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. Office Live consisted of two services, ''Office Live Workspace'', which was superseded by

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, and ''Office Live Small Business'', which was superseded by

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Office Live Workspace

''Office Live Workspace'' was a free service for storing and sharing documents online. The company claimed it was most commonly used for work, school, and home projects because documents could be managed from remote locations without a flash drive. The service required web access and a compatible browser; the interface was available in over 25 languages. Certain functionalities were tied to a browser

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called

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, reducing the portability of the service in comparison to other providers of

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s. In order for workspaces to be accessed directly from Office, users of

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, Excel, and PowerPoint needed to install an Office Live Update. Files couldn't be edited from within a workspace, but clicking on "edit" would open them up in Microsoft Office."Office Live Workspace vs Google Docs: Feature-by-Feature Comparison"
from ReadWriteWeb.com The workspace didn't offer offline collaboration — instead documents were "checked out" and "checked in" — but the service did integrate with SharedView for real-time screen sharing.

Features

* Online storage – Office Live permits users to save up to 5

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s (GB) of information in many file formats from Microsoft, which can be accessed from any computer with an internet connection, even if Office isn't installed. The company claims this replaces the need for flash drives or

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as a storage solution, and provides capabilities for updating project schedules, organizing events, and delegating assignments without scheduling a meeting or relying on

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*Information sharing – Office Live Workspace is designed so that computer users can share a single document or a workspace containing multiple documents, as well as collaborate online as a group. Workspaces are

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-protected and users can control who views and edits information. Files or workspaces can be shared with up to 100 people *Software compatibility – While Office Live Workspace works with Microsoft Office programs such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and

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, it also allows users to store documents of other file types. If the Office Live update is installed, files and documents may be opened and saved directly from

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, 2003, 2007 or 2008 for Mac. Users may also synchronize, contact, task, and event lists with Outlook 2003 and 2007, and workspace lists can be exported to Excel. The Office Live update is no longer available for download from Microsoft and is not supported. *Resources and support – Microsoft established a Community Support

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,Office Live Workspace Community
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, how-to videos, and the opportunity for customers to ask and answer questions about using Office Live Workspace

System requirements

Office Live Workspace requires an Internet-connected computer running

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, or Mac OS X 10.2.x and later. It works with the following browsers: *

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or later * Firefox 2.0 or later * Safari 3.0 or later Office Live Workspace is currently not supported on

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. In May 2010, it was announced that Office Live Workspace customers would be moved to Microsoft's

, service,Office Live Workspace team blog: Your Office Live Workspace is soon upgrading to Windows Live SkyDrive
/ref> which offered 25GB of storage and was reduced down to 7GB in 2012 and the ability to view and edit documents through

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References

External links

Official website
(Archive)
Office Live Workspace CommunityOffice Live Small Business CommunityMicrosoft Office Live Developer Portal
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Office Live Workspace

Features

System requirements

See also

References

External links