Outlook Blog

An update to linked accounts

Eric Doerr — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:56:00 GMT

Linked accounts were introduced in 2006 as a way to quickly switch between different accounts each with their own email address. Over the next couple months, we will stop supporting linked accounts and instead help people move to a more robust and secure way of managing multiple email addresses: aliases.

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The power of the new Outlook on Windows RT

Outlook Team — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:40:00 GMT

Learn the latest about the power of the new Outlook: Outlook 2013 RT. It's the same Outlook you know and love, and it's coming to Windows RT tablets such as the Microsoft Surface.

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

Douglas Pearce — Tue, 14 May 2013 13:00:00 GMT

We're excited to announce that you can chat with your Google friends directly from Outlook.com. With this feature, the next time you're reading an email from someone who uses Gmail, you can reply with a quick chat right from your Outlook.com inbox. And if you're working together on an Office document from SkyDrive, you can send an instant message to a Google contact with just a click. We're rolling out Google chat integration now, so look for it in your inbox over the next couple of days.

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Outlook.com: 400 million active accounts, Hotmail upgrade complete and more features on the way

Dick Craddock (Microsoft) — Thu, 02 May 2013 16:00:00 GMT

We're excited to announce that we've completed upgrading all Hotmail customers to Outlook.com. Coupled with the growing organic excitement for Outlook.com, this has pushed us to over 400 million active Outlook.com accounts, including 125 million that are accessing email, calendar and contacts on a mobile device using Exchange ActiveSync. We're also pleased to announce that we're adding two new features to Outlook.com: SMTP send, so it's easier to send mail from different email addresses, and deeper integration with SkyDrive.

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Skype comes to Outlook.com

Douglas Pearce — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

We're excited to announce that a preview of Skype video calling and messaging is starting to arrive in Outlook.com--making it easier to stay connected to the people you care about most. Your Skype contacts appear in your contact list, so the next time you get an email from someone, you can call them back with just a click.

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Outlook.com gets two-step verification, sign-in by alias and new international domains

Eric Doerr — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:01:00 GMT

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. Read on to learn about this new feature and how to set it up.

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Updated Outlook.com app for Android devices

Steve Kafka — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:00:00 GMT

We're excited to announce a major upgrade for our Outlook.com app for Android devices that overhauls the entire user interface and provides a number of new features. Read on to learn more and download the latest app.

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Take control of your schedule with a modern calendar experience for Outlook.com

David Dennis — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:00:00 GMT

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 you've added, and lets you take your calendar with you on any device. The new Outlook.com calendar is rolling out now and will be available around the world this week.

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Webinar: Sharing calendars in Outlook

Doug Thomas — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:13:00 GMT

In a world of multiple schedules, datebooks, and timetables, Outlook can help you consolidate all of your digital calendars so you can view your entire week in one place. In this week's webinar, we'll go over ways to view and share your calendar with others. Watch the trailer or click "read more" below to view the entire webinar.

What you will learn at Tuesday's webinar

Getting two calendars on the same page
Importing an online calendar, like from...

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Details of the Hotmail / Outlook.com outage on March 12th

Arthur de Haan — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 01:15:00 GMT

Outlook.com left preview a few weeks ago, and as part of that, we shared that we'd start to upgrade the hundreds of millions of people using Hotmail to the new, modern Outlook.com experience. We had done multiple pilots during the preview period and learned a ton. Overall, the upgrade has been going very well - people have upgraded much faster than we had expected. The vast majority of people using our services have had a smooth experience during this time and are enjoying the new Outlook.com experience. That said, we had an issue yesterday and wanted to provide you with a deeper look at what happened.

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