Windows Live™ ID - Available Options - Part II
MIX'08 is coming (next week) and new stuff will probably be revealed by the Windows Live™ product team. I'll be there, knows what's behind - but can't tell you right now what's going to be announced. Indeed, I previously wrote that I will talk about some APIs not even mentioned on MSDN but it would definitely not be fair as we reserve this kind of announcements to customer's events.
All I can tell you is that we will be enhancing the actual Web Authentication SDK to provide more granularity and more customization capabilities. This should help adoption by customers who are a bit reluctant of being redirected to login.live.com servers and thus, creating a disruptive experience in the navigation and the UI.
For customer who are not really satisfied about what they have with the Web Authentication SDK, I suggest that you stay tuned and listen to Angus Logan's Session at MIX'08 when it will be posted at http://sessions.visitmix.com. He's going to announce some of the changes that will hit the next release of this SDK.
For those who are still impatient and want to use Windows Live™ ID and all the benefits around Windows Live™ Services, other APIs exist and are reserved to Microsoft Partners. Those API are being used by Microsoft sites (I.e. http://msdn2.microsoft.com, http://www.live.com, http://www.zune.net) and some other partners. Without telling too much about it, I suggest that you visit the www.zune.net web site and try to sign-in or sign-up for a new Windows Live™ account. Rather than writing a long story about it, just try and you'll have a flavor of what can be possible.
So my bottom line will be - don't limit yourself with what you see today, new stuff are coming and if you think that this is not enough, either talk to your local Microsoft representative or directly email me and we will show you that more is available ...
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