check before: 2025-05-01
Product:
Microsoft 365 admin center, Teams
Platform:
Mac, Online, Web, Windows Desktop, World tenant
Status:
Launched
Change type:
Admin impact, New feature, Updated message, User impact
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Details:
Summary:
Businesses using Google Workspace can now enable bidirectional calendar syncing with Microsoft Teams via the Admin app. This feature, rolling out from late May to late June 2025, supports all calendar events and requires proactive enablement by administrators. Up to 50,000 users per tenant can be synced.
Details:
Updated May 16, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Businesses using Google Workspace for email and calendaring can now enable bidirectional syncing with Microsoft Teams through the Admin app in Teams. This improved sync ensures that events created in either platform are seamlessly reflected in both, reducing missed meetings and simplifying scheduling.
Previously, calendar forwarding only handled new incoming invites. The updated sync now supports all calendar invites, including incoming, outgoing, existing, and new events.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 488093.
[When this will happen:]
General Availability (Worldwide): Rollout will begin in late May 2025 (previously early May) and is expected to complete by late June 2025 (previously late May).
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Release Phase:
General Availability
Created:
2025-04-19
updated:
2025-05-17
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summary for non-techies**
The new feature in Microsoft Teams enables bi-directional syncing between Google Workspace and Microsoft Teams calendars, allowing events to automatically appear across both platforms, reducing scheduling conflicts and simplifying calendar management for up to 50,000 users in a company once enabled by an administrator.
Direct effects for Operations**
Calendar Syncing Issues
If the bidirectional calendar syncing is enabled without proper preparation, users may experience conflicts in calendar events, leading to missed meetings and scheduling errors.
- roles: Administrators, End Users
- references: https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoftteams/setup-calendar-syncing-with-google-workspace, https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=488093
User Experience Degradation
Without proactive enablement and user training, users may find the new syncing feature confusing, resulting in frustration and decreased productivity as they adapt to the changes.
- roles: End Users, Support Staff
- references: https://aka.ms/GoogleCalendarSyncSetup, https://aka.ms/TeamsClientAdminApp
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change history
| Date | Property | old | new |
| 2025-05-17 | MC MessageTagNames | New feature, User impact, Admin impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact |
| 2025-05-17 | MC Summary | Businesses using Google Workspace can now enable bi-directional calendar syncing with Microsoft Teams through the Admin app. This feature, rolling out in May 2025, supports all calendar invites and requires proactive enabling by administrators. Up to 50,000 users per tenant can be synced. | Businesses using Google Workspace can now enable bidirectional calendar syncing with Microsoft Teams via the Admin app. This feature, rolling out from late May to late June 2025, supports all calendar events and requires proactive enablement by administrators. Up to 50,000 users per tenant can be synced. |
| 2025-05-17 | MC Last Updated | 04/19/2025 02:01:20 | 2025-05-16T17:37:37Z |
| 2025-05-17 | MC Messages | Businesses using Google Workspace for email and calendaring can now enable bidirectional syncing with Microsoft Teams through the Admin app in Teams. This improved sync ensures that events created in either platform are seamlessly reflected in both, reducing missed meetings and simplifying scheduling.
Previously, calendar forwarding only handled new incoming invites. The updated sync now supports all calendar invites, including incoming, outgoing, existing, and new events. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 488093. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): Rollout will begin in early May 2025 and is expected to complete by late May 2025. | Updated May 16, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Businesses using Google Workspace for email and calendaring can now enable bidirectional syncing with Microsoft Teams through the Admin app in Teams. This improved sync ensures that events created in either platform are seamlessly reflected in both, reducing missed meetings and simplifying scheduling. Previously, calendar forwarding only handled new incoming invites. The updated sync now supports all calendar invites, including incoming, outgoing, existing, and new events. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 488093. [When this will happen:] General Availability (Worldwide): Rollout will begin in late May 2025 (previously early May) and is expected to complete by late June 2025 (previously late May). |
| 2025-05-17 | MC Title | Microsoft Teams: Bi-directional calendar syncing between Google Workspace and Microsoft Teams | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Bi-directional calendar syncing between Google Workspace and Microsoft Teams |
| 2025-05-17 | MC End Time | 07/14/2025 09:00:00 | 2025-08-04T09:00:00Z |
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