everyone. My name is Alessio Roic and I'ma Program Manager on the Outlook product team here in Redmond. Today I will cover how to connect to your Hotmail accounts in Outlook 2010. versions of Outlook, connecting to Hotmail accounts could be done using one of the following methods: an HTTP account (also known as DAV protocol) - this allows users to establish a basic connection to their Hotmail mailbox and to synchronize their Inbox only.
Installing Outlook Connector (OLC) 12.1 - the OLC provides a richer experience, as it allows viewing and updating your Hotmail Inbox, Calendar and Contacts in Outlook. To get your Hotmail and Windows Live Inbox, Calendar and Contacts in Outlook 2010 you need to install Outlook Connector 14 (OLC 14). OLC 14 is the next version of the Outlook Connector and it is currently in Technical Preview mode and is to be used with only with the Outlook 2010 Technical Preview. offers the highest level of reliability and feature richness when connecting Outlook to your Hotmail account Outlook Connector 12.1 is not compatible with Outlook 2010. However,
Windows 7 Pro X64, OLC 12.1 continues to be the recommended method for connecting Hotmail to Outlook 2003 and 2007.
As already announced to all Hotmail users, the DAV protocol will no longer be used starting September 1, 2009 and as such it is not supported in Outlook 2010. For more details, please see the related Windows Live Wire blog.
Outlook 2010 determine if you need OLC 14 and install it for you are working hard to make sure that the experience of moving to Outlook 2010 is as smooth as possible when it comes to accessing your Hotmail accounts. Outlook 2010 is able to determine when OLC 14 is needed and points you to the correct download location for the OLC 14 package. occurs in two scenarios: Upgrading to Outlook 2010 with a profile that contains at least one DAV and / or OLC 12 account If your Outlook profile already included a Hotmail account, Outlook 2010 shows a dialog to indicate that in order to continue synchronizing between Outlook and the service you need to download and install Outlook Connector 14.
Clicking on Should you choose in the main Outlook explorer if OLC 14 is needed: Should you chose not to download the OLC and dismiss the message,
Office 2010 Professional 32 Bit, Outlook offers another redirector in the BackStage - just select the Hotmail account in the account picker and the following prompt will appear: Clicking on the Upgrade Now button will automatically start the download of the OLC 14.
Adding a@hotmail.com, @ live.com or@msn.com accounts through the Add New Account dialog Should you choose to add a new account that uses the@hotmail.com, @ live.com or the@msn.com domain and OLC 14 is not installed,
Office 2010 Pro Plus 64 Bit, Outlook 2010 will prompt you to download and install it: you choose not to install the OLC 14,
Office Pro Plus 2007 Serial Key, Outlook 2010 will attempt to establish a connection to the server using the POP protocol. However this method only allows downloading your mailbox,
Office 2010 Key, while Outlook Connector also lets you view and update their Hotmail and Windows Live Inbox, Calendar and Contacts in Outlook. Roic Program Manager <div
Office 2010 Pro Plus 64 Bit Connecting to Hotmail
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