{"id":1896,"date":"2011-05-12T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T21:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vm-officeblogs.cloudapp.net\/2011\/05\/12\/new-outlook-hotmail-connector-released\/"},"modified":"2022-07-25T07:50:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T14:50:20","slug":"new-outlook-hotmail-connector-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2011\/05\/12\/new-outlook-hotmail-connector-released\/","title":{"rendered":"New Outlook Hotmail Connector released"},"content":{"rendered":"
We’ve got good news for those of you who read your Windows Live Hotmail accounts in Outlook. We have released an update to the Microsoft Outlook Hotmail Connector. This update brings a number of fixes and is required to continue using Hotmail accounts in Outlook.<\/p>\n
The version number for the updated Hotmail Connector is 14.0.5139.5001. To determine which version is installed on your computer, see the end of this article.<\/p>\n
Here is an overview of changes in this update:<\/p>\n
The Outlook Hotmail Connector doesn\u2019t support the HTTPS protocol. We are actively working on the issue with our colleagues in Windows Live.<\/p>\n
Similar to previous releases, when Outlook (with the Hotmail Connector installed) is started, a prompt appears to upgrade to the latest release.<\/p>\n