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:
          o Core — Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint
          o Others — Access, InfoPath, Publisher, FrontPage, Microsoft Groove, Visio, Picture Manager, Microsoft Project, OneNote, Communicator, Assistant, Student, Producer
          o Mac — 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
          o Microsoft Expression Web
          o Microsoft Expression Blend
          o Microsoft Expression Encoder
          o Microsoft Expression Media

Utilities

    * Microsoft Calculator
    * Microsoft Paint
    * Microsoft Notepad
    * Microsoft Chart
    * Microsoft Reader
    * Windows Defender
    * Windows SteadyState
    * Microsoft Security Essentials

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)

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

Entertainment
    * Age of Empires series
    * Freelancer
    * Halo series
    * Microsoft Flight Simulator series
    * Midtown Madness series
    * Rise of Nations
    * Train Simulator