Using the Microsoft Codename "Social Analytics" API with Excel PowerPivot and Visual Studio 2010

The Microsoft Social Analytics Team described Getting Access to the Social Analytics Lab on 10/26/2011. Following are two sections from this post that relate to the API:

Using Social Analytics API

When you are ready to start using the Social Analytics API with data about Windows 8, start with the following steps:

• 1. Get your account key here.
• 2. Copy your account key to use in LinqPad, PowerPivot or Visual Studio.
• 3. Review instructions for using LinqPad, PowerPivot or C# to access your dataset

Note: You may see an "Explore this Dataset" option on the DataMarket offer page. This explorer is not compatible with the Social Analytics source and should not be used to explore the data.

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