<p>NEW YORK, NY (CNN) When Microsoft introduced a preview of its email service Outlook last year, it looked like its predecessor Hotmail would stick around. Now, Hotmail is being nudged out by Outlook.</p><p>Hotmail will soon be a thing of the past. That's because Microsoft is making its email service outlook available world wide. Ultimately transferring 300 million hotmail users in the process.</p><p>The transition will be gradual. At first, users can choose whether to make the switch immediately or postpone it. But, by the end of the summer, Microsoft expects all Hotmail users to have moved to Outlook.</p><p>Hotmail devotees will still be able to use their original email address but the actual interface will look like outlook.</p><p><a href="http://fox2now.com/2013/02/20/hotmail-replaced-with-outlook-by-microsoft/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://pix11.com/2013/02/20/hotmail-replaced-by-outlook-com/">Hotmail replaced by Outlook.com</a> (New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV)</p><p><a href="http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20130220/BIZ/130220044/Hotmail-replaced-Microsoft-debuts-Outlook-com">Hotmail replaced: Microsoft debuts Outlook.com</a> (Jackson Clarion Ledger)</p><p><a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/hotmail-replaced-hotmail-is-gone-to-be-replaced-by-outlook-com-by-summer-2013">Hotmail replaced: Hotmail is gone, to be replaced by Outlook.com by summer 2013</a> (Examiner.com)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dZ6dV4nykhRbLdMB0zCYKj-6S6EfM&ned=us">36 additional articles.</a></p>