Microsoft Office Outlook

Microsoft Outlook or Outlook (full name Microsoft Office Outlook since Outlook 2003) is a personal information manager from Microsoft, and is part of the Microsoft Office suite.

Although often used mainly as an e-mail application, it also provides a calendar, task and contact management, note taking, a journal and web browsing.

It can be used as a stand-alone application, but can also operate in conjunction with Microsoft Exchange Server to provide enhanced functions for multiple users in an organization, such as shared mailboxes and calendars, public folders and meeting time allocation.

Versions

Outlook replaced Microsoft's previous scheduling and mail program, Schedule+ and Exchange Client.

Versions of Microsoft Outlook include:
Outlook for MS-DOS     bundled with Exchange Server 5.5
Outlook for Windows 3.x     bundled with Exchange Server 5.5
Outlook for Macintosh     bundled with Exchange Server 5.5
Outlook 97 (version 8.0)     released January 16, 1997, also bundled with Exchange Server 5.5
Outlook 98 (version 8.5)     released June 21, 1998
Outlook 2000 (version 9.0)     released June 7, 1999, also bundled with Exchange 2000 Server
Outlook 2002 (version 10) included in Office XP     released May 31, 2001
Office Outlook 2003 (version 11)     released October 21, 2003, also bundled with Exchange Server 2003
Office Outlook 2007 (version 12)     released November 30, 2006