Recent update: 2008-3-21

Office Live basics Beta - Time Period?

267 byte By Anonymous at 2008-3-7
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.

PIAs from Microsoft not getting installed

2510 byte By Kulvinder at 2008-3-6
Hi, When I download the Primary Interop Assemblies from the Microsoft site you referenced below, I download a file named “PrimaryInteropAssembly.exe” which when executed creates three additional files. · o2007PIA.msi · o2007PIA_ReadMe.rtf · o2007PIA_EULA.txt Then after following the ...

Integration between Office Live and Outlook/Business Contact Manager

804 byte By Spence-FHS at 2008-3-5
Is there currently any integration between office live and outlook for the business contact manager? It is apparent that they have been developed with similar functionality (accounts, contacts, opportunities, products, etc.), but I can not find any way to integrate the two applications (other ...

Outlook suggestion

529 byte By Fyretek at 2008-3-3
make outlook 2000 users able to use new office live email to work with outlook 2000. not including older versions in the new projects is virtualy telling everyone who uses 2000 they are not wanted and should buy there products from anyone else except microsoft. yes even the free version of ...

Why no e-mail enabled discussion groups in Office Live?

836 byte By guerrid at 2008-3-1
I was reading over the limitations put upon WSS 3.0 in Office Live at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa973401.aspx. Too bad there isn't a more functional offering for Microsoft ISV Partners to build customized apps for small businesses and community groups. Office Live appears to ...

Office Live Email Accounts and Blackberry

151 byte By RLoteria at 2008-2-28
Greetings, Just want to ask if, can we use blackberry device in sending and receiving email messages, using Office Live Email accounts?

Office Live Email forwarding

277 byte By RLoteria at 2008-2-27
Greetings, I know that Microsoft Office Live doesn't have any email forwarding service. My question is why? What happened to email forwarding service of hotmail before? All other email providers provide this service, what about Microsoft? Thanks a lot!

newbie question re site designer application

1213 byte By mzhu at 2008-2-26
I recently signed on to office live and registered a domain name and tried to create a website using the site design tools and have been stuck trying to access the menu items through the "page manager". When I click on "edit", a pop-up window opens a new page which is ...

Office Live in Canada

499 byte By zs at 2008-2-25
During Developer Update (Mississauga, Canada)I got very enthusiastic about Office Live offering but when I tried to use it and sign up for trial version Premium edition I found out that I cannot use it because it’s only available in USA. I must admit that I am very disappointed with that. How ...

Issues with Backup and Restore

219 byte By jmastry at 2008-2-24
I'm trying to use aspx master pages on my public site, but I get this error with every page: <strong>Code blocks are not allowed in this file.</strong> Am I (unbelievably) stuck with html only?

PLEASE HELP!!!

590 byte By Ashley.walker13 at 2008-2-23
Hi, I recently made a website with microsoft office live, and I cant log back on and I want to un-subscribe. I thought that the website was free but reading more closely I have realised its only during beta period. If anyone can cancel my subscription please do so. The website I made was ...

Office Live Mix07 Session Recording

1015 byte By DonCampbell-MSFT at 2008-2-22
We presented the Northwind Inn demo at the Mix 07 conference in Las Vegas this week. The session was recorded and is available for viewing here if you are interested! Abstract:Come find out how to build and deliver your solutions to Small Businesses via Microsoft Office Live. Learn how Office ...

Integration between Office Live and Outlook/Business Contact Manager

804 byte By Spence-FHS at 2008-2-22
Is there currently any integration between office live and outlook for the business contact manager? It is apparent that they have been developed with similar functionality (accounts, contacts, opportunities, products, etc.), but I can not find any way to integrate the two applications (other ...

Expression Web, SQL, and Office Live Essentials

379 byte By Altawave at 2008-2-21
I am using Office Live Essentials and am considering building a site with Expression Web and using SQL 2005 to store data that can be accessed through the website. Also, using the third party web design option indicates that we can only edit HTML...will .aspx pages run using this option? ...

Customize "Collect Data" Module

234 byte By Mel1911 at 2008-2-20
When using the Collect Data module, is it possible to edit the link of the "OK" button? I would like to gather the information and utilize the OK button to go to another page other than the "success message" page.

newbie question re site designer application

1213 byte By mzhu at 2008-2-19
I recently signed on to office live and registered a domain name and tried to create a website using the site design tools and have been stuck trying to access the menu items through the "page manager". When I click on "edit", a pop-up window opens a new page which is ...

Tips for using the Page Editor HTML Module

630 byte By DonCampbell-MSFT at 2008-2-18
You can add your own HTML and JavaScript to your Office Live Public web pages using the Page Editor. However, you should know that the HTML/JavaScript code you insert is included in its own IFrame. I wrote up some tips in my blog if you are interested in more details. Let me know if you've had ...

officelive and Virtual Earth

287 byte By ANIKSOL at 2008-2-17
Hi, Is it possible to store latitude and longitude for an asset in a list - say asset name, lattitude, longitude and pass the latitude/longitude to Virtual Earth for plotting the positions of these assets. If the answer is yes, then how to do it? thanks.

Cannot activate third party dev tools

840 byte By peoe at 2008-2-16
I joined office live basics. In the help it says Activate your own Web design tools On the left navigation bar, click WebSite. In Page Manager, click Site Actions, and then click Activate third-party design tools. On the next screen, click Activate now. Select the check box and then click OK ...

Office Live Essentials Beta - Time Period?

267 byte By Anonymous at 2008-2-15
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.

Master Pages on Public Site?

219 byte By jmastry at 2008-2-15
I'm trying to use aspx master pages on my public site, but I get this error with every page: <strong>Code blocks are not allowed in this file.</strong> Am I (unbelievably) stuck with html only?

Share Data from Public Web Site

529 byte By CDEA at 2008-2-15
Hello. I watched the demo on sharing data with the public web site and it was very good. However, the example used only web pages that were built by the Office Live web designer. If I opted not to use the Office Live web designer, and deactivated it. Is it still possible to share data with my ...

Are the Collect Data or Display Data Modules the only way?

321 byte By CDEA at 2008-2-15
1. Are the Office Live Web Designer Collect Data or Display Data Modules the only way to share data with the public website? 2. How would I collect or display data from an uploaded web page, when the Office Live Web Designer is deactivate? I need an answer to this A.S.A.P. Thanks CDEA ...

using FrontPage 2003, Expression, and SharePoint Designer 2007 w/Office Live

397 byte By MarkSanford at 2008-2-15
I am confused about what I can use to edit my office live sites with. I was using FrontPage 2003 before the upgrade, but I now have Expression Web and SharePoint Designer 2007 as well. I intend to use SharePoint Designer 2007 to develop some workflow enhanced projects, but what do I use to ...

Integration between Office Live and Outlook/Business Contact Manager

804 byte By Spence-FHS at 2008-2-14
Is there currently any integration between office live and outlook for the business contact manager? It is apparent that they have been developed with similar functionality (accounts, contacts, opportunities, products, etc.), but I can not find any way to integrate the two applications (other ...

Are the Collect Data or Display Data Modules the only way?

316 byte By CDEA at 2008-2-14
1. Are the Office Live Web Designer Collect Data or Display Data Modules the only way to share data with the public website?2. How would I collect or display data from an uploaded web page, when the Office Live Web Designer is deactivate?I need an answer to this ...

Early Adopter Program - Developing Custom Application for hosting in Office Live

1256 byte By A..K at 2008-2-13
We need to build a custom application for our client who has signed an early adopter programfor Office Live. The application would typically capture data from theend-user and store it in Office Live environment. And also the datawould then be passed to an external application for processing. ...

Client connectivity to Office Live

4146 byte By TimLong at 2008-2-13
Now that the Windows Live ID SDK (alpha) is available can it be used to authenticate a client application that will allow me to connect to the Office Live web services? I want to be able to programmatically connect to an Office Live site and manipulate ListItems via the Lists web service from ...

Client Application Connection Code Sample Download Available

2293 byte By ChrisBeiter-MSFT at 2008-2-12
The Microsoft Office Live team is creating code samples to show how you can use web services to extend the functionality of Office Live business applications. The Client Application Connection sample provides code that uses the Windows Live ID Client SDK and the Office Live Discovery Web ...

Share Data from Public Web Site

525 byte By CDEA at 2008-2-11
Hello.I watched the demo on sharing data with the public web site and it was very good. However, the example used only web pages that were built by the Office Live web designer. If I opted not to use the Office Live web designer, and deactivated it. Is it still possible to share data with my ...

Storage Abstraction on Office Live

516 byte By NimaKamosi at 2008-2-10
What's the easiest way to use the storage available for OL Premium account as a general online storage directory?So far I've only been able to find API help on manipulating and sharing schematized data. From looking at the OL architecture diagram, I don't see exposure of Storage itself. But ...

Web Part connections not supported for Picture Libraries?

681 byte By DaveGurr at 2008-2-10
I need to relate images in a Picture Library to data in the WebBCM Opportunity list, so I've added a column for the ID of the Opportunity list item.I've built a Dashboard that shows the opportunities in one pane, and has a Picture Library web part in another pane.I'd hoped to be able to use ...

How to save site customisations and new Applications/Workspaces?

267 byte By DaveGurr at 2008-2-8
I'm building a Workspace on my Office Live Premium site that I want to be able to deploy on multiple customer Office Live Premium sites. How can I save my new Workspace definition in such a way that I can easily deploy it to multiple customers? </span>

Image rendering

803 byte By DaveGurr at 2008-2-8
I have some line-draw JPG images in a Picture Library. Although JPG images often lose fine detail (like specific lines) when rendered smaller than actual size, I was pleased to see that in the Picture Library they rendered just fine.I also need the items in the Picture Library to display as ...

How do you remove the "Resource Center" pane?

175 byte By DaveGurr at 2008-2-7
I'd like to be able to remove the "Resource Center" pane, in order to give more screen real-estate for information. Is there a way to do this? </span>

Web site user authentication and Data Sharing

1598 byte By DaveGurr at 2008-2-7
I'm building a workspace application for my client base to use in their own Office Live sites. It holds extra data for my clients' projects that are associated with particular opportunities.For example, the workspace includes XML parts lists and JPG design images, each referencing an ...

Office Live and Onenote, not syncing

766 byte By HilH at 2008-2-7
I have installed Onenote, and am trying to host a shared notebook on the Office Live sharepoint server. Via IE7, I can get to the files on the site, open them, etc, etc with no problem. The problem comes when I try to have Onenote load up and automatically authenticate to the sharepoint ...

Multiple Office Live Account Login

579 byte By AndTodo2 at 2008-2-7
I am confused as to why on certain computers while using multiple login for different accounts using Office Live, all the accounts I use to log into Office Live show up on the sign in page while on another computer when I sign into an account, the other goes away and is replaced with the new ...

Office Live Development from Switzerland

603 byte By PeterGloor at 2008-2-6
We are a registred Microsoft Partner in Switzerland. Over the past few month we have developed a kind of document management solution for WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007.We see the application as a candidate for a typical Office Live solution. However we cannot port the solution to Office Live since ...

Transfer failure.... tried to do redeligation and Product support team says no can do...

555 byte By coolman2 at 2008-2-6
Can I continue with redeligation? My domain failed to transfer to MelborneIT. I am having a hard time redeligating my domain to point to your server. I did create a domain.live.com account at least to take advantage of your servers hosting my emails by changing the MX Records.Now I just want to ...

Office Live and Onenote, not syncing

763 byte By HilH at 2008-2-5
I have installed Onenote, and am trying to host a shared notebook on the Office Live sharepoint server. Via IE7, I can get to the files on the site, open them, etc, etc with no problem. The problem comes when I try to have Onenote load up and automatically authenticate to the sharepoint ...

Integration between Office Live and Outlook/Business Contact Manager

798 byte By Spence-FHS at 2008-2-5
Is there currently any integration between office live and outlook for the business contact manager?It is apparent that they have been developed with similar functionality (accounts, contacts, opportunities, products, etc.), but I can not find any way to integrate the two applications (other ...

Which microsoft technology?

397 byte By NguyenMinhDung at 2008-2-4
Hi all, I want to develop a web-application to manage office document in my company. The application allow user edit content of office files (word, excel) or use microsoft outlook in IE.I love .NET and Office, but I don't know which technology to use. Could you please tell me how to use .NET ...

Web Part connections not supported for Picture Libraries?

681 byte By DaveGurr at 2008-2-4
I need to relate images in a Picture Library to data in the WebBCM Opportunity list, so I've added a column for the ID of the Opportunity list item.I've built a Dashboard that shows the opportunities in one pane, and has a Picture Library web part in another pane.I'd hoped to be able to use ...

How do you remove the "Resource Center" pane?

166 byte By DaveGurr at 2008-2-4
I'd like to be able to remove the "Resource Center" pane, in order to give more screen real-estate for information. Is there a way to do this?

Image rendering

794 byte By DaveGurr at 2008-2-4
I have some line-draw JPG images in a Picture Library. Although JPG images often lose fine detail (like specific lines) when rendered smaller than actual size, I was pleased to see that in the Picture Library they rendered just fine.I also need the items in the Picture Library to display as ...

Web site user authentication and Data Sharing

1589 byte By DaveGurr at 2008-2-3
I'm building a workspace application for my client base to use in their own Office Live sites. It holds extra data for my clients' projects that are associated with particular opportunities.For example, the workspace includes XML parts lists and JPG design images, each referencing an ...

How to save site customisations and new Applications/Workspaces?

258 byte By DaveGurr at 2008-2-3
I'm building a Workspace on my Office Live Premium site that I want to be able to deploy on multiple customer Office Live Premium sites. How can I save my new Workspace definition in such a way that I can easily deploy it to multiple customers?

Integration between Office Live and Outlook/Business Contact Manager

806 byte By Spence-FHS at 2008-2-2
Is there currently any integration between office live and outlook for the business contact manager?It is apparent that they have been developed with similar functionality (accounts, contacts, opportunities, products, etc.), but I can not find any way to integrate the two applications (other ...

Image rendering

803 byte By DaveGurr at 2008-2-2
I have some line-draw JPG images in a Picture Library. Although JPG images often lose fine detail (like specific lines) when rendered smaller than actual size, I was pleased to see that in the Picture Library they rendered just fine.I also need the items in the Picture Library to display as ...