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SharePoint and Windows Phone 7 Development

The introduction of the Windows Phone 7 mobile platform is a significant step forward from the more business-focused Windows Mobile 6.5 platform. Windows Phone 7 is a consumer-focused, marketplace-driven environment where the specifications, design, and capabilities are tightly controlled by Microsoft. Microsoft's goal for Windows Phone 7 is to enable developers to create applications using tools common to the rest of the .NET platform like Visual Studio 2010, Silverlight, and XNA.

This chapter will explore how to create Windows Phone 7 applications that can access SharePoint list data and web services. You'll learn how to create a SharePoint Web application that can be accessed with a Windows Phone and then you'll explore how to authenticate your application. Finally, you'll explore the various SharePoint web services available and look at techniques for working with SharePoint data.