Amazon Q Business will no longer be open to new customers starting on July 31, 2026. If you would like to use the service, please sign up prior to July 30. For capabilities similar to Q Business, explore Amazon Quick. [Learn more](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/qbusiness-availability-change.html).

# Gmail connector overview
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The following table gives an overview of the Gmail connector and its supported features.


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- ****Security****
  - **Feature:** Authentication type / **Latest Connector:** Google Service Account / **Legacy Connector:** Google Service Account
  - **Feature:** Authentication credentials / **Latest Connector:**  [See the AWS documentation website for more details](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/gmail-overview.html)  / **Legacy Connector:**  [See the AWS documentation website for more details](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/gmail-overview.html) 
  - **Feature:** [Access Control List (ACL)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/connector-concepts.html#connector-authorization) crawling / **Latest Connector:** Yes (Automatic) / **Legacy Connector:** Yes (Manual configuration)
  - **Feature:** [Identity crawling](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/connector-concepts.html#connector-identity-crawler) / **Latest Connector:** Yes (Automatic) / **Legacy Connector:** Yes (Manual configuration)
  - **Feature:** [VPC](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/connector-concepts.html#connector-vpc) / **Latest Connector:** No / **Legacy Connector:** Yes

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  - **Feature:** Customer Managed Key (CMK) support
  - **Latest Connector:** No
  - **Legacy Connector:** Yes

- ****Crawl features****
  - **Feature:** Custom metadata / **Latest Connector:** No / **Legacy Connector:** No
  - **Feature:** Entities / **Latest Connector:** Messages (automatic), Draft emails (configurable) / **Legacy Connector:** Messages, Attachments (configurable)
  - **Feature:** [Field mappings](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/connector-concepts.html#connector-field-mappings) / **Latest Connector:** No (Uses optimized defaults) / **Legacy Connector:** Yes (Configurable)
  - **Feature:** Filters / **Latest Connector:** No / **Legacy Connector:** Date range, Attachments (regex), Domains, Keywords, Labels

- ****[Sync mode](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/connector-concepts.html#connector-sync-mode)****
  - **Feature:** Sync mode
  - **Latest Connector:** No (Optimized automatic sync)
  - **Legacy Connector:** Yes (Full and incremental sync)