Channel 9 - Entries tagged with Microsoft Outlook Microsoft http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Entries tagged with Microsoft Outlook http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/microsoft+outlook Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/microsoft+outlook en Thu, 23 May 2013 11:44:30 GMT Thu, 23 May 2013 11:44:30 GMT Rev9 11 1 25 Edge Show 52 - Automation with System Center and PowerShell At [07:35] Symon Perriman meets with Microsoft MVPs & architects Brad Bird (System Center) and Sean Kearney (PowerShell) to talk about automating datacenter management with System Center Orchestrator and PowerShell.

Brad and Sean first give an overview of System Center 2012 SP1 Orchestrator and PowerShell and explain the importance of automation in the datacenter to reduce human error, free resources, and ensure a consistent service experience. They then talk about how Orchestrator can be extended by 3rd party Integration Packs (such as VMware) and how custom IP can be created. Next they talk about PowerShell extensibility and how it enables automation of any hardware component with a programmatic interface.

At [13:45] the team takes a look at an Orchestrator demo which shows integration between PowerShell, System Center Service Manager, Active Directory, and Outlook to onboard a new user in the company. In this scenario an administrator can send an email to the IT department with an XML attachment which gets parsed by PowerShell, then the user's information gets added to AD and a record is created in Service Manager. This workflow also shows variables and conditional statements as well as the Orchestrator databus, which allows one runbook to invoke and pass data to other workflows.

 

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Edge/Edge-Show-52-Automation-with-System-Center-and-Powershell At [07:35] Symon Perriman meets with Microsoft MVPs & architects Brad Bird (System Center) and Sean Kearney (PowerShell) to talk about automating datacenter management with System Center Orchestrator and PowerShell. Brad and Sean first give an overview of System Center 2012 SP1 Orchestrator and PowerShell and explain the importance of automation in the datacenter to reduce human error, free resources, and ensure a consistent service experience. They then talk about how Orchestrator can be extended by 3rd party Integration Packs (such as VMware) and how custom IP can be created. Next they talk about PowerShell extensibility and how it enables automation of any hardware component with a programmatic interface. At [13:45] the team takes a look at an Orchestrator demo which shows integration between PowerShell, System Center Service Manager, Active Directory, and Outlook to onboard a new user in the company. In this scenario an administrator can send an email to the IT department with an XML attachment which gets parsed by PowerShell, then the user's information gets added to AD and a record is created in Service Manager. This workflow also shows variables and conditional statements as well as the Orchestrator databus, which allows one runbook to invoke and pass data to other workflows.   News: [00:15] The Outlook team announces the global consumer launch of Outlook.com, which already has over 60 million users: http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-outlook/archive/2013/02/18/outlook-com-leaves-preview-as-fastest-growing-email-service.aspx      [01:30] The free Microsoft iSCSI Target has been updated—download it today to get an easy-to-use SAN: http://aka.ms/iSCSITarget      [01:50] Check out the "Future of Communication" from this week's Lync conference, including Skype & Lync      integration: http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2013/02/19/re-humanizing-communicatio 1816 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Edge/Edge-Show-52-Automation-with-System-Center-and-Powershell Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:14:40 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Edge/Edge-Show-52-Automation-with-System-Center-and-Powershell Symon Perriman Symon Perriman 2 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Edge/Edge-Show-52-Automation-with-System-Center-and-Powershell/RSS Active Directory MVP Outlook PowerShell Skype Storage Windows PowerShell Microsoft Outlook Lync System Center Service Manager System Center 2012 VMWare System Center Orchestrator Windows Server 2012 Xobni Lets Developers Port Gadgets to Outlook Xobni is doing something interesting with regards to their developer platform: they’re letting developers who create gadgets for Gmail’s new Gadget Platform to port those same gadgets over to Microsoft Outlook. “Deploy Once. Deploy Twice. Nice,” reads the Xobni website where details about the new program are unveiled.

What this means is that developers can build applications that run inside Outlook without having to build an entire Outlook plugin. Instead, the developers can “piggyback” their gadgets on top of Xobni’s plugin, explains TechCrunch in a recent blog post.

Contextual gadgets appear when a current email address matches certain criteria, says Xobni. Like a flight check-in gadget could run when a user views an email with a travel itinerary.

Since Outloook reaches some 600 million users, it’s not a program email gadget makers want to ignore. Interested developers can sign up here to get started using Xobni’s new Developer Preview.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Xobni-Lets-Developers-Port-Gadgets-to-Outlook Xobni is doing something interesting with regards to their developer platform: they’re letting developers who create gadgets for Gmail’s new Gadget Platform to port those same gadgets over to Microsoft Outlook. “Deploy Once. Deploy Twice. Nice,” reads the Xobni website where details about the new program are unveiled. What this means is that developers can build applications that run inside Outlook without having to build an entire Outlook plugin. Instead, the developers can “piggyback” their gadgets on top of Xobni’s plugin, explains TechCrunch in a recent blog post. Contextual gadgets appear when a current email address matches certain criteria, says Xobni. Like a flight check-in gadget could run when a user views an email with a travel itinerary. Since Outloook reaches some 600 million users, it’s not a program email gadget makers want to ignore. Interested developers can sign up here to get started using Xobni’s new Developer Preview. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Xobni-Lets-Developers-Port-Gadgets-to-Outlook Thu, 20 May 2010 15:16:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Xobni-Lets-Developers-Port-Gadgets-to-Outlook Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Xobni-Lets-Developers-Port-Gadgets-to-Outlook/RSS gadget Gadgets Outlook xobni Microsoft Outlook Get the Outlook Hotmail Connector Beta The Outlook Team has announced the general availability of the next release of the Microsoft Outlook Hotmail Connector. The latest version (14.0), still in beta, is designed to be compatible with the upcoming release of Outlook 2010. If you’re already running the Outlook 2010 Beta, you’ll also want to grab the new Connector beta for the best compatibility as well as to gain access to several new features.

As always, the Connector allows you to access and manage your Windows Live Hotmail email, calendar, and contacts from within Outlook. Additionally, the new version includes the following features:

  • Junk filter settings Your Safe Sender List/Blocked sender list/Safe Recipient lists are synchronized between Outlook and Hotmail.
  • Integrated Send/Receive Send/receive works like your other Outlook accounts.
  • Integrated connection status Your Hotmail account status appears in the Outlook status bar.
  • Rule support for secondary accounts Rules work with the Hotmail account in Outlook even if it’s not your primary account.

If you have Outlook 2010 Beta installed and have a Hotmail account in your profile, you’ll be prompted to upgrade. If you need to install the Connector manually, you can grab the download from the links below:

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Get-the-Outlook-Hotmail-Connector-Beta The Outlook Team has announced the general availability of the next release of the Microsoft Outlook Hotmail Connector. The latest version (14.0), still in beta, is designed to be compatible with the upcoming release of Outlook 2010. If you’re already running the Outlook 2010 Beta, you’ll also want to grab the new Connector beta for the best compatibility as well as to gain access to several new features. As always, the Connector allows you to access and manage your Windows Live Hotmail email, calendar, and contacts from within Outlook. Additionally, the new version includes the following features: Junk filter settings Your Safe Sender List/Blocked sender list/Safe Recipient lists are synchronized between Outlook and Hotmail. Integrated Send/Receive Send/receive works like your other Outlook accounts. Integrated connection status Your Hotmail account status appears in the Outlook status bar. Rule support for secondary accounts Rules work with the Hotmail account in Outlook even if it’s not your primary account. If you have Outlook 2010 Beta installed and have a Hotmail account in your profile, you’ll be prompted to upgrade. If you need to install the Connector manually, you can grab the download from the links below: Outlook Hotmail Connector 14.0 for Outlook 2003, 2007 and 2010 32-bitOutlook Hotmail Connector 14.0 for Outlook 2010 64-bit http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Get-the-Outlook-Hotmail-Connector-Beta Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:07:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Get-the-Outlook-Hotmail-Connector-Beta Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Get-the-Outlook-Hotmail-Connector-Beta/RSS Outlook Microsoft Outlook Outlook Connector Nubli: A New Plugin for a Smarter Inbox Nubli is a new plugin for Microsoft Outlook which just launched at the recent DEMOfall 09 conference held in San Diego last week. According to the company, the plugin uses machine learning to rank inbox conversations by priority. To do so, the software looks at your past email behavior to determine which subjects and email contacts are most important to you. You can also customize this information further, training Nubli about your priorities just like the way you would train a personal assistant. 

Via the Nubli toolbar, you’re provided with a handful of “quick action” buttons which let you take some sort of action with the email in question. You can adjust the email or contact priority, archive the email if nothing needs to be done with it, flag it for follow up, or set a reminder to deal with the email later. Of course, you can still reply or forward the email instead.

From the integrated Nubli dashboard, you can track all of the email processing you’ve done so far to see which items need follow up as well as a list of unread emails sorted by priority.

In addition, Nubli also uses an intelligent tagging system which automatically assigns tags or labels to new email conversations. Initially, you have to train the system by tagging items yourself but after some time, Nubli figures out what tags should be used and assigns them for you. This saves a lot of time for users who can then use the tags to search for both emails and attachments.

If you want to give Nubli a try, you can download the plugin for either Outlook 2003 or 2007 from the Nubli homepage.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Nubli-A-New-Plugin-for-a-Smarter-Inbox Nubli is a new plugin for Microsoft Outlook which just launched at the recent DEMOfall 09 conference held in San Diego last week. According to the company, the plugin uses machine learning to rank inbox conversations by priority. To do so, the software looks at your past email behavior to determine which subjects and email contacts are most important to you. You can also customize this information further, training Nubli about your priorities just like the way you would train a personal assistant.  Via the Nubli toolbar, you’re provided with a handful of “quick action” buttons which let you take some sort of action with the email in question. You can adjust the email or contact priority, archive the email if nothing needs to be done with it, flag it for follow up, or set a reminder to deal with the email later. Of course, you can still reply or forward the email instead. From the integrated Nubli dashboard, you can track all of the email processing you’ve done so far to see which items need follow up as well as a list of unread emails sorted by priority. In addition, Nubli also uses an intelligent tagging system which automatically assigns tags or labels to new email conversations. Initially, you have to train the system by tagging items yourself but after some time, Nubli figures out what tags should be used and assigns them for you. This saves a lot of time for users who can then use the tags to search for both emails and attachments. If you want to give Nubli a try, you can download the plugin for either Outlook 2003 or 2007 from the Nubli homepage. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Nubli-A-New-Plugin-for-a-Smarter-Inbox Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:37:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Nubli-A-New-Plugin-for-a-Smarter-Inbox Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Nubli-A-New-Plugin-for-a-Smarter-Inbox/RSS Email Outlook plugin Outlook 2007 Plugins Plug-in email overload Microsoft Outlook email prioritizer Xobni Brings Twitter to Your Outlook Inbox Xobni, the internet startup that made its initial debut last year, adds a social layer to your Outlook inbox by integrating profile information about your email contacts into an Outlook sidebar. This includes data pulled from LinkedIn, Facebook, Hoover’s, Skype, and Yahoo! Mail. But the software doesn’t just tap into the hidden social network of your inbox, it offers a lot more too, like an advanced search feature, an attachment finder, threaded conversations, and email analytics.

Now you can add Twitter to the list of Xobni features. In the latest version of the Xobni plugin, you're able to see the most recent tweets from the person whose email you’re reading. The plugin acts as a mini Twitter client as well, allowing you to reply directly to users, tweet, retweet, follow/unfollow, and view Twitter profiles all from within the Xobni sidebar.

Although you can manually enter in the Twitter name of the email contact you’re viewing, Xobni will attempt to locate the person’s Twitter account automatically. To do so, it performs a search for possible matches based on their name and you can choose the right one from the list provided. 

In order to access the update, existing Xobni users must download the latest version of the Xobni plugin.

Other improvements available in the update include numerous bug fixes, tweaks, and speed improvements. The latest version now officially supports Windows 7, too.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Xobni-Brings-Twitter-to-Your-Outlook-Inbox Xobni, the internet startup that made its initial debut last year, adds a social layer to your Outlook inbox by integrating profile information about your email contacts into an Outlook sidebar. This includes data pulled from LinkedIn, Facebook, Hoover’s, Skype, and Yahoo! Mail. But the software doesn’t just tap into the hidden social network of your inbox, it offers a lot more too, like an advanced search feature, an attachment finder, threaded conversations, and email analytics. Now you can add Twitter to the list of Xobni features. In the latest version of the Xobni plugin, you're able to see the most recent tweets from the person whose email you’re reading. The plugin acts as a mini Twitter client as well, allowing you to reply directly to users, tweet, retweet, follow/unfollow, and view Twitter profiles all from within the Xobni sidebar. Although you can manually enter in the Twitter name of the email contact you’re viewing, Xobni will attempt to locate the person’s Twitter account automatically. To do so, it performs a search for possible matches based on their name and you can choose the right one from the list provided.  In order to access the update, existing Xobni users must download the latest version of the Xobni plugin. Other improvements available in the update include numerous bug fixes, tweaks, and speed improvements. The latest version now officially supports Windows 7, too. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Xobni-Brings-Twitter-to-Your-Outlook-Inbox Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:23:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Xobni-Brings-Twitter-to-Your-Outlook-Inbox Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Xobni-Brings-Twitter-to-Your-Outlook-Inbox/RSS Outlook xobni plugin Plugins Plug-in Microsoft Outlook Email Entire Folders in Outlook with New YouSendIt Plugin The online service YouSendIt is a popular destination for sharing large files over the web. They also offer an Outlook plugin and a newer Microsoft Office plugin which integrates the YouSendIt service into all the Office programs. This type of service is useful since the majority of email servers and services have limits on the size of files which can be attached to a message as well as limits on the size of incoming messages which can be received. But as any business user knows, sharing files – often multiple, large files – is a part of their everyday work life. (Though Mesh is a great option for this too.)

Recently, the YouSendIt announced a new feature for the Outlook plugin that makes file sharing via email even easier than before. With their latest Outlook plugin, you now have the ability to send entire folders via email with just one click. These folders can be as large as 2 gigabytes in size, too! You’re also able to configure Outlook to automatically send files over a certain size via YouSendIt or you can have it prompt you instead.

According to a June 2009 study from Osterman Research, the average worker sends and receives 44,700 e-mails per year, 29 percent of which have file attachments.  Of those attachments, 45 percent are larger than 10 MB, so there’s a clear use case for implementing YouSendIt in a business environment.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Email-Entire-Folders-in-Outlook-with-New-YouSendIt-Plugin The online service YouSendIt is a popular destination for sharing large files over the web. They also offer an Outlook plugin and a newer Microsoft Office plugin which integrates the YouSendIt service into all the Office programs. This type of service is useful since the majority of email servers and services have limits on the size of files which can be attached to a message as well as limits on the size of incoming messages which can be received. But as any business user knows, sharing files – often multiple, large files – is a part of their everyday work life. (Though Mesh is a great option for this too.) Recently, the YouSendIt announced a new feature for the Outlook plugin that makes file sharing via email even easier than before. With their latest Outlook plugin, you now have the ability to send entire folders via email with just one click. These folders can be as large as 2 gigabytes in size, too! You’re also able to configure Outlook to automatically send files over a certain size via YouSendIt or you can have it prompt you instead. According to a June 2009 study from Osterman Research, the average worker sends and receives 44,700 e-mails per year, 29 percent of which have file attachments.  Of those attachments, 45 percent are larger than 10 MB, so there’s a clear use case for implementing YouSendIt in a business environment. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Email-Entire-Folders-in-Outlook-with-New-YouSendIt-Plugin Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:38:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Email-Entire-Folders-in-Outlook-with-New-YouSendIt-Plugin Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Email-Entire-Folders-in-Outlook-with-New-YouSendIt-Plugin/RSS Outlook plugin Plugins files Plug-in Microsoft Outlook See the Sender's Time Zone in Outlook If you do a lot of emailing with long-distance friends and colleagues, there’s an Outlook plugin that you’ll probably want to grab: Sender’s Time Zone. Like it sounds, this plugin will display the time zone of the email sender right next to the standard Outlook timestamp. It also calculates the difference from your time zone and the time since the message was sent, too. Handy!  There’s nothing to configure to get it working, you simply install the plugin and that’s it.

Sender’s Time Zone is available as a free download and works in Outlook 2000, XP (2002), 2003, and 2007.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/See-the-Senders-Time-Zone-in-Outlook If you do a lot of emailing with long-distance friends and colleagues, there’s an Outlook plugin that you’ll probably want to grab: Sender’s Time Zone. Like it sounds, this plugin will display the time zone of the email sender right next to the standard Outlook timestamp. It also calculates the difference from your time zone and the time since the message was sent, too. Handy!  There’s nothing to configure to get it working, you simply install the plugin and that’s it. Sender’s Time Zone is available as a free download and works in Outlook 2000, XP (2002), 2003, and 2007. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/See-the-Senders-Time-Zone-in-Outlook Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:29:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/See-the-Senders-Time-Zone-in-Outlook Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/See-the-Senders-Time-Zone-in-Outlook/RSS Outlook plugin Outlook 2007 Plugins Plug-in Microsoft Outlook Get the New Microsoft Office Outlook Connector After two betas, the Microsoft Office Outlook Connector 12.1 has now been made available in its final format. With this free add-in, you can integrate your Windows Live Hotmail and Windows Live Calendar directly within Outlook. In this new release, the connector has been improved so that syncing your contacts and email is "faster and more robust," says Alessio Roic, Outlook Program Manager, on their team blog.

If you use the new Windows Live Calendar service, you’ll be happy to know that the Connector will also sync your calendars to Outlook – even if you have more than one. And if you are a member of any shared Windows Live Calendars, those can be synced, too.

However, please note that the new Connector (12.1) replaces the old Connector (12.0) which synchronized with the MSN Calendaring service (a MSN Premium service). If you choose to replace that earlier version of the connector, Outlook will no longer synchronize with MSN Calendar and all the data will need to be moved over to the free Windows Live Calendar instead. (I love it when paid services are replaced with free ones – how about you?)

For anyone who wants to move off the premium service to the new free service, you will first need to migrate your data. The Outlook blog details exactly what needs to be done. 

Then, when you’re ready, you can install the Outlook Connector 12.1 from here.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Get-the-New-Microsoft-Office-Outlook-Connector After two betas, the Microsoft Office Outlook Connector 12.1 has now been made available in its final format. With this free add-in, you can integrate your Windows Live Hotmail and Windows Live Calendar directly within Outlook. In this new release, the connector has been improved so that syncing your contacts and email is "faster and more robust," says Alessio Roic, Outlook Program Manager, on their team blog. If you use the new Windows Live Calendar service, you’ll be happy to know that the Connector will also sync your calendars to Outlook – even if you have more than one. And if you are a member of any shared Windows Live Calendars, those can be synced, too. However, please note that the new Connector (12.1) replaces the old Connector (12.0) which synchronized with the MSN Calendaring service (a MSN Premium service). If you choose to replace that earlier version of the connector, Outlook will no longer synchronize with MSN Calendar and all the data will need to be moved over to the free Windows Live Calendar instead. (I love it when paid services are replaced with free ones – how about you?) For anyone who wants to move off the premium service to the new free service, you will first need to migrate your data. The Outlook blog details exactly what needs to be done.  Then, when you’re ready, you can install the Outlook Connector 12.1 from here. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Get-the-New-Microsoft-Office-Outlook-Connector Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:23:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Get-the-New-Microsoft-Office-Outlook-Connector Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Get-the-New-Microsoft-Office-Outlook-Connector/RSS Outlook Windows Live Hotmail Windows Live Calendar Microsoft Outlook Outlook Connector YouSendIt Now Integrates With Microsoft Office Although many of today’s email programs allow for large attachments, you never know if the person on the receiving end is using an email program that can receive them. This is especially true if you’re trying to send a file to a corporate email account, as most email admins put limits on attachment sizes that can be both sent and received. If you’re unsure, you’re better off simply using an online service to send the large file instead of trying to email it yourself…especially if the file is time-sensitive.

The online service YouSendIt is a favorite for sending large files over the internet. The service offers three versions: a free personal account that allows sending of files up to 2 GB, plus Business and Corporate accounts that offer additional file security, tracking, and deployment tools.

Today, YouSendIt offers a variety of plugins that integrate with the applications you use everyday, including Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Office. With these plugins installed, you can seamlessly send files from within the program itself, without having to go online and browse to the yousendit.com web site.

The Outlook plugin has been around for awhile now, having made its debut back in March 2008. Since then, the plugin has been downloaded 261,209 times. IT admins love the plugin because it deploys easily, reduces strain on email servers, and users tend to adopt it right away with little training required.

The Outlook plugin offers a resumable upload feature that handles network interruptions – so even if you’re on a flaky Wi-Fi connection, a timeout won’t mean you have to start all over – your upload will just continue where it left off.

The YouSendIt Microsoft Office plugin is new. This plugin also handles network interruptions while offering 25% faster uploads than the web application. It even lets you add additional files and folders to one upload batch to save you time when you need to send multiple files. The plugin includes all standard YouSendIt features like password protection, certified delivery, and file expiration control, too.

addin_sc

YouSendIt AddIn In Office 2007

Once installed, the plugin provides a new option from the “Send” menu of Microsoft Office - “Send by YouSendIt.”

Registered YouSendIt users can download this plugin for free from here.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/YouSendIt-Now-Integrates-With-Microsoft-Office Although many of today’s email programs allow for large attachments, you never know if the person on the receiving end is using an email program that can receive them. This is especially true if you’re trying to send a file to a corporate email account, as most email admins put limits on attachment sizes that can be both sent and received. If you’re unsure, you’re better off simply using an online service to send the large file instead of trying to email it yourself…especially if the file is time-sensitive. The online service YouSendIt is a favorite for sending large files over the internet. The service offers three versions: a free personal account that allows sending of files up to 2 GB, plus Business and Corporate accounts that offer additional file security, tracking, and deployment tools. Today, YouSendIt offers a variety of plugins that integrate with the applications you use everyday, including Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Office. With these plugins installed, you can seamlessly send files from within the program itself, without having to go online and browse to the yousendit.com web site. The Outlook plugin has been around for awhile now, having made its debut back in March 2008. Since then, the plugin has been downloaded 261,209 times. IT admins love the plugin because it deploys easily, reduces strain on email servers, and users tend to adopt it right away with little training required. The Outlook plugin offers a resumable upload feature that handles network interruptions – so even if you’re on a flaky Wi-Fi connection, a timeout won’t mean you have to start all over – your upload will just continue where it left off. The YouSendIt Microsoft Office plugin is new. This plugin also handles network interruptions while offering 25% faster uploads than the web application. It even lets you add additional files and folders to one upload batch to save you time when you need to send multiple files. The plugin includes all standard YouSendIt features like http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/YouSendIt-Now-Integrates-With-Microsoft-Office Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:38:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/YouSendIt-Now-Integrates-With-Microsoft-Office Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/YouSendIt-Now-Integrates-With-Microsoft-Office/RSS Email Microsoft Office Office Outlook plugin add-in's Plugins files Plug-in Microsoft Outlook add-in Three Flickr Plugins You’ll Love Flickr4Writer, Flickr4Outlook, and Flickr4Word. I had mentioned the Flickr4Writer plugin before when I blogged about some of my favorite plugins for Windows Live Writer - it helps you to insert flickr photos into your blog posts. However, thanks to gHacks, I learned that there are also similar plugins for both Word and Outlook. Like the WLW plugin, they give you easy access to your flickr photos from directly within the application. You can also use the built-in search feature to find photos from other flickr users that match the tags you enter in the search box. The Outlook and Word plugins only support Office 2007 installations (Word 2007, Outlook 2007). All of the plugins are available from their respective sites (linked above) as free downloads. Hey, does this count as software+services? I think it might! ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Three-Flickr-Plugins-Yoursquoll-Love If you’re a flickr user, there are three plugins that you need to know about: Flickr4Writer, Flickr4Outlook, and Flickr4Word. I had mentioned the Flickr4Writer plugin before when I blogged about some of my favorite plugins for Windows Live Writer - it helps you to insert flickr photos into your blog posts. However, thanks to gHacks, I learned that there are also similar plugins for both Word and Outlook. Like the WLW plugin, they give you easy access to your flickr photos from directly within the application. You can also use the built-in search feature to find photos from other flickr users that match the tags you enter in the search box. The Outlook and Word plugins only support Office 2007 installations (Word 2007, Outlook 2007). All of the plugins are available from their respective sites (linked above) as free downloads. Hey, does this count as software+services? I think it might! http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Three-Flickr-Plugins-Yoursquoll-Love Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:11:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Three-Flickr-Plugins-Yoursquoll-Love Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Three-Flickr-Plugins-Yoursquoll-Love/RSS Microsoft Office Outlook Windows Live Writer Word Microsoft Word WLW Outlook 2007 Plugins WLW Plugins Plug-in Microsoft Outlook Outlook Connector Version 12.1 Beta Released Microsoft Office Outlook Team have just announced a new beta version of the Outlook Connector - the add-in that lets you sync your Windows Live Hotmail data in Outlook. In the past, email and contacts syncing was available for free, but syncing your calendar was only available with a subscription service. No more! Calendar sync is free! Not only that, but the calendar syncing service now also syncs with the Windows Live Calendar Beta service, too! That means you can sync your work calendar in Outlook to your personal calendar in Hotmail to your family calendar in Windows Live Calendar and vice versa. And since Windows Live Calendar supports calendar sharing, other shared calendars that you have access to will also sync back to Outlook. The new Outlook connector is faster, more reliable, and, as always, free. You can download it from here. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Outlook-Connector-Version-121-Beta-Released The Microsoft Office Outlook Team have just announced a new beta version of the Outlook Connector - the add-in that lets you sync your Windows Live Hotmail data in Outlook. In the past, email and contacts syncing was available for free, but syncing your calendar was only available with a subscription service. No more! Calendar sync is free! Not only that, but the calendar syncing service now also syncs with the Windows Live Calendar Beta service, too! That means you can sync your work calendar in Outlook to your personal calendar in Hotmail to your family calendar in Windows Live Calendar and vice versa. And since Windows Live Calendar supports calendar sharing, other shared calendars that you have access to will also sync back to Outlook. The new Outlook connector is faster, more reliable, and, as always, free. You can download it from here. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Outlook-Connector-Version-121-Beta-Released Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:52:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Outlook-Connector-Version-121-Beta-Released Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Outlook-Connector-Version-121-Beta-Released/RSS calendar Email Hotmail Outlook Windows Live Sync Windows Live Hotmail Windows Live Calendar Synchronization Microsoft Outlook Outlook Connector