Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 SP1

Over next week Microsoft has confirmed they set to launch an update for Office for Mac 2011.

The update is set to increase their security stability and new feature that includes improved Outlook syncing support as well as some enhancements of its performance.

These new update will allow Mac users to sync their Outlook calendar and also as contacts, notes and tasks with any service or device that supports Sync Services, including your iPhone and iPad.

According to Microsoft this has been one of their top feature requests. It will also enable calendar syncing between Outlook for Mac and Apple’s Sync Services.

Meanwhile MobileMe will no longer sync with MacOS Sync Services as of May 5th. As a result, Outlook 2011 SP1 calendars that sync with Sync Services on the Mac, will NOT be synced with MobileMe calendars.

So if you sync your iPhone or iPad calendars with Sync Services (ie via iTunes using cable), calendars of your mobile device WILL be synced with Outlook 2011 SP1. When you sync your iPhone or iPad calendars with MobileMe, they will NOT be synced to your Outlook 2011 SP1 calendar, due to the broken link between MobileMe and Sync Services. We are hoping that these will not affect you guys.