Final Microsoft Office Outlook Connector Now Available

Today, the Microsoft Office Outlook Team has made the new version of the Microsoft Outlook Connector Beta available for download. That means no more "beta".

UPDATE: You can download the final released version of the Outlook Connector here or through Windows Live Essentials at download.live.com.

With all the responses on my post announcing the beta a few months ago, I figured this announcement will be of interest. The final build number is 12.0.4518.1058. If you don't see that build number in the About window for the Outlook Connector, then you're not yet running the final version.

The Microsoft Office Outlook Connector lets you sync your Windows Live Hotmail account up with Outlook 2003 and 2007. Remember, in order to sync your Calendar you need to be a paid subscriber of MSN Premium, Office Live Essentials, or Office Live Premium to get that added functionality with this release. If you are not a paid subscriber of these services, you will see an error in syncing your calendar in Outlook but you will be about to sync up you email messages and contacts just fine.

Be sure to visit the Microsoft Office Outlook Team Blog and give them your feedback on the Outlook Connector.

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  1. Jimm98y
    Posted on: July 24, 2008 at 6:00AM  

    Hi, I have the same problem here - I'm using Outlook 2007 with Outlook Connector and the day before yesterday it worked fine, but now it only shows "Mail: Connecting, Calendar: Connecting, Contact: Connecting" and that's all - Sending and Recieving pass fine without error, but it doesn't sync my mails - does anyone know the solution?

  2. KFern
    Posted on: July 24, 2008 at 1:47PM  

    Hi,

    It seems like a bunch of us are having the same problem!

    I've been using MS Office 2007 (outlook) with outlook connector (12.0.4518.1068) for the past 6 months without any issues.

    However, all of a sudden as of last week my mail stopped synchronizing. When i check the server status, all fields indicate "Connecting" and has not changed (despite re-booting the computer, repairing OC, and uninstalling then re-installing OC).

    The following is the detailed report:

    Outlook Connector Version 12.0.4518.1068

    Account: -------@live.com

    Signed in successfully at 24/7/2008 02:26:49

    Mail:

    Calendar:

    Contacts:

    I have searched the web for solutions, but few people seem to have the same problem. Nothing in my setup has changed since it worked fine. Any suggestions?

  3. Brandon LeBlanc
    Microsoft
    Posted on: July 24, 2008 at 11:20PM  

    I am looking into the issues as to why email is not syncing for some users. Will post when I have more information.

    In the meantime, I just got done blogging about the brand new Microsoft Office Outlook Connector 12.1 Beta release with Windows Live Calendar sync. Check out my post here but rememeber it is a Beta (not a final release):

    http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/2008/07/24/new-microsoft-office-outlook-connector-beta-release-with-calendar-sync.aspx

    Thanks,

    Brandon

  4. Jimm98y
    Posted on: July 25, 2008 at 6:06AM  

    Thanks very much for your help, with this beta everything works fine for me.

  5. Gospelific
    Posted on: July 28, 2008 at 9:01PM  

    I had the "connecting" problem with the official 12.0.4518.1068 version of Connector, but when I downloaded the beta (12.1) it states that my inbox and contacts are connected, but it doesn't sync my inbox, and still fails on my calendar...

    Is there anything I'm doing wrong? (P.S. I have Vista Ultimate, Office 2007 Enterprise, and a fully paid office live account)

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