Microsoft phase-out Hotmail with Outlook.com instead

Microsoft will use the expanded version of Outlook instead of consumer network version Hotmail,outlook generally used in the enterprise. In other words, Hotmail is cooling, at least as a brand. To that end, Microsoft is ready to phase out Hotmail services and move to new Outlook brands. Microsoft has said it will turn Hotmail into a new Internet email service called Outlook.com, which has the same name as Microsoft's dominant corporate mail software Outlook.

Visit: Outlook.com

Microsoft also said the goal is to upgrade the product, Hotmail has not changed over the years, the upgraded products can be better integrated with other Microsoft services, so that users through a single point of contact with contacts through e-mail, including Facebook, Twitter, other non-Microsoft service contacts.

For Outlook.com, the biggest difference from the previous one may be that it looks more concise than Hotmail. In terms of new features, outlook.com can automatically isolate instant messaging and other junk e-mail.

Outlook.com also has a unified address book, which includes communication information for Outlook.com, Gmail, Facebook, LinkedIn, and other services. From the Address Book contact message, Outlook.com can see the latest news from a friend, it's provided by Facebook, and the latest Twitter tweet, a button that allows you to chat with a friend, which is served by Skype.

Hotmail, launched in 1996, is a free online mail service that will carry the concept of an ad mail. Microsoft acquired Hotmail in 1998, when it had 350 million active users.

The new Gmail service, with 425 million users, has become the biggest competitor. After the revision of the Homtail obviously for the gmail,gmail has some outlook.com functions. Like Gmail services, Outlook.com also integrates online file storage, the Microsoft SkyDrive Service, which stores photos or documents downloaded in email attachments.

Unlike Gmail, Microsoft Outlook.com does not display custom ads based on emails, as Google does. Outlook.com and Hotmail also offer ads. Microsoft said in the introduction: "In the Outlook.com, your personal conversations will not be used to provide advertising services." Not all mail providers do this, but we think privacy is a big deal. ”

Microsoft has provided a temporary preview version of outlook.com from Tuesday onwards. During the preview, Hotmail continues to be valid, and users can choose to enter outlook.com with their current username. Once the user does so, the mail automatically adjusts the email address to outlook.com. Microsoft says it will transfer all Hotmail users to outlook.com over time.

The change in mailbox name reflects Microsoft's determination to push outlook to consumers, including businesses. Next-generation Office software, including Outlook, Word, and Excel, will be the first product to be made available to consumers in the form of paid use. Microsoft did not disclose when to provide consumer subscription version of the product, that is, Office 365, also did not disclose the price.

Like current Hotmail, Outlook.com allows users to use the reduced version of Office for free.