HealthVault
Useful information for the HealthVault developer
How to fetch and save schemas for HealthVault data types...
Scheming for Schemas
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 03/11/2008
An introduction to vocabularies and CodableValues
Work on your Vocabulary. The word for today is "CodableValue"
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 03/07/2008
Dealing with PersonalImage
Dealing with PersonalImage
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 03/06/2008
Server Maintenance - Wed 5 Oct
We will be performing routine maintenance on the HealthVault Developer Environment servers between...
Author: Chris Tremonte Date: 02/27/2008
Opening up the Vault!
I guess this is the moment - we are really excited to let you know that we are opening up health...
Author: VaibhavB [MSFT] Date: 02/20/2008
New data types blog...
We've created a new data types blog that we're going to use to get your input on new data types.
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 02/19/2008
New SDK release
This is a minor SDK release. User Quotas The HealthVault platform puts a quota limit on how much...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 02/14/2008
Uploading a file to HealthVault
Uploading a file to HealthVault
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 02/13/2008
Handshake for offline applications...
One common question we come across is "how does an offline app establish a connection between a user...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 02/08/2008
No More Promo Codes
For those of you who have been with us for awhile -- as of this week's upgrade we no longer require...
Author: Chris Tremonte Date: 01/25/2008
Consultant Directory
Are you looking for technical help in building your HealthVault-compatible application or device?...
Author: Chris Tremonte Date: 01/25/2008
Proposed change to GetThingType that may break users of Microsoft.Health.HealthRecordItemDataTable and Microsoft.Health.Web.HealthRecordItemDataGrid
Due to limitations of the display column definitions for HealthVault types that are returned from...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 01/24/2008
Users, records, and multi-record applications
Users, records, and multi-record applications
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 01/22/2008
Sean Nolan's FamilyHealthGuy
HealthVault Chief Architect Sean Nolan has started a blog named FamilyHealthGuy, which I'm sure will...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 01/22/2008
Batching queries to speed things up
Batching queries
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 01/18/2008
Offline Access Sample
The latest release of HealthVault SDK has a sample called "OfflineAccess". We have been asked by...
Author: VaibhavB [MSFT] Date: 01/10/2008
Developer Environment Upgrade & URL Change
We are upgrading the HealthVault Developer Environment hardware so that its topology will mirror...
Author: Chris Tremonte Date: 01/10/2008
Using the TroubleShooter Utility in the "Holiday" SDK
The Troubleshooter utility in DotNet\WebSamples folder of the "Holiday" SDK provides a page that can...
Author: VaibhavB [MSFT] Date: 12/21/2007
"Holiday" Release of HealthVault SDK
We are happy to announce the availability of an updated HealthVault SDK, just in time for the...
Author: VaibhavB [MSFT] Date: 12/21/2007
HealthVault Environment Overview & URLs
HealthVault has two distinct but nearly identical environments that applications may talk to:...
Author: Chris Tremonte Date: 12/19/2007
Version stamps on data items...
If you look closely at the HealthRecordItem.Key, you will find that it is of type...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 12/03/2007
The life and times of a HealthVault piece of data...
This post talks about how to get the previous state of an item...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 11/29/2007
Request-Response Tracing
A way to log the low-level interaction of your application and HealthVault Request-Response Tracing
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 11/28/2007
Storing CCR and CCD Data in HealthVault
Storing CCR and CCD Data in HealthVault
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 11/16/2007
Health and Fitness Sample - what's new
In my previous post I announced that we've improved the Health & Fitness sample in our newly...
Author: Chris Tremonte Date: 11/14/2007
SDK Update Available!
We are happy to announce the availability of an updated HealthVault SDK. The installer for this new...
Author: Chris Tremonte Date: 11/14/2007
Developer Environment Upgrade - 21 Nov 07
We will be upgrading the HealthVault Developer Environment servers between 6pm and 7pm Pacific Time...
Author: Chris Tremonte Date: 11/14/2007
Extending HealthVault data types through extensions...
Two posts that explain how to add some custom data to an existing data type... Extending HealthVault...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 11/08/2007
HealthVault Hello World
There have been a few requests for a HealthVault introduction that is simpler than the SleepJournal...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 11/06/2007
Designing HealthVault's Data Model
[update link fixed] A nice post that explains the rationale behind the HealthVault Data Model.
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 11/06/2007
When you need your own app id...
At some point in HealthVault development, you will want your own application id. The most common...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 11/01/2007
What data type should I use?
What data type should I use?
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 10/31/2007
A conversation with Sean Nolan, chief architect for HealthVault
A conversation with Sean Nolan, chief architect for HealthVault From Jon Udell
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 10/31/2007
Four articles about data types...
I wrote a few articles about data types on my blog: HealthRecordItem Weight, measurements, and...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 10/29/2007
HealthVault applications and offline access...
There have been a few questions about how offline access works and where it can be used, so I...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 10/26/2007
HealthVault Device blog
For those of you interested in connecting devices to HealthVault, there's a blog just for you.
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 10/19/2007
Server maintenance - Wed 24 Oct
We will be performing routine maintenance on the HealthVault Developer Environment servers between...
Author: Chris Tremonte Date: 10/18/2007
New Promo Code Request Form
Some of your emails to the Promo Code request alias (hvPromo@microsoft.com) were getting blocked by...
Author: Chris Tremonte Date: 10/17/2007
Web applications, thick clients, and authentication
There have been some questions about authentication in web apps and support for thick clients in...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 10/16/2007
Building Connection Center shortcuts
The Connection Center application allows you to add a shortcut to your application to the set of...
Author: Eric Gunnerson Date: 10/15/2007
Peter Neupert interview about HealthVault
An interview of Peter Neupert, VP of the Health Solutions Group
Author: HVUser Date: 10/10/2007
Launch event coverage
There are some pictures and a few short videos of the launch event posted here.
Author: HVUser Date: 10/09/2007
HealthVault and Certificates
A short introduction to certificates and how they relate to HealthVault HealthVault and...
Author: HVUser Date: 10/08/2007
HealthVault developer forum open for business
You may now ask questions in the HealthVault developer forum.
Author: HVUser Date: 10/08/2007
Promo code request
Our promo code email is now functioning correctly. If you need a promo code, go to the request...
Author: HVUser Date: 10/08/2007
Hooking devices up to HealthVault
[Update] There is now a HealthVault Devices blog...
Author: HVUser Date: 10/05/2007
Using the SDK on Windows Server 2003
If you're running on windows server 2003, you may run into problems trying to install the SDK....
Author: HVUser Date: 10/04/2007
Promo codes and accounts...
(The email doesn't have to be the one associated with your live id) Our promo code alias is having...
Author: HVUser Date: 10/04/2007
First steps...
We have a Getting Started guide on the dev center that has most of the information you need, but...
Author: HVUser Date: 10/04/2007