<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Entourage	I-Application
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
e-mail	B-Protocol
client	I-Protocol
and	O
personal	B-Application
information	I-Application
manager	I-Application
that	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
for	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
8.5	O
and	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
first	O
released	O
Entourage	O
in	O
October	O
2000	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Office	I-Operating_System
2001	I-Operating_System
office	O
suite	O
;	O
Office	B-Application
98	I-Application
,	O
the	O
previous	O
version	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
for	O
the	O
classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
included	O
Outlook	B-Application
Express	I-Application
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
version	O
was	O
Entourage	O
:	O
Mac	O
2008	O
,	O
part	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Office	I-Operating_System
2008	I-Operating_System
for	I-Operating_System
Mac	I-Operating_System
,	O
released	O
on	O
January	O
15	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Entourage	O
was	O
replaced	O
by	O
Outlook	B-Application
for	I-Application
Macintosh	I-Application
in	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Office	I-Operating_System
for	I-Operating_System
Mac	I-Operating_System
2011	I-Operating_System
,	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
26	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Entourage	O
provided	O
email	O
,	O
calendar	B-Application
,	O
address	B-Operating_System
book	I-Operating_System
,	O
task	O
list	O
,	O
note	O
list	O
,	O
and	O
project	O
manager	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Entourage	O
supported	O
retrieving	O
email	O
using	O
POP	B-Protocol
,	O
IMAP	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
(	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Exchange	I-Operating_System
servers	I-Operating_System
)	O
WebDAV	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Entourage	B-Application
2008	I-Application
featured	O
a	O
new	O
"	O
My	O
Day	O
"	O
utility	O
,	O
which	O
assists	O
in	O
organizing	O
one	O
's	O
day	O
,	O
and	O
cites	O
(	O
in	O
the	O
welcome	O
message	O
)	O
improvements	O
to	O
search	O
speed	O
,	O
"	O
to	O
do	O
"	O
flags	O
,	O
improved	O
junk	O
mail	O
and	O
phishing	O
protection	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
quick	O
navigation	O
via	O
favorites	O
and	O
customizable	O
toolbars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Entourage	O
supported	O
some	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
technologies	O
,	O
like	O
the	O
Spotlight	B-Application
search	O
engine	O
and	O
AppleScript	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
monolithic	O
database	O
made	O
it	O
difficult	O
to	O
back	O
up	O
incrementally	O
with	O
Time	O
Machine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Entourage	O
also	O
maintained	O
a	O
separate	O
address	B-Operating_System
book	I-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
allowed	O
synchronization	O
of	O
contacts	O
and	O
calendar	B-Application
events	O
through	O
Sync	O
Services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
other	O
applications	O
in	O
the	O
Mac	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
suite	I-Application
,	O
Entourage	O
did	O
not	O
share	O
a	O
name	O
with	O
its	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
counterpart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Entourage	O
had	O
its	O
origins	O
in	O
Outlook	B-Application
Express	I-Application
5	O
on	O
the	O
Mac	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Claris	B-Operating_System
Emailer	I-Operating_System
and	O
contained	O
"	O
no	O
ported	O
code	O
,	O
and	O
no	O
Office	O
code	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nevertheless	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
has	O
positioned	O
Entourage	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
similar	O
"	O
product	O
for	O
Macintosh	O
customers	O
on	O
Exchange	B-Operating_System
servers	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Entourage	O
had	O
included	O
support	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Exchange	I-Operating_System
servers	I-Operating_System
since	O
August	O
4	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
Exchange	O
Update	O
for	O
Entourage	O
X	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
early	O
release	O
required	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
IMAP	B-Protocol
for	O
mail	O
connectivity	O
and	O
WebDAV	B-Protocol
for	O
address	O
and	O
calendar	B-Application
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Subsequent	O
versions	O
have	O
dropped	O
the	O
requirement	O
for	O
IMAP	B-Protocol
and	O
rely	O
solely	O
on	O
WebDAV	B-Protocol
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
full	O
parity	O
with	O
Outlook	O
as	O
an	O
Exchange	O
client	O
was	O
never	O
available	O
in	O
Entourage	B-Application
2008	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Synchronization	O
of	O
tasks	O
and	O
notes	O
with	O
an	O
Exchange	B-Operating_System
server	I-Operating_System
was	O
not	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
claimed	O
to	O
have	O
prioritized	O
"	O
reliability	O
"	O
over	O
expanded	O
Exchange	O
support	O
in	O
Entourage	B-Application
2008	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
not	O
possible	O
to	O
create	O
or	O
manage	O
server	O
side	O
rules	O
on	O
the	O
Exchange	B-Operating_System
server	I-Operating_System
,	O
so	O
filtering	O
only	O
worked	O
when	O
the	O
Entourage	O
application	O
was	O
running	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Entourage	O
could	O
not	O
natively	O
read	O
Outlook	B-Operating_System
Personal	I-Operating_System
Folder	I-Operating_System
files	I-Operating_System
and	O
could	O
not	O
read	O
Outlook	O
archived	O
emails	O
without	O
first	O
re-importing	O
them	O
back	O
into	O
the	O
main	O
Windows	O
Outlook	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Microsoft	O
had	O
released	O
a	O
PST	O
Import	O
Tool	O
for	O
Entourage	O
,	O
this	O
did	O
not	O
directly	O
solve	O
the	O
problem	O
of	O
exporting	O
data	O
from	O
Windows	O
to	O
Mac	O
,	O
because	O
this	O
utility	O
could	O
only	O
import	O
PST	B-Operating_System
files	I-Operating_System
from	O
Outlook	O
2001	O
for	O
the	O
Mac	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
could	O
import	O
a	O
Windows	O
Outlook	B-Application
2000	I-Application
compatible	O
PST	O
to	O
Mac	O
Outlook	O
2001	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
use	O
the	O
utility	O
to	O
import	O
into	O
Entourage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Outlook	O
for	O
Office	B-Operating_System
2011	I-Operating_System
for	O
Intel	O
Macs	O
,	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
import	O
Outlook	O
.pst	B-Operating_System
files	O
from	O
Windows	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
data	O
will	O
be	O
stored	O
as	O
many	O
individual	O
files	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
in	O
a	O
single	O
database	O
such	O
as	O
.pst	B-Operating_System
or	O
the	O
Entourage	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macworld	O
indicates	O
that	O
Windows	O
Outlook	O
messages	O
can	O
be	O
transferred	O
to	O
Apple	O
Mail	O
or	O
Entourage	O
by	O
using	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Thunderbird	I-Application
as	O
an	O
intermediate	O
agent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thunderbird	B-Application
on	O
Windows	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
import	O
the	O
mail	O
from	O
Outlook	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Then	O
the	O
converted	O
mail	O
file	O
is	O
moved	O
from	O
the	O
Windows	O
Thunderbird	B-Application
directory	O
to	O
the	O
Mac	O
and	O
the	O
import	O
feature	O
is	O
used	O
on	O
Mac	O
Mail	O
or	O
Entourage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
message	O
attachments	O
will	O
be	O
lost	O
in	O
the	O
conversion	O
to	O
Thunderbird	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commercial	B-Application
third-party	O
software	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
alternative	O
solutions	O
include	O
synchronizing	O
:	O
to	O
an	O
iPod	O
Touch	O
or	O
iPhone	O
through	O
iTunes	O
;	O
using	O
Apple	O
MobileMe	O
service	O
;	O
using	O
an	O
IMAP-enabled	O
email	O
provider	O
;	O
using	O
a	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Exchange	I-Operating_System
server	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Entourage	B-Application
2008	I-Application
Web	O
Services	O
Edition	O
,	O
separate	O
download	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Entourage	O
was	O
replaced	O
by	O
Outlook	B-Application
for	I-Application
Macintosh	I-Application
in	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Office	I-Operating_System
for	I-Operating_System
Mac	I-Operating_System
2011	I-Operating_System
,	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
26	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
