In order to develop and test agents, Windows Live Agents SDK requires a license key, which is a special file uniquely identifying your license. Your license key is not included in the distribution of Windows Live Agents SDK; you need to request it by using the Visual Studio IDE.
To request a license file from within the Visual Studio environment, use the Tools > Windows Live Agent Tools > Request License Certificate option.
Once you have requested a license, the IDE will install it in the certificate store for you and no further action will be required. If you want to generate a license key but are not signed in to Windows Live, a Windows Live ID sign in window will appear, and you will be required to provide authentication.
Each time you launch an agent (and periodically while an agent is running), Windows Live Agents SDK will connect to a license server at Windows Live Agents using a secure SSL connection and verify the validity of your license.
If you are running Windows Live Agents Server SDK Developers Edition (DE) behind a firewall, your firewall must allow outbound HTTPS access. Communication to License Server will be done via SSL and windows live ID.
To request a license key from within Visual Studio
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To request a license file from within the Visual Studio environment, use the Tools > Windows Live Agent Tools > Request License Certificate option.
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