Installing iCloud, Outlook 2010, setting up contacts sync - any tips?

Last time I tried this 2 years ago, icloud sucked all my contacts out of Outlook and I had to go through big hoops to back it out.  Any tips on how to do it now?  I'm apprehensive about trying it again.  I have a group of contacts in outlook "iPhone contacts" and I want to only sync them to iCloud, not ALL my contacts. IS there a way to control this?

Figured it out !
I finally got calendar and contact syncing to work with Outlook 2010.  See the original post for a description of the problem.  After a long walk to clear my head and consider options, I did the following:
- Close Outlook
- From Windows Control Panel - Uninstall the MobileMe and iCloud apps
- Restart the system
- Go to Apple web site - Download and re-install iCloud control panel
- Open iCloud control panel and configure iCloud to sync Mail, Calendar, Contacts
- Open Outlook, iCloud downloaded Contact and Calendar info
This worked for me...good luck to others who are having similar problems.

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