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• Outlook.com now lets you chat with Google friends – one more reason to make the switch

  14 May 2013

  The last three months since Outlook.com came out of preview have been filled with releases to help make you more productive and your experience more personal. These were often based on your feedback. There's a new, modern Outlook.com calendar , a refreshed Outlook.com app for Android devices , two step...
• Outlook.com: 400 million active accounts, Hotmail upgrade complete and more features on the way

  2 May 2013

  When we launched the preview of Outlook.com, our goal was to build the best email service in the world, capable of scaling to over a billion active customers. When Outlook.com came out of preview, it was already the fastest growing email service thanks to your support. The last two months have seen the...
• Outlook.com gets two-step verification, sign-in by alias and new international domains

  17 Apr 2013

  As announced earlier today, over the next few days we are releasing an update to Microsoft account. For people who use Outlook.com, this includes a number of new features such as two-step verification, the ability to sign in with an alias and new international domains for your email address. Optional...
• Take control of your schedule with a modern calendar experience for Outlook.com

  2 Apr 2013

  Today, we're releasing a new, modern calendar experience for Outlook.com. The Outlook.com calendar has been entirely redesigned with a modern, intuitive interface that puts you in control of your schedule. Our calendar service is faster than ever, helps you focus on the events and appointments and tasks...
• Outlook.com leaves preview as the world’s fastest growing email service going from 0 to 60 million in just 6 months

  18 Feb 2013

  Last summer, we released a preview of Outlook.com , a new modern email service from Microsoft. Since then, we've been humbled by the fast pace of adoption with over 60 million people already actively using Outlook.com. During the same period, we've received lots of feedback and made many improvements...
• Your top 10 favorite Outlook posts of 2012

  10 Jan 2013

  Email is all about communicating with people--whether you're sharing a photo, or scheduling a meeting or phone call. Some of last year's most popular posts about the new Outlook show you how it's been designed to put people first. When too many people communicate with you about too many things, your...
• Really want to do some winter cleaning? Switch to Outlook.com for the best email experience across all your devices

  17 Dec 2012

  We were very surprised to see Gmail announce last week that they'll soon end support for Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) , unless of course you're willing to pay Google for your email. It means that many people currently using Gmail for free are facing a situation where they might have to degrade their mobile...
• Outlook.com increases security with support for DMARC and EV certificates

  10 Dec 2012

  In a previous blog post , we talked about our goal of making Outlook.com the best and most-used personal email service on the planet. That means building a great service with all the features you expect from modern email, but it also means building a service that is known for world-class reliability...
• Reorder your folders, any way you like ‘em

  5 Dec 2012

  Sometimes, it's the little things that really make the day easier. We understand this really well. The Outlook team gets lots of suggestions for a convenience here or a shortcut there, to make the edges of your day go more smoothly. One thing we've noticed is that some people like their folders in a...
• Outlook Best Practices: Maintaining the system

  11 Oct 2011

  In this final video installment, Harry has really learned some effective time and schedule management, and he knows that all that depends on consistently applying the principles he's learned — fundamentals that can happen naturally after they become part of a normal routine. But Renée has...
• Outlook Best Practices: Scheduling

  6 Oct 2011

  Although you don't have much say about when and how many meetings are scheduled, you do have more control over your calendar than you might think. In this video, Renée talks to Harry about some of the things he can do to take more control over his calendar such as 1) Setting aside time each morning...
• Outlook Best Practices: The Four Ds

  4 Oct 2011

  Learning to manage your email and time effectively is not only a function of Outlook features. Control of your schedule comes from understanding and following best practices in how you work. Renée explains the principles behind the practice of the "four Ds" in handling email: Delete it. Do it...
• Outlook Best Practices: Rules

  29 Sep 2011

  A lot of email messages you get don’t need a response, and don't even need to be read right away, especially those from large distribution lists. Renée shows Harry how to set up rules in Outlook that route email from those lists to special folders, to be read at a time that Harry schedules...
• Outlook Best Practices: Search folders

  27 Sep 2011

  In Harry's next visit with Renée, she explains that by creating Search Folders—which look just like regular folders—Harry doesn't have to know where to hunt for a particular message. She explains to him that there's no more need for panicking when he wants to find a particular message...
• Outlook Best Practices: Tasks

  21 Sep 2011

  Sorting through email—sometimes in that panicked or semi-panicked state—may seem the most logical way to figure out what you need to do RIGHT NOW. But I can tell you by experience that it isn't. If you have something that need to get done pronto and that you didn't schedule for a specific...
• Outlook Best Practices: Categories

  19 Sep 2011

  Adding categories is like tagging photos or adding tags to blog posts: you're adding little handles or hooks that help you gather related messages. Watch how Harry's eyes are opened even further in this next video when Renée explains to him how categories can really lighten his load when used...
• Outlook Best Practices: Folders

  16 Sep 2011

  When you're searching for a particular email message, you don't have to know what folder it's in (unlike your filing system at home); search will find it for you. Organizing and staying on top of your mail can involve creating a folder structure that makes sense to you, and there are some tried and true...
• Outlook Best Practices: Getting started

  14 Sep 2011

  If you've been using Outlook as an email program for a while and are ready to start using it as a full productivity suite, this training is for you. Perhaps you've already found the article Best Practices for Outlook 2010 on Office.com and would like to see an overview of how it works in practice. This...
• Hate spam? Three ways to avoid it

  17 Aug 2011

  No one likes opening up their e-mail account to find a bunch of junk. Yes, the delete button is a handy tool but I don't know about you, after a half hour of going through a big pile of unnecessary e-mail, my deleting finger goes numb and my mood turns sour. You can avoid getting this stuff in the first...
• New Outlook Hotmail Connector released

  12 May 2011

  We've got good news for those of you who read your Windows Live Hotmail accounts in Outlook. We have released an update to the Microsoft Outlook Hotmail Connector. This update brings a number of fixes and is required to continue using Hotmail accounts in Outlook. The version number for the updated Hotmail...