Add another consumer service to the Microsoft dustbin. The Windows Live team says it's discontinuing Windows Live Events in stages starting next month and ending next year. The company is encouraging people to use Windows Live Calendar to plan and manage events.
Microsoft launched the service in October 2007, hoping to rival Evite and other online events sites. Less than two years later, Windows Live Events has turned out to be about as effective in that mission as MSN Soapbox was in taking on YouTube.
"In order to focus and prioritize our resources on Windows Live, we are retiring Windows Live Events and encouraging people to use Windows Live Calendar for their event organizing needs," a Microsoft representative said in response to our inquiry. "With Windows Live Calendar we’re making it easier to manage and share your events, to-do lists and reminders all from one place."
A post on the Windows Live blog yesterday outlined the process by which Windows Live Events will be retired, saying that the ability to add events will go away early next month. "You’ll still be able to access and edit your existing events until 2010," the post added, "and we encourage you to save your photos and files from your existing events before then."
Microsoft in recent months has announced plans to discontinue a series of consumer products and services -- including the Encarta encyclopedia, Windows Live OneCare security program and Digital Image Suite photo software -- as part of its effort to cut costs.
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