I want to implement Windows Live ID authentication to use as a method to register users, like I'm doing with Facebook's Open Graph API and Google's OAuth 2.0 API. But I'm finding deprecation notices in most sites from Windows Live, it's a total mess.
So, if I create my app here https://account.live.com/developers/applications/index, will this service be disabled next week or next month?
If you search for "Windows Live Authentication API", the first result is http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb676633.aspx, where you can read:
This topic describes functionality that will be obsolete. This functionality is provided only to support legacy applications. Live Connect incorporates features that provide equivalent functionality.
Now, the "Live Connect" (?) link takes me to the "Live SDK" download page (??), which also redirects me to the "OneDrive Dev Center" (¿¿??!), which has nothing to do with the authentication API. I'm completely lost now.
I assume they are about the get rid of the Authentication API completely, and I'll be wasting time dealing with that API which will be retired in a matter of minutes probably.
Yes the service you want is being discontinued in July as far as I have found. In particular the very popular free service at http://domains.live.com which supported authentication for private domains is being replaced with Office 360 based equivalent, where the charge is $60 per user per year. Not very friendly to small business or community services that used this authentication to offer very secure authentication to the subscribers to their websites.