WindowsLive

Windows Live is a web services platform, by Microsoft's server via the Internet to the user's computer terminals provide various application service, etc. Provide content included setting personal websites, email, VoIP, instant messaging, search, etc many kinds of application services related to Internet. Microsoft Office Live service group is geared to the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises, mainly to provide business applications. All service through ads in service, provided free of charge to users. Microsoft through its operations "MSN adCenter online advertising website, get advertising revenue. It also wants to charge membership service. For the next generation of web services, such as Google and yahoo search engine as the center, have begun to extend the service content. Ready to the Microsoft online services positioned to compete rivals such as Google's core status. At the conference, chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft and Bill Gates took office in April 2005, Microsoft's chief technology officer of oz (Ray Ozzie) gave a speech on the stage, it is a long time since Microsoft a major press conference.

Microsoft's Windows Live and Microsoft Office Live collectively referred to as Microsoft Live Platform. As Microsoft Live Platform, the integrated use of AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) and peer-to-peer (P2P) technology and the client software, developed by Microsoft server to the user's computer through Internet and phone services. Available at the conference, the company said fro m now on start to provide beta website "Live.com", by the users according to own hobby to site Settings. On the site, you can save Microsoft's new Search engine "Windows Live Search" of the retrieval results, also can be set to browse RSS information provided and the location of the pictorial book. Other services include based on P2P function can share photos and other files "Windows Live Messenger" instant messaging service, provide the state of the computer remote monitoring and file backup services "Windows OneCare Live". Microsoft did not release the Live Platform services transition fro m beta to the standard version of the time. This kind of similar to Google company in its business online service adopted by way of the transition.