The all-new Outlook Social Connector connects you to the social and business networks you use, including Microsoft SharePoint, Windows Live, and other popular third-party sites, so you can get more information and stay in touch with the people in your network without leaving Outlook…..Stay up-to-the-minute with the people in your networks by accessing everything from e-mail threads to status updates in one single, centralized view.
Stay up-to-the-minute with the people in your networks by accessing everything from e-mail threads to status updates in one single, centralized view.
| Synchronize your contact data right into Outlook 2010 and obtain information about your friends and colleagues. See status updates from various networks and recently posted files—even view shared photos |
| Connect to SharePoint Server 2010 social data and receive updates from your workplace, such as newly posted or tagged documents, site activity, and more. |
| Easily track your communication history. Use the Outlook Social Connector to display a quick view of related Outlook content when you click on a contact’s name, such as recent e-mail conversations, meetings, and shared documents. |
Top 10 benefits of Outlook 2010 – using Microsoft Office professional plus…this version has the social connector…all you need is to install it
Top 10 benefits of Outlook 2010 using Business Contact Manager – using Microsoft Office professional plus
Connecting Outlook to each social network requires a provider. To get started, download and install social network provider for Outlook.
Linkedin Outlook 2010 connector, download here once you finish installing it, re-start Outlook 2010
Enjoy…!!!!
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This fails: downloading the Linkin Outlook 2010 installer and running it brings up a pop-up that says the Outlook Social Connector must be installed … which it is. The link to OSC is the out-of-date February 2010 beta.
I suspect the issue is that I’m running 64-bit Office, and the LinkedIn connector only appears to look for plug-ins in the 32-bit folder Program Files (x86)
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I can’t see the email from the contacts i have in my outlook in the social connector, only status updates from facebook….
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Hi,
Thank you for your post.ya it’s true microsoft outlook is a social connector and also you can directly send SMS using microsoft outlook 2010 and sharepoint 2010.
http://godwinsblog.cdtech.in/2010/12/send-sms-directly-from-microsoft.html