List of Microsoft software

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
- Microsoft Family Safety
- Microsoft Outlook Hotmail Connector
- OneDrive
- Windows Photo Gallery
Yammer
Discontinued: Encarta
Discontinued: Microsoft Bookshelf

Subscription services

Microsoft 365
Xbox Game Pass
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
Xbox Live Gold

Maintenance and administration

Microsoft Anti-Virus
Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack
Microsoft Intune
Microsoft Security Essentials
Sysinternals utilities
- PageDefrag
- Process Explorer
- Process Monitor
SyncToy
Windows Live OneCare
Windows SteadyState

Operating systems

MS-DOS
- SB-DOS
- COMPAQ-DOS
- NCR-DOS
- Z-DOS
- 86-DOS
Microsoft Windows
- DOS-based
  - Windows 1.0
  - Windows 2.0
  - Windows 2.1
  - Windows 3.0
  - Windows 3.1
  - Windows for Workgroups 3.11
- Windows 9x
  - Windows 95
  - Windows 98
  - Windows ME
- Windows NT
  - Windows NT 3.1
  - Windows NT 3.5
  - Windows NT 3.51
  - Windows NT 4.0
  - Windows 2000
  - Windows XP
  - Windows Vista
  - Windows 7
  - Windows 8
    - Windows RT
  - Windows 8.1
  - Windows 10
  - Windows 11
- Windows Server
  - Windows Server 2003
  - Windows Server 2008
  - Windows Server 2012
  - Windows Server 2016
  - Windows Server 2019
  - Windows Server 2022
- Windows CE
- Windows Embedded
- Windows Mobile
- Windows Phone
- Windows Preinstallation Environment
MSX-DOS
OS/2
HomeOS
Midori
MIDAS
Singularity
Xenix
Zune

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 Power BI
- Power Apps
- Power Automate
- Power Automate Desktop
- Power Virtual Agents
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 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 2021
Microsoft Office 2024

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 2019
Microsoft Office 2021
Microsoft Office 2024

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 Office PerformancePoint Server
Microsoft Project Server
- Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server
Microsoft SharePoint
Microsoft Site 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

Video games

Xbox Game Studios

Xbox Game Studios Video Games
- Age of Empires series
- Banjo-Kazooie series
- Battletoads series
- Blinx series
- Conker series
- Crackdown series
- Crimson Skies series
- Fable series
- Forza series
- Fuzion Frenzy series
- Gears of War series (rebranded)
- Gears series (formerly Gears of War)
- Halo series
- Hellblade series
- Killer Instinct series
- Kinect Sports series
- Line Rider series
- Lips series
- MechAssault series
- Microsoft Flight Simulator series
- Midtown Madness series
- Minecraft series
- Monster Truck Madness series
- Motocross Madness series
- NFL Fever series
- NBA Inside Drive series
- Ori series
- Perfect Dark series
- Pillars of Eternity series
- Project Gotham Racing series
- Psychonauts series
- RalliSport Challenge series
- Rise of Nations series
- Scene It? series
- Shadowrun series
- State of Decay series
- The Bard's Tale series
- The Outer Worlds series
- Viva Piñata series
- Wastelands series
- Zoo Tycoon series

Bethesda Softworks

Bethesda Softworks Video Games^[7]^[8]
- Commander Keen series
- Dishonored series
- Doom series
- Fallout series
- Prey series
- Quake series
- Rage series
- The Elder Scrolls series
- The Evil Within series
- Wolfenstein series

Part of Windows

Video games of Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft FreeCell
- Microsoft Hearts
- Microsoft Mahjong
- Microsoft Minesweeper
- Microsoft Solitaire Collection
- Microsoft Ultimate Word 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

Clipchamp
Microsoft Bob
Microsoft Home
Microsoft Plus!

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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