Jason Witty
A tutorial for implementing a modal popup window on your web site which will display a Microsoft Virtual Earth map with pinpoints on the locations of every more...

Richard Brundritt
MapPoint has many powerful back-end functionalities that many users would like to have in Virtual Earth. This article shows you how to integrate MapPoi more...

Richard Brundritt
This article explains how to implement clustering without having make use of a server. more...

Bronwen Zande
This article is a follow up from Your video to Silverlight Streaming 101. It gives a simple introduction to Silverlight Streaming that will allow you to more...

Bronwen Zande
This article takes you through the steps of turning your video into a silverlight streaming video you can put on your website, blog etc. more...

Scott Lovegrove
Last week I posted about my interview with Angus Logan and Danny Thorpe and included the whole interview in the blog post by using Silverlight Str more...

Bronwen Zande
This article gives a brief introduction to the Windows Live Messenger IM Control & Presence API. It provides a walkthrogh of how to setup, install an more...

By creating add-ins for the Windows Live Messenger 8.0 client, you can add new abilities to the client. This document explains how you can create add-ins and make them available to customers. This release of the Messenger Add-in API relies on the Microsoft .NET Framework as the hosting platform. Using the Code Access Security feature of the .NET Framework, you can isolate add-ins from the system on which they run. more...

Daniel Wissa
This article explains the different ways you can use to integrate Windows Live Search functionality to your website. There are 3 different ways by which more...

The Live Search Web Service enables you to create applications that return results from the Live Search Engine. Applications are developed in any Microsoft .NET language for Windows or the Web. Follow these steps to get started with the Live Search Web Service: more...

In this article, we’re going to take a look at a few simple hacks for the Windows Live Search Box, to change the look and feel. You can use these hacks to make the search box fit better into the design of your site. Here are a few simple things you can do: Apply the Windows Live styling to the basic search box Add default text to the search box Auto-select the search box when the page loads Ensure compatibility with ActiveX and other smart objects Please read the Terms of Use f more...

vasudev gurumurthy
Now there’s a new way to sign-in to your Windows Live ID. Windows Live ID has added Beta support for Information Cards with Wind more...

Windows Live ID is the identity and authentication system provided by Windows Live. Currently, more than 380 million users have credentials that work with Windows Live ID. And now, Microsoft offers two software development kits (SDKs) that make it possible for developers like you to use this powerful service. more...

The Windows Live Contacts API defines a set of Web services that let customers programmatically access the Windows Live Contacts Address Book database. The Windows Live Contacts Web service is exposed to clients in a HTTP/GET request interface with XML response. This API is intended for customers and partners who want to take advantage of the address book service that is known as Windows Live Contacts. An example of an application that may be built on this API is described in About the W more...

This guide will walk you through the process of creating a complete Windows Live Gadget that users can put onto their Live.com home pages. If you are new to Windows Live Gadget development, we recommend that you start here more...

The Expo API defines a set of Web services enabling customers to programmatically access the Expo classifieds listings database, a collection of location-tagged classifieds listings in categories like merchandise, real estate, autos, jobs and commercial services. The Expo Web service is exposed to clients in two ways: HTTP/GET request interface with XML response SOAP interface more...

Daniel Wissa
This article explains how you can set up your email with Windows Live Custom Domains. It’s easy and can be done in less than 10 steps! In a nutshell, all more...

Welcome to the Version 1.2 release of the Windows Live Custom Domains software development kit (SDK). The SDK provides methods for customers to programmatically manage their Windows Live Custom Domains user base by means of a Web service. The SDK does not permit customers to register domains or cancel the Custom Domains service; it is necessary to use the online Web interface to accomplish these tasks. The SDK uses the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) remote procedure call (RPC) 1.1 stan more...

Bronwen Zande
This article discusses the basics of the using the Alerts SDK and provides some simple helper methods help you write your first alert messages The more...

This SDK is intended for developers familiar with Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) who want to programmatically integrate with the Alerts notification service and administration tasks that are not available using the Windows Live Alerts web site. more...

Vasudev Gurumurthy
This article describes how to make use of available Silverlight Streaming plugin for Windows Live Writer. more...

Windows Live Writer (download) is a desktop application that makes it easier to compose compelling blog posts using Windows Live Spaces or your current blog service. more...