Overview & Benefits
Innovate On Windows Live will help you find resources to quickly build, publish, and promote your custom applications.
Using the Windows Live Platform, you can create next generation applications—from fun gadgets and personalization content to serious business tools—easily and affordably.
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Windows Live products and services include:
Get Help Developing Your Windows Live Applications
You can learn how to use our open APIs at
Windows Live Dev, your center for Windows Live development resources. Find software development kits (SDKs), the latest documentation and information on getting started, as well as sample applications, developer forums, and blogs.
Windows Live Services include such tools as:
Virtual Earth, Microsoft Live@edu, Windows Live@net and
Community Builder.
Learn more about building applications and websites using Windows Live Services.
Once you've developed your solution, showcase it in the Windows Live Gallery distributed through the Microsoft global distribution engine. The marketplace gives customers instant access to your applications—which means worldwide exposure with minimal overhead.
Learn how to build, publish, and manage items for Windows Live Gallery.
See how a California application service provider used Windows Live Local (powered by Virtual Earth and the .NET platform) to build RE3W. This Web-based service gives commercial real estate brokers a powerful tool to quickly find the information—and people—they need for a faster close.
To learn more about registering your solution, go to
Windows Live Quickstart.
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