I have been unable to sync my Hotmail account with Windows 8, and when I load my Mail inbox from Office 365, it says the following:

"Hotmail is unavailable"

It used to sync automatically and I've never had problems, but It now only updates on outlook.  This is causing a problem for my business as I'm unable to sync my calendar and get up to date emails when I'm out working.

From previous threads on the community, it appears some helpful person has sent a private thread which may provide the clues to this, can anyone help?

PS - I have tried to take a screen shot of the moment it tells me Hotmail is unavailable, but it pops up for 2 seconds and then disappears. Any help gratefully accepted.