Microsoft has begun showing most distant what’s to come in the new edition of its Windows Live Essentials retinue, and while Live Essentials may be primarily geared toward consumers, it’s got a cheerful deal to offer small businesses and teams and remote workers for example well.

That’s going to become even more true with Live Essentials 2011, that boasts enhancements including closer ties with Microsoft’s core Office productivity suite as well as improved videoconferencing capabilities. Datamation takes a look.

Microsoft noiselessly began offering the latest beta of its Windows Live Essentials 2011 — a lock opener consumer part of the company’s cloud computing initiative — for download in c~tinuance Tuesday. Of note to business and professional users, the beta at that time includes tighter integration to Microsoft’s Office suite.

The move comes at a time whenever Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is preparing to begin beta testing of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) adhering Sept. 15.

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