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 Thursday, July 24, 2008

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Calendar Sync that works

feedsynclogo Couple of months ago I wrote about how these guys can’t get Calendar Sync to work.

Well, it’s taken us a long time (cause sync is hard), but by partnering with the Outlook team we now have Mail, Contacts & Calendar sync for all Windows Live Hotmail users via Outlook Connector 12.1.

Previously calendar sync was a “premium” feature that only worked with the old MSN Calendar service. Now it’s free for everyone, like it should be!

The Calendar sync now part of the Outlook Connector will sync “all” your Windows Live Calendars in Outlook allowing you to view them side by side or overlaid. This includes any calendars you have shared or are sharing with others giving you read/write access to your calendars online and offline.

Another benefit is you get a Birthday Calendar for all your Windows Live Contacts. This is a great way to stay on top of Birthdays (in addition to fbCal for Facebook, which you can now subscribe to in Windows Live Calendar).

Read more on the Hotmail team blog.

Download the new connector here.

PS – Calendar Sync is done using FeedSync formerly known as SSE.

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Thursday, July 24, 2008 10:37:19 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
for the win!
Aditya
Thursday, July 24, 2008 10:42:17 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
Is there calendar sync from Windows Calendar to Windows Live Hotmail?
Dare Obasanjo
Thursday, July 24, 2008 10:45:08 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
Dare, not currently.
Omar Shahine
Thursday, July 24, 2008 6:11:29 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
Any idea when the Windows Live client for Windows Mobile will include calendar sync?

I love the live services with push email to my mobile phone, but unfortunately I have to still use a Google calendar with GooSync to sync my Web based calendar with my Windows mobile phone.

I use live Mail and live mail desktop for personal mail, but it seems the calendar sync is the missing key.

It's like a black eye on a pretty face I must say. :(

Jef
Saturday, July 26, 2008 8:51:48 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
This release is long awaited!

Anyone know of a good solution to getting a Windows Live calendar synced with a Windows Mobile calendar? I would imagine that's the next release of windows live for windows mobile.
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