List of Microsoft software explained

See also: Microsoft mobile services and List of Microsoft operating systems.

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

Maintenance and administration

Operating systems

MS-DOS
- SB-DOS
- COMPAQ-DOS
- NCR-DOS
- Z-DOS
- 86-DOS
Microsoft Windows
- DOS-based
  - Windows 1.0x
  - Windows 2.0x
  - Windows 2.1x
  - Windows 3.0
  - Windows 3.1x
  - Windows for Workgroups 3.11
- Windows 9x
- Windows NT
- Windows Server
- Windows CE
- Windows Embedded
- Windows Mobile
- Windows Phone
- Windows Preinstallation Environment
MSX-DOS
OS/2
HomeOS
Midori
MIDAS
Singularity
Xenix
Zune

Productivity

Applications

See also: List of Microsoft 365 applications and services.

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 for Mac

Servers

See main article: Microsoft Servers.

Video games

Arcade game hexic series

Web services

Windows components

See main article: List of Microsoft 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

Notes and References

Web site: Introducing Atom. nathansobo. 2014-02-26. Atom Blog. 2020-05-03.
Web site: GitHub Desktop. GitHub Desktop. en-gb. 2020-04-15.
Web site: GitHub CoPilot. GitHub CoPilot. en-au. 2021-06-29.
Web site: npm has joined GitHub. 2020-04-15. The GitHub Blog. en-US. 2020-05-03.
Web site: 2018-11-30. Spectrum is joining GitHub! · Spectrum Support. 2020-09-29. Spectrum. en.
https://archive.org/details/TASC_The_AppleSoft_Compiler_Manual TASC (The AppleSoft Compiler) Manual (1981)
Web site: Dina. Bass. Microsoft to Buy Bethesda for $7.5 Billion to Boost Xbox. bloomberg.com. September 21, 2020. September 22, 2020.
News: 2020-09-21. Microsoft acquires Fallout creator Bethesda. en-GB. BBC News. 2020-09-21.