<s>
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Office	I-Operating_System
Live	I-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
web-based	B-Application
service	O
providing	O
document	O
sharing	O
and	O
website	O
creation	O
tools	O
for	O
consumers	O
and	O
small	O
businesses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-Operating_System
Live	I-Operating_System
consisted	O
of	O
two	O
services	O
,	O
Office	B-Operating_System
Live	I-Operating_System
Workspace	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
superseded	O
by	O
OneDrive	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Office	B-Operating_System
Live	I-Operating_System
Small	O
Business	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
superseded	O
by	O
Office	B-Operating_System
365	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-Operating_System
Live	I-Operating_System
Workspace	O
was	O
a	O
free	O
service	O
for	O
storing	O
and	O
sharing	O
documents	O
online	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Certain	O
functionalities	O
were	O
tied	O
to	O
a	O
browser	O
plug-in	B-Application
called	O
Silverlight	B-Application
,	O
reducing	O
the	O
portability	O
of	O
the	O
service	O
in	O
comparison	O
to	O
other	O
providers	O
of	O
online	B-Application
office	I-Application
suites	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
for	O
workspaces	O
to	O
be	O
accessed	O
directly	O
from	O
Office	O
,	O
users	O
of	O
Word	B-Application
,	O
Excel	B-Application
,	O
and	O
PowerPoint	B-Application
needed	O
to	O
install	O
an	O
Office	B-Operating_System
Live	I-Operating_System
Update	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
workspace	O
did	O
n't	O
offer	O
offline	O
collaboration	O
—	O
instead	O
documents	O
were	O
"	O
checked	O
out	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
checked	O
in	O
"	O
—	O
but	O
the	O
service	O
did	O
integrate	O
with	O
SharedView	B-Protocol
for	O
real-time	O
screen	O
sharing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Online	O
storage	O
–	O
Office	B-Operating_System
Live	I-Operating_System
permits	O
users	O
to	O
save	O
up	O
to	O
5	O
gigabytes	O
(	O
GB	O
)	O
of	O
information	O
in	O
many	O
file	O
formats	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
from	O
any	O
computer	O
with	O
an	O
internet	O
connection	O
,	O
even	O
if	O
Office	O
is	O
n't	O
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Information	O
sharing	O
–	O
Office	B-Operating_System
Live	I-Operating_System
Workspace	O
is	O
designed	O
so	O
that	O
computer	O
users	O
can	O
share	O
a	O
single	O
document	O
or	O
a	O
workspace	O
containing	O
multiple	O
documents	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
collaborate	O
online	O
as	O
a	O
group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	O
compatibility	O
–	O
While	O
Office	B-Operating_System
Live	I-Operating_System
Workspace	O
works	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
Office	O
programs	O
such	O
as	O
Word	B-Application
,	O
Excel	B-Application
,	O
PowerPoint	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Outlook	B-Application
,	O
it	O
also	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
store	O
documents	O
of	O
other	O
file	O
types	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
Office	B-Operating_System
Live	I-Operating_System
update	O
is	O
installed	O
,	O
files	O
and	O
documents	O
may	O
be	O
opened	O
and	O
saved	O
directly	O
from	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Office	I-Operating_System
XP	I-Operating_System
,	O
2003	O
,	O
2007	O
or	O
2008	O
for	O
Mac	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
may	O
also	O
synchronize	O
,	O
contact	O
,	O
task	O
,	O
and	O
event	O
lists	O
with	O
Outlook	B-Application
2003	I-Application
and	O
2007	O
,	O
and	O
workspace	O
lists	O
can	O
be	O
exported	O
to	O
Excel	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Office	B-Operating_System
Live	I-Operating_System
update	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
is	O
not	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-Operating_System
Live	I-Operating_System
Workspace	O
requires	O
an	O
Internet-connected	O
computer	O
running	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2003	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
,	O
or	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
10.2.x	I-Operating_System
and	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-Operating_System
Live	I-Operating_System
Workspace	O
is	O
currently	O
not	O
supported	O
on	O
Office	B-Operating_System
2010	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2010	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Office	B-Operating_System
Live	I-Operating_System
Workspace	O
customers	O
would	O
be	O
moved	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
OneDrive	B-Application
,	O
service	O
,	O
which	O
offered	O
25GB	O
of	O
storage	O
and	O
was	O
reduced	O
down	O
to	O
7GB	O
in	O
2012	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
view	O
and	O
edit	O
documents	O
through	O
Office	O
Web	B-Application
Apps	I-Application
.	O
</s>
