The following is an incomplete list of Microsoft software applications.

Operating Systems

See also: List of Microsoft operating systems

• Microsoft Windows
• Singularity
• MS-DOS

The following is a list of Microsoft operating systems. ... Microsoft Windows is the name of several families of proprietary software operating systems by Microsoft. ... Microsoft Singularity is a new Microsofts operating system. ... Microsofts disk operating system, MS-DOS, was Microsofts implementation of DOS, which was the first popular operating system for the IBM PC, and until recently, was widely used on the PC compatible platform. ...

End user

Internet applications

• Internet Explorer
• Outlook Express
• Windows Messenger
• Windows Live Messenger
• Windows Live Writer
• MSN Messenger
• Microsoft Messenger for Mac
• NetMeeting
• MSN Internet Access
• MSN Explorer

Office applications

• Microsoft Works
• Microsoft Office, including:
  • Core - Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint
  • Others - Access, InfoPath, Publisher, FrontPage, Visio, Microsoft Imager replaced with Photo Editor (now replaced with Picture Manager), Microsoft Project, OneNote, Communicator, Assistant, Student, Producer, ...
  • Mac - Entourage
  • Discontinued - Binder, Schedule Plus, Mail, Imager, PhotoDraw
• Office web services - Microsoft Office Online and Microsoft Office Update
• Office companion servers - Live Communications Server, Project Server, SharePoint Portal Server.

Graphic design

• Microsoft Expression
  • Microsoft Expression Interactive Designer
  • Microsoft Expression Graphic Designer
  • Microsoft Expression Web

Utilities

• Microsoft Calculator
• Microsoft Paint
• Microsoft Chart
• Microsoft Reader
• Microsoft PowerToys
• Windows Defender

Other

• Encarta
  • Encarta Premium 2007
  • Student with Encarta Premium 2007
• MapPoint
• Windows Media Player
• Windows Movie Maker
• Microsoft Agent
• Microsoft Digital Image
• 3D Movie Maker
• Microsoft Money
• Groove (software)
• Microsoft Max
• Microsoft Plus!
• Virtual PC

Discontinued and/or replaced products and technologies

• Internet Explorer for Mac
• Microsoft Anti-Virus (replaced by OneCare)
• Microsoft Bob
• Microsoft Comic Chat
• Microsoft Music Producer
• Office Assistant (still available on demand in Office 2003 but banished from Office 2007)
• Imager (replaced by Photo Editor, which itself was replaced by Office Picture Manager)
• Microsoft Picture It! (replaced by Microsoft Digital Image)
• Microsoft Binder
• Microsoft Liquid Motion (a supposed early competitor to Adobe Flash)
• Microsoft Vizact 2000 — possibly to be partially resurrected in the Microsoft Expression family
• Schedule Plus — now incorporated partially into Microsoft Outlook and to be resurrected in Windows Calendar
• Mail — replaced with Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Microsoft Entourage (Mac), and to be resurrected in Windows Mail
• Microsoft PhotoDraw

For a more detailed list, see: Discontinued Microsoft software It has been suggested that Internet Explorer 7 be merged into this article or section. ... For the personal information manager included in the Microsoft Office suite, see Microsoft Outlook. ... Windows Messenger is a proprietary instant messaging client installed by default on Microsofts Windows XP operating system. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Windows Live Writer is a desktop blog publishing application. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Microsoft Messenger for Mac, previously MSN Messenger for Mac, is a production of the Macintosh Business Unit, a division of Microsoft. ... This article or section should be merged with Video teleconference A videoconference is a live connection between people in separate locations for the purpose of communication, usually involving audio and often text as well as video. ... MSN Internet Access was Microsoft Windows default ISP. MSN was provided by Sympatico, and has been included in older Windows editions (9x, Me) to easily create and connect with dial-up or high-speed using a modem. ... Wikipedia on MSN Explorer MSN Explorer is a web browser, developed by Microsoft, which comes with Windows XP that integrates MSN features such as Hotmail and MSN Messenger with a web browser. ... Microsoft Works is an office suite available from the Microsoft Corporation. ... Microsoft Office is a suite of productivity programs created or purchased by Microsoft and developed for Microsoft Windows, and Apples Mac OS and Mac OS X operating systems. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Microsoft Office Word is Microsofts flagship word processing software. ... Microsoft Outlook or Outlook (full name Microsoft Office Outlook since Outlook 2003) is a personal information manager from Microsoft, and is part of the Microsoft Office suite. ... Wikibooks has more about this subject: Powerpoint Microsoft Office PowerPoint is a ubiquitous presentation program developed for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS computer operating systems. ... Microsoft Access (current full name Microsoft Office Access) is a relational database management system from Microsoft, packaged with Microsoft Office Professional, and as a standalone product, which combines the relational Microsoft Jet Database Engine with a graphical user interface. ... Microsoft Office 2003 InfoPath - Basic Information Microsoft Infopath is a tool used to develop XML based user forms that can be distributed through a network so that user information can be quickly and easily obtained and stored. ... Microsoft Publisher is a desktop publishing application from Microsoft. ... Microsoft FrontPage (later full name Microsoft Office FrontPage) was a WYSIWYG HTML editor and web site administration tool from Microsoft for the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems. ... Microsoft Visio is diagramming software for Microsoft Windows. ... Microsoft Photo Editor was an image-editing application found in some versions of the Microsoft Office suite. ... Microsoft Office Picture Manager on Windows XP. Microsoft Office Picture Manager is a software program included with recent versions of the Microsoft Office suite for Windows. ... Microsoft Project (or MSP) is a project management software program developed and sold by Microsoft which is designed to assist project managers in developing plans, assigning resources to tasks, tracking progress, managing budgets and analyzing workloads. ... Microsoft OneNote 2003 is a tool for note-taking, information gathering, and multi-user collaboration by Microsoft. ... Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 is an integrated communications client, enabling information workers to communicate in real time. ... Clippit asking if you need help The Office Assistant is a feature included in Microsoft Office 97 and subsequent versions until Office 2007. ... Microsoft Student is an addon product to the Microsoft Office. ... Microsoft Entourage is an e-mail client and personal information manager developed by Microsoft for Mac OS 8. ... Screenshot from Binder Microsoft Binder was an application included with Microsoft Office designed to allow users to include several different types of files (e. ... Microsoft Schedule Plus (or Microsoft Schedule+) was a time management software product by Microsoft, but was discontinued as part of Office when its functionality was incorporated into Outlook 97. ... Microsoft Mail for PC Networks is a file-based E-mail system intended for corporate usage. ... Microsoft PhotoDraw version 2 box Microsoft PhotoDraw 2000 is a vector graphics software developed by Microsoft in 1999 for release with Microsoft Office 2000 Premium Edition. ... Microsoft Office Online is the Microsoft Office tools and assistance Web site. ... Microsoft Office Update is a free online service from Microsoft that allow users to detect and install updates for Microsoft Office products. ... Microsoft Office Live Communications Server is described by Microsoft as an enterprise real-time communications server, providing instant messaging and collaboration functionality. ... Microsoft Office Project Server is a project management server solution made by Microsoft. ... Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Microsoft Expression is a suite of graphics programs from Microsoft aimed at developers and designers. ... Microsoft Expression Interactive Designer is Microsofts upcoming user interface design tool for applications based on the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF, formerly known as Avalon). ... Microsoft Expression Graphic Designer is an upcoming commercial vector and bitmap graphics editor based on Creature House Expression, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2003. ... Microsoft Expression Web, code-named Quartz, is a WYSIWYG HTML editor and general web design program currently under development by Microsoft, replacing Microsoft FrontPage. ... Microsoft Calculator is a calculation application for Microsoft Windows. ... Microsoft Paint (officially titled Paint; sometimes called MS Paint; formerly Paintbrush for Windows) is a simple graphics painting program that has been included with all versions of Microsoft Windows since its first release. ... Microsoft Chart is a program for converting charts from older formats (Office 97, etc) to your current Microsoft Office version. ... The Microsoft Reader is a Microsoft program for reading of ebooks. ... Microsoft PowerToys is a set of programs provided by Microsoft for the Windows operating system. ... Windows Defender, previously known as Microsoft AntiSpyware, is a software product from Microsoft designed to prevent, remove and quarantine spyware on Microsofts Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista operating systems. ... Encarta is a digital multimedia encyclopedia published and updated frequently by Microsoft Corporation. ... A screenshot of MapPoint in action Microsoft MapPoint is both a technology and a specific piece of software created by Microsoft yearly that allows users to view, edit and integrate maps. ... Windows Media Player (WMP) is a digital media player and media library application developed by Microsoft that is used for playing audio, video and images on personal computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system, as well as on Pocket PC and Windows Mobile-based devices. ... Windows Movie Maker is for gay people that is included in recent versions of Microsoft Windows. ... Microsoft provides examples on its website for the use of Agent. ... Microsoft Digital Image is a photo editing program created by Microsoft. ... 3D Movie Maker (unofficially known as 3DMM for short) is a program created by Microsofts Microsoft Kids subsidiary in 1995. ... Microsoft Money 2006 Premium Microsoft Money is Microsofts personal finance software for computers using the Microsoft Windows operating system. ... It has been suggested that Grooviquette be merged into this article or section. ... Microsoft Max was the codename for a prototpye software application developed by Microsoft. ... Microsoft Plus! is an operating system enhancement package provided by Microsoft. ... Virtual PC is a virtualization suite for Apple Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows operating systems, originally created by Connectix, subsequently acquired by Microsoft. ... Internet Explorer for Mac (also referred to as Internet Explorer:mac or Internet Explorer Macintosh Edition) was a proprietary web browser developed by Microsoft for the Macintosh platform. ... Microsoft Anti-Virus for MS-DOS Microsoft Anti-Virus for Windows Microsoft Anti-Virus (MSAV) was an antivirus program introduced by Microsoft for its MS-DOS operating system. ... Windows Live OneCare, previously known as Windows OneCare Live and formerly code-named A1, is a computer security service developed by Microsoft for its Windows operating systems. ... A picture of the Microsoft Bob start up screen. ... Comic Chat is an IRC client created by Microsoft bundled with some Internet-aware versions of Microsoft Windows. ... Clippit asking if you need help The Office Assistant is a feature included in Microsoft Office 97 and subsequent versions until Office 2007. ... Microsoft Office is a series of suites of productivity programs created by Microsoft and developed for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh operating systems. ... 2007 Microsoft Office system, also known as Microsoft Office 2007, is Microsofts next release of its productivity suite, slated to replace Microsoft Office 2003. ... Microsoft Picture It! was a photo editing program created by Microsoft. ... Microsoft Digital Image is a photo editing program created by Microsoft. ... Screenshot from Binder Microsoft Binder was an application included with Microsoft Office designed to allow users to include several different types of files (e. ... It has been suggested that FutureSplash Animator be merged into this article or section. ... Microsoft Vizact 2000 was a program that activated documents using HTML, adding effects such as animation. ... Microsoft Expression is a suite of graphics programs from Microsoft aimed at developers and designers. ... Microsoft Schedule Plus (or Microsoft Schedule+) was a time management software product by Microsoft, but was discontinued as part of Office when its functionality was incorporated into Outlook 97. ... Microsoft Outlook or Outlook (full name Microsoft Office Outlook since Outlook 2003) is a personal information manager from Microsoft, and is part of the Microsoft Office suite. ... Windows Calendar is a calendar application that is included in Microsoft Windows Vista. ... Microsoft Mail for PC Networks is a file-based E-mail system intended for corporate usage. ... Microsoft Outlook or Outlook (full name Microsoft Office Outlook since Outlook 2003) is a personal information manager from Microsoft, and is part of the Microsoft Office suite. ... For the personal information manager included in the Microsoft Office suite, see Microsoft Outlook. ... Microsoft Entourage is an e-mail client and personal information manager developed by Microsoft for Mac OS 8. ... Windows Mail is an e-mail and newsgroup client included in recent versions of Microsoft Windows, such as Windows Vista. ... Microsoft PhotoDraw version 2 box Microsoft PhotoDraw 2000 is a vector graphics software developed by Microsoft in 1999 for release with Microsoft Office 2000 Premium Edition. ...

Development

• Microsoft Macro Assembler
• Microsoft Pascal

BASIC

• QuickBASIC
• GW-BASIC
• Microsoft BASICA
• Microsoft BASIC

Development environments

• Visual FoxPro (no longer part of Visual Studio)
• Visual SourceSafe
• CodeView
• Visual Studio

Microsoft Visual Studio

• Visual Basic
• Visual Basic .NET
• Microsoft Visual Studio Debugger
• Visual J++ (discontinued)
• Visual C++
• Visual J#
• Visual C#
• Visual Studio .NET
• Visual Studio 2005
• Visual Studio 2005 Express
• Workspace Whiz (add-in)

The Microsoft Macro Assembler (abbreviated MASM) is an assembler for the x86 family of microprocessors. ... Microsoft Pascal was an implementation of the Pascal programming language that was developed by the Microsoft Corporation for compiling programs for running on its MS-DOS operating system and, in later versions, on OS/2 (like many other Microsoft programming tools) (albeit they were only capable of generating 16-bit... Microsoft QuickBASIC 4. ... GW-BASIC 3. ... Microsoft BASICA (short for Advanced BASIC) is a simple disk-based BASIC interpreter written by Microsoft for PC-DOS. BASICA allows use of the ROM-resident BASIC on the PC while DOS is loaded (the ROM BASIC itself runs when nothing is loaded when booting) and adds functionality such as... Microsoft BASIC is the foundation product of the Microsoft company. ... Visual FoxPro is a data-centric object-oriented and procedural programming language produced by Microsoft. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... CodeView was a standalone debugger created by Microsoft as part of its development toolset. ... Microsoft Visual Studio is Microsofts flagship software development product for computer programmers. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Visual Basic . ... The Microsoft Visual Studio Debugger is a powerful debugger that ships along with all versions of Visual Studio . ... // Overview Visual J++ (pronounced Jay Plus Plus) is Microsofts now discontinued implementation of the Java programming language. ... Visual C++ 6. ... The J# (pronounced J-sharp) programming language is a transitional language for programmers of Suns Java and Microsofts J++ languages, so they may use their existing knowledge, and applications on Microsofts . ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... The Visual Studio . ... Visual Studio 2005 is the latest development suite from Microsoft. ... Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions are IDEs developed by Microsoft that are lightweight versions of the Visual Studio 2005 (codenamed Whidbey) product line. ... Workspace Whiz (WWhiz) is a Microsoft Visual Studio add-in by Joshua Jensen. ...

Business

• Windows Server System
• Microsoft Dynamics
• Microsoft SQL Server
• Microsoft Exchange Server
• Microsoft BizTalk Server
• Microsoft Virtual Server
• Microsoft System Center - family of Management Products, including DPM, MOM, and SMS

Windows Server System logo Windows Server System is an integrated set of server software, from Microsoft, that forms the infrastructure for operating the backend of an institutions information technology system. ... Microsoft Dynamics is a line of software for business made by Microsoft. ... Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system (RDBMS) produced by Microsoft. ... Microsoft Exchange Server is a messaging and collaborative software product developed by Microsoft. ... Microsoft BizTalk Server is a server product by Microsoft which provides the following functions: Business Process Automation, Business Process Modeling, Business-to-business Communication, Enterprise Application Integration and Message broker[1]. Its a server product targeted mostly at medium to large enterprises, but has been popular among small companies... Microsoft Virtual Server is a virtualization solution that facilitates the creation of virtual machines on the Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 operating systems. ... Windows Server System logo Microsoft Servers is a brand that encompasses a line of Microsoft server products. ...

Entertainment

Main article: Microsoft Game Studios

• Age of Empires
• Age of Mythology
• Microsoft Flight Simulator
• Midtown Madness series
• Halo (video game series)
• Rise of Nations

Microsoft Game Studios (MGS), branded with current logo and moniker in 2002 (formerly the Microsoft Game Division), is a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft Corp. ... Age of Empires, abbreviated to AoE or AOE, is a history-based real-time strategy computer game released in 1997. ... Age of Mythology (also known as AoM) is a mythology-based real-time strategy (RTS) computer game by Ensemble Studios. ... Microsoft Flight Simulator is a flight simulator program for Microsoft Windows, marketed and often seen as a video game. ... Midtown Madness is a free roam racing/arcade game, first in the Midtown Madness series, developed by Microsoft Game Studios and Angel Studios (now Rockstar San Diego). ... Halo is video game series created by Bungie Studios. ... Rise of Nations is a real-time strategy computer game, developed by Big Huge Games and published by Microsoft on May 20, 2003. ...

See also

• List of Microsoft topics