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I'm using Outlook 2013 on Windows 8.1, and I'd like to get email notifications on the Windows lock screen and Start menu just like when using the Mail app; however, it looks like Outlook is unable to display that sort of notifications.
How can I get email notifications on the Windows 8.1 lock screen and Start menu when using Outlook?
You don't import contacts into the Win8 mail client per se. To get access to them from Win8 mail, contacts must first be imported into an online account supported by the Win8 People app. Supported services include: hotmail, outlook.com, facebook, twitter, linkedin, google, and sina weibo. I already had a Windows Live ID (now called a "Microsoft account") so that's what I used. Since your pic shows a hotmail account, you also have a Microsoft account - your hotmail was automatically upgraded.Click for more info about the hotmail upgrade. Any contacts you had in hotmail should already be available to you in the Win8 mail app. Information is from my own import experience but see Microsoft info on managing Email & communication and contacts in outlook.com.
These steps will get your Outlook contacts into the People app.
In Outlook, export your contacts to a CSV file:
Import the CSV file into the People app:
For those who have a gmail account, you can use google for the sync. First follow these steps. Then see additional steps here.
Unfortunately, it seems that this feature has gone... Now there's only a poor notification, without any possible interaction. You can check this add-in, it's not beautiful, but it does the job : https://outlook2013addin.codeplex.com
Best Answer
Only Modern (or Metro, as they used to be called) apps can display notifications on the Windows 8/8.1 lock screen and Start menu, and Outlook 2013 is not one of them; thus, it can't directly display those notifications.
As a workaround, you can configure in the Mail app the same email account you are using in Outlook: Mail will then display the proper notifications when messages arrive, even if you actually use another program (Outlook) to read them.
If you are using an Exchange mailbox, Mail has full Exchange support: just add your account to the app and it will autodiscover your server settings and sync your mailbox just like Outlook does. This will also sync your calendar and contacts, thus you will also get calendar notifications.
If you are using another mail server, you'll instead have to configure it in Mail as an IMAP account.