Networking Overviews

In this section

Which Networking Technology?
Introduces the main Xbox One networking technologies and discusses how to choose which one is right for your application.

Sockets
Information about using sockets, Xbox One secure sockets, and the Winsock API on Xbox One.

Starting HTTP on Xbox One
Information about using HTTP on Xbox One.

WebSockets
Use WebSockets in the Windows.Networking.Sockets namespace to send and receive data for low-latency, secure, real-time bi-directional communication.

Detecting network connectivity
How to detect and track the connectivity state of the Xbox One.

Xbox Live Connection Statistics
Connectivity statistics from Xbox Live.

Reserved Ports and Firewall Exceptions
Reserved ports and firewall exceptions required by Xbox One.

See also

Xbox Live Services API Reference

Windows.Xbox.Networking Namespace

Windows.Networking.Sockets Namespace