The Tools You'll Need to Run The Show

Windows Live™ Tools for Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008 are a set of control add-ins to make incorporating Windows Live services into your Web application easier with Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer Express 2008.

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The six controls included in this CTP release are:

• Contacts Control (reference)
• IDLoginStatus Control (reference)
• IDLoginView Control (reference)
• MessengerChat Control (reference)
• SilverlightStreamingMediaPlayer Control (reference)
• Map Control (reference)

Requirements for Using Windows Live Tools

This CTP release only targets English (United States).

Operating System

• Microsoft Windows XP SP 2
• Microsoft Windows Vista

Development Tools

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
• Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2008
• Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Tools for VS 2008