Gladinet Desktop Access Solutions make it easy to manage files in Windows Live SkyDrive.  If you need to access SkyDrive through a mapped network drive in Windows Explorer or if you need to move data back and forth between your desktop and SkyDrive, you can use Gladinet Cloud Desktop. Try the free Gladinet Cloud Desktop Starter Edition and see how it works!

Windows Live SkyDrive

Windows Live SkyDrive  is a file storage and sharing service that allows users to upload files to the computing cloud, then access them from a web browser. It uses Windows Live ID to control access to the user’s files, allowing them to keep the files private, share with contacts, or make the files public. Publicly-shared files do not require a Windows Live ID to access.

The service currently offers 25 GB of free personal storage, with individual files limited to 50 MB.

One of the pain point of using SkyDrive is the lack of a Desktop Client. For example, uploading documents to SkyDrive is done through the following user interface. It is not possible to upload folders.  Gladinet solutions will address this problem  among others.

Gladinet Cloud Desktop Feature Highlights

• Map a network drive to Windows Live SkyDrive
• Connect to any number of Windows Live SkyDrive accounts
• Create, browse,  and delete Windows Live SkyDrive files from Windows Explorer directly.
• Create, browse and delete folders from Windows Explorer
• Drag and drop from your local folders and files to Windows Live SkyDrive accounts directly
• Drag and drop files and folders from Windows Live SkyDrive to local folders directly
• Schedule backup tasks from local files and folders to Windows Live SkyDrive accounts
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Gladinet CloudAFS Feature Highlights

• Attach Windows Live Skydrive to a file server
• Provides a network share that Backup Exec and other third party tools can use to access Skydrive
• Tied to Active Directory for published net share
• Publish CIFS net shares
• Assign different Windows Live SkyDrive folders to different Active Directory identities
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Gladinet Cloud Backup Feature Highlights

• Backup and Restore Snapshots
• Backup File-In-Use
• Support Volume Shadow Copy for SQL Server and Other Applications
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