Many people are switching over to cloud-based services.

Well show you how to import your Contacts from Outlook into your Windows Live Mail account.

It was available in both desktop and cloud app versions.

The difference between then Windows Live Mail log in interface and present Outlook Live

Microsoft discontinued the download and support for Windows Live Mail desktop and web version in 2017.

If youre a new user, you cant download and set up the desktop app anymore.

On the other hand, Microsoft migrated the Windows Live Mail domain to the Outlook Live domain email server.

How to initiate export contacts from Microsoft Outlook

When youll enter the URLmail.live.com, Microsoft DNS resolver will redirect the URL tooutlook.live.com.

Microsoft also disconnected the DeltaSync protocol support from all Windows Live Mail desktop clients.

Then, you might find it highly inconvenient to switch between mail apps to do your job.

Pick export to a file in the import export wizard

Theres an effortless way to export Outlook contacts in a CSV file format.

Once thats done, you might move over to the Windows Live Mail app for the contacts import processing.

Now you should find all the Outlook contacts also in your Windows Live Mail desktop app.

Comma separated values or CSV is the popular file system to import contacts to Windows Live Mail app

After a few seconds, the contacts should import to Windows Live Mail successfully.

This is a legacy step to import Outlook contacts into Windows Live Mail cloud app.

At present, Microsoft will redirect all traffic to the above domain to Outlook Live portal.

Choose the folder of contacts that you want to export from Outlook

FAQ

Why dont I have the option to Export in Outlook?

You will need to contact your IT department to see if there is a way to enable it.

Conclusion

Next up,how to export Outlook contacts to Excel.

Saving the exported CSV contacts for import into Windows Live Mail

Learn Import Outlook Contacts Into Windows Live Mail by exporting contacts

Find and select Contacts on Windows Live Mail app

Select Import on the ribbon and then choose CSV

Navigate to and upload the CSV file to CSV Import tool

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