Google has released an update that will allow G Suite users to access coworkers' real-time free/busy information through both Google Calendar's Find a Time feature and Microsoft Outlook's Scheduling Assistant interchangeably. G Suite admins can enable the new Calendar Interop management feature through the Settings for Calendar option in the admin console. Admins will also be able to easily pinpoint issues with the setup via a troubleshooting tool, which will also provide suggestions for resolving those issues, and can track interoperability successes and failures for each user through logs Google has made available. The new feature is available on Android, iOS and web versions of Google Calendar as well as desktop, mobile and web clients for Outlook 2010, for admins who choose to enable it. Google says the full rollout should be completed within three days.

Outside of Gregory Lorjuste's office, there's a whiteboard that he updates each day in large, carefully drawn characters. On the afternoon we visited him, it read, "The Final Countdown: 189 Days," a reflection of the time remaining for the Obama administration. That constantly shrinking figure holds special importance for Lorjuste, who serves as deputy assistant to the president and director of scheduling. But they're also responsible for larger calculations, most of all for figuring out how the administration can best use the time that remains.