The Agents Home page will display the current status of your application and code changes. If the page appears to be out of date, press the F5 key to refresh the screen.
The Agents Home provides information for each agent you have enrolled.
The link for the Agents Home is in the top left corner of all PHI screens.
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Description
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| Name | The official name of your Windows Live Agent project. .gif) Note: |
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This name MUST match the name of your project as you named it in the Windows Live Agents IDE. If it does not match, your code cannot be uploaded and your agent cannot be hosted.
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| Description | The description you entered on the application. |
| State | The current status of your agent. The value in this column is updated by Microsoft personnel and is read-only. Entries can include: - Initial -- You have filled out the Apply for New Agent application. In order to get past this state, you must Apply for Hosting.
- Awaiting Initial Project Hosting Approval by Microsoft -- You have applied for hosting and the Microsoft review team is reviewing your application.
- Waiting for Legal Documents from Developers -- Your application for hosting has been approved. Microsoft must verify that your Legal Documents have arrived.
- Awaiting Initial Project Checkin by Developer -- Your Legal Documents were approved. You must check in some code for your agent.
- Awaiting Critical File Code Review by Microsoft -- You checked in your code and are waiting for it to be reviewed.
- Initial Critical Files Under Review by Microsoft -- The critical files (.connections, .bfg) are being reviewed.
- Hosted -- Your code was approved and your agent is officially hosted on the PHI. Notice that the Miscellaneous column now shows one or more web addresses. These are the addresses of where your agents reside.
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| Miscellaneous | Links to project file repositories for your agent IM site (which contains all files) and Console site (which contains only critical project files). |
| Actions | Links for managing your agent's PHI. Actions can include: - Edit Details -- Edit the fields on the application.
- Manage Developers -- Add, edit, or delete who can change and submit code.
- Manage Screen Names -- Add, edit, or delete the screen names of the agent.
- Apply for Hosting -- Request that the agent go "Live"
- Apply for Teardown -- Request that the agent be taken down from the live sites.
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