Microsoft Office Outlook Connector Beta released!!

re: Microsoft Office Outlook Connector Beta released!!

PE — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:35:17 GMT

Is Outlook 2003 supported, or 2007 only?

re: Microsoft Office Outlook Connector Beta released!!

Jared Brown [MSFT] — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:51:15 GMT

Outlook 2003 and 2007 are both supported :)

re: Microsoft Office Outlook Connector Beta released!!

Joshua Moore — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 22:19:52 GMT

Is this essentially a light verson of OWA?

re: Microsoft Office Outlook Connector Beta released!!

Sam — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:12:30 GMT

Please some one upload this file some where like rapidshare of megaupload cause it doesn't approve OGA

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Thomas — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:59:35 GMT

Great news. Unfortunately only a few languages are available. Any plany for a german beta?

re: Microsoft Office Outlook Connector Beta released!!

Jared Brown [MSFT] — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 01:08:25 GMT

Yes a German beta is on its way!

re: Microsoft Office Outlook Connector Beta released!!

Zlavock — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:51:57 GMT

Can we used this protocol with our application ? Where can we found specifications about this new protocol Delta Sync ?

re: Microsoft Office Outlook Connector Beta released!!

Jared Brown [MSFT] — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:23:42 GMT

Delta Sync is an internal, Microsoft proprietary protocol, available for use only by Microsoft clients. At this time, we have not determined if we will make this publically available. Would you like to use Delta Sync? If so, how do you imagine you might use it?

re: Microsoft Office Outlook Connector Beta released!!

Daniel — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:10:19 GMT

Does it use an encrypted connection or does it transmit the password in plain text?

re: Microsoft Office Outlook Connector Beta released!!

Jared Brown [MSFT] — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:44:26 GMT

Passwords are not sent in plain text.

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Jared Brown [MSFT] — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:38:00 GMT

The German beta is now available, in addition to the following languages:

- Dutch

- Italian

- French

- Spanish

- Portuguese (Brazil)

That is in addition to the languages that have already been available:

- English

- Chinese Traditional

- Chinese Simplified

- Japanese

- Korean

These eleven languages are the only languages for this release.

re: Microsoft Office Outlook Connector Beta released!!

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 05:56:55 GMT

My contacts within Outlook 2003 and web-based Hotmail are different. If I install the Outlook Connector and read my Hotmail within Outlook, can I decline the import of contacts from my web Hotmail during the initial synching process?

re: Microsoft Office Outlook Connector Beta released!!

Orrin — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 06:57:17 GMT

I had Outlook configured for a local calendar, and then I installed the Outlook connector beta. Now, every meeting request I receive via my hotmail plus account is placed on my Hotmail calendar, not my original one. Can I specify which calendar I want the Hotmail connector to use, perhaps declare a primary calendar?

re: Microsoft Office Outlook Connector Beta released!!

Jamie — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:15:39 GMT

I was unable to get it to work with my Windows Live Custom Domains email account. It did, however, work with the basic Windows Live Hotmail. I tried it on XP/Outlook 2003 and Vista/Outlook 2007 with the same results. Any suggestions? It is definitely a useful tool, if I can get it to work.

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Jared Brown [MSFT] — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:51:11 GMT

I'll try to answer each of these questions :)...

First, H, the contacts from Hotmail get synchronized into a different folder so they will not pollute your existing Outlook contacts. There is no way to disable synchronization but as I mentioned they will still remain different and distinct.

Orrin, for existing items, you can copy the events from your default Outlook calendar to the connector's calendar. For the future, you can specify which account you would like to be the default account (which will set the default calendar for new appointments, etc.) in the Outlook account settings.

Jamie, the connector should work with custom domain accounts as well as default Windows Live Hotmail accounts. I'm sorry you're having trouble. Please click the 'Contact Us' item in the 'Outlook Connector' menu in Outlook so we can get you some help!

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Orrin — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:26:12 GMT

Thanks Jarod. I've made the changes to have my default client be the local one, but the calendar continues to default to my Hotmail calendar. Same is true for my Contacts. Any other suggestions? Also, I am using Office 2007 and I do not have an 'Outlook Connector' menu in Outlook to click on the help button, as you sugggested to Jamie. Are these Office 2007 issues?

re: Microsoft Office Outlook Connector Beta released!!

James — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 11:40:35 GMT

I too am having the same issue of having success using the connector with my old hotmail account but no success with my new custom domains.

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Anju Khetan [MSFT] — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 07:58:52 GMT

Jamie and James -

if you look in your detailed report (click on the exclamation mark in the server status toolbar),you can see trouble shooting information that can help you determine why you can't connect.

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James Saull — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 22:48:39 GMT

If I click on the Server Status it shows an accurate summary of my server quota (mail storage) and then shows mail, calendar & contact in a permanent state of connecting and the detailed report is pasted below:

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Outlook Connector Version 12.0.4518.1047

Account: obfuscated@mydomain.co.uk

Signed in successfully at 15/07/2007 20:44:28

Mail:

Calendar:

Contacts:

Errors :

Time: 15/07/2007 20:44:34

Error in Calendar

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