migration path for our users. I don't want all our employees pushing their personal email and calendars onto our system, nor do I want our work related accounts pushed into regular google accounts. I love the idea of more services in Google Apps, but I am more interested in the ability of our employees to be able to see both work and personal email and calendars in one interface, but not mix the two. When an employee leaves, her work email and calendar should stay behind with the domain, but her personal email and calendar should never have been part of our domain. Right now she has to log in with two separate logins to make this possible. I would like to see a single login interface that gives her access to both personal and work tools, but in a way that does not actually combine one with the other. Ideally the user could choose whether she sees domain email & calendars, personal, or both on any login session. Both is important - you can't just set a global cookie anymore. Right now I use Chrome and use the icognito browsing so I can have an Apps account and personal account open at the same time, but this is kludgy. Since I don't want to mix home with work, I have to do it though.
The issue for merging is for those of us that have Google Apps and Google Accounts logins that use identical email addresses. Your work users shouldn't be using their work email address for personal usage anyways.
I don't think there is any intention to merge accounts that are for different email addresses.
please please please please enable contact sharing for contacts outside the domain. I.E. a centralized contact list that does not require fiddling about with API's.
This is def a good move. As a software development company, Google has most of the tools needed to build enterprise applications.
The problem is they don't have a good database structure system yet. You guys really need to get an SQL interface to BigTable or some other database in your AppEngine.
When you do that, we will be able to build enterprise level commercial solutions that are tied to Google and get introduced to the Google Apps users for visibility.
We are trying like crazy right now to build one. BigTable is the only thing killing the project and these are people who have worked in RPG AS/400 land before which is nothing but the style like BigTable and Logical Files etc...
You must provide an SQL interface! You are holding back Google growth and you are holding back companies wanting to build apps that are tied to Google Apps.
Oh my... I've got so many Google Services on my old Gmail account... please please PLEASE allow the two to merge - all my Android purchases, additional space, Picasa, Calendar, profile, maps, ad sense etc etc... I can't move all of those across and I'd LOVE to just use my Google Apps account for everything!
This is fantastic... the number one complaint from our executive users about Apps Premier is that the core Google website management suite (AdWords, Analytics, AdSense etc) cannot be accessed using our corporate Google Apps accounts.
Great news that this enormous flaw in the Google Account architecture is finally being fixed!
Great. As noted in previous comments, please make sure merging of gApps and gAccts accounts is faultless and easy, and, allow us to login to multiple accts (whether gApps or gAccts) in the one browser.
AND MY BIG PLEA -- I want Notebook -- I don't understand why you want to kill it.
You had me at 'more', I love you Google! Now for complete nirvana add me to the list of users requesting the ability to port content from @gmail users to @apps users.
In reading some of these the biggest thing seems to be can we merge / migrate from our services used under our generic email (eg: website@gmail.com) to admin@website.com? I think this will help a tremendous amount of us that are on the free apps platform so that we do not have so many different email accounts.
I am so excited... I can't wait to get rid of my gmail account and use my personal apps account with igoogle, reader, voice and hopefully it will work with android!
I've successfully signed up for Google Voice with my Google Apps account. Only problem is that I can't fund it because it's not possible to tie Google Checkout to an Apps account. I had to sign up for Google Voice with my personal Gmail account just so I could fund it. Any idea when Google Checkout will be compatible with Google Apps?
As someone looking to replace a worldwide non-profit PBX and email system the following would make it a no-brainer:
- Ability to manage a corporate wide contact list that is also tied to Active Directory (I think I can do this fairly well with Apps but it's a key requirement so putting it here). - Call a Skype user account from Google Voice (then I could loose Skype from desktops!) - Move a call between Google voice on a cell phone and a VOIP session on the browser - Call grouping / hunt groups etc. - things like Ringio but without the 25/user/month. - Route all the calls from our old PBX through Google Voice (and we make primarily international calls so the savings would be great!)
The key elements that force me to retain a separate Google Account alongside my active use of an Apps domain are: ~ more powerful Gmail (especially the recent rebuild of contacts) ~ proper contacts sharing without using 3rd party marketplace apps
Other Google products that should be available to Apps customers. Ideally with tiers of access, sharing and domain-wide search. Ironically, many of these are of these would benefit organisations / businesses more than individuals. ~ analytics ~ photos ~ bookmarks ~ blogger ~ groups ~ adwords ~ alerts ~ feedburner ~ checkout ~ maps
Giving Tasks the facelift that Contacts received could give Google a project managment application integrated fully into gmail, calendar, docs and everything else. Of course not losing the option for the simple version as it stands right now.
Frustrating that all this is close, but not quite there. yet.
What is the timeline for the rollout in Google Apps for Education, we really need Blogger and Picasa Web asap. Right now students and faculty have to use two different accounts, very confusing and extra work.
Please make sure you allow us to migrate our old services to the new infrastructure. I know it's all about bridging the gap, but the gap is still there if, for example, our Voice account is still locked away on another account.
I have google account named after my google app primary email account and I have two other goolge gmail accounts to attach google voice. I hope that I will be able to migrate my google voice number to my google apps and then move my storage space I bought from my gmail account to my google apps. Then I will move to an Android phone from my iPhone.
I looked at the options for resolving conflicting accounts, but I don't see an option for migrating the account into the GApp. Is this coming in the future?
Seriously, it's not in the "included" list and it's not in the "excluded" list... did you guys forget about it? What happens to my Google Voice account when my conflicts are automatically resolved?
Okay here it goes. Today I set up a Google Apps account for an NPO that I am involved in and guess what, they get the expanded services but my company has to apply to be on the early adopters list. Come on guys that's not really fair is it?
YouTube *really* needs to be available to Google Apps users. So does Reader. We need to have more integration! I am disappointed with how this is playing out.
This is a little bit of a bummer for me, actually. I like being able to log in to my Apps account without logging out of my personal account, and when I early adopted, I could no longer do this. I had them separate for a reason..
How can I get my own google voice #?Or not. I was going to get ring central 800 for faxing,business...,but when I went to pay last night,suddenly my 270 minute a month plan,went to 0 minutes a month,and 4.9 cents?
I don't like this at all. My Google apps (business) account can't be open at the same time as my Gmail (personal) accounts. Random log outs from both accounts are a pain in the butt. I hope in the future the two of these can be separate.
When will Google Apps users be able to use Google Plus? We need a profile for this and it's denied us at the moment. I'll have to stick with Facebook if you don't allow this.
Will be posible to migrate from regular Gmail accounts to GApss accounts?
ReplyDeleteI would be glad to migrate my picasa pics to my gapps account
This is great news... will be be able to migrate content in personal accounts?
ReplyDeleteThank you thank you thank you thank you! With this fixed, I am definitely much happier with Apps!
ReplyDeleteI hope that we will be able to migrate our existing information to the new service -- this would allow me to finally close my extra Google account. The biggest one is Voice, since I have call/SMS history (and a phone number!) that I'm not willing to lose.
What about users with both a Google Apps account and Google account already? Can the accounts be merged? What about unmerging later on?
ReplyDeleteThank you, thank you, thank you. For those of us who have created a Google Account that matches our Google Apps account (the "shadow hack" method), will there be a way for us to move or redirect our content without breaking everything into itty bitty bits?
ReplyDeleteThat is too awesome. Been using Google Apps with a secondary google account for years now. Out of curiosity, are you going to come up with some sort of migration procedure to get my Google Voice number over to my apps account without having to change it?
ReplyDeleteThank You!!!!
ReplyDeleteFINALLY! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
ReplyDeleteI was hoping Google Groups would work better with embedding videos or photos. I would also love to see Google groups join the apps on my iPhone app.
ReplyDeleteDoes this mean that I could consolidate or merge accounts in any way? I have an Apps account and a Google account. For whatever reason, I first started using Reader, Picasa Web, Docs and Voice through my Google account, for example, but my primary email and Calendar is through Apps. Would be nice to somehow get them together...
ReplyDeleteNo word on Google Voice. I hope it's on the way ! :)
ReplyDeleteWe need Google Analytics support as well, surely Analytics should be supported if Adwords is starting to get supported?
ReplyDeleteThank G**! I've been using them for years and NEVER got used to the switching back and forth.
ReplyDeleteWhat about Google Voice?
That's just what I need!
ReplyDeleteThis can't come soon enough! Thank you google!
ReplyDeleteThis should make Chrome OS even more comparable to a normal desktop environment.
ReplyDeleteGood news. But what we really need is a way to merge our Google Apps accounts with our vanilla Google accounts. Juggling both of them is really getting to be a pain.
ReplyDeleteIf a user currently has a Google Apps account and a Google Account with the same email address, will they be able to move the applications/data from the Google Account to the Google Apps Account?
ReplyDeleteWhat about Google Voice? Since the contacts portion of GV is the hardest to deal with given users must have two separate accounts with the same email address.
This integration is great news, I can't wait to take advantage of the volunteer move over:)
hey, that's really a superb news! waiting for the coming weeks and months and hoping that the process will a uninteruppted transition.
ReplyDeleteWill I be able to migrate from a gmail account to their Google apps account? I'm thinking specifically about Google Reader shared items and youtube.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to having access to these other great services from the same account.
ReplyDeleteKia ora, thank you. That list is everything our GAFE group have been asking for. Summer cannot come fast enough -provided it is USA Summer :)
ReplyDeleteDorothy
wooot
ReplyDeletethis was a massive gap in our apps for ed setup
Sweet! I just hope all those maps and news feeds I have under my Google Account are to be magically interwoven with my Google Apps account. Minor detail: Both accounts have the same user name/email...
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the information. such a very good and informative post.
ReplyDeleteblade swords
Fantastic news, Dennis!
ReplyDeleteI have like many others been looking forward to better integration between apps services for some time.
Get buzz up and running for me now and I will be extremely happy.. may even go pro!
Finally... I'm also waiting for Google Voice to be added to that list, since is a tool used mostly for businesses
ReplyDeleteHow will this affect APIs if at all?
ReplyDeleteI LOVE GOOGLE!
ReplyDeleteLarry Anderson is right. Many Google Apps user (myself included) have created a shell Google account to get by. A utility to merge these two accounts is very important, and hopefully one is already planned.
ReplyDeleteGoogle Voice integration! Ehh, one can only dream :(. Currently, I have to maintain two separate contact lists, one for my domain's e-mail and one for Google Voice...
ReplyDeleteBiggest questions.... Google Voice? and Merge my non google apps services (reader, web hist, adwords, analytics, etc) into my google apps login. Any one from google care to comment on the merge process?
ReplyDeleteI'd really like google checkout and google maps to work like they should so I can use those with my Nexus One.
ReplyDeleteOutstanding! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteWill my Google Voice contact sync with my Google Apps Email's contact? I would rather see that done before seeing Blog for Google Apps.
ReplyDeleteGreat!
ReplyDeleteSeconding the idea that _merging_ Google Apps accounts with "vanilla Google accounts" will be critical as the number of supported services increases.
ReplyDeleteTalking with users about their various online personae will be important as well - many people like to keep their work email separate from their recreational pursuits on Blogger, YouTube, etc. I'll be interested to see how well the new architecture enables this, or "preferences" the Google Apps account...
Wonderful. Have been waiting for this...
ReplyDeleteYes @Joel. Google Voice???
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Larry - I have Picasa albums on a regular account which I'd love to switch to apps. Hopefully Google will have a migration process.
ReplyDeleteThank You, Thank You, Thank You! To finally be able to use Google Reader on my Android phone. And to hook up with one ID on Picasa.
ReplyDeleteFinally! Very very very good call. This issue drove me bonkers.
ReplyDeleteOUTSTANDING
ReplyDeleteHurray! This has long been my biggest issue with Google Apps. Can't wait.
ReplyDeleteHere's a suggestion - improve the interface for viewing/manipulating/searching files in Google apps. (I am sure you are working on this already...) While the individual apps are getting better, finding files is a pain, and the HTML-only links between docs/sites/mail/calendar is clunky, to put it politely. A more polished AJAX (HTML5?) interface in the browser allowing drag-and-drop of files into folders, tagging, color-codes etc etc (you get the idea) would be welcome.
ReplyDeleteWill this mean you will be able to merge a standard Google Account with a Apps account? For example I currently have my email via an Apps account which is the same email address as I use for my standard google account however under the current system I can't have a single signin
ReplyDelete+1 for adding Google Voice.
ReplyDelete@Andrew, from the help center article:
ReplyDeleteWhich applications will be available to Google Apps customers?
With a few possible exceptions, Google Apps customers will be able to use all Google services. We will continue to update this area of the Help Center as more information becomes available about this.
Does this include Wave and Voice?
ReplyDeletewhat about Wave? i heard that some Apps accounts have Wave enabled for their organization, so enabling it for use on the rest is probably more like plug-n-play right?
ReplyDeleteAwesome awesome awesome guys! I've been firing for this and it will make a huge difference to ease of se and functionality. This is exactly what school need to manage these tools.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Andrew above, what about analytics and feedburner?
Awesome! Love it!
ReplyDeletewhat about google voice????
ReplyDeleteYAYYYY!!!
ReplyDeleteThank Gawd!! The lack of some of the Google services in apps was stressing me out. Woo Hoo for Google :D
ReplyDeleteGreat new!
ReplyDeleteThanks G.
I can’t find the words to describe how I feel. So, let me just say I can’t wait.
ReplyDeleteBuzz then?
ReplyDeleteA big plus for us as Education customers is the ability to use 2-legged OAuth to perform deep integration between Google Apps and our own enterprise systems. Will 2-legged OAuth be supported on the other products outside the core apps as well?
ReplyDeleteThis is fantastic news
ReplyDeletearesome....
ReplyDeleteGood news, everone!
ReplyDeleteGood Post... enterprise application
ReplyDeleteThis is great news. Juggling accounts have really been a pain for a long time. Hopefully we will be able to merge our accounts into google app. Don't want to loose anything. Good way: merge present account into google app, close other account.
ReplyDeleteBad way: having to recreate everything.
Sound good :)
ReplyDeleteThank U Google
I've been looking forward to this overhaul for a long long time.Hurry up,Google!
ReplyDeleteWill you allow for importing/switching from a standard Google account to a Google app account. IE (Google Voice/Blogger/Reader) go into settings and switch from standard Google to app in one swoop, or is this like the switch from standard Gmail to Google app mail (SOL)
ReplyDeleteI can't wait!
ReplyDeleteExcelent news. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteLinking address books? PLEASE!!
ReplyDelete(Buzz & Latitude don't use my app's address book even though they share the same login username and password)
What about google voice? Can you modify google notifier for mac and google talk for pc to accomodate both my personal gmail account and my google apps account simultaneously? That said, this is great news.
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Hopefully there's a way to merge accounts so I can associate my existing Blogspot account with my Apps account, not have to create a new blog on my Apps account.
ReplyDeleteI'm so excited! I have my students using regular Google Accounts because of the added features. Now, we'll be switching to Google Apps....THANK YOU!
ReplyDeleteFinally! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteAdd google voice, please!
ReplyDeleteGreat Job, Google...can't wait to see this functionality delivered!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait!
ReplyDeleteInformaçoes super boas!
ReplyDeleteDoes this include support for using an Apps account with Google Checkout and payments for Apps on Android? (ALL versions of Android need to be supported here too)
ReplyDeleteWill there be a way to merge an Apps and a normal Google account into one so that I no longer need to have both accounts and I can select a profile if I've previously used both with an Application?
How about google groups?
ReplyDeleteAny indication as to whether Google Buzz will form part of this integration?
ReplyDeleteThis is fantastic news - I cannot wait to enable the features on my google apps domain! I have one slight concern... I'm currently using my apps domain username as my google id, what will happen to this account and data when the new features are enabled?
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely AMAZING. It is going to be a difficult wait....
ReplyDeleteWoho! Finally! :)
ReplyDeleteNow if they could just get Google Checkout to work, or at least offer other payment options in Android Market.
ReplyDeleteFanastic!! =D
ReplyDeleteWoah, great, thanks.
ReplyDeleteThis a great extension. However, Google should also take a look at it from Enterprise perspective and not just personal internet user perspective.
ReplyDeleteLike on-boaring of new employees, tracking their personal/ org data, in short entire HRMS (Human Resource Management System) ; leave management system; etc specifically for the Small & Medium Sized Enterprises.
This will make the offering comprehensive and a single login will suffice to switch to any apps.
For this very reason I recently closed my apps account.. NOW they are bringing these services to apps... Thanks google.. took a while BUT i'm glad apps are going to be as up to date as apps customers.
ReplyDeleteThis is great news. I strongly request that you enable this new feature BEFORE September 1, 2010 so that our teachers and students can have all this capability available on Day 1 of the new school year. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI like to have, and would pay for, an add free mail + reader!
ReplyDeleteThis is going to make the world of applications take note and evolve or be left in the path of Google Apps's rule. I am waiting with baited breath.
ReplyDeleteThis what the world of applications has been needing for the past 6 years or so. Great work and I look forward to experiencing the new Google Apps.
ReplyDeleteThis finally removes my one gripe about Google Apps.
ReplyDeleteWill we be able to merge a Google account with a Google Apps for your domain account ? I have 2 separate accounts. One for Blogger, Google Voice, Picasa. One for my domain with email, talk & calendar. It would be cool to merge those 2 accounts.
ReplyDeleteI should add that I noticed something odd today. I logged into my documents section of my account and for some reason it pulled my google account not the google apps one for some reason. This did cause me to freak out a bit until I noted that there were one too many links on the upper left corner. I assume this was an artifact of the ongoing integration you are making. Simply clicking Sign Out caused it to switch to the correct profile and I did not have to sign back in.
ReplyDeleteFinally. Please pull Google Voice along for the ride!
ReplyDeleteFinally. We've been running our Corporate Blogger accont via a Gmail account, even though we have been using Google Apps for 2 years! Gone Google.
ReplyDeleteExcellent! Thanks
ReplyDeleteIs there a beta program? I've been working with the Google auth APIs for a while, and working in a very hybridized Google Account / Apps account system for quite a while. I'd be happy to provide usability feedback on the merged authentication token system from both a user perspective, and a development perspective.
ReplyDeleteGoogle rocks! Thank you for all of the great products and timely updates.
ReplyDeleteEvery time I think of something that I wish Google Apps could do, you manage to toss a useful update out there such as this one which answers my wishes.
Now how about a Google hosted LDAP directory to go with Google Apps? Or a database option which would allow my users to develop their own access like databases?
I know we keep asking for more, but I could eat, sleep, and breath Google.
We're thrilled to see all the enthusiasm for this big upcoming change that many readers have expressed in the comments, and we're beginning to bring on early testers now. If your organization would like to move to the next-generation infrastructure for Google Apps accounts – and be able to sign in to many more Google services with your Google Apps accounts – please fill out this form: http://goo.gl/zLZO
ReplyDeleteExcellent! I've (we've) been waiting for this! I hope the integration goes well.
ReplyDeleteFantastic...looking so much forward to this being applied. Allthough it´s a small organization we run, we are all thrilled at reading this news.
ReplyDeleteThat's a big big good news.
ReplyDeleteI love Google.
Great news! I am trying to convince the non-profit I work for to make the switch to Google Apps, and this absolutely make my case that much stronger!
ReplyDeleteYes, please let us import our google account content to google apps. Picasa, Voice, Checkout, etc etc. The only reason I even have a regular google account is because it's the only option to access them. It really sucks when my contacts are missing, or signing into a google docs page on the iPhone doesnt work. (it forces you to use a google account, and google apps account doesnt work!)
ReplyDeleteHope this will be worth the wait :-) - I could think of a few ways this would make life easier in a Google Apps world
ReplyDeleteI am a domain admin for a medium sized non-profit. I see a lot of people on this comment list asking to be able to import all their personal email and calendars into Apps accounts once more services are available. But I would not welcome this migration path for our users. I don't want all our employees pushing their personal email and calendars onto our system, nor do I want our work related accounts pushed into regular google accounts. I love the idea of more services in Google Apps, but I am more interested in the ability of our employees to be able to see both work and personal email and calendars in one interface, but not mix the two. When an employee leaves, her work email and calendar should stay behind with the domain, but her personal email and calendar should never have been part of our domain. Right now she has to log in with two separate logins to make this possible. I would like to see a single login interface that gives her access to both personal and work tools, but in a way that does not actually combine one with the other. Ideally the user could choose whether she sees domain email & calendars, personal, or both on any login session. Both is important - you can't just set a global cookie anymore. Right now I use Chrome and use the icognito browsing so I can have an Apps account and personal account open at the same time, but this is kludgy. Since I don't want to mix home with work, I have to do it though.
ReplyDeleteThe issue for merging is for those of us that have Google Apps and Google Accounts logins that use identical email addresses. Your work users shouldn't be using their work email address for personal usage anyways.
ReplyDeleteI don't think there is any intention to merge accounts that are for different email addresses.
please please please please enable contact sharing for contacts outside the domain. I.E. a centralized contact list that does not require fiddling about with API's.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant - I've been hoping for this for a few years. I'm not a moaner so this really has me over excited.
ReplyDeleteApps is great but I do get tired of logging in and out of adWords, adSense, Picasa, Blogger and so on.
David
Plymouth, England
This is def a good move. As a software development company, Google has most of the tools needed to build enterprise applications.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is they don't have a good database structure system yet. You guys really need to get an SQL interface to BigTable or some other database in your AppEngine.
When you do that, we will be able to build enterprise level commercial solutions that are tied to Google and get introduced to the Google Apps users for visibility.
We are trying like crazy right now to build one. BigTable is the only thing killing the project and these are people who have worked in RPG AS/400 land before which is nothing but the style like BigTable and Logical Files etc...
You must provide an SQL interface! You are holding back Google growth and you are holding back companies wanting to build apps that are tied to Google Apps.
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ReplyDeleteOh my... I've got so many Google Services on my old Gmail account... please please PLEASE allow the two to merge - all my Android purchases, additional space, Picasa, Calendar, profile, maps, ad sense etc etc... I can't move all of those across and I'd LOVE to just use my Google Apps account for everything!
ReplyDeleteThis is fantastic... the number one complaint from our executive users about Apps Premier is that the core Google website management suite (AdWords, Analytics, AdSense etc) cannot be accessed using our corporate Google Apps accounts.
ReplyDeleteGreat news that this enormous flaw in the Google Account architecture is finally being fixed!
Having a way to merge or migrate data from say a Gmail to Apps account would make things so much better!
ReplyDeleteGreat. As noted in previous comments, please make sure merging of gApps and gAccts accounts is faultless and easy, and, allow us to login to multiple accts (whether gApps or gAccts) in the one browser.
ReplyDeleteAND MY BIG PLEA -- I want Notebook -- I don't understand why you want to kill it.
You had me at 'more', I love you Google! Now for complete nirvana add me to the list of users requesting the ability to port content from @gmail users to @apps users.
ReplyDeleteIn reading some of these the biggest thing seems to be can we merge / migrate from our services used under our generic email (eg: website@gmail.com) to admin@website.com? I think this will help a tremendous amount of us that are on the free apps platform so that we do not have so many different email accounts.
ReplyDeleteYes!!!!
ReplyDeleteI definitely need to be able to merge my gmail account with my google apps account. I too want to just have all these items with my apps account!
Great!
ReplyDeleteAlmost 3 months have gone by....... please Google, we need your magic!
ReplyDeleteI am so excited... I can't wait to get rid of my gmail account and use my personal apps account with igoogle, reader, voice and hopefully it will work with android!
ReplyDeleteGoogle, you are the best. Ive been waiting for this for years! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI've successfully signed up for Google Voice with my Google Apps account. Only problem is that I can't fund it because it's not possible to tie Google Checkout to an Apps account. I had to sign up for Google Voice with my personal Gmail account just so I could fund it. Any idea when Google Checkout will be compatible with Google Apps?
ReplyDeleteWooohoooo
ReplyDeleteFantastic news.
ReplyDeleteAs someone looking to replace a worldwide non-profit PBX and email system the following would make it a no-brainer:
- Ability to manage a corporate wide contact list that is also tied to Active Directory (I think I can do this fairly well with Apps but it's a key requirement so putting it here).
- Call a Skype user account from Google Voice (then I could loose Skype from desktops!)
- Move a call between Google voice on a cell phone and a VOIP session on the browser
- Call grouping / hunt groups etc. - things like Ringio but without the 25/user/month.
- Route all the calls from our old PBX through Google Voice (and we make primarily international calls so the savings would be great!)
Please!
Ernest
Still waiting...
ReplyDeleteThe key elements that force me to retain a separate Google Account alongside my active use of an Apps domain are:
~ more powerful Gmail (especially the recent rebuild of contacts)
~ proper contacts sharing without using 3rd party marketplace apps
Other Google products that should be available to Apps customers. Ideally with tiers of access, sharing and domain-wide search. Ironically, many of these are of these would benefit organisations / businesses more than individuals.
~ analytics
~ photos
~ bookmarks
~ blogger
~ groups
~ adwords
~ alerts
~ feedburner
~ checkout
~ maps
Giving Tasks the facelift that Contacts received could give Google a project managment application integrated fully into gmail, calendar, docs and everything else. Of course not losing the option for the simple version as it stands right now.
Frustrating that all this is close, but not quite there. yet.
Ben, in London
What is the timeline for the rollout in Google Apps for Education, we really need Blogger and Picasa Web asap. Right now students and faculty have to use two different accounts, very confusing and extra work.
ReplyDeleteHope Google Voice is included! :)
ReplyDeletePlease make sure you allow us to migrate our old services to the new infrastructure. I know it's all about bridging the gap, but the gap is still there if, for example, our Voice account is still locked away on another account.
ReplyDeleteThank you!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThank You !!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI have google account named after my google app primary email account and I have two other goolge gmail accounts to attach google voice. I hope that I will be able to migrate my google voice number to my google apps and then move my storage space I bought from my gmail account to my google apps. Then I will move to an Android phone from my iPhone.
ReplyDeleteI looked at the options for resolving conflicting accounts, but I don't see an option for migrating the account into the GApp. Is this coming in the future?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=185186
No Google Voice, No Care!
ReplyDeleteSeriously, it's not in the "included" list and it's not in the "excluded" list... did you guys forget about it? What happens to my Google Voice account when my conflicts are automatically resolved?
Okay here it goes. Today I set up a Google Apps account for an NPO that I am involved in and guess what, they get the expanded services but my company has to apply to be on the early adopters list. Come on guys that's not really fair is it?
ReplyDeleteAny chance we'll see Google Buzz and Orkut integrated with this upcoming functionality?
ReplyDeleteGoogle Buzz in particular would be a fantastic addition to Google Apps...
i have been using google apps service from long time, these are amazing and awesome.
ReplyDeleteI'd prefer to see Google improving the existing features, instead of adding more, half-baked services.
ReplyDeleteGoogle Talk for Apps for instance, User can't use the Vcard feature, while normal google Talk account has this feature from the start..
Are you going to sort out (delete) all the spare identities which people will have of they focus all activity on their Google Apps account?
ReplyDeleteYouTube *really* needs to be available to Google Apps users. So does Reader. We need to have more integration! I am disappointed with how this is playing out.
ReplyDeleteThis is a little bit of a bummer for me, actually. I like being able to log in to my Apps account without logging out of my personal account, and when I early adopted, I could no longer do this. I had them separate for a reason..
ReplyDeleteIs there any opt-out? We really like using Google Apps for Mail and Calendar, but we don't want to merge our personal accounts.
ReplyDeletehelp, i need apps for my nokia 5130
ReplyDeleteSo I have to migrate my data manually?
ReplyDeleteWhat happens with Checkout?
And more to the point, can I sort out the Android checkout account mess by merging my @gmail.com checkout account as well?
And what about Buzz? It thinks my username is already taken, but I think it's because my desired username has been reserved.
I think I'm with a lot of people on this one.
ReplyDeletePlease make migration an option and it would be great to move one item, say your Voice info, from one account to the other, personal to business.
How can I get my own google voice #?Or not.
ReplyDeleteI was going to get ring central 800 for faxing,business...,but when I went to pay last night,suddenly my 270 minute a month plan,went to 0 minutes a month,and 4.9 cents?
Google Apps and our own enterprise systems. Will 2-legged OAuth be supported on the other products outside the core apps as well?
ReplyDeleteGRACIAS
ReplyDeleteThey never did this, did they? I still can't migrate any of my users. Just get an error which reads:
ReplyDeleteOne or more of your accounts cannot be transitioned at this time.
Still says that they're going to transition us in early 2011.
Come on Google - you're better than this.
I'm still waiting for this to actually happen - over a year later.
ReplyDeleteGet the error:
One or more of your accounts cannot be transitioned at this time.
It's a pain really. I can't understand why it's taking them so long to be able to migrate things over.
Any word Google?
Does this mean that we are going to have Google Voice access in UK?
ReplyDeleteI don't like this at all. My Google apps (business) account can't be open at the same time as my Gmail (personal) accounts. Random log outs from both accounts are a pain in the butt. I hope in the future the two of these can be separate.
ReplyDeleteWhen will Google Apps users be able to use Google Plus? We need a profile for this and it's denied us at the moment. I'll have to stick with Facebook if you don't allow this.
ReplyDeletePLZ OPEN MY LIMIT.
ReplyDeleteWhen will the "call phone" option in the chat list be available to google apps customers?
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