Microsoft Office Live

Microsoft^® Office Live is a new online service currently in beta that enables small businesses to create and maintain a professional Web presence. Office Live offers three service programs, enabling businesses to choose just what they need for their type of product or service:

• Microsoft^® Office Live Basics gets you started with a domain name, five e-mail accounts, and traffic reports on your Web site traffic.

• Microsoft^® Office Live Collaboration builds on the basic service by giving you the tools to create a collaborative site and manage projects, customers, vendors, staff, and more.

• Microsoft^® Office Live Essentials helps grow your business by including both the basic and collaborative services with specialized traffic reports and 50 e-mail addresses.

During the beta period, Office Live is free; after the trial period, Office Live Collaboration and Office Live Essentials will be charged at a monthly subscription rate. To find out more about Microsoft Office Live services, go to officelive.microsoft.com/default.aspx.