Microsoft's Office Live Web service was designed for small businesses that needed an easy, low-cost solution for creating and hosting websites and business-branded emails.
When Microsoft Office Live Web was first introduced in November 2006, there were three versions: Basics, Essentials and Premium. The latest, reconfigured version - now called Microsoft Office Live Small Business (MOLSB) - simplifies things by offering a single service with a number of pay-for add-ons.
The free web-building, web-hosting and email service adds a selection of online business applications such as a contact manager and document repository, and it offers several for-pay add-on services to promote your site or help you sell products online.
