Windows Live ID team is Blogging
Looks like the Windows Live ID team has started blogging about their developments with the new Windows Live ID the upgrade/replacement for the Microsoft Passport.
Welcome to the Windows Live ID team blog! This is our inaugural Hello World! post to introduce Windows Live ID.
Windows Live ID is the upgrade/replacement for the Microsoft Passport service and is the identity and authentication gateway service for cross-device access to Microsoft online services, such as Windows Live, MSN, Office Live and Xbox Live. Is this the authentication service for the world? No 🙂 It’s primarily designed for use with Microsoft online services and by Microsoft-affiliated close partners who integrate with Windows Live services to offer combined innovations to our mutual customers. We will continue to support the Passport user base of 300+ Million accounts and seamlessly upgrade these accounts to Windows Live IDs. Partners who have already implemented Passport are already compatible with Windows Live ID.
Windows Live ID is being designed to be an identity provider among many within the Identity Metasystem. In the future, we will support Federated identity scenarios via WS-* and support InfoCards.
For developers we will be providing rich programmable interfaces via server and client SDKs to give third party application developers access to authenticated Microsoft Live services and APIs.
Over the next few weeks as we complete our deployment, you will see the Windows Live ID service come alive through our respective partners sites and services. The first thing you’ll notice as early as today is that the word Passport is being replaced by Windows Live ID. But isn’t a rebranding exercise — there is stuff going on under the hood. This will be more understandable in the coming weeks and months when you start seeing the new, exciting Windows Live sign-in UI. Not only is the page load time significantly reduced, but you will see some really cool innovative features that we’re sure you’ll love 🙂
What do you need to do as a consumer? Nothing! Just keep logging into your Windows Live and MSN services as you normally do. Or try out some new ones at ideas.live.com.
We’ll be sharing more about Windows Live ID here as it rolls out…for all those interested in identity and authentication service, come on back. And let us know what you think!–Trevin Chow, Lead Program Manager
Via: Windows Live ID Team Blog | Dare Obasanjo’s Blog
2 thoughts on “Windows Live ID team is Blogging”
Michel Lauzon August 13, 2007 at 11:01 pm
I try to open my %CURRENTUSERPROFILE% and I get prompted by Windows Live ID to enter my hotmail address and password !!!
Wow now someone in the USA can decide to let me access my own data or not. It so happens that I am in politics and that the interests and those of my child are totally against Bush’s money and his new world order, shit !
I am not interested in being a member of a web site that belongs to the USA at all in general. This is becose I am a Canadian and we are just MEAT for your incredible governement.
I had it with MS monopoly, I thought they would not resist to your laws… I forgot to think about NSA, CIA, Pentagone, DOC and whatever Bush invented since he was “elected” (where elected means the FED and the Builderberg’s group decide who wins, nothing to do with democracy !)
I am boycotting the USA at all costs.
Keep your CIA out of Canada, especially the psychiatrists that torture Canadians here for you, developping Guantanamo Bay techniques.
Ask your CIA to stop kidnapping our electronic engineers as well, just for torturing them when there is no reason, when it is illegal.
You can also jkeep the NSA,s Economic Hitmen who corrupt our governements.
GOD is NOT an american. Bush is a fuckin murderer. As far as I know, one needs to be fucking stupid in order to be a “Patriot”… Your federal income tax is ILLEGAL and the FED is a private company ? You still think the governement likes you ???
I have nothing against american citizens when they are not paid to lie (wether they know that they lie or not, stupidity is not an excuse).
So tell me how to get rid of US control over my PC.
Regards
Michel Lauzon
Darren Straight August 14, 2007 at 10:47 pm
Hi Michel,
Could you possibly get a screenshot of this Windows Live ID problem you are having? It would be of great help! 🙂
Thanks,
Darren