{"id":5239,"date":"2013-02-19T13:22:36","date_gmt":"2013-02-19T07:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/?p=5239"},"modified":"2013-02-19T13:24:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-19T07:54:00","slug":"microsoft-outlook-moves-out-of-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/2013\/02\/microsoft-outlook-moves-out-of-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Outlook moves out of Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Microsoft Outlook moves out of Preview<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/57Xk4kbm0cs\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Back in July, Microsoft unveiled a brand new preview of Hotmail and rechristened it as <a href=\"https:\/\/login.live.com\/login.srf?wa=wsignin1.0&amp;ct=1361260205&amp;rver=6.1.6206.0&amp;sa=1&amp;ntprob=-1&amp;wp=MBI_SSL_SHARED&amp;wreply=https:%2F%2Fmail.live.com%2F%3Fowa%3D1%26owasuffix%3Dowa%252f&amp;id=64855&amp;snsc=1&amp;cbcxt=mail\" target=\"_blank\">Outlook.com.<\/a> Now, its finally out of preview and Microsoft is slowly upgrading all Hotmail users to the new Outlook.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/outlook.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5241\" title=\"Outlook.com\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/outlook-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Outlook.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/outlook-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/outlook.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Microsoft reports that there are over 60 million active users of Outlook.com. Microsoft is further targeting new users with its worldwide advertising campaign which will kick off in the US first. This is claimed to be the largest ever marketing campaign for a free\u00a0webmail\u00a0service. Microsoft acquired Hotmail back in 1997. Users will a Hotmail id will not be forced to switch over to an &#8220;outlook.com&#8221; address. Microsoft&#8217;s Outlook team has been prepping their back end services for this transition since the past few months. The new Outlook looks to be based on the design guidelines used in Windows 8. The interface has a clean look with sharp edges reminiscent of the tiles in Windows 8. Microsoft has released a video which gives \u00a0a quick look at the &#8220;Sweep&#8221; feature which allows you to move, delete or archive messages in bulk.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QRsojCj4Vws\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Outlook with its modern and flat interface might just be the change that users are looking for, but if it can attract Gmail users and convert them into Outlook users remains to be seen. In case you would like to migrate from <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.office.com\/b\/microsoft-outlook\/archive\/2012\/08\/09\/upgrade-from-gmail-to-outlook-com-in-5-easy-steps.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Gmail to Outlook you can follow these instructions detailed in Microsoft&#8217;s \u00a0blog.<\/a>\u00a0Outlook will allow users to integrate other social networks like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn too. Skype integration for video calling will also arrive in the near future and an updated<a title=\"Social Media Brand Quotient APP from Techdivine Creative Services\" href=\"http:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/2012\/09\/social-media-brand-quotient-app-from-techdivine-creative-services\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Android app<\/a> isn&#8217;t far off.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What do you think of Outlook.com&#8217;s design and features? Are you tempted to move from your current email service to Outlook.com? 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