Is Windows Live ID an OpenID Provider? [closed]

Question

I've heard different things. Seems like Microsoft experimented with a beta service, but I don't know if it's still available, or ever made it into production.

If Windows Live ID is an OpenID Provider, where is the endpoint?

Smaze

Thanks Matt, although there's more to the story. Microsoft announced their support two years ago, then rolled out a CTP programme, but after that the picture becomes fuzzy. It's not clear whether the service was decommissioned, which now appears to be the case. If it did make it to RTM, then where are the production endpoints? – Smaze

Question closed? Slip of the mouse perhaps? – Smaze

Note that there are nice answers to this question at https://mcmap.net/q/932249/-does-hotmail-or-windows-live-id-support-openid-authentication – Harilda

Answer 1

No. Windows Live ID is not an OpenID Provider. They use a proprietary protocol. Ever since the close of their "beta" period, they've never announced plans to continue with it.

Innumerable

OpenID Connect is supported by Microsoft Accounts (aka Windows Live ID, aka Microsoft Passport etc.) as of Feb 2016, please read: blogs.technet.microsoft.com/enterprisemobility/2016/02/23/… – Choroid

Answer 2

Check out this, I believe they use OAuth (not OpenID).

Wheatear

Answer 3

Looks like it really hasn't made it into production.

http://winliveid.spaces.live.com/ (blog post permalink)

Stieglitz