Windows Live Devices also allows users to remotely access their computers from the internet using a web browser.

Microsoft released their Live Mesh software as a service platform on April 23, 2008 that enabled PCs and other devices to connect with each other through the internet using FeedSync technologies.

Live Mesh allows applications, files and folders to be synchronized across multiple devices.

Live Mesh was initially released as a technology preview, however, it was shortly updated to Beta on October 30, 2008 and at the same time incorporated as part of the Azure Services Platform - a "cloud" platform hosted at Microsoft data centers.

The Live Mesh technology preview platform supported the management and synchronisation of data between Windows and Mac OS X computers, mobiles devices, Windows Home Server, Xbox, Zune, Car Automation System,[4] as well as other computer devices and peripherals such as printers, digital cameras, and digital photo frames.