1. https://github.com/Microsoft/ConnectedServices/blob/v15.0/SDK/articles/AdvancedSeries.md
   Page starts with this note:
   Note: this section is just a beginning. as we develop more content, this will continue to evolve
   (Yet, it was last updated on 7/16/15).

2. Dead links:
   PowerPoint template for mocking up your Connected Service provider (https://github.com/Microsoft/ConnectedServices/blob/v15.0/SDK/articles/articles/ConnectedServiceProviderAuthorMockups.pptx)
   • Setting your Connected Service Extension Icon (https://github.com/Microsoft/ConnectedServices/blob/v15.0/SDK/articles/articles/ExtensionIcon.md)

3. Sample:
   https://github.com/Microsoft/ConnectedServices/blob/master/SDK/articles/CreatingAConnectedServiceExtension.md
   Screenshots are all from VS2015 and the UI is different in 2017.
   The screenshot is showing use of .NET 4.5.2 for a vsix project, but later we need to add the NuGet package for Microsoft.VisualStudio.ConnectedServices. This package only seems to work with 4.6. The documentation should really state what versions to target, and the screenshots need to be updated.

As the documentation is laid out, it has you first debugging, then adding the handler. This won't work - without the handler, debugging won't end up showing the connected service at all.

5. The "ConnectedServicesOverview" (https://github.com/Microsoft/ConnectedServices/blob/v15.0/SDK/articles/ConnectedServicesOverview.md) lists "Comming soon". Yes, it's misspelled, and last updated on 4/15/15.

6. Lack of details around installing NuGet packages. The documentation only says this is possible, but redirects us to http://docs.nuget.org/docs/reference/invoking-nuget-services-from-inside-visual-studio. That article is not sufficient to actually figure out how to get the connected service project to add a NuGet package. And the samples only use Thread.Sleep where it should be showing how to install a NuGet package.

I'm trying to create my own connected service. I have been using the SinglePage sample app as a guide. I have some logic in my view model that is failing with the following error:

=== Pre-bind state information ===
LOG: DisplayName = Newtonsoft.Json, Version=11.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed
 (Fully-specified)
LOG: Appbase = file:///C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2017/Enterprise/Common7/IDE/
LOG: Initial PrivatePath = NULL
Calling assembly : Flurl.Http, Version=2.4.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null.
===
LOG: This bind starts in LoadFrom load context.
WRN: Native image will not be probed in LoadFrom context. Native image will only be probed in default load context, like with Assembly.Load().
LOG: Using application configuration file: C:\Users\rjc\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\15.0_fa79a415Exp\devenv.exe.config
LOG: Using host configuration file: 
LOG: Using machine configuration file from C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\config\machine.config.
LOG: The same bind was seen before, and was failed with hr = 0x80070002.

Newtonsoft.Json is referenced though:

When I look in the directory that the extension is installed into it has hardly any assemblies:

I don't know why Flurl.Http and Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory assemblies have been copied but other assemblies like Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp and Newtonsoft.Json that should also be there are not. Am I doing something wrong or is this a bug?

CreatingAConnectedServiceExtension.md links to something titled "Connected Service Overview (https://github.com/microsoft/ConnectedServices/blame/master/SDK/articles/CreatingAConnectedServiceExtension.md#L9) that does not seem to exist in this repo or sibling repos, nor on docs.microsoft.com.

Howdy All,

I just cannot figure this out. My IDE offers an Add Connected Service action with a few service options, just not the WCF one.
Every time I try to follow the steps to add the WCF Service option I receive the following error;

Install Error : Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExtensionManager.MissingReferencesException: This extension cannot be installed because the following references are missing:
-ConnectedServices.B3144AF8-5B8F-491C-9ACA-996350E8FE95 (Microsoft Connected Services)

I do have both of the requirements installed;

• Visual Studio 2015 Update 3
• .Net Core and ASP.NET Core 1.0 SDK

So I've gone around and around reinstalling these components, running a repair on my IDE but none seem to replace the missing Connected Service component it's looking for.
Any steps/ideas on how to resolve this or if there is a component that causes this error? I've need no results on Google and I'm at a loss as to what else I could do.

The latest version of this package (15.8.525) cannot be installed currently because the Microsoft.Developer.IdentityService.Client does not seem to exist.