Introduced in 2006 under the "Live" umbrella, Windows Live Essentials was changed and enhanced with various "upgrade waves" from 2007 to 2011. The "Live" brand was dropped with Wave 5 in 2012 when ...

In 2012, Microsoft began dropping the Live brand and moved the remaining applications into the Windows Essentials suite. See Windows Essentials and Office Live. Microsoft's search engine started ...