Vista - Reserving Windows Live IDs

Hi All,

The company I work for would like to reserver their domain so that
people cannot create Windows Live IDs without their consent. Also, if
employee's have created Live ID's with their domain, they would like
the ability to cancel the account if the employee leaves the company.
Essentially, they would like to administer the Windows Live IDs for
their domain. Is this possible?

Thanks,
Kris

Greetings Kris,

There are a few ways control like this would be accomplished. One is by using Windows Live
Domains:
http://domains.live.com

Another would be setting up a federation agreement although that requires rolling out Live
Communications Server and significant costs.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
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"Kris" <k.vanderstarren@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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: http://domains.live.com

The bird on the front page is dead sexy (Y)

Would you like me to get her number for you?

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
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"Good News!" <spank@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thank you very much for the response Jonathan. I looked at Live
Communication Server but, as you suggested, it seemed a little over
kill for what we wanted to do. I signed up for an account at Windows
Live Domains and added a domain to it but I can't seem to see how to
restrict Windows Live IDs. Can you point me in the right direction by
any chance? Thanks again.

On Feb 2, 3:09 pm, "Jonathan Kay [MVP]"
<msnewsrepl...@xxxxxx> wrote:

Aye, tell her I'm dead sexy too.

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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: Would you like me to get her number for you?
:
: --
: Jonathan Kay
: Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
: MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
: MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
: Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
: (c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature
or citation
: --
:
:
: "Good News!" <spank@xxxxxx> wrote in message
: news:Oj#qkXkZIHA.208@xxxxxx
: > : http://domains.live.com
: >
: > The bird on the front page is dead sexy (Y)
: >
: >
:

Hi Kris,

I don't believe anyone can sign up for a Live ID on that domain once it's registered unless
it's through your Admin domain panel.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
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"Kris" <k.vanderstarren@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Will do.

Hey?! What about me?!

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
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"Good News!" <spank@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uMvn8YyZIHA.4712@xxxxxx

Thanks again Johnathan. I didn't try creating a new account yet but I
have a Live ID for the domain in question and I haven't added my
account through the Admin yet and it didn't give me any kind of error
when I logged in to Messenger. Should it?

Sincerely,
Kris

On Feb 4, 10:10 pm, "Jonathan Kay [MVP]"
<msnewsrepl...@xxxxxx> wrote:

Ok, I just tried to create a new Windows Live ID for the domain and it
appears that it's blocking the request. I received the following
message:

The portion of your e-mail address that follows the @ symbol is part
of a "reserved domain" such as live.com, hotmail.com, msn.com or
passport.com. Please type a different e-mail address.

I'm going to do some further testing today to see if I can do anything
about existing IDs. If anyone out there has any suggestions on how I
can block existing IDs that were created before signing up for the
Live Domains account, any tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

On Feb 5, 10:07 pm, Kris <k.vanderstar...@xxxxxx> wrote: