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Using the Live SDK in Windows 8 XAML/C# Metro Applications

published 473 days, 10 hours, 49 minutes ago posted by

KMil 476 days, 13 hours, 50 minutes ago

The Microsoft’s Live SDK (or commonly referred to as Live Connect), provides a set of controls and APIs that enables applications to integrate single sign-on (SSO) functionality using Windows Live ID. You can also use it to access data in SkyDrive, Hotmail, and Windows Live Messenger.

The library supports multiple platforms, including Windows Phone 7 Mango and Windows 8 Metro Style applications using either C#, Visual Basic or JavaScript. In this article, we will build our first metro style application using the Live SDK and XAML/C#.