Microsoft announced Outlook for Mac included in the next version of Microsoft Office for Mac. This Web Services Edition, as they call it, will be providing performance and reliability improvements and enabling users to sync Tasks, Notes and Categories.
Obviously Outlook for Mac will replace Entourage for Mac. Some of the highlights include:

• Built on Cocoa environment which means improved performance and integration with Mac OS
• A new high-speed file-based database with support for backing up files with Time Machine and Spotlight searching
• Information Rights Management that will help you prevent sensitive information from being distributed to or read by people who do not have permission to access the content

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