A few days ago I was prompted in the Google Apps administration panel to transition my accounts to using the new system, which allows a Google Apps account to access everything that a normal Google account can, except for YouTube and a few services that no one cares about. I selected to push forward and move my 7 users across to the new system.

So far the annoying thing is obvious, there is no easy way to move things like Google Reader settings from the old account to the “new” apps account. Also, there is no mechanism for re-associating a Google Voice number with a different account. At the moment I have an additional number, and I’m trying to figure out what to do about it. Because of improvements since I got my original number with GrandCentral I was able to pick a number that has the last 7 digits the same as my current land-line, but in the 775 area code. The funny thing is that the new account is more “functional” than my old account, as it already knows all of the information from my GMail account. I still have to move a few of my settings though.

I love that things are available more universally now, but I wonder why this wasn’t done when Google Apps was created? It seems a little late in the game. Thankfully, they have created multiple-logins so we can switch between IDs more flexibly (especially those of us who have 1 on apps, 1 regular and a few from schools).