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KoenRouwhorst — Wed, 19 May 2010 11:59:58 GMT

@alogan: The correct emailaddress to singup for the Windows Live Alerts API is 'alertsdk@microsoft.com' (minus plural s).

New Comment on "Adventure Works Resorts"

raysutton — Sun, 03 May 2009 07:27:57 GMT

is there a more detailed explanation of how to build this website?

Updated Wiki: Visit Planner

JasonKelly — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:14:35 GMT

Visit Planner

Overview

Visit Planner is a website where user can search City information like Hotels, Restaurants, Theaters, Concert Halls and Galleries etc. of the Country.
NOTE: The current build is using Silverlight 2.0 RTM.
See the Walk through presentations.

What technologies does Visit Planner use?

The following technologies have been used in the Visit Planner

How do I use Visit Planner

See the Demo video

TROUBLESHOOTING

The drop down list on the top right is empty ?

If top right City Guide: << EMPTY DROP DOWN LIST >> you should check your connection string is correctly setup and your database is populated with the Database Setup script.

Getting Silverlight errors ?

You should check 'Silverlight Tools Beta 2' has been installed.

Updated Wiki: Adventure Works Resorts

jthelin — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:29:51 GMT

Where do I see this running?

http://adventureworksresorts.sharplogic.com

sign in with your Windows Live ID
This codebase is a little different to the one hosted at http://adventureworksresorts.sharplogic.com, the SharpLogic implementation has been skinned and is being run by a Washington based partner, SharpLogic.

http://www.pucklink.com is another example developed by SharpLogic
If you create a site using this project please update the Wiki

Adventure Works Resorts (WLQuickApps.SocialNetwork) Deployment Guide

User Experience customization

To theme the Adventure Works Quick App see WLQuickApps.SocialNetwork.Themeability Guidance.

Server setup

Install the following on your computer (Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista or later):

Microsoft Message Queue (information http://www.microsoft.com/msmq/)

Vista Installation Process:

Control Panel
Install/uninstall
Windows Features
ensure the entire Microsoft Message Queueing tree is ticked.

IIS 6.0 or later

If IIS 6.0, you'll need to configure it for Silverlight (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms752346.aspx)

Distributed Transaction Coordinator (you may need to run: net start MSDTC and set this up to auto start) MSDTC is required to do distributed transactions (i.e. multiple SQL commands can be joined into a transaction).
SQL Server 2005 (http://www.microsoft.com/sql/downloads/trial-software.mspx)
.NET Framework 2.0 (Windows Update)
.NET Framework 3.0 (Windows Update)
J# 2.0 redistributable (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vjsharp/bb188598.aspx) J# is used for zipping files programmatically
ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Extensions (http://www.asp.net/ajax/downloads/)
ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit (http://www.asp.net/ajax/downloads/)
Expression Encoder (http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/download.aspx?key=encoder) Expression Encoder is used to programmatically encode Video and Audio into Silverlight
RSS Toolkit (http://www.codeplex.com/ASPNETRSSToolkit)
Microsoft AntiXSS Library (AntiXSS Library)
LiveNet (LiveNet Library)

Download it and put it in c:\code\livenet\v.{current version}\*.dll

Codecs for media formats you wish to be able to process, such as:

Apple QuickTime (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/)

Windows Live Account Setup

You will need to gain access and/or credentials from each of the following, which will be stored in the Web.config of the Web project:

Windows Live Authentication (http://msm.live.com/app) (see the web.config for redirect URLs - http://localhost:50008/WLQuickApps.SocialNetwork.WebSite/Register.aspx if you are running in local debug mode) Time Lapse in setting up account: Instant
Windows Live Alerts (contact alertssdk@microsoft.com for an account) Time Lapse in setting up account: Upto 3 business days
Silverlight Streaming (https://silverlight.live.com/account/create.aspx) Time Lapse in setting up account: Instant
MapPoint (https://mappoint-css.live.com/MwsSignUp/Default.aspx)Time Lapse in setting up account: Documented few days but is only a couple of minutes.

Note note you need to specify the correct datasource http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms982193.aspx the capability required is CanFindAddress

Visual Studio 2005

Open the WLQuickApps.SocialNetwork.sln file in notepad
Change "Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 10.00" to "Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 9.00"
Launch the solution file in VS 2005

VideoProcessorService setup

The VideoProcessorService runs as a Windows Service and encodes media into Silverlight apps, which are then uploaded to Silverlight Streaming for hosting. To set up:

Create an MSMQ message queue (such as "ProcessorQueue")

Vista Configuration Process:

Computer Manager
Services & Applications,
Message Queueing,
Right Click Private Queues
New Private Queue call the new queue ProcessorQueue
IMPORTANT: You must open the ProcessorQueue and allow NETWORK SERVICE full access to the queue.

Deployment - you can either

Copy the .EXE, .CONFIG, *.xml, *.bat and error.zip from build output of the VideoProcessorService project and copy them to the location you want the service to reside at.

To install and start the service run HELPER_Install.bat and HELPER_StartService.bat
Run HELPER_StopService.bat to stop the service

Run the service from the build directory

Remember to stop the service using HELPER_StopService.bat before you rebuild the Service Project.
After you build the service you will need to browse to the DEBUG\bin (or RELEASE\bin) directory and execute HELPER_Install.bat and HELPER_StartService.bat

Configuration

Check the .CONFIG file. Configurations need to be made before you start the service. See comments in the .CONFIG file for more detailed configuration information.

ServiceWorkingDir - is where your *.exe resides
MediaSubmissionQueue - private message queue you created earlier. NOTE: The message queue name must be in the form "<Computer>\private$\<queuename>" or ".\private$\<queuename>"
ProcessorWorkingDir - directory where the audio and video files are processed (make sure NETWORK SERVICE has permissions to this folder)
NOTE: if changes need to be made, stop the service first, make the changes, and then restart.

Debugging

To debug the service you should start the service; open Visual Studio and Attach to Process; tick All Sessions and All Users and select WLQuickApps...VideoProcessor.
By default, events are sent to the Application event log with a source of "WLQuickApps Media Processor Service"
NOTE: If you are running the application on Windows Vista, you will need to give the Network Servicve account read and write permissions to the event log. Grant the Network Service user read/write permissions to: HKEYLOCALMACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog and Read access to HKEYLOCALMACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Security

Database setup

Create a database called "SocialNetwork"
Run the SocialNetwork.sql script found in the project root to set up the tables (NOTE: be sure to be running this against the SocialNetwork database and not the master database).

Web app setup

Be sure to update Web.config with the credentials obtained from the Windows Live steps above and SQL Connection string

You will need:

Windows Live App ID and Secret Key
Silverlight Streaming Account ID and Key
MapPoint Account ID and Password
Windows Live Alerts ID and Key

Configure Web.config to point to the right MSMQ queue for media encoding (ProcessingQueue)
Configure Web.config to point to a valid MediaDropPath (create a folder share \\<computername>\MediaDrop) - this is where media will be uploaded for processing before being uploaded to Silverlight Streaming. Make sure the web application has sufficient permissions to write to this folder.
Build the Web project in Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2
Deployment options:

Copy/publish the output of the Web project to the virtual directory set up earlier for Web hosting
Run the site in local debug mode (the Web Site has been set to non dynamic ports

build the Video Processing *.exe file and copy it into the bin directory of the website

Configuration checking

Step through the web.config of the Web Site and verify the fields are set.
Step through the app.config of the Video Processing Service and verify the fields are set.

Updated Wiki: Adventure Works Resorts

jthelin — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:21:00 GMT

Where do I see this running?

http://adventureworksresorts.sharplogic.com

sign in with your Windows Live ID
This codebase is a little different to the one hosted at http://adventureworksresorts.sharplogic.com, the SharpLogic implementation has been skinned and is being run by a Washington based partner, SharpLogic.

http://www.pucklink.com is another example developed by SharpLogic
If you create a site using this project please update the Wiki

Adventure Works Resorts (WLQuickApps.SocialNetwork) Deployment Guide

User Experience customization

To theme the Adventure Works Quick App see WLQuickApps.SocialNetwork.Themeability Guidance.

Server setup

Install the following on your computer (Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista or later):

Microsoft Message Queue (information http://www.microsoft.com/msmq/)

Vista Installation Process:

Control Panel
Install/uninstall
Windows Features
ensure the entire Microsoft Message Queueing tree is ticked.

IIS 6.0 or later

If IIS 6.0, you'll need to configure it for Silverlight (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms752346.aspx)

Distributed Transaction Coordinator (you may need to run: net start MSDTC and set this up to auto start) MSDTC is required to do distributed transactions (i.e. multiple SQL commands can be joined into a transaction).
SQL Server 2005 (http://www.microsoft.com/sql/downloads/trial-software.mspx)
.NET Framework 2.0 (Windows Update)
.NET Framework 3.0 (Windows Update)
J# 2.0 redistributable (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vjsharp/bb188598.aspx) J# is used for zipping files programmatically
ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Extensions (http://www.asp.net/ajax/downloads/)
ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit (http://www.asp.net/ajax/downloads/)
Expression Encoder (http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/download.aspx?key=encoder) Expression Encoder is used to programmatically encode Video and Audio into Silverlight
RSS Toolkit (http://www.codeplex.com/ASPNETRSSToolkit)
Microsoft AntiXSS Library (AntiXSS Library)
LiveNet (LiveNet Library)

Download it and put it in c:\code\livenet\v.{current version}\*.dll

Codecs for media formats you wish to be able to process, such as:

Apple QuickTime (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/)

Windows Live Account Setup

You will need to gain access and/or credentials from each of the following, which will be stored in the Web.config of the Web project:

Windows Live Autentication (http://msm.live.com/app) (see the web.config for redirect URLs - http://localhost:50008/WLQuickApps.SocialNetwork.WebSite/Register.aspx if you are running in local debug mode) Time Lapse in setting up account: Instant
Windows Live Alerts (contact alertssdk@microsoft.com for an account) Time Lapse in setting up account: Upto 3 business days
Silverlight Streaming (https://silverlight.live.com/account/create.aspx) Time Lapse in setting up account: Instant
MapPoint (https://mappoint-css.live.com/MwsSignUp/Default.aspx)Time Lapse in setting up account: Documented few days but is only a couple of minutes.

Note note you need to specify the correct datasource http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms982193.aspx the capability required is CanFindAddress

Visual Studio 2005

Open the WLQuickApps.SocialNetwork.sln file in notepad
Change "Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 10.00" to "Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 9.00"
Launch the solution file in VS 2005

VideoProcessorService setup

The VideoProcessorService runs as a Windows Service and encodes media into Silverlight apps, which are then uploaded to Silverlight Streaming for hosting. To set up:

Create an MSMQ message queue (such as "ProcessorQueue")

Vista Configuration Process:

Computer Manager
Services & Applications,
Message Queueing,
Right Click Private Queues
New Private Queue call the new queue ProcessorQueue
IMPORTANT: You must open the ProcessorQueue and allow NETWORK SERVICE full access to the queue.

Deployment - you can either

Copy the .EXE, .CONFIG, *.xml, *.bat and error.zip from build output of the VideoProcessorService project and copy them to the location you want the service to reside at.

To install and start the service run HELPER_Install.bat and HELPER_StartService.bat
Run HELPER_StopService.bat to stop the service

Run the service from the build directory

Remember to stop the service using HELPER_StopService.bat before you rebuild the Service Project.
After you build the service you will need to browse to the DEBUG\bin (or RELEASE\bin) directory and execute HELPER_Install.bat and HELPER_StartService.bat

Configuration

Check the .CONFIG file. Configurations need to be made before you start the service. See comments in the .CONFIG file for more detailed configuration information.

ServiceWorkingDir - is where your *.exe resides
MediaSubmissionQueue - private message queue you created earlier. NOTE: The message queue name must be in the form "<Computer>\private$\<queuename>" or ".\private$\<queuename>"
ProcessorWorkingDir - directory where the audio and video files are processed (make sure NETWORK SERVICE has permissions to this folder)
NOTE: if changes need to be made, stop the service first, make the changes, and then restart.

Debugging

To debug the service you should start the service; open Visual Studio and Attach to Process; tick All Sessions and All Users and select WLQuickApps...VideoProcessor.
By default, events are sent to the Application event log with a source of "WLQuickApps Media Processor Service"
NOTE: If you are running the application on Windows Vista, you will need to give the Network Servicve account read and write permissions to the event log. Grant the Network Service user read/write permissions to: HKEYLOCALMACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog and Read access to HKEYLOCALMACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Security

Database setup

Create a database called "SocialNetwork"
Run the SocialNetwork.sql script found in the project root to set up the tables (NOTE: be sure to be running this against the SocialNetwork database and not the master database).

Web app setup

Be sure to update Web.config with the credentials obtained from the Windows Live steps above and SQL Connection string

You will need:

Windows Live App ID and Secret Key
Silverlight Streaming Account ID and Key
MapPoint Account ID and Password
Windows Live Alerts ID and Key

Configure Web.config to point to the right MSMQ queue for media encoding (ProcessingQueue)
Configure Web.config to point to a valid MediaDropPath (create a folder share \\<computername>\MediaDrop) - this is where media will be uploaded for processing before being uploaded to Silverlight Streaming. Make sure the web application has sufficient permissions to write to this folder.
Build the Web project in Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2
Deployment options:

Copy/publish the output of the Web project to the virtual directory set up earlier for Web hosting
Run the site in local debug mode (the Web Site has been set to non dynamic ports

build the Video Processing *.exe file and copy it into the bin directory of the website

Configuration checking

Step through the web.config of the Web Site and verify the fields are set.
Step through the app.config of the Video Processing Service and verify the fields are set.

Updated Wiki: Home

alogan — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:37:52 GMT

Windows Live Quick Applications Beta provide customizable out-of-the box solutions for specific Web scenarios. Each Quick App is built on Windows Live services and is offered as a source code download for you to use today.

Websites in the WL Quick Apps

Retail demo

The Retail Quick Application shows how you can integrate Windows Live Platform services into a Silverlight E-commerce site.
Retail uses the following services and technologies:
Silverlight Streaming for streaming video
Windows Live ID Web Authentication for user authentication
Messenger Activity SDK for customer service
Silverlight 2.0 Beta 2

Team Builder demo

Team Builder website allows to where we can see all that's happening with specific group/team. From here any member of site can add photos, upload video and start a conversation with other members online.
Silverlight Streaming
Virtual Earth
Windows Live Messenger IM Control
Spaces
Smoke test cases

Field Manager demo

Field Manager allows people who play sports to join a league and that league can use many different sporting fields, it allows the "player" to keep up to date as to where the field is, is it open, and notes. If you were a parent and your child played sports like baseball or soccer - it would make your life easier
Silverlight Streaming
Virtual Earth
Spaces
Smoke test cases

Contoso Riders (Membership Organisation) demo

Contoso Riders website allows users to add the new Ride/Event information and view the existing Ride/Event information, Users can also Chat with online Riders through WindowsLive messenger etc..
Silverlight Streaming (geo-sync'd)
Virtual Earth
Windows Live Messenger IM Control
Spaces
Smoke test cases

Tafiti Overview (Deployment Guide) demo or original

Tafiti Search Visualization is a Website which brings a new user experience to researching (searching and storing results). It was originally created by Microsoft to demonstrate Silverlight and the Windows Live Search APIs. Now Tafiti has been released as a Windows Live Platform Quick Application on CodePlex under a MS-PL license (free for use).

The technologies used are Silverlight, ASP.NET Ajax, Windows Live ID and the Live Search API.

Contoso ISV (Systems Integrator / Consultancy) demo

A professional services website using the Windows Live platform services for a customer acquisition / CRM scenario. Featured technologies are the Windows Live Messenger IM Control where customers can interact with sales staff, and the sales staff can schedule an appointment within the Windows Live Messenger client via an activity which integrates Microsoft Virtual Earth and Windows Live Alerts. This application also leverages Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live to provide an interactive video carousel
Codebase is not in the release yet - download from Source Code Tab
Run through PowerPoint presentation and configuration instructions
Contoso ISV site http://contosoisv.mslivelabs.com

Contains Silverlight application with multiple videos coming from Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live
Listing of stories / content (right now this is static)
Shows presence of sales staff using the Windows Live Messenger IM Control (see below for configuration).

Contoso ISV Sales Activity _an ASP.NET application which gets surfaced within a Windows Live Messenger Activity Window see http://contosoisvactivity.mslivelabs.com/

Used by sales staff scheduling a meeting with a customer
sales staff enter the address of customer, time, and directions are generated from Virtual Earth
the service staff can then get notified using Windows Live Alerts by clicking Send Appointment. To test this you must sign up to the Alert.

Localized into Chinese and US English languages
Smoke test cases

Adventure Works Resorts (Social Network) demo (_by SharpLogic_) Implementation by MyConditioningCoach

Live ID being associated with ASP.NET Profiles
User Generated Video Content

Accepting file uploads (via a form post)
dropping the uploads onto a MSMQ Queue
automatically encoding using Expression Encoder
programmatically uploading to Silverlight Streaming
rendering the videos back from Silverlight Streaming

Map Point Web Service
Contacts Control
Spaces Photo Control
Windows Live Alerts
Virtual Earth
Smoke test cases

Contosos Bicycle Club (Membership Organisation) demo

Video.Show (User Generated Content sharing site) (links to another Codeplex project)

Video.Show is a sample that demonstrates usage of Silverlight, Expression Encoder, Silverlight Streaming and ASP.NET AJAX to create a video portal for user-generated content.
Silverlight Streaming | Expression Encoder | ASP.NET

Contoso University (Education) demo

Visit Planner demo

Visit Planner website guides users to gain useful information about any city, so that they can be attracted to plan their visits to that city. The information provided includes Hotels, Restaurants, Theaters, Concert Halls and Galleries etc..
Featured technologies are the Microsoft Virtual Earth and Silverlight Streaming.
Watch the Demo video

Submit your contributions

Use the Sourcecode integration in CodePlex to contribute to these applications - anyone can be a developer just apply!

Downloads

Go to the Release tab

For more information

See dev.live.com

Updated Wiki: Home

JasonKelly — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:26:57 GMT

Websites in the WL Quick Apps

Retail demo

The Retail Quick Application shows how you can integrate Windows Live Platform services into a Silverlight E-commerce site.
Retail uses the following services and technologies:
Silverlight Streaming for streaming video
Windows Live ID Web Authentication for user authentication
Messenger Activity SDK for customer service
Silverlight 2.0 Beta 2

Team Builder demo

Team Builder website allows to where we can see all that's happening with specific group/team. From here any member of site can add photos, upload video and start a conversation with other members online.
Silverlight Streaming
Virtual Earth
Windows Live Messenger IM Control
Spaces
Smoke test cases

Field Manager demo

Field Manager allows people who play sports to join a league and that league can use many different sporting fields, it allows the "player" to keep up to date as to where the field is, is it open, and notes. If you were a parent and your child played sports like baseball or soccer - it would make your life easier
Silverlight Streaming
Virtual Earth
Spaces
Smoke test cases

Contoso Riders (Membership Organisation) demo

Contoso Riders website allows users to add the new Ride/Event information and view the existing Ride/Event information, Users can also Chat with online Riders through WindowsLive messenger etc..
Silverlight Streaming (geo-sync'd)
Virtual Earth
Windows Live Messenger IM Control
Spaces
Smoke test cases

Tafiti Overview (Deployment Guide) demo or original

The technologies used are Silverlight, ASP.NET Ajax, Windows Live ID and the Live Search API.

Contoso ISV (Systems Integrator / Consultancy) demo

A professional services website using the Windows Live platform services for a customer acquisition / CRM scenario. Featured technologies are the Windows Live Messenger IM Control where customers can interact with sales staff, and the sales staff can schedule an appointment within the Windows Live Messenger client via an activity which integrates Microsoft Virtual Earth and Windows Live Alerts. This application also leverages Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live to provide an interactive video carousel
Codebase is not in the release yet - download from Source Code Tab
Run through PowerPoint presentation and configuration instructions
Contoso ISV site http://contosoisv.mslivelabs.com

Contains Silverlight application with multiple videos coming from Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live
Listing of stories / content (right now this is static)
Shows presence of sales staff using the Windows Live Messenger IM Control (see below for configuration).

Contoso ISV Sales Activity _an ASP.NET application which gets surfaced within a Windows Live Messenger Activity Window see http://contosoisvactivity.mslivelabs.com/

Used by sales staff scheduling a meeting with a customer
sales staff enter the address of customer, time, and directions are generated from Virtual Earth
the service staff can then get notified using Windows Live Alerts by clicking Send Appointment. To test this you must sign up to the Alert.

Localized into Chinese and US English languages
Smoke test cases

Adventure Works Resorts (Social Network) demo (_by SharpLogic_) Implementation by MyConditioningCoach

Live ID being associated with ASP.NET Profiles
User Generated Video Content

Accepting file uploads (via a form post)
dropping the uploads onto a MSMQ Queue
automatically encoding using Expression Encoder
programmatically uploading to Silverlight Streaming
rendering the videos back from Silverlight Streaming

Map Point Web Service
Contacts Control
Spaces Photo Control
Windows Live Alerts
Virtual Earth
Smoke test cases

Contosos Bicycle Club (Membership Organisation) demo

Video.Show (User Generated Content sharing site) (links to another Codeplex project)

Video.Show is a sample that demonstrates usage of Silverlight, Expression Encoder, Silverlight Streaming and ASP.NET AJAX to create a video portal for user-generated content.
Silverlight Streaming | Expression Encoder | ASP.NET

Contoso University (Education) demo

Visit Planner demo

Visit Planner website guides users to gain useful information about any city, so that they can be attracted to plan their visits to that city. The information provided includes Hotels, Restaurants, Theaters, Concert Halls and Galleries etc..
Featured technologies are the Microsoft Virtual Earth and Silverlight Streaming.
Watch the Demo video

Submit your contributions

Use the Sourcecode integration in CodePlex to contribute to these applications - anyone can be a developer just apply!

Downloads

Go to the Release tab

Hosting

Host these Quick Apps for free with Verio

For more information

See dev.live.com

Updated Wiki: Home

JasonKelly — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:26:37 GMT

Websites in the WL Quick Apps

Retail demo

The Retail Quick Application shows how you can integrate Windows Live Platform services into a Silverlight E-commerce site.

**Retail uses the following services and technologies:

Silverlight Streaming for streaming video
Windows Live ID Web Authentication for user authentication
Messenger Activity SDK for customer service
Silverlight 2.0 Beta 2

Team Builder demo

Team Builder website allows to where we can see all that's happening with specific group/team. From here any member of site can add photos, upload video and start a conversation with other members online.
Silverlight Streaming
Virtual Earth
Windows Live Messenger IM Control
Spaces
Smoke test cases

Field Manager demo

Field Manager allows people who play sports to join a league and that league can use many different sporting fields, it allows the "player" to keep up to date as to where the field is, is it open, and notes. If you were a parent and your child played sports like baseball or soccer - it would make your life easier
Silverlight Streaming
Virtual Earth
Spaces
Smoke test cases

Contoso Riders (Membership Organisation) demo

Contoso Riders website allows users to add the new Ride/Event information and view the existing Ride/Event information, Users can also Chat with online Riders through WindowsLive messenger etc..
Silverlight Streaming (geo-sync'd)
Virtual Earth
Windows Live Messenger IM Control
Spaces
Smoke test cases

Tafiti Overview (Deployment Guide) demo or original

The technologies used are Silverlight, ASP.NET Ajax, Windows Live ID and the Live Search API.

Contoso ISV (Systems Integrator / Consultancy) demo

A professional services website using the Windows Live platform services for a customer acquisition / CRM scenario. Featured technologies are the Windows Live Messenger IM Control where customers can interact with sales staff, and the sales staff can schedule an appointment within the Windows Live Messenger client via an activity which integrates Microsoft Virtual Earth and Windows Live Alerts. This application also leverages Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live to provide an interactive video carousel
Codebase is not in the release yet - download from Source Code Tab
Run through PowerPoint presentation and configuration instructions
Contoso ISV site http://contosoisv.mslivelabs.com

Contains Silverlight application with multiple videos coming from Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live
Listing of stories / content (right now this is static)
Shows presence of sales staff using the Windows Live Messenger IM Control (see below for configuration).

Contoso ISV Sales Activity _an ASP.NET application which gets surfaced within a Windows Live Messenger Activity Window see http://contosoisvactivity.mslivelabs.com/

Used by sales staff scheduling a meeting with a customer
sales staff enter the address of customer, time, and directions are generated from Virtual Earth
the service staff can then get notified using Windows Live Alerts by clicking Send Appointment. To test this you must sign up to the Alert.

Localized into Chinese and US English languages
Smoke test cases

Adventure Works Resorts (Social Network) demo (_by SharpLogic_) Implementation by MyConditioningCoach

Live ID being associated with ASP.NET Profiles
User Generated Video Content

Accepting file uploads (via a form post)
dropping the uploads onto a MSMQ Queue
automatically encoding using Expression Encoder
programmatically uploading to Silverlight Streaming
rendering the videos back from Silverlight Streaming

Map Point Web Service
Contacts Control
Spaces Photo Control
Windows Live Alerts
Virtual Earth
Smoke test cases

Contosos Bicycle Club (Membership Organisation) demo

Video.Show (User Generated Content sharing site) (links to another Codeplex project)

Video.Show is a sample that demonstrates usage of Silverlight, Expression Encoder, Silverlight Streaming and ASP.NET AJAX to create a video portal for user-generated content.
Silverlight Streaming | Expression Encoder | ASP.NET

Contoso University (Education) demo

Visit Planner demo

Visit Planner website guides users to gain useful information about any city, so that they can be attracted to plan their visits to that city. The information provided includes Hotels, Restaurants, Theaters, Concert Halls and Galleries etc..
Featured technologies are the Microsoft Virtual Earth and Silverlight Streaming.
Watch the Demo video

Submit your contributions

Use the Sourcecode integration in CodePlex to contribute to these applications - anyone can be a developer just apply!

Downloads

Go to the Release tab

Hosting

Host these Quick Apps for free with Verio

For more information

See dev.live.com

Updated Wiki: Retail

JasonKelly — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:23:49 GMT

Retail

Overview

The Retail Quick Application shows how you can integrate Windows Live Platform services into a Silverlight E-commerce site.

See it running at the demo site

Services and Technologies

Retail uses the following services and technologies:

Silverlight Streaming for streaming video
Windows Live ID Web Authentication for user authentication
Messenger Activity SDK for customer service
Silverlight 2.0 Beta 2

Updated Wiki: Retail

JasonKelly — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:52:20 GMT

The Retail Quick Application shows how you can integrate Windows Live Platform services into a Silverlight E-commerce site.

Retail uses the following services and technologies:

Silverlight Streaming for streaming video
Windows Live ID Web Authentication for user authentication
Messenger Activity SDK for customer service
Silverlight 2.0 Beta 2

Updated Wiki: Retail

JasonKelly — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:19:02 GMT

Info coming soon for Retail.

Updated Wiki: Home

JasonKelly — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:28:34 GMT

Websites in the WL Quick Apps

Team Builder demo

Team Builder website allows to where we can see all that's happening with specific group/team. From here any member of site can add photos, upload video and start a conversation with other members online.
Silverlight Streaming
Virtual Earth
Windows Live Messenger IM Control
Spaces
Smoke test cases

Field Manager demo

Field Manager allows people who play sports to join a league and that league can use many different sporting fields, it allows the "player" to keep up to date as to where the field is, is it open, and notes. If you were a parent and your child played sports like baseball or soccer - it would make your life easier
Silverlight Streaming
Virtual Earth
Spaces
Smoke test cases

Contoso Riders (Membership Organisation) demo

Contoso Riders website allows users to add the new Ride/Event information and view the existing Ride/Event information, Users can also Chat with online Riders through WindowsLive messenger etc..
Silverlight Streaming (geo-sync'd)
Virtual Earth
Windows Live Messenger IM Control
Spaces
Smoke test cases

Tafiti Overview (Deployment Guide) demo or original

The technologies used are Silverlight, ASP.NET Ajax, Windows Live ID and the Live Search API.

Contoso ISV (Systems Integrator / Consultancy) demo

A professional services website using the Windows Live platform services for a customer acquisition / CRM scenario. Featured technologies are the Windows Live Messenger IM Control where customers can interact with sales staff, and the sales staff can schedule an appointment within the Windows Live Messenger client via an activity which integrates Microsoft Virtual Earth and Windows Live Alerts. This application also leverages Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live to provide an interactive video carousel
Codebase is not in the release yet - download from Source Code Tab
Run through PowerPoint presentation and configuration instructions
Contoso ISV site http://contosoisv.mslivelabs.com

Contains Silverlight application with multiple videos coming from Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live
Listing of stories / content (right now this is static)
Shows presence of sales staff using the Windows Live Messenger IM Control (see below for configuration).

Contoso ISV Sales Activity _an ASP.NET application which gets surfaced within a Windows Live Messenger Activity Window see http://contosoisvactivity.mslivelabs.com/

Used by sales staff scheduling a meeting with a customer
sales staff enter the address of customer, time, and directions are generated from Virtual Earth
the service staff can then get notified using Windows Live Alerts by clicking Send Appointment. To test this you must sign up to the Alert.

Localized into Chinese and US English languages
Smoke test cases

Adventure Works Resorts (Social Network) demo (_by SharpLogic_) Implementation by MyConditioningCoach

Live ID being associated with ASP.NET Profiles
User Generated Video Content

Accepting file uploads (via a form post)
dropping the uploads onto a MSMQ Queue
automatically encoding using Expression Encoder
programmatically uploading to Silverlight Streaming
rendering the videos back from Silverlight Streaming

Map Point Web Service
Contacts Control
Spaces Photo Control
Windows Live Alerts
Virtual Earth
Smoke test cases

Contosos Bicycle Club (Membership Organisation) demo

Video.Show (User Generated Content sharing site) (links to another Codeplex project)

Video.Show is a sample that demonstrates usage of Silverlight, Expression Encoder, Silverlight Streaming and ASP.NET AJAX to create a video portal for user-generated content.
Silverlight Streaming | Expression Encoder | ASP.NET

Contoso University (Education) demo

Visit Planner demo

Visit Planner website guides users to gain useful information about any city, so that they can be attracted to plan their visits to that city. The information provided includes Hotels, Restaurants, Theaters, Concert Halls and Galleries etc..
Featured technologies are the Microsoft Virtual Earth and Silverlight Streaming.
Watch the Demo video

Submit your contributions

Use the Sourcecode integration in CodePlex to contribute to these applications - anyone can be a developer just apply!

Downloads

Go to the Release tab

Hosting

Host these Quick Apps for free with Verio

For more information

See dev.live.com

Updated Wiki: Visit Planner

Mallik — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:27:14 GMT

Visit Planner

Overview

What technologies does Visit Planner use?

The following technologies have been used in the Visit Planner

How do I use Visit Planner

See the Demo video

TROUBLESHOOTING

The drop down list on the top right is empty ?

If top right City Guide: << EMPTY DROP DOWN LIST >> you should check your connection string is correctly setup and your database is populated with the Database Setup script.

Getting Silverlight errors ?

You should check 'Silverlight Tools Beta 2' has been installed.

Updated Wiki: Visit Planner

Mallik — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:25:42 GMT

Visit Planner

Overview

What technologies does Visit Planner use?

The following technologies have been used in the Visit Planner

How do I use Visit Planner

See the Demo video

TROUBLESHOOTING

The drop down list on the top right is empty ?

If top right City Guide: << EMPTY DROP DOWN LIST >> you should check your connection string is correctly setup and your database is populated with the Database Setup script.

Getting Silverlight errors ?

You should check 'Silverlight Tools Beta 2' has been installed.

Updated Wiki: Home

alogan — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:51:23 GMT

Websites in the WL Quick Apps

Team Builder demo

Team Builder website allows to where we can see all that's happening with specific group/team. From here any member of site can add photos, upload video and start a conversation with other members online.
Silverlight Streaming
Virtual Earth
Windows Live Messenger IM Control
Spaces
Smoke test cases

Field Manager demo

Field Manager allows people who play sports to join a league and that league can use many different sporting fields, it allows the "player" to keep up to date as to where the field is, is it open, and notes. If you were a parent and your child played sports like baseball or soccer - it would make your life easier
Silverlight Streaming
Virtual Earth
Spaces
Smoke test cases

Contoso Riders (Membership Organisation) demo

Contoso Riders website allows users to add the new Ride/Event information and view the existing Ride/Event information, Users can also Chat with online Riders through WindowsLive messenger etc..
Silverlight Streaming (geo-sync'd)
Virtual Earth
Windows Live Messenger IM Control
Spaces
Smoke test cases

Tafiti Overview (Deployment Guide) demo or original

The technologies used are Silverlight, ASP.NET Ajax, Windows Live ID and the Live Search API.

Contoso ISV (Systems Integrator / Consultancy) demo

A professional services website using the Windows Live platform services for a customer acquisition / CRM scenario. Featured technologies are the Windows Live Messenger IM Control where customers can interact with sales staff, and the sales staff can schedule an appointment within the Windows Live Messenger client via an activity which integrates Microsoft Virtual Earth and Windows Live Alerts. This application also leverages Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live to provide an interactive video carousel
Codebase is not in the release yet - download from Source Code Tab
Run through PowerPoint presentation and configuration instructions
Contoso ISV site http://contosoisv.mslivelabs.com

Contains Silverlight application with multiple videos coming from Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live
Listing of stories / content (right now this is static)
Shows presence of sales staff using the Windows Live Messenger IM Control (see below for configuration).

Contoso ISV Sales Activity _an ASP.NET application which gets surfaced within a Windows Live Messenger Activity Window see http://contosoisvactivity.mslivelabs.com/

Used by sales staff scheduling a meeting with a customer
sales staff enter the address of customer, time, and directions are generated from Virtual Earth
the service staff can then get notified using Windows Live Alerts by clicking Send Appointment. To test this you must sign up to the Alert.

Localized into Chinese and US English languages
Smoke test cases

Adventure Works Resorts (Social Network) demo (_by SharpLogic_) Implementation by MyConditioningCoach

Live ID being associated with ASP.NET Profiles
User Generated Video Content

Accepting file uploads (via a form post)
dropping the uploads onto a MSMQ Queue
automatically encoding using Expression Encoder
programmatically uploading to Silverlight Streaming
rendering the videos back from Silverlight Streaming

Map Point Web Service
Contacts Control
Spaces Photo Control
Windows Live Alerts
Virtual Earth
Smoke test cases

Contosos Bicycle Club (Membership Organisation) demo

Video.Show (User Generated Content sharing site) (links to another Codeplex project)

Video.Show is a sample that demonstrates usage of Silverlight, Expression Encoder, Silverlight Streaming and ASP.NET AJAX to create a video portal for user-generated content.
Silverlight Streaming | Expression Encoder | ASP.NET

Contoso University (Education) demo

Visit Planner

Visit Planner website guides users to gain useful information about any city, so that they can be attracted to plan their visits to that city. The information provided includes Hotels, Restaurants, Theaters, Concert Halls and Galleries etc..
Featured technologies are the Microsoft Virtual Earth and Silverlight Streaming.
Watch the Demo video

Submit your contributions

Use the Sourcecode integration in CodePlex to contribute to these applications - anyone can be a developer just apply!

Downloads

Go to the Release tab

Hosting

Host these Quick Apps for free with Verio

For more information

See dev.live.com

Updated Wiki: Contoso Riders

Mallik — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:10:08 GMT

Contoso Riders

Overview

Contoso Riders website allows users to add the new Ride/Event information and view the existing Ride/Event information, Users can also Chat with online Riders through WindowsLive messenger etc..

What technologies does Contoso Riders use?

The following technologies have been used in the Contoso Riders

Silverlight Streaming
Windows Live™ ID Web Authentication
Windows Live Spaces
Virtual Earth
Windows Live Messenger IM Control
AjaxControlToolkit
SQL EXPRESS 2008
IIS
HTML / JavaScript / CSS

Notes for Developers

All of the data for this sample comes from Windows Live Services, specifically, Spaces, Virtual Earth and Silverlight Streaming. The web.config supplied with this site contains a number of application settings that allow you to configure the sources of this data. It is recommended that you become familiar with the code base before attempting to modify these values.

Some of the Windows Live services used in this sample are protected by a LiveID, the credentials of which are not published and the data are therefore, readonly. To modify the displayed data on the site requires 3 key items:

Windows Live ID with Space - (see http://login.live.com) This LiveID will be used to administer the site and update the secret word in the Email publishing in your space option page.
A new Space, attached to the LiveID, that will act as the main administration source. The Space needs to be configured to replicate the configuration of the Space used here(contosobicycleclubv3.spaces.live.com).
Get Silverlight Streaming Service Account from http://silverlight.live.com using the above Live ID
Register an Application from https://msm.live.com/app/default.aspx

Updated Wiki: Contoso Riders

Mallik — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:48:32 GMT

Contoso Riders

Overview

Contoso Riders website allows users to add the new Ride/Event information and view the existing Ride/Event information, Users can also Chat with online Riders through WindowsLive messenger etc..

What technologies does Contoso Riders use?

The following technologies have been used in the Contoso Riders

Silverlight Streaming
Windows Live™ ID Web Authentication
Windows Live Spaces
Virtual Earth
Windows Live Messenger IM Control
AjaxControlToolkit
SQL EXPRESS 2008
IIS
HTML / JavaScript / CSS

Notes for Developers

Windows Live ID with Space - (see http://login.live.com) This LiveID will be used to administer the site and update the secret word in the Email publishing in your space option page.
A new Space, attached to the LiveID, that will act as the main administration source. The Space needs to be configured to replicate the configuration of the Space used here(contosobicycleclubv3.spaces.live.com).
Get Silverlight Streaming Service Account from http://silverlight.live.com using the above Live ID
Register an Application from https://msm.live.com/app/default.aspx

Updated Wiki: Contoso Riders

Mallik — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:45:42 GMT

Contoso Riders

Overview

Contoso Riders website allows users to add the new Ride/Event information and view the existing Ride/Event information, Users can also Chat with online Riders through WindowsLive messenger etc..

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What technologies does Contoso Riders use?

The following technologies have been used in the Contoso Riders

Silverlight Streaming
Windows Live™ ID Web Authentication
Windows Live Spaces
Virtual Earth
Windows Live Messenger IM Control
AjaxControlToolkit
SQL EXPRESS 2008
IIS
HTML / JavaScript / CSS

Notes for Developers

Windows Live ID with Space - (see http://login.live.com) This LiveID will be used to administer the site and update the secret word in the Email publishing in your space option page.
A new Space, attached to the LiveID, that will act as the main administration source. The Space needs to be configured to replicate the configuration of the Space used here(contosobicycleclubv3.spaces.live.com).
Get Silverlight Streaming Service Account from http://silverlight.live.com using the above Live ID
Register an Application from https://msm.live.com/app/default.aspx

UPDATED WIKI: Home

alogan — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:24:03 GMT

Websites in the WL Quick Apps

Team Builder demo

Team Builder website allows to where we can see all that's happening with specific group/team. From here any member of site can add photos, upload video and start a conversation with other members online.
Silverlight Streaming
Virtual Earth
Windows Live Messenger IM Control
Spaces
Smoke test cases

Field Manager demo

Field Manager allows people who play sports to join a league and that league can use many different sporting fields, it allows the "player" to keep up to date as to where the field is, is it open, and notes. If you were a parent and your child played sports like baseball or soccer - it would make your life easier
Silverlight Streaming
Virtual Earth
Spaces
Smoke test cases

Contoso Riders (Membership Organisation) demo

Contoso Riders website allows users to add the new Ride/Event information and view the existing Ride/Event information, Users can also Chat with online Riders through WindowsLive messenger etc..
Silverlight Streaming (geo-sync'd)
Virtual Earth
Windows Live Messenger IM Control
Spaces
Smoke test cases

Tafiti Overview (Deployment Guide) demo or original

The technologies used are Silverlight, ASP.NET Ajax, Windows Live ID and the Live Search API.

Contoso ISV (Systems Integrator / Consultancy) demo

A professional services website using the Windows Live platform services for a customer acquisition / CRM scenario. Featured technologies are the Windows Live Messenger IM Control where customers can interact with sales staff, and the sales staff can schedule an appointment within the Windows Live Messenger client via an activity which integrates Microsoft Virtual Earth and Windows Live Alerts. This application also leverages Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live to provide an interactive video carousel
Codebase is not in the release yet - download from Source Code Tab
Run through PowerPoint presentation and configuration instructions
Contoso ISV site http://contosoisv.mslivelabs.com

Contains Silverlight application with multiple videos coming from Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live
Listing of stories / content (right now this is static)
Shows presence of sales staff using the Windows Live Messenger IM Control (see below for configuration).

Contoso ISV Sales Activity _an ASP.NET application which gets surfaced within a Windows Live Messenger Activity Window see http://contosoisvactivity.mslivelabs.com/

Used by sales staff scheduling a meeting with a customer
sales staff enter the address of customer, time, and directions are generated from Virtual Earth
the service staff can then get notified using Windows Live Alerts by clicking Send Appointment. To test this you must sign up to the Alert.

Localized into Chinese and US English languages
Smoke test cases

Adventure Works Resorts (Social Network) demo (_by SharpLogic_)

Live ID being associated with ASP.NET Profiles
User Generated Video Content

Accepting file uploads (via a form post)
dropping the uploads onto a MSMQ Queue
automatically encoding using Expression Encoder
programmatically uploading to Silverlight Streaming
rendering the videos back from Silverlight Streaming

Map Point Web Service
Contacts Control
Spaces Photo Control
Windows Live Alerts
Virtual Earth
Smoke test cases

Contosos Bicycle Club (Membership Organisation) demo

Video.Show (User Generated Content sharing site) (links to another Codeplex project)

Video.Show is a sample that demonstrates usage of Silverlight, Expression Encoder, Silverlight Streaming and ASP.NET AJAX to create a video portal for user-generated content.
Silverlight Streaming | Expression Encoder | ASP.NET

Contoso University (Education) demo

Visit Planner

Visit Planner website guides users to gain useful information about any city, so that they can be attracted to plan their visits to that city. The information provided includes Hotels, Restaurants, Theaters, Concert Halls and Galleries etc..
Featured technologies are the Microsoft Virtual Earth and Silverlight Streaming.
Watch the Demo video

Submit your contributions

Use the Sourcecode integration in CodePlex to contribute to these applications - anyone can be a developer just apply!

Downloads

Go to the Release tab

Hosting

Host these Quick Apps for free with Verio

For more information

See dev.live.com

UPDATED WIKI: Home

alogan — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:07:53 GMT

Websites in the WL Quick Apps

Team Builder demo

Team Builder website allows to where we can see all that's happening with specific group/team. From here any member of site can add photos, upload video and start a conversation with other members online.
Silverlight Streaming
Virtual Earth
Windows Live Messenger IM Control
Spaces
Smoke test cases

Field Manager demo

Field Manager allows people who play sports to join a league and that league can use many different sporting fields, it allows the "player" to keep up to date as to where the field is, is it open, and notes. If you were a parent and your child played sports like baseball or soccer - it would make your life easier
Silverlight Streaming
Virtual Earth
Spaces
Smoke test cases

Contoso Riders (Membership Organisation) demo

Contoso Riders website allows users to add the new Ride/Event information and view the existing Ride/Event information, Users can also Chat with online Riders through WindowsLive messenger etc..
Silverlight Streaming (geo-sync'd)
Virtual Earth
Windows Live Messenger IM Control
Spaces
Smoke test cases

Tafiti Overview (Deployment Guide) demo or original

The technologies used are Silverlight, ASP.NET Ajax, Windows Live ID and the Live Search API.

Contoso ISV (Systems Integrator / Consultancy) demo

A professional services website using the Windows Live platform services for a customer acquisition / CRM scenario. Featured technologies are the Windows Live Messenger IM Control where customers can interact with sales staff, and the sales staff can schedule an appointment within the Windows Live Messenger client via an activity which integrates Microsoft Virtual Earth and Windows Live Alerts. This application also leverages Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live to provide an interactive video carousel
Codebase is not in the release yet - download from Source Code Tab
Run through PowerPoint presentation and configuration instructions
Contoso ISV site http://contosoisv.mslivelabs.com

Contains Silverlight application with multiple videos coming from Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live
Listing of stories / content (right now this is static)
Shows presence of sales staff using the Windows Live Messenger IM Control (see below for configuration).

Contoso ISV Sales Activity _an ASP.NET application which gets surfaced within a Windows Live Messenger Activity Window see http://contosoisvactivity.mslivelabs.com/

Used by sales staff scheduling a meeting with a customer
sales staff enter the address of customer, time, and directions are generated from Virtual Earth
the service staff can then get notified using Windows Live Alerts by clicking Send Appointment. To test this you must sign up to the Alert.

Localized into Chinese and US English languages
Smoke test cases

Adventure Works Resorts (Social Network) demo (_by SharpLogic_)

Live ID being associated with ASP.NET Profiles
User Generated Video Content

Accepting file uploads (via a form post)
dropping the uploads onto a MSMQ Queue
automatically encoding using Expression Encoder
programmatically uploading to Silverlight Streaming
rendering the videos back from Silverlight Streaming

Map Point Web Service
Contacts Control
Spaces Photo Control
Windows Live Alerts
Virtual Earth
Smoke test cases

Contosos Bicycle Club (Membership Organisation) demo (Work in Progress Demo

Video.Show (User Generated Content sharing site) (links to another Codeplex project)

Video.Show is a sample that demonstrates usage of Silverlight, Expression Encoder, Silverlight Streaming and ASP.NET AJAX to create a video portal for user-generated content.
Silverlight Streaming | Expression Encoder | ASP.NET

Contoso University (Education) demo

Visit Planner

Visit Planner website guides users to gain useful information about any city, so that they can be attracted to plan their visits to that city. The information provided includes Hotels, Restaurants, Theaters, Concert Halls and Galleries etc..
Featured technologies are the Microsoft Virtual Earth and Silverlight Streaming.
Watch the Demo video

Submit your contributions

Use the Sourcecode integration in CodePlex to contribute to these applications - anyone can be a developer just apply!

Downloads

Go to the Release tab

Hosting

Host these Quick Apps for free with Verio

For more information

See dev.live.com