List of Microsoft software

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Microsoft is a developer of personal computer software. It is best known for its Windows operating system, the Internet Explorer and subsequent Microsoft Edge web browsers, the Microsoft Office family of productivity software plus services, and the Visual Studio IDE. The company also publishes books (through Microsoft Press) and video games (through Xbox Game Studios), and produces its own line of hardware. The following is a list of the notable Microsoft software Applications.

Software development

Azure DevOps
- Azure DevOps Server (formerly Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio Team System)
- Azure DevOps Services (formerly Visual Studio Team Services, Visual Studio Online and Team Foundation Service)
BASICA
Bosque
CLR Profiler
GitHub
- Atom^[1]
- GitHub Desktop^[2]
- GitHub Copilot^[3]
- npm^[4]
- Spectrum^[5]
- Dependabot
GW-BASIC
IronRuby
IronPython
JScript
Microsoft Liquid Motion
Microsoft BASIC, also licensed as:
- Altair BASIC
- AmigaBASIC
- Applesoft BASIC
- Commodore BASIC
- Color BASIC
- MBASIC
- Spectravideo Extended BASIC
- TRS-80 Level II BASIC
Microsoft MACRO-80
Microsoft Macro Assembler
Microsoft Small Basic
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe
Microsoft XNA
Microsoft WebMatrix
MSX BASIC
NuGet
QBasic and QuickBASIC
TASC (The AppleSoft Compiler)^[6]
TypeScript
VBScript
Visual Studio
- Microsoft Visual Studio Express
- Visual Basic
- Visual Basic .NET
- Visual Basic for Applications
- Visual C++
  - C++/CLI
  - Managed Extensions for C++
- Visual C#
- Visual FoxPro
- Visual J++
- Visual J#
- Visual Studio Code
- Visual Studio Lab Management
- Visual Studio Tools for Applications
- Visual Studio Tools for Office
- VSTS Profiler
Windows API
Windows SDK
WordBASIC
Xbox Development Kit

3D

3D Builder
3D Scan (requires a Kinect for Xbox One sensor)
3D Viewer
AltspaceVR
Bing Maps for Enterprise (formerly "Bing Maps Platform" and "Microsoft Virtual Earth")
Direct3D
Havok
HoloStudio
Kinect
Microsoft Mesh
Paint 3D
Simplygon

Educational

Bing
Bing Bar
Browstat
Creative Writer
Flip
LinkedIn
Microsoft Comic Chat
Microsoft Math Solver
Microsoft Pay (mobile payment and digital wallet service)
Microsoft Silverlight
MSN
Office Online
Outlook.com
Skype
Windows Essentials
Yammer
Discontinued: Encarta
Discontinued: Microsoft Bookshelf

Subscription services

Maintenance and administration

Operating systems

Productivity

Applications

Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Lens (mobile)
- Microsoft OneNote
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Project
- Microsoft Publisher
- Microsoft Sway
- Microsoft Visio
- Microsoft Word
- Office Mobile
- Office Remote (mobile)
Microsoft Power Platform
Microsoft Dynamics
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (previously Dynamics NAV, Navision)
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales (previously Microsoft Dynamics CRM)
- Discontinued: Microsoft Dynamics C5, Microsoft Dynamics SL, Microsoft Dynamics GP superseded by Business Central
Others
- Clipchamp
- Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft To Do
- Microsoft SwiftKey
- Microsoft Autofill
- Discontinued: Microsoft Expression Studio
- Discontinued: Microsoft Money
- Discontinued: Windows Movie Maker
- Discontinued: Microsoft Picture It!
- Discontinued: Microsoft Streets & Trips
- Discontinued: Microsoft Works

Suites

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office for Mac

Servers

Video games

Arcade game hexic series

Web services

Delve
Microsoft Bookings
Microsoft Forms
Microsoft Ignition,^[9] a music network operated by Microsoft that spans across Windows PCs, Xbox 360 gaming console and Zune music player. Ignition makes available music and music videos across all supported device types and also can be used for promotion of musical artists.
Microsoft Planner
Microsoft Stream
Microsoft Sway
Microsoft To Do
Office on the web
Outlook.com
Outlook on the web

Windows components

Alarms & Clock
Calendar (Windows)
Character Map (Windows)
ClickOnce
Command Prompt (formerly MS-DOS Prompt)
Cortana
DirectX
Disk Cleanup
Ease of Access (formerly Utility Manager)
Feedback Hub (Windows 10, Version 1607)
File Explorer
Internet Explorer
Internet Information Services
Hyper-V
Microsoft Agent
Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Magnifier
Microsoft Narrator
Microsoft Notepad
Microsoft Paint
Microsoft Photos
Microsoft Speech API
Microsoft Store
On-Screen Keyboard
Paint 3D (Windows 10, Version 1703)
Registry Editor
Windows Calculator
Windows Camera
Windows Chat
Windows Contacts
Windows Defender
Windows Disk Defragmenter (succeeded by Defragment and Optimize Drives)
Windows Easy Transfer (formerly Files and Settings Transfer Wizard)
Windows Installer
Windows Media Player
Windows Photo Viewer
Windows PowerShell
Windows Speech Recognition
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
Windows To Go
WordPad (formerly Microsoft Write)

Pre-installed Windows Games

Windows 7

Chess Titans
FreeCell
Hearts
Internet-Backgammon
Internet-Checkers
Internet-Spades
Mahjong Titans
Minesweeper
Purble Place
Solitaire
Spider Solitaire

Miscellaneous

References

^ nathansobo (2014-02-26). "Introducing Atom". Atom Blog. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
^ "GitHub Desktop". GitHub Desktop. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
^ "GitHub CoPilot". GitHub CoPilot. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
^ "npm has joined GitHub". The GitHub Blog. 2020-04-15. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
^ "Spectrum is joining GitHub! · Spectrum Support". Spectrum. 2018-11-30. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
^ TASC (The AppleSoft Compiler) Manual (1981)
^ Bass, Dina (September 21, 2020). "Microsoft to Buy Bethesda for $7.5 Billion to Boost Xbox". bloomberg.com. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
^ "Microsoft acquires Fallout creator Bethesda". BBC News. 2020-09-21. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
^ "Microsoft Launches Ignition Program to Help Recording Artists Reach an Audience of Millions of Zune, MSN and Xbox Fans". News Center. Microsoft. June 4, 2007.

[1] thansobo (2014-02-26). "Introducing Atom". Atom Blog. Retrieved 2020-05-03.

[2] "GitHub Desktop". GitHub Desktop. Retrieved 2020-04-15.

[3] "GitHub CoPilot". GitHub CoPilot. Retrieved 2021-06-29.

[4] "npm has joined GitHub". The GitHub Blog. 2020-04-15. Retrieved 2020-05-03.

[5] "Spectrum is joining GitHub! · Spectrum Support". Spectrum. 2018-11-30. Retrieved 2020-09-29.

[6] TASC (The AppleSoft Compiler) Manual (1981)

[Employees-7] Bass, Dina (September 21, 2020). "Microsoft to Buy Bethesda for $7.5 Billion to Boost Xbox". bloomberg.com. Retrieved September 22, 2020.

[8] "Microsoft acquires Fallout creator Bethesda". BBC News. 2020-09-21. Retrieved 2020-09-21.

[9] "Microsoft Launches Ignition Program to Help Recording Artists Reach an Audience of Millions of Zune, MSN and Xbox Fans". News Center. Microsoft. June 4, 2007.

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Current services	MSN MSN Dial-up MSN Games
Rebranded	Bing Bing Ads Bing Maps Messenger Microsoft account Outlook.com Windows Live
Divested by Microsoft	Expedia MSNBC NBCNews.com Nine.com.au Sidewalk.com Slate
Discontinued	Chat China Companion Desktop Search Direct Encarta Groups Music PlaysForSure QnA Shopping Soapbox Spaces Toolbar TV WiFi Hotspots Xinmsn
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