Data wants to be free! So come to this technical deep dive to learn how you can POST/GET/PUT/DELETE your way into Windows Live. We'll cover how you can ask users for permission to access and then interact with their Windows Live services (e.g. address book, Spaces, etc.)
3. Add video, photos, contacts, maps and search to your site!!
Web
Controls
Service
REST WebDAV REST SOAP SOAP HTTP/SOAP
APIs
Silverlight Spaces Live Virtual Live Authenti-
Streaming Photo Contacts Earth Search cation
Windows Live User
4. It’s a question of utility
Live Contacts
Central Store for all Windows Live Contacts Data
Hotmail
Messenger
Spaces
Etc.
500 Million Active Address Books
Name/Password
6. A system to allow Windows Live users to give permission
to third party websites to access their Windows Live
data/services
Alpha
Initial Release – Now – Live Contacts
Refresh – 60 Day– Spaces Photos
Beta – Later This Year
V1 – Next Year
7. < 1 Million Unique Users/Month == Free
Based on 3 month running average
>= 1 Million Unique Users/Month == $0.25/User/Year
Calculated Quarterly
Contracts Will Run for 2 – 3 Years
Those < 1 Million can sign contracts for less $
13. Problem Proposed Solution
Help users make better choices Phishing DB and considering TRUSTe and Extended
Validation Certs
Help Users Better Manage Their Identity One time use IDs? Pair wise unique IDs? Aliases?
Multiple Accounts?
Permissions are good until revoked Reminder e-mails
Sharing not Granular Enough Support filtering records & fields
15. http://dev.live.com
Date Time Session Location
5/1 1:00pm Open Mic: Get more users and make money with Sandbox
Windows Live Gallery
5/1 2:15pm Creating a Domain Communication Experience on Delfino 4105
Windows Live
5/1 2:15pm Developing with Windows Live Spaces Delfino 4005
5/1 2:30pm Open Mic: Deep dive on Windows Live ID Sandbox
5/1 6:00pm Evening Event: MIX Party at PURE PURE
16. Personalize Windows Live and
Windows Vista
Most popular personalization website1
3.9M Users & 27M page views/month1
4800 items. 15 languages supported
Upload and Share Content for Free
New Partner Tiers – May 07
Visual Differentiation (Gold/Silver)
Bulk uploading of items
Additional Benefits – Fall 07
1 Source: Nielsen//NetRatings NetView March 2007