title: Windows Phone 7 - Steps for Authenticated Push Notifications
body: <p>I have looked through lots of different resources via the internet for pre-requisites and implementations of the Authenticated Push Notification mechanism for Windows Phone 7. </p>
  
  <p>I have gone through:</p>
  
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  <li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff941099%28VS.92%29.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff941099(VS.92).aspx</a>,</li>
  <li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg521150%28v=VS.92%29.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg521150(v=VS.92).aspx</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://csainty.blogspot.com/2011/01/wp7-authenticated-push-notifications.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://csainty.blogspot.com/2011/01/wp7-authenticated-push-notifications.html</a></li>
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  <p>What I am after is the <strong>exact steps</strong> (1,2,3...) for pre-requisites and implementations of authenticated push notifications.</p>
  
  <p>Also, how would this work at the time of development when we do not have an application available via the Marketplace?</p>