Google Apps accounts will be Google accounts.

Alex Chitu writes that Lifehacker found a note in the Google Help Center explaining how Google Apps users will be able to access services that require a Google account.

Google will automatically create regular Google accounts for Google Apps addresses such as my.name@mydomain.com, so users can use the same authorization information to sign in to Google Apps services (Gmail, Calendar, Docs), and Google Accounts services (Google Reader, Blogger, Picasa Web Albums).



What happens if a Google Apps user already has a Google account with the same email address?
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For example, your Google Apps email address is email@my-domain.com . Some time ago, you registered with Blogger with this email address by creating a Google account. After we transfer your Google Apps account to the Google Account infrastructure with access permission for all Google products, another Google account will be renamed to email+personal@my-domain.com . You must add your + personal add-on to your email address if you want to log in to your old account.

The explanation of Google is somewhat confusing, and it is not clear why existing Google accounts will not be transferred. Users will eventually have two Google accounts with one email address and will not be able to combine them.

Now, integration between Google Apps accounts and Google accounts is available only to “trusted testers” ( Trusted Tester ), but Google has promised that it will be available to everyone in the coming months.