The following
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation, multinational technology company, technology corporation producing Software, computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at th ...
services have been branded with the word "Live":
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Windows Live
Windows Live is a discontinued brand name for a set of web services and software products developed by Microsoft as part of its software-as-a-service platform. Chief components under the brand name included web services (all of which were expose ...
, a set of services and software products mainly aimed at individuals
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Microsoft Office Live
Microsoft Office Live is a discontinued web-based service providing document sharing and website creation tools for consumers and small businesses. Its successor was branded Windows Live. Office Live consisted of two services, ''Office Live Worksp ...
, a set of services aimed at small businesses
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Live Anywhere
Live Anywhere is an initiative by Microsoft to bring the Xbox Live online networking service to a wide variety of platforms and devices including Xbox, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, Windows Phone, Zune, and more.
LIVE-enabled platforms
The mobi ...
initiative, aimed to bring a unified online gaming and entertainment network together
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Xbox Live
The Xbox network, formerly and still sometimes branded as Xbox Live, is an online multiplayer gaming and digital media delivery service created and operated by Microsoft. It was first made available to the Xbox system on November 15, 2002. An u ...
, for Xbox and Xbox 360
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Games for Windows – Live
Games for Windows – Live or GFWL (trademarked as Games for Windows – LIVE) was an online gaming service used by ''Games for Windows''–branded PC titles that enables Windows PCs to connect to Microsoft's Live service. Users, each with a uniq ...
, for various Windows platforms.
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Live Services
Live Connect (previously ''Messenger Connect'', ''Live Services'' and ''Windows Live Dev'') is a collection of APIs and common controls that allow developers to have a deeper control and offers access to the core Windows Live services and data thr ...
, a set of tools for developers of Windows Live and Azure Services Platform
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Live Mesh
Windows Live Mesh (formerly known as ''Windows Live FolderShare'', ''Live Mesh'', and ''Windows Live Sync'') is a discontinued free-to-use Internet-based file synchronization application by Microsoft designed to allow files and folders between two ...
, a software as a service platform that enables PCs and other devices to connect with each other through the internet
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Live Framework
Windows Live Mesh (formerly known as ''Windows Live FolderShare'', ''Live Mesh'', and ''Windows Live Sync'') is a discontinued free-to-use Internet-based file synchronization application by Microsoft designed to allow files and folders between tw ...
, a REST-based application programming interface for accessing the Live Mesh services over HTTP
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