Outlook


 * __ Microsoft Outlook- __ **

 a personal information manager created by Microsoft.

**__History-__**

The current version is Microsoft Outlook 2010 for Windows and 2011 for Mac. Outlook was born as part of Microsoft Office 97. It combined e-mail, contacts, and calendaring with tasks, notes, and a journal. It was more than an e-mail client, it was a full PIM. Security improvements, interface enhancements and feature additions have been added with each new version of Microsoft Outlook. The current version is Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, but there were several versions between Outlook 97 and today. Figure 1 shows the evolution of the icons for Outlook. The major version numbers and release dates are as follows: Outlook 97 8.0 January 1997, Outlook 98 8.5 June 1998, Outlook 2000 9.0, June 1999, Outlook 2002 10.0, May 2001, Outlook 2003 11.0, October 2003, Outlook 2007 12.0 November 2006.

__ Purpose- __ Although often used mainly as an e-mail application, it also includes a calendar, task manager , contact manager , note taking , a journal and web browsing. It can be used as a stand-alone application, or can work with Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft SharePoint Server for multiple users in an organization, such as shared mailboxes and calendars, Exchange public folders, SharePoint lists and meeting schedules.

__ Comparison of Past and Present Day Devices- __

Outlook for MS-DOS, Outlook for Windows 3.1x, and Outlook for Macintosh were bundled with Exchange Server 5.5. Their dates of release are unknown and so is the version number. Outlook 97 was released January 16, 1997 and the version number is 8.0. Included in Office 97 nd also bundled with Exchange Server 5.5. Outlook 98

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