Web Services Available in Office Live Small Business
An application programming interface (API) is a set of commands that program designers make available so that other developers can create new applications or add-ons that communicate with the original application. Web APIs are a specific kind of API, such as Web services, that applications use to connect to a remote application over the internet.
Microsoft Office Live Small Business provides two Web services, plus a subset of the Web services from Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, that developers can use to interact with, and add on to, the core Office Live Small Business functionality.
Office Live Web Services
The Web services designed specifically for use with Office Live Small Business are:
| Office Live Small Business Web service | Description |
|---|---|
Discovery |
Provides classes for communicating Windows Live ID user identification settings. |
Contact Manager |
Provides classes for interacting with Contact Manager data within an Office Live Small Business account. |
Windows SharePoint Services Web Services
Because Office Live Small Business Business Applications functionality is built on Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, the Web services in Windows SharePoint Services can be useful in creating a business application solution. However, not all the Web services (or features) of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 can be used with Office Live Small Business, and some Windows SharePoint Services Web services are blocked.
Windows SharePoint Services also provides a more traditional set of APIs; a library of classes that can be used to write server applications such as custom Web parts. However, code that calls into the Windows SharePoint Services class library must be installed and executed on Office Live Small Business servers. Because Office Live Small Business does not permit the installation or execution of custom code on our servers, the Windows SharePoint Services class library is not available for use.
See also
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Features Used in Office Live Small Business