Microsoft has came up with a guide on how Gmail users can easily upgrade to Outlook.com without giving up your Gmail account. Upgrading from Gmail to Outlook.com offers many advantages including:
- A fast, modern UI that shows you more of your email with less clutter
- An address book that connects to Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, so all your contacts are in one place
- Pictures from Facebook in messages from your friends, messaging that lets you chat with your friends on Facebook right from your Inbox
- Great tools to help handle newsletters, deals and more
- SkyDrive and Office built-in to make it easy to share and collaborate
You don't even have to tell people to change the way they communicate with you. You can keep your Gmail address and can get all your mail right in Outlook. Here are the five steps:
- Get an Outlook.com account
- Forward your new mail from Gmail
- Set up Outlook.com to be able to send email using your Gmail address
- Connect your address book to Gmail
- Import all your old mail
Real the complete guide here.