Microsoft products

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The following tables list the products developed or sold by Microsoft . The overview is not complete.

Software products

Operating systems

Microsoft Windows logo (since Windows 8)

Together with the Office applications are the operating systems of Microsoft 's core business of the company. The Microsoft operating systems in use in April 2010 achieved a combined market share of over 90 percent. While two lines were developed for MS-DOS and NT up to 2001, only one line is available in stores today, the NT-based Microsoft Windows . Microsoft's smartphone operating system Windows Phone was based on Windows CE up to version 7 . An NT kernel has been used since version 8.

Screenshot of Windows 8.1
product Current version description
Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows 10 (1909) operating system
Microsoft Windows Server Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (NT 6.4) operating system
Microsoft Windows Home Server Windows Home Server 2011 (NT 6.1) operating system
Microsoft Windows RT Microsoft Windows RT 8.1 (NT 6.3) Operating system for ARM architecture
Microsoft Windows Phone (CE) Microsoft Windows Phone 7 .8 (CE 7.0) Operating system for smartphones
Microsoft Windows Phone (NT) Microsoft Windows Phone 8 .1 (NT 6.2) Operating system for smartphones

Versions still supported

For the following operating system versions, Microsoft is still providing operating system updates via Windows Update. Windows 7 will run until January 14, 2020. Support for Windows XP ended on April 8, 2014. Support for Windows Vista ended on April 11, 2017.

product annotation description
Microsoft Windows 7 Updates will only be delivered for Windows 7 with SP 1 operating system
Microsoft Windows 8 Updates are only delivered for Windows 8.1 operating system

Timeline

The timeline below includes all versions of Windows released by Microsoft:

Windows versions timeline since 1985
Type 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th 19th 20th
16-bit line 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.1 3.11
9x line 95 98 ME
Desktop OS
on NT basis 		NT 3.1 NT 3.5 NT 3.51 NT 4.0 2000 XP Vista 7th 8th 8.1 10
Server OS
based on NT 		NT 3.1 server NT 3.5 server NT 3.51 server NT 4.0 server 2000 server Server 2003 Server 2003
R2 		Server
2008 		Server 2008
R2 		Server
2012 		Server 2012
R2 		Server
2016 		Server
2019
Tablet ARM -OS
based on NT 		RT 8 RT 8.1
CE line CE 1.0 CE 2.0 CE 3.0 CE 4.0 CE 5.0 CE 6.0 CE 7.0 Embedded Compact 2013
IoT line 10 IoT
Mobile line Mobile
2003 		Mobile 5.0 Mobile 6.0 Mobile 6.1 Mobile 6.5 Phone 7.0

NT-based smartphone OS		 Phone 8.0 Phone 8.1 10 mobile
  • The versions marked in red are no longer supported by Microsoft.
  • The versions marked yellow are only supported by Microsoft in "Extended Support".

    • On October 11, 2010, Microsoft launched Windows Phone 7, an operating system adapted to smartphones , which is the successor to Windows Mobile .

    Office applications

    Logo of the 2013 version of the Office suite

    According to statistics on Internet users in Germany in January 2010, around 70 percent had installed the Microsoft Office package . It is available in versions for Windows and macOS .

    product Current version description
    Microsoft Office Office 2019 for Windows
    Office 2019 for Mac    		 Office package

    The following components belong to Microsoft Office (not all programs are included in each edition):

    product description Operating system (s)
    Microsoft Word Word processing Windows, macOS
    Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet Windows, macOS
    Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation program Windows, macOS
    Microsoft Outlook E-mail program Windows, macOS
    Microsoft OneNote Information management Windows, macOS
    Microsoft Access Database management system Windows
    Microsoft Publisher Desktop publishing Windows
    Microsoft Office Picture Manager Graphics software Windows
    Microsoft Project Project management software Windows
    Microsoft InfoPath Form design Windows
    Microsoft Groove Collaboration software Windows
    Microsoft Visio Visualization program Windows
    Microsoft Virtual PC Emulation , virtualization Windows
    Microsoft Expression Media Media management program Windows, macOS

    With Office version 2011 for macOS, “Microsoft Entourage” was renamed to “Microsoft Outlook” and thus has the same name as the e-mail program under Windows.

    OneNote for Mac is available as a separate download from the Mac App Store.

    Microsoft Office Online

    product description
    Microsoft Office Online

    Office package as a web application :

    Word Online

    Outlook.com

    Excel Online

    OneNote Online

    PowerPoint Online

    OneDrive

    No longer in development

    The development of the following Office components has been discontinued:

    product description operating system
    Microsoft Virtual PC Emulation , virtualization Windows
    Microsoft FrontPage HTML editor Windows
    Microsoft Photo Editor Graphics software Windows
    Microsoft PhotoDraw Graphics software Windows
    Microsoft Encarta Office software ( encyclopedia ) Windows

    Windows Essentials

    Microsoft offers various applications that can be downloaded and used free of charge.

    product description Operating system (s)
    Windows Photo Gallery Graphics software Windows
    Windows Movie Maker Video editing software Windows
    Windows Live Writer Blog creation Windows
    Windows Live Mail Email client Windows
    OneDrive Online data storage macOS, Windows Tablet, Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Xbox

    Some of the above-mentioned applications were already delivered with Windows Vista or preinstalled for the buyer.

    Server products

    Logo of Microsoft Windows Home Server
    product Current version description
    Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2019 operating system
    Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2016 operating system
    Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system
    Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 operating system
    Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2003 R2 SP 2 operating system
    Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Relational database management system
    Microsoft Internet Information Services IIS 10.0 Web server program
    Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Groupware and messaging system
    Microsoft BizTalk BizTalk Server 2009 R2 Enterprise application integration
    Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2010 Firewall
    Microsoft Windows Home Server 5.2.4500 operating system
    Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016 Portal software
    Microsoft Office Communications Server Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Instant messaging
    Microsoft Host Integration Server Microsoft Host Integration Server 2009 Gateway program
    Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2, Service Pack 1 Virtualization software
    Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Current Branch: 1803 Systems management
    Microsoft Operations Manager System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Performance monitoring, event displays and evaluations

    Development environments

    Microsoft offers various software for (hobby) programmers . For example, you can write programs yourself with Visual Studio .

    Microsoft Visual Studio 2012
    product Current version operating system
    Microsoft Visual Studio Visual Studio 2019 Windows, MacOS
    Visual Studio Code 1.40.2 Windows, MacOS, Linux
    Windows application programming interface (different) Windows
    .NET Framework 4.8 Windows
    .NET Core 3.1 Windows, MacOS, Linux
    Compiler for C (different) Windows
    Compiler for C ++ (different) Windows
    Compiler for BASIC (different) Windows
    Compiler for C # (different) Windows
    Compiler for JScript (different) Windows
    Compiler for J # (different) Windows
    Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 8.0.50727.1551 Windows
    Microsoft XNA 4.0 Windows

    Graphics programs

    Microsoft offers various image processing and drawing programs .

    Paint on Windows 8
    product description operating system
    Paint drawing program Windows
    Microsoft Image Composite Editor Stitching Windows
    Windows Photo Viewer Graphics software Windows
    Paint 3D image editing Windows 10

    Games

    game Versions description
    Halo series Halo: Battle for the Future , Halo 2 , Halo 3 , Halo Wars , Halo: Reach , Halo 3: ODST , Halo 4 First person shooter - computer game
    Age of Empires Age of Empires , Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings , Age of Empires II: The Conquerors , Age of Empires II Mobile , Age of Empires III , Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs , Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties , Age of Empires III Mobile , Age of Mythology , Age of Mythology: The Titans Real time strategy games
    Rise of Nations Rise of Nations , Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots , Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends Real-time strategy
    Forza Motorsport range Forza Motorsport , Forza Motorsport 2 , Forza Motorsport 3 Racing game
    Fable Fable , Fable II , Fable III role playing game
    Midtown Madness Midtown Madness , Midtown Madness 2 , Midtown Madness 3 Racing game
    Microsoft Flight Simulator Flight , Flight Simulator II , Microsoft Flight Simulator 3.0 , Flight Simulator 4.0 , Flight Simulator 5.0 , Flight Simulator 5.1 , Flight Simulator for Windows 95 , Flight Simulator 98 , Flight Simulator 2000 , Flight Simulator 2002 , MS Flight Simulator 2004 , MS Flight Simulator X , Microsoft Flight Simulator Flight simulator
    Others Microsoft Entertainment Pack 1–4, Microsoft Space Simulator , Microsoft Golf , Fury3 , Hover! , Zoo Tycoon , Minecraft etc. a.

    The further development of the Flight Simulator was stopped by Microsoft due to cost-cutting measures. In February 2012, a new simulator called Microsoft Flight was released . Six months later, the development of Microsoft Flight was also stopped.

    Further

    Screenshot of WordPad from Windows 8
    product Current version description Operating system (s)
    Internet Explorer Internet Explorer 11 Web browser Windows (also Mobile ), earlier also Mac OS , Unix
    Microsoft Edge 83.0.478.54 Web browser Windows 10
    Windows Defender 4.1.522.0 Antivirus program Windows
    Windows Media Player 12.0.9200.0 Media player Windows, earlier also Mac OS X
    Xbox Live 2.0.16197.0 Online network web-based
    Microsoft Silverlight 5.1.10411.0 Rich Internet Application Windows, Mac OS X
    Microsoft Songsmith 1.02 Music software Windows
    Windows Snipping Tool see Microsoft Windows Screenshot program Windows
    WordPad see Microsoft Windows simple word processing program Windows
    Microsoft IME 15.0 Input method editor Windows

    No longer in development

    Last version 3.51 of Microsoft Write , from Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 SP 5
    product Current version description Operating system (s)
    Microsoft Write 3.10.0.103 (from Windows NT 3.51 ) Word processing (predecessor of WordPad) Windows
    Media playback 5.1 Build 2600.5512 (from Windows XP SP 3; predecessor of Windows Media Player (used in earlier Windows versions, until Windows XP still included)) Media player Windows
    Windows Media Center 6.1.9200.0 up to Windows 8.1 still included Media center Windows

    In addition, a lot of information software used to appear under Microsoft Home (for example, reference books and educational software for children).

    Hardware products

    Xbox 360

    Microsoft not only manufactures software, but also sells hardware . Hardware products include input media such as mice and keyboards as well as webcams . Microsoft also sells game consoles under the Xbox brand . On June 18, 2012, Microsoft introduced a family of tablet PCs called Microsoft Surface .

    telecommunications

    product description operating system
    Skype IP telephony Windows, Windows 8 / 8.1, Linux, OS X, Android, Symbian, Windows Phone, Blackberry
    Smartphones Microsoft Mobile Windows Phone

    Services

    Official logo of the Microsoft Services Department

    Microsoft offers IT consulting and support services worldwide to support customers and partner companies in planning, operating and optimizing their IT infrastructure based on Microsoft products. Microsoft Services has over 9,720 employees in 88 countries and 7 regional service centers.

    Microsoft Consulting Services

    Microsoft Consulting Services focus on:

    • Enterprise architecture and strategy consulting
    Offer at management level, which is accompanied by an enterprise architect. The aim is to bring the potential of the existing or planned Microsoft technology platform in line with the company's goals and strategies. In addition, support is given for updating or re-evaluating an IT architecture.
    • Consulting Services and Solutions
    Project-specific advice through individual and standardized offers from the areas of core infrastructure, productivity infrastructure and application infrastructure

    Microsoft Premier Support Services

    Microsoft has also been offering Premier Support Services in Germany since 1994. The content focus is on supporting business-critical IT systems for customers and partners. Premier Support consists of the following areas:

    • Reactive 24/7 support
    On-site and remote support, escalation management by a dedicated technical account manager.
    • Proactive support
    Problem avoidance through standardized risk assessments and health checks, concept reviews and consulting services.
    • Know-how transfer
    Training courses and workshops for IT staff and software developers

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ Market shares of the operating systems . Market Share, accessed April 8, 2010.
    2. ↑ Information sheet on the Windows lifecycle
    3. ↑ Market shares of the office packages , accessed on April 8, 2010.
    4. ↑ Microsoft introduces Office for Mac 2011 to ZDNet.de, accessed on April 8, 2010.
    5. ↑ Microsoft publishes free OneNote for Mac ZDNet.de, accessed on January 4, 2015.
    6. ^ OneDrive on any device, anytime . Microsoft. English. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
    7. ↑ tripple.net MS Flight Simulator is discontinued , accessed on April 13, 2010.
    8. ↑ Microsoft Flight: Free flight simulation discontinued ( Memento of the original from July 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.chip.de
    9. ^ Hardware from Microsoft microsoft.com, accessed April 8, 2010.
    10. ↑ Microsoft Services Worldwide Homepage , microsoft.com, accessed May 3, 2011.