Microsoft has come up with a lot of strategies till now to promote Windows Live Hotmail and it seems that they are getting their reward. Lots of users are now switching to Hotmail not only because of its cool looks but because of its great size i.e. 5 GB (Yup! that beats Gmail now). But a lot of users are being kept from transferring to Hotmail because this will make them lose all their contacts and emails stored previously on their old email account however Microsoft has come up with a very wide solution to this problem.

Windows Live: TrueSwitch

TrueSwitch is a new service in the line of Windows Live Services which lets you copy emails and contacts from your old email account with just few simple clicks. This way you don’t need to waste your time by manually performing these tiresome tasks and everything will be done automatically. The service has been launched in the US and will slowly propagate around in various regions.

TrueSwitch Features

TrueSwitch is actually an online service that provides migration tools and features and Microsoft is making good use of it by integrating it to the Windows Live core. TrueSwitch is able to perform three healthy tasks for you.

1. Copy your e-mail history
2. Copy your address book
3. Notify your contacts of your e-mail address

If you are planning to switch to Hotmail then you will definitely have to try out this service. You can even use this for Hotmail to Hotmail account transfers as well as the upcoming live.com accounts when they become available.