I was lucky enough to get an early invite to Live Mesh (I was working at Microsoft at the time). Back then it seemed more like a concept than an implementation there were that many flaws. I tried it for a while, but fell back to folder share and other technologies. Mesh got uninstalled.

To be honest, I hadn’t looked at Mesh since that time. Until today.

It all started as the result of a TFS engagement I had just finished consulting on down at the Gold Coast. I decided to build a TFS Resource Pack for all the common files you typically need on a TFS engagement. For example, VSTS SP1, TFS 08 SP1, SQL Server 2005 SP1, TFS sync tool, TFS migration tool, Branching Guidance document, TF Power Tools, Team System Web Access SP1, the list goes on!

Usually I just download these tools on site at the client but I figured it would be easier to have a portable HDD with all these items (I don’t own such a HDD but was willing to buy one). I ran the list of items in my pack past some internal Readify guys and one of the responses was: ‘Why not mesh?’

Why not indeed! There’s 5Gb worth of space in the cloud that I can use so why not put all these resources in one place where I can always get them? Maybe not the 1Gb ISO’s for service packs, but certainly the rest can go there.

So as of today, there is a folder in mesh with all this information, and I plan on continuing to add to it over time.

Want access? All you need is a Live Mesh account and send me your email: I’ll invite you to the folder so you can get the files as well (read access only if I don’t know you). And then just email me if you think I should add any particular file or application.