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 notable Microsoft software applications.
Software development
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
- Microsoft Comic Chat
- Microsoft Math Solver
- Microsoft Pay (mobile payment and digital wallet service)
- Microsoft Silverlight
- MSN
- Office Online
- Outlook.com
- Skype
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
Productivity
Applications
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Designer
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Lens (mobile)
- Microsoft OneNote
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Project
- Microsoft Publisher
- Microsoft Sway
- Microsoft Visio
- Microsoft Word
Servers
- Microsoft Azure
- Microsoft BackOffice Server
- Microsoft BizTalk Server
- Microsoft Commerce Server
- Microsoft Content Management Server
- Microsoft Exchange Server
- Microsoft Fabric
- Analytics
- Data Engineering
- Data Factory
- Data Science
- Data Warehouse
- Databases
- Governance
- IQ
- OneLake
- Real-Time Intelligence
- Microsoft Forefront
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)
Web services
- Clipchamp
- 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
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
Miscellaneous
- Microsoft Bob
- Microsoft Home
- Microsoft Plus!
See also
- Microsoft and open source
- Microsoft hardware
- Outline of Microsoft
References
- nathansobo. Introducing Atom Atom Blog, 2014-02-26, retrieved 2020-05-03^
- GitHub Desktop GitHub Desktop, retrieved 2020-04-15^
- GitHub CoPilot GitHub CoPilot, retrieved 2021-06-29^