Flashcards: Microsoft software

Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool is a freely distributed virus removal tool developed by Microsoft for the Microsoft Windows operating system.

Microsoft Bob was a Microsoft software product that was released in March 10, 1995 and discontinued in early 1996.

Windows Live Writer, developed by Microsoft, is a desktop blog-publishing application that is part of the Windows Live range of products.

Windows Live OneCare (previously Windows OneCare Live, codenamed A1) was a computer security and performance enhancement service developed by Microsoft for Windows.

GoToMeeting is a web-hosted service created and marketed by the Online Services division of Citrix Systems.

Microsoft Vizact 2000 was a program that allowed creation of interactive documents using HTML+TIME, adding effects such as animation.

RootkitRevealer is a proprietary freeware tool for rootkit detection on Microsoft Windows by Bryce Cogswell and Mark Russinovich.

Applesoft BASIC is a dialect of Microsoft BASIC, developed by Marc McDonald and Ric Weiland, supplied with the Apple II series of computers.

Windows Live Messenger (formerly MSN Messenger) is a discontinued instant messaging client developed by Microsoft for Windows, Xbox 360, BlackBerry OS, iOS, Java ME, S60 on Symbian OS 9.

GW-BASIC is a dialect of the BASIC programming language developed by Microsoft from BASICA, originally for Compaq.

Windows Phone Store (previously Windows Phone Marketplace) is a digital distribution platform developed by Microsoft for its Windows Phone platform that allows users to browse and download applications that have been developed by third parties.

Process Explorer is a freeware task manager and system monitor for Microsoft Windows created by Sysinternals, which has been acquired by Microsoft.

Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK), formerly Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK or WAIK), is a collection of tools and technologies produced by Microsoft designed to help deploy Microsoft Windows operating system images to target computers or to a VHD (Virtual Hard Disk).

Team Foundation Server (commonly abbreviated to TFS) is a Microsoft product that provides source code management (either with Team Foundation Version Control or Git), reporting, requirements management, project management (for both agile software development and waterfall teams), automated builds, lab management, testing and release management capabilities.

The following is a list of the notable Microsoft software applications.

Microsoft InfoPath is a software application for designing, distributing, filling and submitting electronic forms containing structured data.

Windows Virtual PC (successor to Microsoft Virtual PC 2007, Microsoft Virtual PC 2004, and Connectix Virtual PC) is a virtualization program for Microsoft Windows.

Windows Live Mesh (formerly known as Windows Live FolderShare, Live Mesh, and Windows Live Sync) was a free-to-use Internet-based file synchronization application by Microsoft designed to allow files and folders between two or more computers be in sync with each other on Windows (Vista and later) and Mac OS X (v. 10.5 Leopard and later, Intel processors only) computers or the Web via SkyDrive.

Windows Preinstallation Environment (also known as Windows PE and WinPE) is a lightweight version of Windows used for the deployment of PCs, workstations, and servers, or troubleshooting an operating system while it is offline.

System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) is a software product from Microsoft that provides near-continuous data protection and data recovery in a Microsoft Windows environment.

Microsoft Student is a discontinued application from Microsoft designed to help students in schoolwork and homework.

MSX BASIC is a dialect of the BASIC programming language.

Zune was a media management software for Microsoft Windows that functions as a full media player application with a library, an interface to the Zune Marketplace, and as a media streaming server.

Microsoft QuickBASIC (also QB) is an Integrated Development Environment (or IDE) and compiler for the BASIC programming language that was developed by Microsoft.

Microsoft Money was a personal finance management software program by Microsoft.

Microsoft Expression Web, code-named Quartz, is an HTML editor and general web design software product by Microsoft.

Microsoft Visio (/ˈvɪz.i.oʊ/ VIZ-ee-oh) (formerly Microsoft Office Visio) is a diagramming and vector graphics application and is part of the Microsoft Office family.

System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) is a cross-platform data center management system for operating systems and hypervisors.

Microsoft QuickC was a commercial integrated development environment (IDE) product engineered by Microsoft for the C programming language, superseded by Visual C++ Standard Edition.

Windows Media Center (WMC) is a digital video recorder and media player created by Microsoft.

Microsoft Plus, stylized as Microsoft Plus!, was a commercial operating system enhancement product by Microsoft.

Microsoft Expression Studio is a discontinued suite of tools for designing and building web and Windows client applications and rich digital media contents.

PowerShell (including Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core) is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language built on the .

Microsoft Works is a discontinued office suite developed by Microsoft.

Microsoft Word is a word processor developed by Microsoft.

Windows Store is an app store for Microsoft Windows, starting with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012.

SharePoint is a web based application that integrates with Microsoft Office.

ActiveSync is a mobile data synchronization app developed by Microsoft, originally released in 1996.

Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) is an antivirus software (AV) product that provides protection against different types of malicious software such as computer viruses, spyware, rootkits and Trojan horses.

Microsoft Blend for Visual Studio (formerly Microsoft Expression Blend) is a user interface design tool developed and sold by Microsoft for creating graphical interfaces for web and desktop applications that blend the features of these two types of applications.

Bing Vision is an image recognition application created by Microsoft which is installed on Windows Phones running version 7.

Microsoft Agent is a technology developed by Microsoft which employs animated characters, text-to-speech engines, and speech recognition software to enhance interaction with computer users.

Microsoft Amalga Unified Intelligence System (formerly known as Azyxxi) was a unified health enterprise platform designed to retrieve and display patient information from many sources, including scanned documents, electrocardiograms, X-rays, MRI scans and other medical imaging procedures, lab results, dictated reports of surgery, as well as patient demographics and contact information.

Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) is a suite of utilities for Microsoft Windows customers who have subscribed to Microsoft Software Assurance program.

Fresh Paint is a Windows 8 painting application developed by Microsoft and released with the launch of Windows 8 in October 2012.

Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Center is software that provides drivers for most Microsoft mice and keyboards.

Microsoft Network Monitor is a deprecated packet analyzer.

Ericsson Mediaroom is an end-to-end video platform for operators to deliver Internet Protocol television IPTV subscription services, including content-protected, live, digital video recorder, video on demand, multiscreen, and applications.

Microsoft Private Folder was a product (withdrawn and discontinued shortly after its first release) created by a Microsoft employee and available as part of their "Windows Genuine Advantage" program.

Microsoft Indic Language Input Tool is a typing tool (Input Method Editor) for languages written in Indic scripts.

Windows SteadyState (formerly Shared Computer Toolkit) is a discontinued freeware tool developed by Microsoft that gives administrators enhanced options for configuring shared computers, such as hard drive protection and advanced user management.

Active Directory Explorer is a viewer and editor for Active Directory databases, from Microsoft.

Attack Surface Analyzer is a tool created for the analysis of changes made to the attack surface of the operating systems since Windows Vista and beyond.

Photosynth is a software application from Microsoft Live Labs and the University of Washington that analyzes digital photographs and generates a three-dimensional model of the photos and a point cloud of a photographed object.

Tay was an artificial intelligence chatterbot released by Microsoft Corporation on March 23, 2016.

Windows Support Tools is a suite of management, administration and troubleshooting tools for Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 R2 from Microsoft Corporation.

Windows Marketplace for Mobile was a service by Microsoft for its Windows Mobile platform that allowed users to browse and download applications that had been developed by third parties.

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XML Notepad is an open-source XML editor written by Chris Lovett and published by Microsoft.

Bing Audio (also known as Bing Music) is a music recognition application created by Microsoft which is installed on Windows Phones running version 7.

Microsoft Picture It! is a discontinued photo editing application created by Microsoft.

Microsoft Research Songsmith is a musical accompaniment application for Microsoft Windows, launched in early 2009.

Power BI is a business analytics service provided by Microsoft.

The Microsoft text-to-speech voices are speech synthesizers provided for use with applications that use the Microsoft Speech API (SAPI) or the Microsoft Speech Server Platform.

Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) is a software tool released by Microsoft to determine security state by assessing missing security updates and less-secure security settings within Microsoft Windows, Windows components such as Internet Explorer, IIS web server, and products Microsoft SQL Server, and Microsoft Office macro settings.

The Windows Insider program by Microsoft allows users who own a valid Windows 10 license to sign up for early builds of the operating system previously only accessible to developers.

Windows Search, formerly known as Windows Desktop Search (WDS) on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, is an indexed desktop search platform created by Microsoft for Microsoft Windows.

Microsoft HealthVault is a web-based personal health record created by Microsoft, in October 2007, to store and maintain health and fitness information.

MSN Dial-up is an Internet service provider operated by Microsoft in the United States and formerly also in several other countries.

Microsoft Photo Story is a free application that allows users to create a visual story (show and tell presentation) from their digital photos.

Microsoft's Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) is a freeware security toolkit for Microsoft Windows.

Pivot is a software application from Microsoft Live Labs that allows users to interact with and search large amounts of data.

Some of Microsoft's early products included hidden Easter eggs.

Microsoft IntelliPoint is the Microsoft-branded software driver for the company's hardware mice.

Microsoft IntelliType is the brand driver for Microsoft's series of computer keyboards.