About the Windows Live Admin Center SDK

The Windows Live Admin Center software development kit (SDK) enables developers to programmatically manage their Windows Live Admin Center user base by means of a web service. The SDK provides methods for customers to programmatically manage their member accounts in domains registered with Admin Center, in addition to tasks unavailable on the web site — such as importing and exporting member lists.

The SDK does not permit customers to register domains or cancel the Admin Center service. Instead, it is necessary to use the online web interface to accomplish these tasks.

Some features are available only on the web site and cannot be configured programmatically. For example, the web site incorporates user flow logic that cannot be easily accomplished by using the SDK. Additionally, the web site will provide special offers and promotions not suitable for an SDK.

If you have any feedback on these samples or using this SDK to write your own code, please send us email at dsupport@microsoft.com.

The SDK uses the SOAP remote procedure call (RPC) 1.1 standard for communication between client applications and the web servers for Windows Live Admin Center. The SDK consists of the following topics.

  • Documented SOAP calls for each method.

  • Two sample command-line applications with source code (in Microsoft Visual Studio C#).

  • A sample Win32 member management application with source code (in Visual Studio C#).

  • A sample application that updates a custom domain member list using a .csv (comma-separated value) file (in Visual Studio C#).

Development Platforms

You can use the any of the sample applications directly, without writing any code. If you want to use the web service programmatically, you will need a development environment that supports SOAP calls to the web service. Examples of the SOAP calls are available on the ManageDomain2 webpage.

Service Endpoint

All applications send SOAP requests to the Windows Live Admin Center service endpoint to communicate with the Windows Live Admin Center web services.

The ManageDomain2 webpage provides a list of all the methods exposed in the web service. Click any of the methods to see the SOAP input and output formats. For more information, see the Windows Live Admin Center SDK Reference.

Related Topics

Getting Started with the Windows Live Admin Center SDK

 

 

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Build date: 2/15/2011

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