The latter type of accounts are unlikely to be used professionally these days, but you never know! However, the Evercontact service is not available for and can’t analyze Outlook for Mac, nor (former ) email accounts. Free service is available for locally installed “Classic Outlook” and we have recently released Evercontact for Office 365 / Outlook Web App. This article, with self-explanatory title “How to decide whether to use Outlook or Outlook Web App” covers all the feature differences between the three.Īnd if your company is looking to switch to Office 365, this article will help you decide: “What is Office 365 – The Grand Tour”īut there is one other consideration, that at least we think is very important, can you use Evercontact’s free auto-contact updating service with your Outlook version? We’ve found two great articles to guide you: This comes up most commonly for businesses who want to decide to switch to Office 365 or not. Now that you know (we hope!) which Outlook you are using, how can you decide if the type of Outlook you are using is the best one for you? Also sometimes called “Outlook for Office 365.”ģ And finally, is a free web based mail account, formerly known as Hotmail.Įvercontact’s Add-in for “Classic” Outlook in Action There is also Outlook available as a download for Macs.Ģ Outlook Web App (aka OWA) is the web based mail client for subscribers of Office 365 for Business and Exchange Online. You may be using Outlook 2007, 2010 or 2013, even in 2016! We will refer to this as “Classic Outlook” to avoid confusion. This is the kind of Outlook that is locally installed on your computer.

Microsoft has three different main “products” which use Outlook in the name:ġ Outlook is the mail client application of the Microsoft Office suite. The term, and accompanying logo, is used interchangeably but the systems are very different, here’s a basic breakdown: You may also be wondering if you should switch to Outlook for Office 365 or not, and (of course!) if you’ll be able to get automatic contact updates via Evercontact in whatever version of Outlook you choose.Įither way, you have come to the right place! We’ve collected the most helpful articles and advice from our Customer Success team right here.įirst, of all, what exactly is “Outlook”? Confused as to what is Outlook, whether Outlook 2010, 2013, 2007, vs Outlook in Office 365 or ? Don’t worry, you aren’t the only one 😉 And as you have probably already discovered, the same apps and add-ins don’t always work with the various “Outlooks” out there, so it is important to figure out which Outlook you are using!

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