David Treadwell in his news and updates on the Live Platform Services, announced that Microsoft is unifying its developer platform protocols for services on the open, standards-based Atom format ( RFC 4287 ) and the Atom Publishing Protocol ( RFC 5023...

People can use their Windows Live contact information with your site, while keeping complete control of their data. This includes Hotmail, Messenger, and Mobile contacts. You can build Social Networks using: Contacts API (Beta) . A RESTful API...

In SQL Server Data Services (SSDS) an authority stores containers, and a container stores entities. When you query the service, you first choose the scope over which you wish to query, and then you provide a query expression to filter the flexible...

There are four new Quick Applications - Retail, Team Builder, Field Manager, and Contoso Riders - all of which offer community-based Web sites integrating Windows Live services. Quick Applications are fully customizable and developed around specific Web...

Finally, the CTP release of the new Virtual Earth ASP.NET control is available. ASP.NET developers can now integrate Microsoft Virtual Earth Maps simply by dragging and dropping an ASP.NET Server Control in Visual Studio and Visual Web Developer. No...

I want to highlight the availability of the Windows Live™ Tools for Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008, currently in the Community Technical Preview stage. This set of control add-ins enable .NET developers to easily integrate Windows Live services into...

SSDS offers a simple, easy-to-understand data model. This post is an overview in order to get strated quickly. To learn more go to SQL Server Data Services Primer on MSDN . The SSDS data model is a three-level containment model that includes authorities...