Vikas Ahuja
With over ten years of experience delivering IT solutions, Vikas lives in Redmond with his wife. He previously worked with the Microsoft.com Web site, held different positions in quality assurance, and is currently handling program management for the Windows Live Developer Platform.
Contact Information:
- Email: Vikas.Ahuja@microsoft.com
Articles Authored
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Getting Started with the Windows Live Tools
Last updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Published in: CODE Focus Magazine: 2008 - Vol. 5 - Issue 2 - Windows Live
Windows Live Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio enables developers to incorporate a set of Windows Live services into their Web sites using Visual Studio and ASP.NET.Using the Contacts ASP.NET Server Control, your users can easily share their contacts between Windows Live and your Web site. With the SilverlightStreamingMediaPlayer ASP.NET Server Control, you can show videos on your Web site from your Silverlight Streaming account with just drag-and-drop. The IDLoginStatus and IDLoginView ASP.NET Server Controls provide Windows Live ID authentication at your Web site for your users. Microsoft released its second community technology preview (CTP) in December, 2007. You can download this CTP from http://dev.live.com/tools.