Today, the Microsoft Office Outlook Team has made the new version of the Microsoft Outlook Connector Beta available for download. That means no more “beta”.
UPDATE: You can download the final released version of the Outlook Connector here or through Windows Live Essentials at download.live.com.
With all the responses on my post announcing the beta a few months ago, I figured this announcement will be of interest. The final build number is 12.0.4518.1058. If you don’t see that build number in the About window for the Outlook Connector, then you’re not yet running the final version.
The Microsoft Office Outlook Connector lets you sync your Windows Live Hotmail account up with Outlook 2003 and 2007. Remember, in order to sync your Calendar you need to be a paid subscriber of MSN Premium, Office Live Essentials, or Office Live Premium to get that added functionality with this release. If you are not a paid subscriber of these services, you will see an error in syncing your calendar in Outlook but you will be about to sync up you email messages and contacts just fine.
Be sure to visit the Microsoft Office Outlook Team Blog and give them your feedback on the Outlook Connector.