Hotmail Calendar has more than 18 million customers creating more than 1 million events per month. We're happy to announce that we've just released an update to Hotmail Calendar that addresses the most common request we get: improving the way reminders work.

Now you can:

  • Set up multiple reminders for each event and send them to your email address, mobile phone, or even to Windows Live Messenger. You can even send reminders to multiple email addresses or phone numbers, to make absolutely sure you don’t miss the event!
  • Set up different reminders for each one of your calendars. New events that you create on each calendar will get those reminders by default. (Don’t worry, you can still set different reminders for individual events.)
  • Get notified when someone else updates an event or to-do on a shared calendar.

To set up and start using your new reminders, just go to the Calendar options page.

If you haven’t tried Hotmail Calendar yet, give it a shot. It’s the best way to get reminded of your events and to keep track of what’s going on with family and friends through shared calendars. To try it, click the Calendar link in Hotmail, or go to http://calendar.live.com.

Dick Craddock, Group Program Manager, Hotmail

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