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List of Microsoft software



Microsoft Corporation is a leading developer of PC software. It is best known for its Windows operating system, 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 Microsoft Studios), and produces its own line of hardware. The following is a list of the notable Microsoft software applications.
Software development
BASICA
Citus Data
CLR Profiler
GitHub
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 Assembler
Microsoft Small Basic
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe
Microsoft XNA
Microsoft WebMatrix
MSX BASIC
NuGet
QBasic and QuickBASIC
Team Foundation Server
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 Team Services
Visual Studio Tools for Office
Visual Studio Tools for Applications
VSTS Profiler
Windows API
Windows SDK
WordBASIC
Xbox Development Kit
3D
Bing Maps for Enterprise (formerly "Bing Maps Platform" and "Microsoft Virtual Earth")
Direct3D
Havok
HoloStudio
Kinect for Windows SDK
Microsoft Softimage
Paint 3D
Simplygon
trueSpace
View 3D
Digital media authoring
AutoCollage 2008
Microsoft Digital Image
Microsoft Expression Studio
Microsoft Expression Web
Microsoft Expression Blend
Microsoft Expression Encoder
Microsoft Expression Media
Microsoft Picture It!
Windows Live Movie Maker
Windows Media Encoder
Windows Media Center
Microsoft Research Image Composite Editor
Photo Story
Photosynth
Educational
Creative Writer
Encarta
Microsoft Mathematics
Microsoft Student
Internet
Bing Bar
Browstat
Microsoft Comic Chat
Microsoft Silverlight
MSN
Skype
So.cl
Yammer
Windows Essentials
Microsoft Family Safety
Microsoft Outlook Hotmail Connector
OneDrive
Windows Live Mail
Windows Live Writer
Windows Photo Gallery
Windows Live Messenger
Maintenance and administration
Microsoft Anti-Virus
Microsoft Security Essentials
Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack
Sysinternals utilities
Process Explorer
Process Monitor
PageDefrag
SyncToy
Windows SteadyState
Windows Live OneCare
Operating systems

MS-DOS
SB-DOS
COMPAQ-DOS
NCR-DOS
Z-DOS
86-DOS
Microsoft Windows
Windows NT
Windows CE
Windows Embedded
Windows Mobile
Windows Phone
Windows Preinstallation Environment
Windows Server
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows RT
Windows 8.1
Windows RT 8.1
Windows 10
MSX-DOS
OS/2
HomeOS
Midori
MIDAS
Singularity
Xenix
Zune
Productivity
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Entourage
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft FrontPage
Microsoft InfoPath
Microsoft MapPoint
Microsoft Money
Microsoft Office shared tools
Microsoft Office Picture Manager
Office Assistant
Microsoft OneNote
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Power BI
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Project
Microsoft Publisher
Microsoft Response Point
Microsoft SharePoint Workspace
Microsoft Schedule+
Microsoft Sway
Microsoft Visio
Microsoft Vizact
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Works
Office 365
Microsoft Dynamics
Outlook Web App
Skype for Business
Wunderlist
Suites
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office 3.0
Microsoft Office 95
Microsoft Office 97
Microsoft Office 2000
Microsoft Office XP
Microsoft Office 2003
Microsoft Office 2007
Microsoft Office 2010
Microsoft Office 2013
Microsoft Office 2016
Microsoft Office 2019
Microsoft Office for Mac
Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition
Microsoft Office 2001
Microsoft Office v. X
Office 2004 for Mac
Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac
Microsoft Office for Mac 2011
Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac
Microsoft Office 2016
Microsoft Office 2019
Video games

Microsoft Studios
Age of Empires series
Banjo-Kazooie series
Battletoads series
Crackdown series
Fable series
Forza series
Gears of War series
Halo series
Killer Instinct series
Microsoft Flight Simulator
Minecraft
Ori series
Perfect Dark series
Solitaire
Zoo Tycoon series
Servers

Microsoft Azure
Microsoft BackOffice Server
Microsoft BizTalk Server
Microsoft Commerce Server
Microsoft Content Management Server
Microsoft Exchange Server
Microsoft Forefront
Exchange Online Protection
Forefront Identity Manager
Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway
Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway
Microsoft Host Integration Server
Microsoft Identity Integration Server
Microsoft Merchant Server
Microsoft Site Server
Microsoft SharePoint
Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server
Microsoft Project Server
Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server
Microsoft Speech Server
Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft System Center
System Center Advisor
System Center Configuration Manager
System Center Data Protection Manager
System Center Essentials
System Center Operations Manager
System Center Service Manager
System Center Virtual Machine Manager
Microsoft Virtual Server
Search Server
Skype for Business Server
Windows Admin Center
Windows components

ClickOnce
DirectX
Disk Cleanup
Ease of Access (formerly Utility Manager)
File Explorer
Internet Explorer
Internet Information Services
Hyper-V
Microsoft Agent
Microsoft Calculator
Microsoft Command Prompt (formerly MS-DOS Prompt)
Microsoft Cortana
Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Magnifier
Microsoft Narrator
Microsoft Notepad
Microsoft Paint
Microsoft Speech API
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Wordpad (formerly Microsoft Write)
On-screen keyboard
Registry editor
Windows Chat
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 PowerShell
Windows Services for UNIX
Windows Speech Recognition
Windows To Go
Misc.
Microsoft Bob
Microsoft Plus!
See also
Microsoft hardware
List of Microsoft topics