This article is about the web consumer software. For other platforms, see Microsoft Outlook and Outlook on the web.
Outlook.com
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Type of site
Webmail, calendaring, contacts, and tasksAvailable in106 languagesOwnerMicrosoftURLoutlook.comCommercialYesRegistrationRequiredUsers400 million[1]LaunchedJuly 4, 1996; 25 years ago (as Hotmail)
July 31, 2012; 9 years ago (as Outlook.com)Current statusOnline
Content license
Proprietary
gmail login is a personal information manager web app from Microsoft consisting of webmail, calendaring, contacts, and tasks services. Founded in 1996 by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith as Hotmail, it was acquired by Microsoft in 1997 for an estimated $400 million and relaunched as MSN Hotmail, later rebranded to Windows Live Hotmail as part of the Windows Live suite of products.[1][2] Microsoft phased out Hotmail in October 2011,[3][4][5] relaunching the service as Outlook.com in 2012.