To add support for SkyDrive, Attachments.me is taking advantage of some recent changes Microsoft made to the SkyDrive API (application programming interface).

Now, users of the Chrome browser who have the Attachments.me extension are able to send Gmail attachments to SkyDrive and also access and share SkyDrive files from the Gmail interface.

It's also possible for users to create rules to automatically save certain Gmail attachments to SkyDrive, Microsoft said in a on Monday.

also works with other cloud storage services, including Box, Dropbox and Google Drive.

Microsoft recently eliminated SkyDrive API restrictions on photo resolution and content types, and it simplified the process for integrating SkyDrive "file picker" functionality with websites, making it similar to the process on Windows 8.