Bring instant messaging to your site with the Windows Live Messenger Web Toolkit. Keep users engaged by allowing them to send messages to their Windows Live contacts, as well as connect with other users on your site. The Windows Live Messenger Web Toolkit SDK contains many code samples that help developers get started quickly.

Follow these steps to start developing your Web application!

In order to utilize the Web Toolkit, all applications will be required to register for a Windows Live Application ID. Follow the instructions in the Live Services SDK in order to obtain your unique Application ID and Secret Key.

Once you have registered your application, you can download the sample code. The sample code demonstrates the core concepts for using the Web Toolkit:

• Including and loading the appropriate JavaScript code
• Initializing the application using the msgr:app tag
• Generating the Application Verifier token and providing it to the application
• Retrieving a valid delegation token
• Displaying a "Sign In" button using the msgr:sign-in tag
• Showing the profile of the signed in user by using the msgr:profile tag
• Inserting a floating Messenger bar using the msgr:bar tag

Full documentation for the Windows Live Messenger Web Toolkit can be found on MSDN.

The sample code is provided in a number of programming languages, click the desired language below for specific setup instructions.