You know how you sometimes have a really large PDF file, and you need to send it to someone by email, but that person's email provider has a limit on file sizes?

One of our associates suggested using Windows Live SkyDrive as a large file sharing solution, and I'm finding that was a very good idea.

To give SkyDrive a try, go to http://home.live.com/ and sign up for Windows Live

After you sign up, you can find SkyDrive on the dropdown menu under "More"

Or you can go directly to http://skydrive.live.com

Click Create folder

Name the folder, and list the people who will have access to the folder, click next

Browse for, and add the files you wish to share, click Upload.

Click "Let people know".

Type a message for the people who will have access to the file.  Click Send.

The recipients will receive an email notice to view the file.  The email notice looks like this.

To view the file, the recipient first clicks on the file icon

Then the recipient clicks Download to open the file

Notice the Comment area.  People can ask and answer questions, and have a discussion of the file contents within SkyDrive.

Windows Live SkyDrive is a free service.