Online services The following services were once part of Windows Live but are still online. Outlook.com and OneDrive still use the "Live" branding in the URL even though the brand name is dropped. The usage of the Live.com domain was later extended to consumer versions of
Microsoft Teams,
Microsoft To Do, Microsoft Lists, to distinguish them from the enterprise versions.
Mobile services Windows Phone My Windows Phone was a free online companion service for
Windows Phone mobile devices that provided users with a free mobile phone back-up solution by wirelessly synchronizing contacts, calendar appointments, photos, and
OneNote notebooks with a password-protected online portal. Users could access and manage their information stored on their Windows Phone devices via the online portal using their
Microsoft account, as well as accessing a set of features for remotely ringing, locking, mapping, and erasing their lost phones. This service integrated tightly with other Windows Live services including
Hotmail.com People and Calendar, and
SkyDrive.
iOS Microsoft released a
Windows Live Messenger application on the
iOS App Store, which allowed users on mobile devices running
iOS to communicate with their contacts via the
Microsoft Messenger service. In addition to the instant messaging functionalities, the application also allowed users to view their Messenger social feed, view their friend's
Profiles, and integrate with
Hotmail and
Photos.
Feature phone Windows Live also provided customized services specifically created for
feature phones. It was offered via three channels — through Client-based (for
Windows Mobile and other supported mobile devices such as
Nokia phones), Web-based (for
WAP or
GPRS-enabled mobile web browsers), or
SMS-based services.
Search services Microsoft Bing, a replacement of the search engine
Live Search, was originally named
Windows Live Search (and
MSN Search prior to that) and was once part of the Windows Live family of services. Windows Live Search once occupied the homepage of Live.com, the domain for all Windows Live services. However, on March 21, 2007, Microsoft decided to separate its search developments from its Windows Live services family, forming part of the
Live Search and Ad Platform. As part of this reorganization, the new search brand,
Live Search, was consolidated with
Microsoft adCenter, a part of Microsoft's Platform and Systems division. However, Microsoft recognised that there was a brand issue as the word "Live" continued to remain in the brand. As an effort to create a new identity for Microsoft's search services, on June 3, 2009, Live Search was officially rebranded as
Bing.
Developer services Live Connect is a collection of APIs and common controls that allow developers to have a deeper control and offers access to the core Windows Live services and data through open and easily accessible
application programming interfaces (APIs). Live Connect is built on standard web technologies such as OAuth 2.0, Representational State Transfer (REST), and JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), and is designed to work with any technology or device. Live Connect unites the previously separate APIs of Windows Live into a single API that is based on industry standards and specifications.
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