.NET My Services (codenamed Hailstorm
) is an abandoned collection of
XML-based
Web services by
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washing ...
for storing and retrieving information.
NET My Services was announced on March 19, 2001 as part of
Microsoft's .NET initiative and was intended to rely on what was then known as a
Microsoft Passport, a
single sign-in web service now referred to as a
Microsoft account
A Microsoft account or MSA (previously known as Microsoft Passport, .NET Passport, and Windows Live ID) is a single sign-on Microsoft user account for Microsoft customers to log in to Microsoft services (like Outlook.com), devices running on o ...
.
.NET My Services was a platform intended to facilitate the storage and retrieval of user-related information, such as
contacts
Contact lenses, or simply contacts, are thin lenses placed directly on the surface of the eyes. Contact lenses are ocular prosthetic devices used by over 150 million people worldwide, and they can be worn to correct vision or for cosmeti ...
,
calendar
A calendar is a system of organizing days. This is done by giving names to periods of time, typically days, weeks, months and years. A date is the designation of a single and specific day within such a system. A calendar is also a physic ...
information, and
e-mail messages, by allowing it to be accessed from a centralized repository across various applications and device types, including traditional
desktop PCs, and mobile devices such as
laptop
A laptop, laptop computer, or notebook computer is a small, portable personal computer (PC) with a screen and alphanumeric keyboard. Laptops typically have a clam shell form factor with the screen mounted on the inside of the upper l ...
s,
mobile phone
A mobile phone, cellular phone, cell phone, cellphone, handphone, hand phone or pocket phone, sometimes shortened to simply mobile, cell, or just phone, is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link whi ...
s,
PDAs, and
tablet PCs;
access to this stored information would be based solely on user discretion.
The technology would rely on a subscription-based business model.
Although the technology required a Microsoft Passport, it was based on
cross-platform
In computing, cross-platform software (also called multi-platform software, platform-agnostic software, or platform-independent software) is computer software that is designed to work in several computing platforms. Some cross-platform softwar ...
,
open standard
An open standard is a standard that is openly accessible and usable by anyone. It is also a prerequisite to use open license, non-discrimination and extensibility. Typically, anybody can participate in the development. There is no single definitio ...
web services, including
SOAP
Soap is a salt of a fatty acid used in a variety of cleansing and lubricating products. In a domestic setting, soaps are surfactants usually used for washing, bathing, and other types of housekeeping. In industrial settings, soaps are us ...
,
UDDI, and
WS-Discovery
Web Services Dynamic Discovery (WS-Discovery) is a technical specification that defines a multicast discovery protocol to locate services on a local network. It operates over TCP and UDP port 3702 and uses IP multicast address or . As the name s ...
, which enabled interoperability with compatible systems without requiring
Microsoft Windows
Windows is a group of several proprietary graphical operating system families developed and marketed by Microsoft. Each family caters to a certain sector of the computing industry. For example, Windows NT for consumers, Windows Server for se ...
.
After .NET My Services was announced on March 19, 2001, Microsoft intended for it to reach broad developer availability at that year's
Professional Developers Conference, with a subsequent end-user release scheduled for 2002.
However, due to industry concerns related to
anti-competitive
Anti-competitive practices are business or government practices that prevent or reduce competition in a market. Antitrust laws differ among state and federal laws to ensure businesses do not engage in competitive practices that harm other, usuall ...
behavior and
end-user privacy, the company ultimately abandoned the initiative before it could fully materialize.
See also
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Microsoft Office XP
Microsoft Office XP (codenamed Office 10) is an office suite which was officially revealed in July 2000 by Microsoft for the Windows operating system. Office XP was released to manufacturing on March 5, 2001, and was later made available to re ...
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Smart tags
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Windows Communication Foundation
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WinFS
WinFS (short for Windows Future Storage) was the code name for a canceled data storage and management system project based on relational databases, developed by Microsoft and first demonstrated in 2003 as an advanced storage subsystem for the Mi ...
References
External links
.NET My Services home page
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Discontinued Microsoft products
Microsoft
Microsoft initiatives
Web services