Restart Office to apply changes to your privacy settings - endless notices

Hi,

I have had issues with connecting in the past - don't specifically remember when but I think it was within the last 12 months. Here are a list of things that you could consider trying:

I repaired my O365 installation

I removed the Gmail accounts from Outlook and then added them back

I uninstalled O365 and re-installed it on Windows 10 this process maintained all my settings - I didn't have add all my email accounts back - I currently have more than 10

The following is what I began dealing with about 3 weeks ago, after renewing my yearly subscription, and it's breaking more and more functionality by the day.

Of course, the first part is what we've always been used to seeing, but previously, the only other things disabled were items like expanded Thesaurus & Dictionary functionality, Maps, Encyclopedic services, things easily lived without.  Now we can't even sync Office between our devices, collaborate on Office documents, share Office documents, etc.

The only recourse I can see is to go to MS Office 365 for Business.

Hi,

I have had issues with connecting in the past - don't specifically remember when but I think it was within the last 12 months. Here are a list of things that you could consider trying:

I repaired my O365 installation

I removed the Gmail accounts from Outlook and then added them back

I uninstalled O365 and re-installed it on Windows 10 this process maintained all my settings - I didn't have add all my email accounts back - I currently have more than 10

Update: More Bad News

As of mid-2019? (best I can tell from other forums), if you are using a gmail, icloud or another email server other than MS, your connection (ability to use) to the other-than-MS server will fail, unless you have "Connected experiences" checked in your Office Privacy Settings....

Hi,

I have two Gmail accounts, currently connected simultaneously, and they connect to the Google servers without any obvious issue. The yellow flag has currently disappeared for the time being , but the connection to the Google servers was not an issue when the restart/privacy warning messages were active. The Connected Experiences setting needs to be switched on in order to synch your privacy settings with other devices - that's completely bonkers and you should not be forced to endure the other intrusive settings to achieve this. 

My experience was that the initial connection to the Google server was successful, but after a few days I was getting prompted for a Google password on both my Google accounts. Initially, I just spilt them out using Outlook sync groups, and set the Google group to sync manually.  

Then, I took my Windows notebook and brought it all back up-to-date, adding the Google mail accounts, and watched the process (started prompting for Google email password) repeat over the course of 3-4 days. When I saw this was consistently happening I decided to remove the Google accounts. 

Just to be clear, I did use passwords generated by my Google accounts, using the Google Account > Security > App passwords.

If someone knows a way around this please let us know.

Update: More Bad News

As of mid-2019? (best I can tell from other forums), if you are using a gmail, icloud or another email server other than MS, your connection (ability to use) to the other-than-MS server will fail, unless you have "Connected experiences" checked in your Office Privacy Settings....

Hi,

I have two Gmail accounts, currently connected simultaneously, and they connect to the Google servers without any obvious issue. The yellow flag has currently disappeared for the time being , but the connection to the Google servers was not an issue when the restart/privacy warning messages were active. The Connected Experiences setting needs to be switched on in order to synch your privacy settings with other devices - that's completely bonkers and you should not be forced to endure the other intrusive settings to achieve this.

Update: More Bad News

As of mid-2019? (best I can tell from other forums), if you are using a gmail, icloud or another email server other than MS, your connection (ability to use) to the other-than-MS server will fail, unless you have "Connected experiences" checked in your Office Privacy Settings.

I know I sorta made it sound like I was letting MS of the hook in earlier posts, but then I was willing to continue to use Outlook without any "extras."  Well, this draws a line in the sand!  Funny it took all these years for MS to force Gmail off of the MS platform.  "Hey MS, who was sleeping on the job?"

So, what to do? 

Gmail: I'm only using 2 Gmail addresses, but one is my eBay account, and the other manages non-business-related accounts.  I could just manage eBay from my iPhone Gmail and eBay apps.  I'm surely not going to manage Gmail from a desktop browser.  In reality, almost every email notice coming from eBay is duplicated within eBay, so the Gmail account for eBay is just a notification platform.  Solved.  I don't need Gmail in Outlook.

iCloud: Ditto

MS wins this round! (bunch of jerks...)  But, I'm still not checking that "Connected experiences" box.