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Office Live Small Business customers grapple with migration
The Microsoft e-mail and website hosting service shut down days ago, but many small businesses haven't yet moved to another service
By Juan Carlos Perez
May 4, 2012 06:48 PM ET
IDG News Service - The deadline to migrate email domains and websites hosted on the Microsoft Office Live Small Business (OLSB) online service suite passed on Monday, but customers continue to post a steady stream of complaints and problem reports, indicating that the number of businesses that haven't made the transition is considerable.
Frustrated small business owners are struggling with a variety of technical issues, including lengthy delays in the process of verifying ownership of the Internet domains they're transferring from OLSB to Office 365 and other third-party hosts, according to posts made on the official OLSB Community site, the official Office 365 Facebook page, discussion forums, social media sites and blogs.
Microsoft started dismantling OLSB and turning off customer websites after midnight U.S. Pacific Time on Tuesday, though the company pledged to maintain Windows Live Hotmail custom email addresses hosted by the service for six months.
Microsoft is also providing an online form that OLSB customers can fill out to recover lost website data.
More about at: http://www.computerw..._with_migration
The Microsoft e-mail and website hosting service shut down days ago, but many small businesses haven't yet moved to another service
By Juan Carlos Perez
May 4, 2012 06:48 PM ET
IDG News Service - The deadline to migrate email domains and websites hosted on the Microsoft Office Live Small Business (OLSB) online service suite passed on Monday, but customers continue to post a steady stream of complaints and problem reports, indicating that the number of businesses that haven't made the transition is considerable.
Frustrated small business owners are struggling with a variety of technical issues, including lengthy delays in the process of verifying ownership of the Internet domains they're transferring from OLSB to Office 365 and other third-party hosts, according to posts made on the official OLSB Community site, the official Office 365 Facebook page, discussion forums, social media sites and blogs.
Microsoft started dismantling OLSB and turning off customer websites after midnight U.S. Pacific Time on Tuesday, though the company pledged to maintain Windows Live Hotmail custom email addresses hosted by the service for six months.
Microsoft is also providing an online form that OLSB customers can fill out to recover lost website data.
More about at: http://www.computerw..._with_migration
