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
  • GitHub Desktop
  • GitHub Copilot
  • npm
  • Spectrum
  • 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)
• 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 for Windows SDK
• 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

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 1.0x
    • Windows 2.0x
    • Windows 2.1x
    • Windows 3.0
    • Windows 3.1x
    • 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
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Microsoft To Do
  • Microsoft SwiftKey
  • Microsoft Autofill
  • Discontinued: Microsoft Expression Studio
  • 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 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

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
  • 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 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!

See also

• Microsoft and open source
• Microsoft hardware
• Outline of Microsoft

References