I’m Bruce Keever from the Office Content Publishing team. We provide lots of information to help you be more productive with Outlook. Did you know that we’re continually updating and adding new Help articles, training courses, and videos to Office.com?

Through our partnership with BrainStorm, we’ve recently added more than 25 new videos for Outlook 2010. You’ll find these new videos as well as a collection of other Outlook 2010 videos on Office.com. From creating messages, sharing calendars, to using rules and signatures, these short videos help you master Outlook 2010.

Also, you’ll find hundreds of Help and how-to articles for Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007, and Outlook 2010. Some recent additions include how to move your Outlook information to a new computer that has Outlook 2010 and an update of the Outlook Best Practices article.

Are you new to Outlook? Get started with Basic tasks in Outlook 2010. If you’re an Outlook user making the move to Outlook 2010, check out What’s new in Outlook 2010. And if you’ve been using Outlook 2003, you’ll want to try our interactive guide that shows you where your favorite menu and toolbar commands are located in Outlook 2010.

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Subscribe to the free March Madness calendar in Outlook, and keep track of all 67 games in the 2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Get updates automatically and stay on top of game matchups as the teams advance. The calendar can be viewed side-by-side with your main Outlook calendar or in overlay mode. Drag the games you don’t want to miss to your main calendar to get reminders and sync with your mobile phone. Subscribe to the 2011 March Madness calendar today — it’s fun and free!

--Roby Kurian, Sr. Product Manager, Microsoft Outlook

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For those of you that are on Exchange 2010, but aren’t running Outlook 2010, we’ve heard your feedback about the removal of User Datagram Protocol (UDP). We’re happy to announce that our partners in Exchange will re-introduce UDP in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 Roll-Up 3 (SP1 RU3). To read more about the details, read the Exchange blog post here. -Outlook Team

This week, we released an update that fixes the three issues identified in the December Update for Microsoft Outlook 2007. The update released on Tuesday, January 11, was distributed by Microsoft Update and referenced as updated KB article KB2412171.

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Hi, I'm Roby Kurian, Product Manager for Outlook. I hope you enjoyed the holidays. Now that the holidays are over and the New Year is here, have you made your New Year's resolutions? I make New Year's resolutions almost every year. I have four resolutions for 2011 and one of those is to be better organized. I feel good about that particular resolution because I already have a good start. I managed all the unread emails in one of my largest folders. Let me explain my approach.

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On Tuesday, December 14, we released an update (KB2412171) for Microsoft Outlook 2007. We have discovered several issues with the update and want to inform you about problems you might encounter and what corrective steps we recommend. As of December 16, this Outlook 2007 update has been removed from Microsoft Update. This Outlook 2007 update was distributed via Microsoft Update. Many of you receive updates automatically and if you installed the update between Tuesday, December 14, and Thursday, December...

Have you visited Office.com recently? Microsoft offers free online video training courses that increase your Outlook 2010 productivity. Whether you’re new to Outlook, recently upgraded from Outlook 2003, or an experienced user that likes to organize your Inbox with the new Conversations view, there is something for you. Go here to check them out. We’re also happy to introduce three new courses: · Use e-mail signatures in Outlook 2010 · Get familiar with the Outlook Calendar...

Hello Blog Readers, Do you have questions about Microsoft Office 2010 or Windows 7? For the first time ever MVPs from both Windows and Office have come together for a special live chat . Two of our very own Microsoft Outlook MVPs - Diane Poremsky and Ken Slovak - will be on hand to share their expertise of how to make the most of Outlook! This event is a great opportunity to tap into the vast knowledge of these industry professionals who are regarded as the best in their field. All levels of experience...

Hi, I am Roby Kurian, Product Manager for Outlook. In 2007, I graduated from University of Washington (go Huskies!). While in school, I used Outlook to send and receive messages with the UW’s email system, but I never made use of Outlook’s rich features. I wish I knew then what I know now. I want to introduce some features in Outlook 2010 that can make your life as a student easier. Manage multiple mailboxes with Outlook Chances are you have more than one email account — a school...

Last year, the Office 2010 Engineering blog announced the new version of Business Contact Manager (BCM) for Outlook 2010 , a powerful contact and customer information management software that integrates with Outlook. There has been a recent update, and we wanted to share important news with you: Microsoft is making BCM for Outlook 2010 available free to users who have previous BCM versions and Outlook 2010 . To see if you qualify, visit the BCM team blog .