Getting a Bing Maps Key

You can create one Bing Maps Key to use for all Bing Maps APIs in your Bing Maps application. You can create one additional Bing Maps Key for Metro style apps (Beta). If you require more Bing Maps Keys, you must have an enterprise account. To become an enterprise customer, contact Bing Maps for Enterprise.

1. Go to the Bing Maps Account Center at https://www.bingmapsportal.com and click the Sign In button in the Existing User box.
   
   
2. Sign in using your Windows Live ID.
   
   
3. Select Create or view keys under My Account.
   
   
4. In the Create key box on the My keys page, provide the following information for the application that will use the Bing Maps key:
   
   
   • Application name: Required. The name of the application.
     
     
   • Application URL: The URL of the application.
     
     
   • Application type: Required. The scenario for your application. Select the application type that best represents the application that will use this key. The following are general descriptions of these types. Please see the Microsoft® Bing™ Map Platform Terms of Use for complete details on use rights.
     
     

     Application Type	Description
     Broadcast	Application is used for public or internal-facing television, movies or similar.
     Developer	Application does not exceed 125,000 sessions or 500,000 transactions in a 12 month period
     Education	Application is used for public use by schools, including faculty, staff and students.
     Evaluation/Trial	Application is used for public or internal use during a 90 day evaluation period. Application does not exceed 2500 sessions or 10,000 transactions per month.
     Mobile	Application is used for publically available and installable applications on mobile handsets.
     Not-for-profit	Application is used by a tax-exempt organization.
     Metro style apps (BETA)	Application is a Windows 8 Metro style app (Beta). Note: Metro style apps (BETA) keys are used for evaluation of the Bing Maps SDK for Metro style apps with Windows 8 Consumer Preview, and expire on January 15, 2013.
     Enterprise	This option is available to licensed enterprise accounts only.

     
     
     
     
5. Click Create key and the new key displays in the list of available keys. Use this key to authenticate your Bing Maps application as described in the SDK for the Bing Maps API you are using.
   
   

Note:
If you get a message that your Bing Maps Key expired, contact Bing Maps for Enterprise.

When you use the Bing Maps APIs with a valid Bing Maps Key, usage transactions are logged.

You can view detailed reports of your Bing Maps usage in the Bing Maps Account Center. For more information, see Viewing Bing Maps Usage Reports.

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