This happened a couple of weeks ago, but it is always worth sharing the improvements in Office Live.  Not only do we have this going on, but we also have the beta of Workspaces progressing.  Remember, your customers could benefit from Office Live and if you don't offer it, someone else might just offer them Office Live or something else, blocking you out from that customer as they grow in size.

Microsoft Office Live Small Business is the award-winning, easy-to-use suite of Web-based software and services designed to help small businesses affordably take, promote and manage their businesses online.

Used by nearly 600,000 customers worldwide, Office Live Small Business is available in the US, UK, France, Germany and Japan. The service also provides an excellent environment within which partners can build industry-specific solutions.

Office Live Small Business is now available with :

• Full Firefox 2.0 support for PC & Mac
• Easy-to-use Website Designer tool or use html/3rd party design tools
• Outlook Connector for offline synching of email, calendar, contacts & tasks 
• Mobile access to email, calendar and contacts from Windows-Powered SmartPhones or PocketPCs
• Solutions Packager for Web designers

FREE when you sign up :

• Domain name *
• 500MB fully hosted Website
• Up to 100 email accounts
• Contact Manager
• Document Manager
• Project Manager
• Workspace

* (.co.uk free for the first 2 years or .com, org, net, .eu free for the first year)

Additional affordable features :

• E-mail marketing beta
• Search marketing
• More storage, users and tools

Simple Windows Live ID signup process. No need to validate with a credit card any more !

What are you waiting for ? Read more details and signup now at : smallbusiness.officelive.com

See what you can do with it.

David