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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What's included in the November 2008 CTP

ASP.NET Server Controls

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

Visual Studio Project Template

• ASP.NET Windows Live Web Site
• Windows Live Web Application
• Windows Live Web Role (template for Windows Azure Cloud Projects)

Changes in November 2008 CTP

• All the controls are now compatible with trust policy of Windows Azure
• New templates - Windows Live Web Application and Windows Live Web Role. Windows Live Web Role works for creating web sites web role in a Windows Azure Cloud Project.
• SilverlightStreamingMediaPlayer Control upgraded to Silverlight 2.0 Tools.
  

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 Tools for VS 2008