Microsoft has just recently been promoting upcoming updates to their Hotmail solution, assuring to make it an even much better webmail service. But Microsoft’s revamped Outlook 2010 is already here. Below’s just how to integrate Hotmail with Outlook.

Outlook 2010 works with a wide array of e-mail accounts, consisting of POP3, IMAP, as well as Exchange accounts. The only problem with POP3 as well as IMAP accounts is that they only sync e-mail, but not your schedule and also calls like Exchange does. Hotmail, nonetheless, lets you sync your e-mail, calls, as well as calendar with Outlook with the Hotmail Connector. This allows you keep all of your PIM data accessible from almost everywhere. Let’s check out exactly how we can establish this up on our account.

Starting

The most convenient way to add Hotmail to Outlook is to very first set up the Outlook Hotmail Connector (web link below). Make certain Outlook is closed first, and afterwards proceed with the installation customarily.

If you enter your Hotmail account into the New Account configuration in Outlook before setting up the Hotmail Connector, Outlook will trigger you to download the Hotmail Connector. Nonetheless, you’ll need to leave Outlook before you can install the Connector, and after that will need to re-enter your info when you reboot Outlook, so it’s less complicated to simply install it first.

Include Your Hotmail Account to Outlook

Now you’re all set to include your Hotmail account to Outlook. If this is the first time you’ve run Outlook 2010, you’ll be greeted with the complying with screen. Click Next to proceed with setup.

Then pick Yes and click Next once again.

If you’ve already got an e-mail account configuration in Outlook, you can include a new account by clicking File and after that choosing Add account.

Now, enter your Hotmail account info, and click Next.

Outlook will certainly search for your account setups as well as immediately configuration your account with the Hotmail port we previously mounted.

If you entered your password improperly formerly, you might see the complying with popup. Re-enter your password as well as click OK, and Outlook will certainly re-verify your setups.

As soon as everything’s completed as well as setup, you’ll see the complying with completion display. Click Finish to finish the configuration as well as take a look at your Hotmail in Outlook.

Invite to your Hotmail account in Outlook 2010. You’ll discover a little notice at the bottom of the window alerting you that you’re linked to Windows Live Hotmail. Now your e-mail will synchronize with your Hotmail account, as well as your Outlook schedule and get in touches with will be synced with your Live schedule and get in touches with, specifically. This is the closest you can get to complete Exchange without an Exchange account, as well as in our experience it functions great. In fact, Hotmail Sync appears to work faster than IMAP sync for us.

Arrangement Hotmail With POP3 Access

If you need to access your Hotmail e-mail account however do not want to install the Outlook Connector, after that you can add it with POP3 sync. We advise opting for the Outlook Connector for the best experience, yet if you can not mount it (eg. you’re not enabled to install applications on your job computer) then this is a great alternative.

To do this, follow our tutorial on setting up a Gmail POP3 account in Outlook. Although the short article concentrates on Gmail, the settings are basically the very same. The only point you’ll want to transform is the Incoming as well as Outgoing mail web server.

Just as in the Gmail example, select TLS for the sort of encrypted link. After that, on the bottom, make certain to uncheck package to Remove messages from the server after a variety of days. By doing this your messages will certainly still be accessible from your Hotmail account online.

Verdict

Although Hotmail is typically not as preferred as Gmail, it works excellent with Outlook integration. If you’re a heavy user of Windows Live solutions, or wish to attempt them out, Outlook Connector is the simplest means to keep your desktop computer activity synced with the cloud. If you’re simply one of the numerous Hotmail individuals that intend to access their old Hotmail account alongside their various other accounts, this method functions excellent for you too.

If you’re using Outlook 2003 or 2007, take a look at our write-up on making use of Hotmail from Microsoft Outlook.

Links

Download Outlook Hotmail Connector 32-bit

Download Outlook Hotmail Connector 64-bit– note, only for users of Office 2010 x64