Editing Microsoft Outlook (section)

=== Hotmail Connector ===
[[File:Outlook connector.png|thumb|Hotmail Connector setup screen]]
''Microsoft Outlook Hotmail Connector'' (formerly ''Microsoft Office Outlook Connector''), is a discontinued and defunct free add-in for Microsoft Outlook 2003, 2007 and 2010, intended to integrate [[Outlook.com]] (formerly Hotmail) into Microsoft Outlook. It uses DeltaSync, a proprietary Microsoft communications protocol that was formerly used by Hotmail.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/microsoft-office-outlook-hotmail-connector-overview-HA010222518.aspx|title=Microsoft Office Outlook Hotmail Connector overview|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128151603/http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/microsoft-office-outlook-hotmail-connector-overview-HA010222518.aspx|archive-date=January 28, 2013|work=[[Microsoft Office website]]}}</ref>

In version 12, access to tasks and notes and online synchronization with [[MSN Calendar]] is only available to MSN subscribers of paid premium accounts. Version 12.1, released in December 2008 as an optional upgrade, uses [[Windows Live Calendar]] instead of the former [[MSN Calendar]]. This meant that calendar features became free for all users, except for task synchronization which became unavailable. In April 2008, version 12.1 became a required upgrade to continue using the service as part of a migration from [[MSN Calendar]] to [[Windows Live Calendar]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ask.officelive.com/smallbusiness/blogs/team/archive/2009/04/02/outlook-connector-users-you-must-upgrade-to-a-new-version.aspx |title=Transition information for former Office Live Small Business customers – Manage Office 365 – Office 365 – Microsoft Office 365 Community |publisher=Ask.officelive.com |access-date=June 15, 2013 |archive-date=March 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323175849/https://products.office.com/en-us/home?ms.url=office365com&rtc=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Microsoft Outlook 2013 and its newer versions have intrinsic support for accessing Outlook.com and its calendar over the [[Exchange ActiveSync]] (EAS) protocol,<ref name="connector integrated">{{cite web|title=What's new in Outlook 2013|url=https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179110(v=office.15)|work=[[Microsoft TechNet#Library|TechNet Library]]|publisher=Microsoft|access-date=March 1, 2013|date=December 11, 2012|archive-date=September 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921041652/https://support.microsoft.com/ja-jp/office/outlook-for-microsoft-365-%E3%81%AE%E6%96%B0%E6%A9%9F%E8%83%BD-51c81e7a-de25-4a34-a7fe-bd79f8e48647?ui=ja-jp&rs=ja-jp&ad=jp|url-status=live}}</ref> while older versions of Microsoft Outlook can read and synchronize Outlook.com emails over the [[Internet Message Access Protocol|IMAP]] protocol.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Add-your-Outlook-com-account-in-Outlook-for-Windows-642c1902-bdd9-4dc3-abe7-76d60b148b23|title=Add your Outlook.com account in Outlook for Windows|website=Office Support|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|access-date=June 27, 2017|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111195500/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/add-your-outlook-com-account-in-outlook-for-windows-642c1902-bdd9-4dc3-abe7-76d60b148b23?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us|url-status=live}}</ref>