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The Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) is an information and software offer for programmers and software architects as well as designers who deal with Microsoft products and technologies. The service provided by Microsoft includes free internet services (e.g. MSDN Online), a paid software subscription (e.g. MSDN Subscriptions or Expression Subscription) as well as training and further education services offered by MSDN technology consultants ( evangelists ) in the context of specialist conferences, seminars or Provide workshops on site.

services

The Microsoft Developer Network offers developers various services. The most important are:

MSDN Library

In the MSDN Library , Microsoft provides documents, instructions, interface documentation, and program code examples for software developers. Developers can also find device drivers, design tools and test versions of various Microsoft products there.

The MSDN Library currently covers the following Microsoft products: Visual Studio , Windows , Windows Phone , Azure , Office . The appropriate software development kits and security updates for these areas can be found in the MSDN Library .

MSDN Subscriptions

With the MSDN Subscriptions , Microsoft offers various software subscriptions that give developers, designers, teams and organizations involved in the development of IT applications access to certain Microsoft software products, technologies and developer-related documentation. The subscriptions are available on CD-ROM, DVD and by download.

The programs provided as part of the subscription are usually full versions. The applications can be used to design, develop and test software solutions. Any further use of the software is restricted by the license agreement .

In addition, MSDN subscribers receive additional support services from Microsoft.

Forum

The MSDN website includes an Internet forum . Questions about specific problems can be asked and answered in the various sub-forums.

history

MSDN was first released on CD-ROM in June 1992 as a quarterly collection of technical articles . In addition to the technical articles, code samples and SDKs , a 16-page newspaper in small format ( Microsoft Developer Network News ) was also included. In 1993 Microsoft introduced the "Level II" subscription ($ 495 per year), which also includes SDKs for MAPI , ODBC and TAPI .

By 1996, the MSDN library had 13,000 articles and 1,600 code samples. and was at the time still a CD-R sold

In May 1997, MSDN Online was first made available as a website (www.microsoft.com/msdn).

Microsoft stated in 2000 that MSDN had over 3 million members.

With MSDN2, a new content management system for MSDN was officially introduced in 2004 in order to better represent the increasing number of new documents and to better support new web standards and browsers .

In 2008, all content was integrated into the new MSDN system and merged into a uniform URL . At the time, the MSDN SQL database contained approximately 11 million documents.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

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