Adding Instant Messaging to your Web Site

One of the fun demos that I did in my session on the Windows Live SDK at VSLive Dallas earlier this month, was to do a live demo of adding Windows Live Instant Messaging to a live web site in real-time.   I generally think (at least) twice about doing such live demos - especially on a production web site - since SOO much can go wrong.  But adding the Windows Live Messenger control is really that easy!

The details on the control can be found on MSDN at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb936682.aspx. 

However, here is a great blog post by a fellow Regional Director that walks you throught the 3 simple steps: http://www.venkatarangan.com/blog/2008/04/17/Why+I+Love+The+New+Messenger+Control.aspx