Windows 7 : Liez votre compte Live avec la fonction de partage de fichier de Homegroup

Laurent — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:23:00 GMT

Microsoft recently released Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant 6.5 Beta for Windows 7 which allows you to link your Windows User Accounts with your Windows Live ID. This may sound something similar to .NET Passport account in Windows XP, but it looks like it is totally different and it is way more useful than just linking your online account

Microsoft cites the following as an example of how you can make use of this feature

On his homegroup, Bob wants to share certain documents with his wife but not with his kids. Simply by specifying his wife's Windows Live ID user name, Bob can give his wife exclusive permission to access documents on his computer

This is indeed an useful addition to lots other Windows 7 features and it makes file sharing easier along with the new homegroup feature

So, how do I use it?

Before getting into a 'how-to' lets be clear that this tiny little feature is still under development and you might not be able to experience it fully

Linking your Windows User Account with your Live ID

Download and install the Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant 6.5 (Beta) in your Windows 7

Open Control Panel and navigate to User Accounts and Family Safety

Click on User Accounts

Now click on Link online IDs in the left pane

As the Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant 6.5 Beta is already installed, you should get an option to link your Live ID now

Add your Live ID

After successful sign on, you should see your Live ID linked with your user account

Sharing Files

To share a file with someone else in the homegroup who has already linked their user accounts with an Online ID Provider, such as Windows Live ID - right click on that file and choose share with specific people

This will open the file sharing wizard

As you can see in the above screenshot, it shows all other online IDs linked (including the one we just added) in the homegroup. You can add them and give appropriate permissions. Its that simple!

Whats wrong with this feature currently?

This new feature looks like its still under development. I tried to share files by giving exclusive permissions to my other linked IDs in my homegroup, but I was not able to see the shared file(s) or even get a prompt that a file has been shared by another user. So, don't expect it to work, but its good to see that the work is in progress and we might see it working in the upcoming Windows 7 RC release

Microsoft has not yet published a 'how-to' for this feature. If you do find a way of using it, please do leave your comments here

Whats good about this feature?

This new feature not only allows Windows Live ID, but also several other online ID providers, but for now its only Windows Live ID. Additional online identity providers might be listed when Windows 7 is commercially released.

Contact widprov@microsoft.com to learn how to become an online identity provider

Officiel : Microsoft va fusionner Office Live et Windows Live

Laurent — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:14:00 GMT

Microsoft a confirmé à la fin du week-end dernier les récentes rumeurs concernant la fusion entre les services Office Live et Windows Live en un seul service en ligne. Actuellement, Microsoft envisage de promouvoir ce service sous le nom de Microsoft Live Services, mais d’autres rumeurs affirment qu’il pourrait s’appeler "Kumo".

"Pour simplifier et améliorer l’expérience utilisateur de nos services Live, nous avons pris la décision de réunir Windows Live et Office Live dans un seul et même espace de services" déclarait Kirk Gregersen sur un blog vendredi. "Nous pensons que cela est très cohérent et constitue une étape majeure dans la mise à disposition d’un service plus simple, plus riche et qui permet de faire plus avec un seul compte."

Actuellement, Microsoft propose d’un côté Office Live Workplace et Office Live Small Business services au travers du portail Office Live et de l’autre un certain nombre d’applications grand public au travers de Windows Live. Selon Kirk Gregersen, plus de 4 millions d’utilisateurs ont actuellement un compte Office Live alors que Windows Live compte quelques 460 millions d’utilisateurs actifs, ce qui en fait l’un des services en ligne les plus populaires.

L’agenda de la fusion n’est pas clair pour le moment, mais il y a de fortes chances pour que Microsoft la réalise avant le lancement de son service Office Web Applications qui fournira des versions en ligne de Word, Excel et d’autres produits de la suite Office. La prochaine version de la suite bureautique Office, nom de code actuel Office 14, est prévue pour la fin 2009 ou pour le début 2010.

Les intentions de Microsoft concernant Kumo ne sont pas claires également. Le géant du logiciel a bien fait une demande pour utiliser Kumo comme marque commerciale fin 2008 et les rumeurs persistent qu’il pourrait utiliser ce nom pour désigner l’ensemble de ses services grand public en ligne.

Source : Windows IT Pro
Traduction : Laurent Miltgen-Delinchamp

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