Opening up Windows Live Data

Yaron Y. GolandGroup Program ManagerMicrosoft Corporation

Windows Live Web Services @ MIXAdd video, photos, contacts, maps and search to your site!!

Web Controls

Windows Live User

WebDAV SOAPSOAPREST HTTP/SOAPService

APIs

Silverlight Streaming

Spaces Photo

Live Search

Virtual Earth

Authenti- cation

REST

Live Contacts

Data Wants To Be Free

It’s a question of utilityLive Contacts

Central Store for all Windows Live Contacts DataHotmailMessengerSpacesEtc.

500 Million Active Address Books

Name/Password

Doing Better Than Name/PasswordNameTitleGroup

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Windows Live Data

A system to allow Windows Live users to give permission to third party websites to access their Windows Live data/servicesAlpha

Initial Release – Now – Live ContactsRefresh – 60 Day– Spaces Photos

Beta – Later This YearV1 – Next Year

Business Terms

< 1 Million Unique Users/Month == FreeBased on 3 month running average

>= 1 Million Unique Users/Month == $0.25/User/Year

Calculated Quarterly

Contracts Will Run for 2 – 3 YearsThose < 1 Million can sign contracts for less $

Building A Windows Live Data Site NameTitleGroup

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More Details

What to do if DATs are stolenMutual SSL SupportSpace’s Photos - WebDAVThere Cannot Be Only One

What About Browser Applications?

JSON SupportCross Domain SupportBeta

Building a Smart Client With Windows Live DataNameTitleGroup

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Revoking Permissions

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PrivacyProblem Proposed Solution

Help users make better choices Phishing DB and considering TRUSTe and Extended Validation Certs

Help Users Better Manage Their Identity One time use IDs? Pair wise unique IDs? Aliases? Multiple Accounts?

Permissions are good until revoked Reminder e-mails

Sharing not Granular Enough Support filtering records & fields

Questions?

For More Information Go To http://dev.live.com

More Information & EventsDate Time Session Location

5/1 1:00pm Open Mic: Get more users and make money with Windows Live Gallery

Sandbox

5/1 2:15pm Creating a Domain Communication Experience on Windows Live

Delfino 4105

5/1 2:15pm Developing with Windows Live Spaces Delfino 4005

5/1 2:30pm Open Mic: Deep dive on Windows Live ID Sandbox5/1 6:00pm Evening Event: MIX Party at PURE PURE

http://dev.live.com

Reach Millions of UsersWindows Live Gallery – http://gallery.live.com

Personalize Windows Live and Windows Vista

Most popular personalization website1

3.9M Users & 27M page views/month1

4800 items. 15 languages supported

Upload and Share Content for Free

New Partner Tiers – May 07Visual Differentiation (Gold/Silver)

Bulk uploading of items

Additional Benefits – Fall 07

1 Source: Nielsen//NetRatings NetView March 2007

Thank You!

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