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Windows Live Space will officially closed on 16 March 2011

Finally I have a little time to clean my personal email - Hotmail. I'm did not read the email one by one before I click 'Delete' button, because there are too many spam emails flood the mailbox everyday. However, I'll have a quick look to the email subject before I send them into the dustbin. 
Didn't know why, a subject with "Your Windows Live Space will close on 16 March" attract me to read further. That's how I discover this notification email from Microsoft.

Dear Windows Live Spaces customer, 
You are receiving this note as a follow-up to our communications notifying you that Windows Live Spaces will soon close. If you haven't taken an action yet, please read on to learn how to preserve the content of your space. On March 16th, 2011 your space will be closed. However, you can still preserve the content of your space if you take action now. 
We are collaborating with a premier and innovative blogging service, WordPress.com, to enable Windows Live customers to migrate their Windows Live Spaces blog to WordPress.com where you will get a number of enhancements to your blogging experience. We'll help you migrate your current blog to WordPress.com or download it to save for later. On March 16th, 2011 your current space will be closed and you will no longer have access to the content on your space unless you take action. Click here to begin the migration of your space. 
With the new release of Windows Live services, we've made a series of changes and improvements across the products. We chose to partner with WordPress.com to provide Windows Live users with a fantastic blogging solution. However, we realize they will have an impact on you, so the information in this email aims to clarify what to expect. We thank you for your continued support of Windows Live.

To summarize, Microsoft migrate the Live Space to WordPress for free, with a lot blogging features and better maintenance.




Therefore, before 16 March 2011, all ex-Windows Live Space users are encourage to migrate the blog with the steps as easy as ABC as below:
When you visit your space you'll have the following options: 
i)   Upgrade your blog by migrating to WordPress.com - We will provide a simple way to move your blog posts and comments to WordPress.com. 
ii)  Download your blog – You can download your old posts to keep a copy with you. You can also do this and then migrate to WordPress.com. 
iii) Delete your space - If you decide that you do not want to have a space anymore, you have the option to delete it permanently. If you want to save your content, please make sure to do that before deleting your space. 
iv)  Review your blog – Soon your space will close but you still have some time to review your blog and make a decision that's right for you. We're very excited about what you can do on WordPress.com and hope you'll decide to take advantage of this improved blogging experience.

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