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Microsoft Office Live is an upcoming Internet-based software services part of Microsoft Office System in the form of a Web Application , to be released by Microsoft as part of their Live initiative, hence the "Live" part of the product name. A first look at this service as a Beta is already 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.


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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 10 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 Web site 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 Web site

  • 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



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Microsoft Office Live Basics

Office Live Basics provides a business with its own domain name, and the ability to create their own web site. 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 offered free of charge during the beta period and afterwards at a fee of $29.95/month. Office Live Collaboration allows a business to create any number of password-protected Web sites, 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 20 powerful and versatile business applications important to managing a business. These tools can assist you in everything from customer and project management to sales, marketing, and human resources. Because Microsoft hosts and supports the entire solution, your company saves the cost of expensive IT infrastructure and maintenance.


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 Web site with 50 MB of storage, 50 e-mail accounts (with 2 GB of storage each), more advanced Web site traffic reports, and Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 support for advanced Web design. Office Live Essentials is offered free of charge during the beta period, and afterwards at an attractively priced subscription rate of $29.95/month.


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