Manage all your email accounts with ease

Outlook Connector provides a free solution for managing your Windows Live Hotmail e-mail and contacts from within Outlook. With the new release of the Outlook Connector, you can connect your Windows Live Hotmail account in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 or Outlook 2003 free of charge.

• Connect e-mail from your Windows Live Hotmail into Outlook

• Connect contacts from your Windows Live Hotmail in Outlook

• Synchronize calendars from Windows Live Calendar into Outlook

• What's new in Windows Live Hotmail

• System requirements

Connect e-mail from your Windows Live Hotmail into Outlook

With the Outlook Connector, you can view your Windows Live Hotmail e-mail in Outlook alongside your other e-mail accounts. By connecting and organizing your e-mail in Outlook 2007, you can take advantage of rich capabilities in Outlook 2007 such as Instant Search and the ability to access your information even when you're offline.

View your Windows Live Hotmail e-mail in Outlook. View a larger image.

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Connect contacts from your Windows Live Hotmail into Outlook

With the Outlook Connector, you can view your Windows Live Hotmail contacts in Outlook. By organizing your contacts in Outlook, you can take advantage of the advanced contact management features that Outlook 2007 offers such as the new Business Card View, Instant Search, and the ability to sort contacts by different criteria such as location or color category. Additionally, any changes you make to contact information in Outlook will automatically be synchronized with the Web version in your Windows Live Hotmail account.

View your Windows Live Hotmail contacts in Outlook. View a larger image.

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Synchronize calendars from Windows Live Calendar into Outlook

With the Outlook Connector, you can view your calendars from Windows Live Calendar in Microsoft Office Outlook, including other people’s calendars that have been shared with you. By managing your calendars in Outlook, you can take advantage of the time-management features that Outlook offers such as viewing multiple calendars in Outlook at the same time. With Outlook 2007 and the Outlook Connector, you can also:

• View tasks and flagged messages beneath your appointments on the days in which they are due
• Categorize your appointments with custom color categories
• Overlay multiple calendars

Additionally, any changes you make to your Windows Live Calendar calendars in Outlook are automatically synchronized with the Web version in your Windows Live Hotmail account.

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What's new in Windows Live Hotmail

MSN Hotmail is now Windows Live Hotmail. It's better than ever and best of all — it's still free. Find out more.

• Improved spam protection — safety bar plus one-click spam tools
• 5 GB of storage — five times as much as MSN Hotmail
• Faster than ever — read mail without reloading the page
• Customizable design — use themes to customize your interface

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System requirements

In order to use the Microsoft Office Outlook Connector you must have:

• A Windows Live Hotmail account — update your existing Hotmail account or create a new account.
• Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 or Microsoft Office Outlook 2007

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