Live Mesh lets you choose folders and files on your computer that you want to synchronize with other computers, and with an online desktop called your Live Desktop. The system gives you a lot of control over which folders to share, and which computers and devices you can use to access those folders. You can also share folders with other Live Mesh users, see when those users are online, and even when they're accessing your files.
Right now there are basically two separate interfaces for Live Mesh: the desktop version and the web version. From either interface you can see a list of updates to your files and folders, access those documents, or initiate a remote desktop connection.
Ultimately, developers will be able to write applications for Live Mesh that you can also synchronize across platforms. In other words, you'll be able to sync more than files. Say you've developed a household budget tracking application. You can share access to the application with other members of your household, and every time someone makes buys groceries or pays a utility bill, they can enter the amount on their own computer and the updates will be available on everyone's system.
We've embedded a video from the Live Mesh blog explaining the service after the jump. You'll need to have Microsoft Silverlight installed to watch.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
4-23-2008 @ 8:53AM
ajax622 said...
Has anyone read the Terms of Service? I am curious if Microsoft would sniff the files on these shared folders for illegal downloads.
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4-23-2008 @ 10:49PM
Quikboy said...
Just as much as I should be worried about Google scanning my Gmail messages and Google Desktop for goodies that advertisers can use?
It's a free service. It offers a great function and does it pretty well. If you have illegal downloads, maybe you probably deserve your just desserts.
Why must people always try to say and crud about anything new from MS, without even trying it?
4-23-2008 @ 9:05AM
Rahul Ghai said...
Is it like DropBox ?
DropBox is beta too, although users can sign up for it at http://www.getdropbox.com
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4-23-2008 @ 12:26PM
superrrguy said...
They should get rid of the "Mesh" name and just call it Live. It's what Live should hae been from day one. I want to log on to my Windows machines and just have all my files and apps. Brilliant.
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4-24-2008 @ 9:59PM
burnblue said...
Mesh is indeed a horrible name
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