Connect your Inbox to Facebook and Windows Live with the Outlook Social Connector

Great addition to Outlook. Everyone who has tested the connector really likes the ability to see past email, meeting, attachment history for employees with whom you are corresponding. Unfortunately the LinkedIn updates don't seem to work (authentication errors even given a correct user ID & password). I've noted that you seem to be working this issue with LinkedIn. Given the thousands of employees from my company who have LinkedIn accounts, this would be a very useful capability. Keep up the good work.

@Gastro

That was it! ;-)

I too had turned off all platform applications on Facebook because of privacy concerns. Turning it back on enabled the Outlook Social Connector to properly logon to the Facebook provider without giving the "Invalid user name or password" error.

Thanks for taking the time to share your findings with us all.

I would like to see social connector display facebook information for contacts with 2 emails.  For example, many of my work contacts use our company email for business so social connector doesn't pull the updates from their personal email address, even though it is listed on their vcard and I am friends with them on Facebook.

This is great new functionality. One question though - I understand that data from OSC is not pulled into my contacts folder. However, if in the OSC I have a picture appearing from Facebook, how can I choose to make that picture a person's contact photo?

@Gastro.   THANKS.  Your suggestion worked for me on the invalid facebook password.

invalid user/pass combo. doesn't work. what a rip.

@Matt Co:

I'm reposting Gastro's comment on a possible cause of the invalid username/password issue:

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I think I found the Problem with the "Invalid user name or password" Problem.

I had disabled the access for "all platform applications" on Facebook, because of Privacy concerns.

Go to "Account" -> "Privacy Settings" -> "Applications and Websites" (down on the left) -> Click "Edit your settings for using applications, games and websites."

On the next Page I had disabled the usage of all platform applications. After enabling the Setting I was able to successfully login with the Outlook Social Connector.

Just make sure to check the "Info accessible through your friends" Settings on the same Page if you don't want to grant other Applications on FB (like FarmVille) access to your Information because of Privacy concerns.

Hope this works for you too,

Alessio Roic

Program Manager - Microsoft Outlook

Problems with LinkedIn Social Connector.  I am runing Windows 7 64-bit, Outlook 2007.  I install the linkedin social connector and it says it has installed fine, but it just doesn't show up in the list of avaialble social networks.  What gives?

I'm still having problems with the "invalid user name or password".  I checked my Facebook settings, and I don't have "all platform applications turned off".

I don't have a firewall in the way.

Windows 7 64 bit

Office 2010 64 bit

Facebook logon works

Facebook privacy settings were set to "Recommended"

MobWars works on Facebook... ;)

Firewall isn't an issue, I tried it from two different networks, and at home, and none worked.

What else do I need to try?

@Paco Contreras Herrera

Oh, and the Xbox Live Facebook App works too.. and I've tried on a LAN, Verizon Card, and Wireless network.  No luck.

I'm using Office 2010 32-bit on Windows 7 64-bit. I add the Linkedin connector, but never see anything related to Linkedin - not even in my Manage Add-ins page. When I put the Linkein web address in the My Site page, I get the bad user or password message. I can't find anything that tells me definitely how to install this thing, so I don't know if I'm doing things right or wrong.

My Facebook setting are legit, nothing is disabled. The same thing happens for my Windows Live Messenger Username/Password in the Outlook Social Connector.

I installed Facebook plug in for Outlook 2010 x86 running on a x64 windows 7, and the plug-in refuses to accept my credentials. It just tells me that they are invalid, when I know the credentials are correct.

thanks  to you

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Really a great tool!  I would suggest that MS change the name to reach a larger market because I prefer using this at work to better organize what type of exchanges I've had with a contact (often a coworker) and with our CRM connector even better for clients as well.  

A possible bug or lack of configuration on MS's part, but when you open a contact the Social screen opens at the bottom but there's no scroll bar on the upper contact part of the screen to be able to fill out the entire contact info.  I don't know it this applies for other windows in Outlook where the Social screen also opens at the bottom (note that for an e-mail, the scroll bar is present).

I'll likely share knowledge of this with our CRM management team.