Microsoft Details Cloud Services For Windows 8 & Windows Phone, Windows Live Brand Going Away
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Today at Building Windows 8 blog, Microsoft detailed the cloud services for Windows 8 and Windows Phone. Microsoft announced that there are 500 million people using Windows Live services every month and it didn’t meet their own expectations in they way the services should work. So Microsoft decided to re-imagine the services around their screens starting from re-branding. First of all, Windows Live brand is going away. And now Microsoft Account is the ID you use across Microsoft platforms. The following table explains all,
| Service | Windows 8 | Windows Phone | Web/HTML 5(live.com) | API (dev.               live.com) | Earlier Versions |
| Account | Microsoft account | Microsoft account | Account.live.com | OAUTH | Windows Live ID, Passport |
| Storage/Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Docs | SkyDrive app, SkyDrive Desktop | SkyDrive app, Office app | SkyDrive.com | REST, JSON | FolderShare, Live Mesh, Windows Live Mesh |
| Mail app | Mail app | Hotmail.com | EAS | Windows Live Mail, Outlook Express | |
| Calendar | Calendar app | Calendar app | Calendar.live.com | EAS, REST | Windows Live Mail, Windows Calendar |
| Contacts | People app | People app | People.live.com | EAS, REST | Windows Contacts |
| Messaging | Messaging app | Messaging app | Integrated in Hotmail and SkyDrive | XMPP | MSN Messenger |
| Photos/ Videos | Photos app, Photo Gallery, Movie Maker | Photos app, Camera Roll | Photos.live.com | REST, JSON (via SkyDrive) | Windows Live Photo Gallery, Windows Live Movie Maker |
Read more at the source link below.
Source: B8 blog
