How to import address book from Microsofot Outlook 2003 to Entourage?

Hi there,
After a lot of internal battles, I've switched to Mac from Windows. I am a new converted. I have been resolving a lot of "compatibility issues" by myself, but a couple of things are still in the arcanes:
1) I have a CSV file with all my addresses but I can not convert into a Mac file. What do I need to do? Could someone please explain step by step the process?
2) May I use my Mac Pro as a server also? Or, do you think I need to buy a "real server"?
Thanks
Rodo

Question #1 No personal experience with this software, but other users seemed to have found it to do the trick:
http://macupdate.com/info.php/id/11918
Edit: (Sorry, I did not read your question completely, not sure if this software helps with Entourage)

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