Introduction to the Windows Live Platform

Clint Edmonson Architect Evangelist Microsoft Corporation http://www.notsotrivial.net

Digital Lifestyle

Platform Overview

Demos

Quick Applications

Getting Started

Level 200

Bring my contacts with me where I go on the Web Real-time interaction with my contacts wherever I am Store and share my files, photos and video Visualize and store where I’ve been, where I’m going and where I want to go

100% broadband penetration

Shift from analog to digital TV

Online ads :

Double growth, new business models

Usage expansion

Content sharing, blogs, community

People want simpler, more seamless experiences

Web-app model increasingly equated with simplicity: zero-install, zero-update, consistent experiences, universally accessible.

People are using more devices

Desktop, mobile, entertainment, and automotive devices are all getting smarter and better-connected. People are using them all every day.

People want and expect to access to their data anytime, anywhere, on any device.

People need access to their devices anytime, anywhere.

People want application experiences that focus on them , not devices

License and install once, but use anywhere.

Settings and preferences follow a person based upon their identity.

Microsoft fulfilling these through a Software+Services solution

~60 people working on a software+services platform for 1.5 years.

Delivering rich client, web, and cloud platform components.

For organizations with more advanced IT needs where power and flexibility are critical

Online services include:

Exchange Hosted Services

Exchange Online

SharePoint Online

Designed primarily for individuals, business end-users, and virtual workgroups

Live offerings span:

Entertainment

Communication

Productivity

MSN – managed editorial content

Windows Live™ – infrastructure / consumers

Windows Live™ Services – developer platform

platform Last updated: November 2007 Live Search Service APIs & Controls Silverlight Streaming Spaces Photos Live Contacts IM & Presence Live Alerts Virtual Earth Live ID Web controls Service APIs REST JSON SOAP SOAP SOAP SOAP REST WebDAV Simple & Consistent Terms of Use Training & Support Service Level Agreements Flexible Monetization

Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live

Stores and delivers Microsoft ® Silverlight™ applications or content

Web user experience or REST API

Hidden slide for attendee reference

Windows Live Data is a front-end to data stored in Windows Live services

Contacts

Photos

Delegation model for accessing information

Users shouldn’t share their credentials

User should be able to set granular permissions

Need revoke capabilities

Windows Live Messenger

Huge network of people (hundreds of millions)

IM control

Anonymous Web to identified client conversations

Simple implementation

Presence API

JSON API for displayName / Status

Alerts

Multi-channel (IM / E-mail / SMS) alerting

Search

Index access via API

Control can be placed on sites

Microsoft ® Virtual Earth™

JavaScript control placed on Web sites

Multiple modes (Aerial / Bird’s Eye / 3-D / Detail)

AJAX – Asynchronous JavaScript + XML

SOAP – Simple Object Access Protocol

REST – Representational State Transfer

RSS – Real Simple Syndication

JSON – JavaScript Object Notation

ATOM – Not an acronym 

Hidden slide for attendee reference SERVICES PLATFORM Windows & Live Office & Office Live Business Apps Search & Portal Video & Music Gaming Servers & Business Services Developer Tools & Services

Windows Live tools for Microsoft ® Visual Studio ®

Visual Studio / Microsoft ® Visual Web Developer™ 2008 Express

Toolbox add-in

Rich design time experience

The final composition of the data occurs on the client machine

This is fundamentally different than traditional CGI, ASP or JSP models

This decentralizes your server architecture, offloading processing, power and heat to the end-user’s machine

Multiple Listing Data John L. Scott Mapping Data Virtual Earth Hidden slide for attendee reference

Last updated: November 2007 Hotmail Live ID Messenger Live Search Spaces Alerts Live.com Photo Gallery Writer Mail Sky Drive OneCare Gallery Windows Live for Mobile QnA Live Search Maps Favorites Expo Gadgets Custom Domains Contacts Agents Events Toolbar Calendar

Last updated: November 2007 platform Also of interest for developers… Writer SDK Expo API Gadgets SDK Custom Domains SDK Toolbar Buttons Live Search Macros Messenger Activities Spaces URL entry points Spaces RSS Feeds Sky Drive Copy/Paste HTML Spaces MetaWeblog API Calendar AddToCalendar entry point

Windows Live Writer SDK http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa738906.aspx

Windows Live Expo SDK http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa738787.aspx

Live Search Macros http://search.live.com/macros

Windows Live Messenger Activities http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa751024.aspx

Windows Live Toolbar http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb851621.aspx

Windows Live Gadgets http://dev.live.com/gadgets/

Windows Live Spaces MetaWeblog API http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb259702.aspx

Windows Live Spaces URL entry points (referred to as "Spaces APIs" in the documentation) http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb447732.aspx

Windows Live Spaces RSS Feeds http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb447738.aspx

Windows Live Custom Domains SDK http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb259721.aspx

Global Audience

Familiarity

Scale

Developer focus

Revenue opportunities

Supports multiple languages

.NET, PHP, Java, RUBY, PERL, ...

High scalability and ever lower cost

~450 million active users, 1,300 active partners, and still growing

~1 billion authentications/day

~1 million signups/day

~0.005 cents per authorized transaction, still going lower

High availability

99.95%+ availability (four hours outage/year) from end-user perspective

Security

Three years of no public security incident; sustained various attacks

Agility

Over 50% of the partner requests are satisfied through configuration changes

Service change has no impact on partner/consumer

Capabilities

Rich Media Experiences

Sharing & Storage

Communicate & Stay Connected

Find & Locate

Sharing & Storage

Find & Locate

Sharing & Storage

Find & Locate

Scenario Connects membership organizations with the content, information and communities they care about Community government keeping residents up to date on civic developments, community events and local news University sponsored site for students and staff to connect with the university events and social organizations

Scenario Services firm engaging with new customers to answer questions about its product and services as well as follow up appointments Travel and hospitality firm connecting with travelers and the travelers community to enrich pre and post trip experiences Retail site interacting with customers to creating community connections for easier and better acquisition and retention

Sharing & Storage

Find & Locate

Sharing & Storage

Find & Locate

Sharing & Storage

Find & Locate

Capabilities

Shared sourced segment focused demos

Dedicated dev/support resources

More coming out over the next six months

Visit http://dev.live.com

Windows Live ID on Windows Live Dev http://dev.live.com/liveid

Windows Live ID documentation on MSDN http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb404787.aspx

Windows Live ID Web Authentication 1.0 SDK download http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8BA187E5-3630-437D-AFDF-59AB699A483D&displaylang=en

Windows Live ID Client 1.0 SDK download http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b5a78784-922d-4267-a6e9-5d2ecf1dced8&displaylang=en

Windows Live ID Web Authentication app registration page https://msm.live.com/app/default.aspx

Windows Live Platform MVPs Community Activities: System Integrator Consultant Developer Enthusiast Community Involvement Functional Knowledge + MVP =

Secure & Respectable Experiences & Communities Rich capabilities Open and Accessible Affordable & Scalable Support & Commitments

Communicate and stay connected Identify and authenticate Deliver rich media experiences Find and locate Reach and build communities Microsoft is investing in building an ecosystem of partners for Windows Live services.

COMMUNICATION SAFETY ANYWHERE ACCESS SHARING

Authentication system for the majority of Microsoft’s online services

Web Authentication allows developers to easily implement this service in their web applications

Client SDK runs on end-user machines

Allows developers to easily develop applications that understand Windows Live IDs

Supports sharing of authentication across rich clients and browsers

Formerly known as Passport

It is the online identity system for all Microsoft services

Launched in October 1999; More than 450 million users

Strategic shifts

First, we tried to be the identity of the whole world

Next, we turned inward to focus on Microsoft services only

Now, we are open for the world and other ID providers

Scenarios working today and tomorrow

MSN, Hotmail, Messenger, Xbox LIVE, Office Live, Microsoft.com

Supported devices: PC, MSN TV, Xbox, cell phones

Hosted exchange, CRM Live, Windows 7 desktop sign-in integration

Device identity and application identity

High scalability and ever lower cost

480 million active users, 1,300 active partners, and still growing

~1 billion authentications/day

~1 million signups/day

~0.005 cents per authorized transaction, still going lower

High availability

99.95%+ availability (four hours outage/year) from end-user perspective

Security

Three years of no public security incident; sustained various attacks

Agility

Over 50% of the partner requests are satisfied through configuration changes

Service change has no impact on partner/consumer

Add Sign In button to site User clicks ‘Sign In’ and requested to enter Windows Live™ ID Credentials on login.live.com User is Redirected to your site with encrypted unique user ID. Register your site at Microsoft Services Manager by providing the URL and a Secret Key for encryption 3) 1) 4) 2) Capture & store user profile items in your database . 5)

1) User Requests Web Page 2) Website returns Sign In link 3) User clicks Sign In 4) Windows Live™ ID Sign In Page is returned 5) User enters Credentials 6) User is authenticated by Windows Live™ ID 7) User is redirected to your site 8) Your application displays protected or personalized content.

Windows Live ID Client SDK (.NET Framework 2.0 class library) Windows Live ID Web Authentication SDK