Microsoft Corporation is a leading developer of PC software. It is best known for its Windows operating system, 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 Microsoft Studios), and produces its own line of hardware. The following is a list of the notable Microsoft software applications.

Software development[edit]

• BASICA


• CLR Profiler


• Github


• 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 Assembler


• Microsoft Small Basic


• Microsoft Visual SourceSafe


• Microsoft XNA


• Microsoft WebMatrix


• MSX BASIC


• NuGet


• 
  QBasic and QuickBASIC
  


• Team Foundation Server


• 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 Team Services
  
  
  • Visual Studio Tools for Office
  
  
  • Visual Studio Tools for Applications
  
  
  • VSTS Profiler
  
  


• Windows API


• Windows SDK


• WordBASIC


• Xbox Development Kit

3D[edit]

• 
  Bing Maps for Enterprise (formerly "Bing Maps Platform" and "Microsoft Virtual Earth")


• Direct3D


• Havok


• HoloStudio


• Kinect for Windows SDK


• Microsoft Softimage


• Paint 3D


• Simplygon


• trueSpace


• View 3D

Digital media authoring[edit]

• AutoCollage 2008


• Microsoft Digital Image


• 
  Microsoft Expression Studio
  
  • Microsoft Expression Web
  
  
  • Microsoft Expression Blend
  
  
  • Microsoft Expression Encoder
  
  
  • Microsoft Expression Media
  
  


• Microsoft Picture It!


• Windows Live Movie Maker


• Windows Media Encoder


• Windows Media Center


• Microsoft Research Image Composite Editor


• Photo Story


• Photosynth

Educational[edit]

• Creative Writer


• Encarta


• Microsoft Mathematics


• Microsoft Student

Internet[edit]

• Bing Bar


• Browstat


• Microsoft Comic Chat


• Microsoft Silverlight


• MSN


• Skype


• So.cl


• Yammer


• 
  Windows Essentials
  
  • Microsoft Family Safety
  
  
  • Microsoft Outlook Hotmail Connector
  
  
  • OneDrive
  
  
  • Windows Live Mail
  
  
  • Windows Live Writer
  
  
  • Windows Photo Gallery
  
  
  • Windows Live Messenger
  
  

Maintenance and administration[edit]

• Microsoft Anti-Virus


• Microsoft Security Essentials


• Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack


• 
  Sysinternals utilities
  
  • Process Explorer
  
  
  • Process Monitor
  
  
  • PageDefrag
  
  


• SyncToy


• Windows SteadyState


• Windows Live OneCare

Operating systems[edit]

• 
  MS-DOS
  
  • SB-DOS
  
  
  • COMPAQ-DOS
  
  
  • NCR-DOS
  
  
  • Z-DOS
  
  
  • 86-DOS
  
  


• 
  Microsoft Windows
  
  • Windows NT
  
  
  • Windows CE
  
  
  • Windows Embedded
  
  
  • Windows Mobile
  
  
  • Windows Phone
  
  
  • Windows Preinstallation Environment
  
  
  • Windows Server
  
  
  • Windows 95
  
  
  • Windows 98
  
  
  • Windows ME
  
  
  • Windows 2000
  
  
  • Windows XP
  
  
  • Windows Server 2003
  
  
  • Windows Server 2008
  
  
  • Windows Server 2012
  
  
  • Windows Server 2016
  
  
  • Windows Vista
  
  
  • Windows 7
  
  
  • 
    Windows 8
    
    • Windows RT
  
  
  • 
    Windows 8.1
    
    • Windows RT 8.1
  
  
  • Windows 10
  
  


• MSX-DOS


• OS/2


• HomeOS


• Midori


• MIDAS


• Singularity


• Xenix


• Zune

Productivity[edit]

• Microsoft Access


• Microsoft Entourage


• Microsoft Excel


• Microsoft FrontPage


• Microsoft InfoPath


• Microsoft MapPoint


• Microsoft Money


• 
  Microsoft Office shared tools
  
  • Microsoft Office Picture Manager
  
  
  • Office Assistant
  
  


• Microsoft OneNote


• Microsoft Outlook


• Microsoft Power BI


• Microsoft PowerPoint


• Microsoft Project


• Microsoft Publisher


• Microsoft Response Point


• Microsoft SharePoint Workspace


• Microsoft Schedule+


• Microsoft Sway


• Microsoft Visio


• Microsoft Vizact


• Microsoft Word


• Microsoft Works


• Office 365


• Microsoft Dynamics


• Outlook Web App


• Skype for Business


• Wunderlist

Suites[edit]

• 
  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 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 2016
  
  

Video games[edit]

• 
  Age of Empires series


• Age of Mythology


• Age of Mythology: The Titans


• 
  Arcade series


• Asheron's Call


• Best of Microsoft Entertainment Pack


• Dead Rising 3


• Flight


• 
  Flight Simulator series


• Freelancer


• 
  Gears of War series


• 
  Halo series


• Microsoft Entertainment Pack: The Puzzle Collection


• 
  Midtown Madness series


• Minecraft


• MotoGP


• 
  Motocross Madness (1998)


• Rise of Nations


• Space Simulator


• Train Simulator


• 
  Zoo Tycoon series

Servers[edit]

• 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 Site Server


• Microsoft SharePoint


• Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server


• 
  Microsoft Project Server
  
  • Microsoft Office Project Portfolio 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

Windows components[edit]

• ClickOnce


• DirectX


• Disk Cleanup


• 
  Ease of Access (formerly Utility Manager)


• File Explorer


• Internet Explorer


• Internet Information Services


• Hyper-V


• Microsoft Agent


• Microsoft Calculator


• 
  Microsoft Command Prompt (formerly MS-DOS Prompt)


• Microsoft Cortana


• Microsoft Edge


• Microsoft Magnifier


• Microsoft Narrator


• Microsoft Notepad


• Microsoft Paint


• Microsoft Speech API


• 
  Microsoft Wordpad (formerly Microsoft Write)


• On-screen keyboard


• Registry editor


• Windows Chat


• 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 PowerShell


• Windows Services for UNIX


• Windows Speech Recognition


• Windows Store


• Windows To Go

Misc.[edit]

• Microsoft Bob


• Microsoft Plus!

See also[edit]

• Microsoft hardware


• List of Microsoft topics