Windows Live for Developers

I haven’t blogged here in a while, but that’s because I’ve started posting over on Inside Windows Live instead. You may have seen a couple of my blog posts there, explaining what OAuth 2.0 means for developers who want to connect their apps, services...

Members of the Windows Live Team as well as other teams from Microsoft are down at the Internet Identity Workshop (IIW) this week in Mountain View, California, USA. This is the 12th gathering of some of the thought leaders in the internet identity space...

In 2009, we introduced the application contacts feature , which makes it possible for web sites to offer the ability to IM based on site-defined user relationships.  Messenger users can  chat with other Messenger users based on the relationships...

Earlier this year we announced the general availability of Messenger Connect which enables users of Windows Live services to opt in to provide access to their identity, contacts, social updates and more with websites and apps. One of the key partners...

A few weeks ago we announced that Messenger Connect was out of beta and available worldwide. I wanted to take this opportunity to share some details about one of the features I worked on: the Messenger Connect Chat Control. This control allows people...

Recently, we released version 4.1 of Windows Live Messenger Connect . This version brings Messenger Connect out of beta and makes it available to everyone. Angus Logan describes many of the changes we've made in his recent blog post . I also highly recommend...

Jeff just announced on Inside Windows Live that Messenger Connect is now out of beta . In this post I want to give you some context on the technical changes. These changes are the result great feedback from the 2500+ people who participated in the beta...

As you may have heard, Microsoft made a major announcement about Windows Phone 7 this morning. On the Inside Windows Live blog , my colleague Chris Jones wrote about some of the many places where Windows Phone integrates with Windows Live in this blog...

One of the things I’ve found hard to measure is the industry’s perception (in aggregate) of the impact to user engagement and user acquisition when a site deeply connects to large audiences through “Connect like” solutions. This morning I may have found...

Did you know that Microsoft’s Windows Live has been actively embracing the emerging Activity Streams open standard? About a month ago, I traveled to Portland, Oregon, USA to participate in a “Federated Social Web Summit” organized the day before OSCON...

Communication and sharing has emerged over the past few years as a critical element making experiences more personalized and compelling across the web. Lots of sharing is done asynchronously (via activity feed or email), but for some things you want real...

There are over 500 million Windows Live IDs that are used every month. That is a lot of users who can sign into web sites. In addition to base level authentication you can also pre-fill registration forms with things such as the user’s email address,...

The primary goal of Messenger Connect is to help web sites & apps grow their traffic and engagement, at a reasonable cost. To that end, the technical implementation and business terms have been designed to be predictable for web developers and marketers...

Messenger social is the “newsfeed” which is associated with a Windows Live user and shown to their Messenger contacts across Windows Live, including Messenger and Hotmail. The new Messenger full view is optimized for showing users their friend’s activity...

Last week Omar Shahine blogged about our new privacy features in Windows Live , where we’ve made some improvements that we hope you will appreciate and find both powerful and easy to use. We also recently announced Windows Live Messenger Connect , an...

Hi everyone, I’m Angus Logan ( @anguslogan ), the Senior Technical Product Manager for Messenger Connect . As we lead up to the launch of Messenger Connect, I want to start a conversation with app developers and marketers. We are consolidating a few of...