Microsoft has launched a tech preview of its latest service Live Mesh, which is basically a service for remote desktop, online storage and file sharing. Live Mesh is both a development platform and a folder-sharing and synchronizing service for end users. Currently there are two separate interfaces for Live Mesh: the desktop version and the web version. Using the desktop, users can set preferences for what machines or devices they want to make a part of the mesh. Once they set a preference, software will be downloaded to that machine or device to activate it on the mesh.
Once a device or PC is activated, users can set what folders from that machine they want to be stored online. If they update folder content in Live Mesh, devices and PCs on the mesh will be updated with the changes the next time they are connected to the Web. Similarly, if information is changed locally on the device, then once the device goes online again, folders will be synchronized across devices on the entire mesh.
Currently Mesh is not available for sign up as Microsoft has provided access to only 10000 people, but you can sign up and get an ID once more accounts are available. Mesh is available for Window XP and Vista and in future it would support Mac and mobile edition.
