Microsoft Software Applications

List of Microsoft software applications

The following is an incomplete list of Microsoft software applications.

Current
Internet applications
Internet Explorer
Windows Mail
Windows Live
Windows Live Messenger
Windows Live Writer
Microsoft Messenger for Mac
Microsoft Agent
Live Mesh
Bing (search engine)
Windows Live Movie Maker

Office applications
Microsoft Works
Microsoft Office, including:
Core — Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint
Others — Access, InfoPath, Publisher, FrontPage, Microsoft Groove, Visio, Picture Manager, Microsoft Project, OneNote, Communicator, Assistant, Student, Producer
Mac — Microsoft Entourage & Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac
Office web services — Microsoft Office Online and Microsoft Office Update
Office companion servers — Live Communications Server, Project Server, SharePoint Portal Server.

Graphic design
AutoCollage 2008
Microsoft Expression Studio
Microsoft Expression Web
Microsoft Expression Blend
Microsoft Expression Encoder
Microsoft Expression Media

Utilities
Microsoft Calculator
Microsoft Mathematics
Microsoft Paint
Microsoft Notepad
Microsoft Chart
Microsoft Reader
Windows Defender
Windows SteadyState
Microsoft Security Essentials

Mobile

Windows Live Messenger
Microsoft Tag Reader

Other
Microsoft MapPoint
Windows Media Player
Windows Movie Maker
Microsoft Money
Microsoft Virtual PC
WorldWide Telescope

Discontinued and/or replaced
Encarta
Internet Explorer for Mac
Microsoft Anti-Virus (replaced by Windows Live OneCare)
Microsoft Bob
Microsoft Comic Chat
Creative Writer
Microsoft Music Producer
Office Assistant (available prior to Microsoft Office 2007)
Imager (replaced by Photo Editor, which itself was replaced by Office Picture Manager)
Microsoft Picture It! (replaced by Microsoft Digital Image)
Microsoft Binder
Microsoft Liquid Motion (a supposed early competitor to Adobe Flash)
Microsoft Vizact 2000 — possibly to be partially resurrected in the Microsoft Expression Studio family
Schedule Plus — now incorporated partially into Microsoft Outlook and to be resurrected in Windows Calendar
Microsoft Mail — replaced with Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Microsoft Entourage (Mac), and to be resurrected in Windows Mail
Outlook Web Access
Windows Messenger (removed in Windows Vista)
Outlook Express (removed in Windows Vista)
MSN Messenger (removed in Windows Vista)
NetMeeting (removed in Windows Vista)
Microsoft Plus! (replaced by Windows Ultimate Extras in Windows Vista)
Microsoft PowerToys
MSN Explorer (removed in Windows Vista)
MSN Explorer (removed in Windows Vista)

Development
Visual Studio 2008 Express
Visual Studio 2010
Visual Studio 2010 Express

System Administration
Command line shells
COMMAND.COM
cmd.exe
Windows PowerShell
Other
Winternals utilities

Business
Windows Server System
Microsoft Commerce Server
Microsoft Dynamics
Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft Exchange Server
Microsoft BizTalk Server
Microsoft Virtual Server
Microsoft FRx
Microsoft CRM
Microsoft Forecaster
Microsoft Small Business Financials
Microsoft System Center — family of Management Products, including DPM, MOM, and SMS