Building Personalized Applications on the Windows Live ID Platform
Windows Live ID offers a simple way for you to get Live ID authentication in both web and rich client applications, letting you tap into over 400 million Live ID users.
by Vaishali De
June 2, 2008
o you have a cool personalized application that you want to offer to over 400 million users? Do you want to light it up with Live controls or create a mashup with Live resources? Windows Live ID now offers a simple way for third parties to get Live ID authentication in their web and rich client applications, letting these applications reach millions of Live ID users, integrate with Live Controls, and access Live services.
This capability is increasingly attractive. Windows Live ID currently supports more than 400 million active users, performing over a billion authentications per day, with a consistent availability of over 99.9 percent. This foundation identity service is also available to third-party developers, letting them build identity-aware applications that take advantage of Windows Live services, user data, and social relationships.
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o you have a cool personalized application that you want to offer to over 400 million users? Do you want to light it up with Live controls or create a mashup with Live resources? Windows Live ID now offers a simple way for third parties to get Live ID authentication in their web and rich client applications, letting these applications reach millions of Live ID users, integrate with Live Controls, and access Live services.
