Lately, Microsoft has realized the need of online version of Microsft Office to compete Google Docs and Zoho like applications. You just need Windows Live account to enter and try the MS Office Live Workspaces Beta online for free.

As we already know, it provides basic functionality for creating and editing Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents. To access it, go to Office Live Workspaces and login with Live Passport. You will need Internet explorer, Firefox or Safari browser and compatibility with Opera and Chrome is still not announced.

What I feel about the look and interface of online MS Office is that the Design is awesome. It may take time at first load and will work smoothly after that. Navigation is easy while the features included are : In addition to Office documents, You can create / Edit Task, notes, events lists. Storage and browsing documents has been made easy and classification can be done by creating separate folders.

From what I have seen, it is more than anything, a proper response to work collaboratively to develop in line with what you can do with Google Docs or Zoho.

In the online edition of a document with Microsoft Office Live Workspace I loved the document format. That yes, if you save and edit with MS Office program on your desktop version without any problems. It’s the best suite available online for collaboration, integration with popular desktop program that will allow us to go up easily files to Office Live with a capacity limit of up to 5 GB.

Along with Creating new and Adding or Uploading your documents, you can share with 15 people in different locations and get your point across by showing them what’s on your screen. It is made possible with Microsoft SharedView so that  friends and colleagues can view or edit its contents.