sync outlook.com & outlook desktop application

Anonymous
2012-08-08T22:13:53+00:00

i'm really loving outlook.com - jumped all in and moved everything over from gmail.

do you all have any plans to add some type of sync functionality between outlook.com and the outlook desktop application?  i manage my contacts through the outlook desktop application, and it's a bit of a pain to export contacts from outlook desktop application to a .csv, then import into outlook.com.  would sure be nice if there was a way to sync content to & from these two relatives, especially contacts & calendars.

thanks

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-08-12T03:15:17+00:00

    Outlook.com will sync with Outlook 2013 with no problem, but those of us on earlier versions can download Microsoft Office Outlook Hotmail Connector at the link below and it will allow you to sync outlook.com with desktop outlook.  I just tried it and it works!!!

    http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/microsoft-office-outlook-hotmail-connector-overview-HA010222518.aspx

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-10-20T19:44:28+00:00

    Doesn't work for me.

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-09-25T14:22:36+00:00

    Hi,

    We sincerely apologize for not being able to answer your concern in a timely manner. We are experiencing high contact volume at this time which has caused our delayed response.

    Have you tried to use the Outlook Hotmail Connector?

    To configure an outlook.com email account in Microsoft Outlook, you must first install the Outlook Hotmail Connector. Then, you must manually configure the Outlook Hotmail Connector to connect to an outlook.com email account.

    For more information, please refer to this **link**.

    Thanks!

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-09-22T05:25:26+00:00

    Outlook.com will sync with Outlook 2013 with no problem, but those of us on earlier versions can download Microsoft Office Outlook Hotmail Connector at the link below and it will allow you to sync outlook.com with desktop outlook.  I just tried it and it works!!!

    http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/microsoft-office-outlook-hotmail-connector-overview-HA010222518.aspx

     

     

    So users who dont have Outlook 2013 are stuck with the Hotmail connector?

    The hotmail connector does not sync the default Outlook data store, it only downloads a local copy of the hotmail/Outlook.com contacts, mail, & calendar to be local edit & sync.

    Will there ever be a update to hotmail connector to allow direct sync?

    Using the hotmail connector as the default data store has too many other problems.

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  5. Anonymous
    2012-09-22T03:32:52+00:00

    Hi,

    I have reviewed your issue about synchronising all the contacts from oultook desktop application to outlook.com.

    Here are some steps on how you can sync all the contacts from your outlook desktop application to outlook.com. Please follow this steps:

    1. Sign in to outlook.com
    2. Go to your contacts then look for manage.
    3. Look for import from file.It will open another window.
    4. Choose Microsoft Outlook (using CSV)
    5. Follow step 3 on the same window where you saw the option "choose microsoft outlook (using csv), then click import.

    It will import all you contacts from outlook desktop application to your outlook.com account.

    Hope this instructions will help you.

    Thanks.

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