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Microsoft Office Live is an upcoming Internet-based software service that's part of the Microsoft Office System. Office Live is to be released by Microsoft as part of their Live initiative, hence the "Live" part of the product name. Currently, the software is in its beta stage, and was released in early 2006 for residents of the United States. Microsoft's aims for platform independence in the web service are unknown at this point, as is a release date for the final product.
Features
Microsoft Office Live was created to empower small businesses with online capabilities that previously have been unaffordable or too technologically complex for to set up and maintain. Microsoft Office Live offerings are geared to small businesses with fewer than ten employees, and are designed to help you establish an online presence, automate key internal and external business tasks, and collaborate with employees, partners, and customers.
It provides businesses with:
- A professional website with a free domain name, company-branded e-mail accounts hosted by Microsoft, and easy design and reporting tools to create and maintain a company website.
- An online repository for organizing company documents and contact information in one place to help you manage your businesses operations in a more secure and integrated manner.
- A password-protected workspace, called a "Shared Site", for online collaboration with employees, customers, partners, suppliers, and contractors.
- A host of rich, yet simple, online applications for managing your customers, projects, and employees, as well as your sales, marketing, and company information.
Services
Microsoft Office Live Basics
Office Live Basics provides a business 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. Currently, it offers 30 MB of Web site storage at no charge.Microsoft Office Live Collaboration
Also built on Windows SharePoint technology, Office Live Collaboration provides a password-protected online work environment, supplemented with richly functional business management applications. This is offered free of charge during the beta period, but afterwards at a fee of $29.95/month. Office Live Collaboration allows a business to create any number of password-protected websites, called Shared Sites, for collaboration among internal employees as well as external customers, suppliers, and vendors. As part of the Office Live Collaboration offering, a business can have access to more than twenty powerful and versatile business applications important to managing a business. These tools can assist someone in everything from customer and project management to sales, marketing, and human resources.Microsoft Office Live Essentials
Office Live Essentials provides all the features of Office Live Basics and Office Live Collaboration, including domain, hosting, and web design services; password-protected Shared Sites; collaboration tools; and business management applications. In addition, 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. Office Live Essentials is offered free of charge during the beta period, but afterwards at a subscription rate of $29.95/month.See also
External links
"Microsoft Office Live"