
Still need help? Go to Microsoft Community. See Install Office updates to install the latest updates. Office 2010 and the 2007 Microsoft Office system

Visit the Outlook 2010 Blog for full details, including how to download and install it.Original KB number: 2972952 More information If you use Outlook Connector - or if you currently use Hotmail and Outlook separately - you should get the free upgrade to Outlook Connector 14. The Outlook Drafts folder synchronizes with the Hotmail Drafts folder. Rules can be applied to the Hotmail account in Outlook, even if that is not your Outlook primary account. The Hotmail account status appears in the Outlook status bar.


Send/receive works just as it does for your other Outlook accounts. Safe sender, blocked sender, and safe recipient lists are synchronized between Outlook and Hotmail. There are some new features in Outlook 14, though: When I do press the upgrade now button, outlook freezes and says 'upgrade in progress - your mailbox is currently being optimized as part of upgrading to Outlook 2010. There are a few bug fixes in the latest, such as better relaibility and a problem some users had syncing blank messages. In the info tab of my outlook I have a 'upgrade now' message stating I must 'upgrade to the latest version of Outlook Hotmail Connector to continue using this e-mail account'. Microsoft has skipped 13 (a trick NASA should have done long ago).

Well, our little Connector is growing up, because version 14 is now available.Īnd no, you didn't miss a version. The last time we updated you on Outlook Connector, it had just turned 12. No one likes to juggle Web mail and Outlook separately, which is what makes Microsoft's Outlook Hotmail Connector so nifty - it deftly integrates your Hotmail with any other POP, IMAP, and Exchange accounts you might keep in Outlook.
