![]() Our spies tell us this is the result of turf battles inside Microsoft over who is to control Live Mesh/Live Sync technologies. But now, as Live Sync, the system still operates as if it’s a third-party add-on not a Microsoft home grown initiative. That was a little understandable in the early days of development. One of the frustrations of Live Mesh is that is existed in a separate world, disconnected from other Microsoft online offerings. Live Sync cloud storage doesn’t even show up in the main Skydrive listing. Live Sync talks about ‘Skydrive synced storage’ but it has nothing to do with the main Skydrive 25GB storage familiar to Windows Live and Office Web Applications users. This is such an obvious use for Live Sync we have to assume Microsoft is ‘keeping it up their sleeve’ for some future announcement. However there’s no way, for the moment, to open a Live Sync synchronized document in Office Web Applications. Microsoft talks about Live Sync in the same breath as Office Web Applications (the browser based versions of Word, Excel, Powerpoint and OneNote). Synchronize your Office settings between multiple computers.Synchronize Internet Explorer Favorites between multiple computers.Remotely control other computers linked to the same account.Synchronize files between a computer and free ‘cloud’ storage ( 2GB size limit).Synchronize files between multiple computers (large size size limits).That said, it does have some interesting features. Live Mesh was great and the underlying technology revealed some enticing possibilities for the future.Īlas Live Mesh is no more and has been replaced with Windows Live Sync – a disappointing, dumbed down and limited version of the promising and truly exciting Live Mesh. Live Sync is a useful tool for sharing files and Office settings between different computers.Īs regulars may know, we’ve been big fans of Microsoft Live Mesh – a beta service to synchronize files and remotely access computers. ![]()
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