Office Live Essentials Beta - Time Period?

How long is the Beta period for this service? I would use the Office Live Basics but I need to upload my site from another html editor as I have already created one. Just a time period please! I don't mind in depth answers but all I need to know is the time.

[267 byte] By [Anonymous] at [2008-2-15]
# 1

Hi - are you referring to the Trial period? According to the http://officelive.com site, its 30 days.

You can downgrade from Essentials to Basics if you want.

-Tara

TaraBrown-MSFT at 2007-9-12 > top of Msdn Tech,Office Live Development,Office Live Basics, Essentials and Premium...
# 2

Ah cheers!

Does that mean I can use the Office Live Essentials to upload my website and then I can downgrade to Basics for the remaining life of the site? If that is so, that would be grrrreat!

MrM at 2007-9-12 > top of Msdn Tech,Office Live Development,Office Live Basics, Essentials and Premium...
# 3

Mr M,

Are you using a trial or are you part of a beta such as the UK Beta? If you are part of one of the Int'l Betas we don't have a published date on when it will be ending.

Currently if you are using BYOS and then downgrade to Basics you will be asked to turn off BYOS at which time your custom files will be deleted.

-Tara

TaraBrown-MSFT at 2007-9-12 > top of Msdn Tech,Office Live Development,Office Live Basics, Essentials and Premium...
# 4
it says " as well as at the conclusion of the Microsoft Office Live Collaboration Beta period, when customers will be asked if they would like to continue using our services on a paid, monthly subscription basis. " .how long is this period?!
phs945 at 2007-9-12 > top of Msdn Tech,Office Live Development,Office Live Basics, Essentials and Premium...
# 5
The date when the Collaboration Beta ends has not been published yet. You will be notified when it ends.
TaraBrown-MSFT at 2007-9-12 > top of Msdn Tech,Office Live Development,Office Live Basics, Essentials and Premium...
# 6

What IS "Microsoft Office Live Collaboration"? And is it needed for having a Office Live Basic account? (...whereas after the beta period there would be some charge.)

AND are there ANY charges for creating and maintaining an Office Live Basic account for the life of the account? (For example: $5 for creating a domain, or somethings like that.)

Thank you!

cabaratz at 2007-9-12 > top of Msdn Tech,Office Live Development,Office Live Basics, Essentials and Premium...
# 7

Here is the link fo more information on Microsoft Office Live Collaboration Beta:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/officelive/FX101945611033.aspx

With Microsoft Office Live Collaboration Beta, you get:
  • Online workspaces for information sharing
  • Access information from your desk or on the road
  • Share documents, calendars, customer information, and more
  • Online applications for managing your business information

You can have one type of offer at a time, the Basics offer and Collab offer are not tied together.

At this time we are not charging for the Basics offer, its free.

TaraBrown-MSFT at 2007-9-12 > top of Msdn Tech,Office Live Development,Office Live Basics, Essentials and Premium...