Microsoft Office Live

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Microsoft Office Live

The main menu of Office Live.
Maintainer:	Microsoft
Stable release:	None _[+/-]
Preview release:	Microsoft Office Live Basics Beta Microsoft Office Live Collaboration Beta Microsoft Office Live Essentials Beta _[+/-]
OS:	Microsoft Windows
Use:	Web application, Web development
License:	Proprietary
Website:	www.officelive.microsoft.com

Microsoft Office Live is an Internet-based software service designed for small businesses with less than ten employees launched on 2006-02-15,^[1] and is part of Microsoft's Windows Live initiative. The software was released on November 16, 2006 and is only available to residents of the United States. In late 2006, the service plans to expand to a few other languages and countries. ^[2]

1 Features
2 Services
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Features

The service has several features. First, it gives users own domain name, web site, and e-mail accounts. Second, it gives users access to various management software, including project, consumer, and document management applications.^[2] Finally, it offers clients a password-protected "shared site" to organize information.^[3]

There are three levels to the service: Office Live Basics, Office Live Collaboration, and Office Live Essentials.^[2] All three services are free during the beta; afterwards, the basics version will stay free, but the collaboration and essentials editions will cost at least $29.95 a month.^[4]

[edit] Services

[edit] Microsoft Office Live Basics

Office Live Basics provides a user with its own domain name, and the ability to create their own website. It also provides periodic web site traffic reports. The package includes five e-mail accounts under the registered domain. As of September 2006, users must pay extra if they use more then 30 MB of space. Even though this service is free, Microsoft still requires a credit card number.^[3]

[edit] Microsoft Office Live Collaboration

Built on Windows SharePoint technology, Office Live Collaboration includes the features in the Basic edition plus the Shared Sites and some management applications.^[3]

[edit] Microsoft Office Live Essentials

Office Live Essentials provides all the features of Office Live Basics and Office Live Collaboration, plus it provides a website with 50 MB of storage, 50 e-mail accounts (with 2 GB of storage each), more advanced website traffic reports, and Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 support for advanced Web design.^[3]