Understanding The Objects In Office Live's Business Applications

Office Live Small Business and Office Live Workspace have their roots in Microsoft's SharePoint technologies. Naturally, SharePoint lingo has creeped into Office Live's help system, documentation, and reference. The terminology can be somewhat confusing to those new to Office Liv... [More]

Business Applications Vs. Workspaces

Office Live's Applications fall into two broad categories: workspaces and business applications. Workspaces are configurable storage locations for storing and sharing structured as well as unstructured information. They are web sites that you can create on the fly for a specific purpose ... [More]

Understanding Office Live's Business Applications

A Business Application, in Office Live Small Business terminology, is a mini web-site. It allows you to store data as well as documents, collaborate with your co-workers and clients, and share information with them. A Business Application is a customized framework of lists, libraries, and we... [More]

Manage Business Documents with Contact Manager

Office Live Small Business's Contact Manager stores Accounts, Contacts, Opportunities, and Products as lists. You an customize the columns in these lists to suit your needs. But you can't attach documents to individual list items. Come to think of it, you'd frequently find the nee... [More]

Office Live's Contact Manager

Many years ago, second-hand automobiles were called used cars. These days they're called pre-owned. In the same fashion, digital address books that were once called Contact Management applications now go by the grand name of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) applications. In the beg... [More]