Microsoft application programming interfaces

The Microsoft Foundation Class Library (also Microsoft Foundation Classes or MFC) is a library that wraps portions of the Windows API in C++ classes, including functionality that enables them to use a default application framework.

ActiveX is a software framework created by Microsoft that adapts its earlier Component Object Model (COM) and Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) technologies for content downloaded from a network, particularly from the World Wide Web.

WinJS started as a technology that was specific to Windows Store apps, but has evolved to aim at working in any Web browser.

Windows Installer (previously known as Microsoft Installer) is a software component and application programming interface (API) of Microsoft Windows used for the installation, maintenance, and removal of software.

Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC; also known as Windows DAC) is a framework of interrelated Microsoft technologies that allows programmers a uniform and comprehensive way of developing applications that can access almost any data store.

Microsoft Windows OS family employs some exception handling mechanisms that are based on the operating system specifics.

Windows MultiPoint Server is an operating system based on Microsoft Windows Server using Remote Desktop Services technology to host multiple simultaneous independent computing stations or terminals connected to a single computer.

ASP.NET is an open-source server-side web application framework designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages.

In computing, Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) is a standard application programming interface (API) for accessing database management systems (DBMS).

The Windows Driver Frameworks (WDF), formerly the Windows Driver Foundation, are a set of Microsoft tools and libraries that aid in the creation of device drivers for Windows 2000 and later versions of Windows.

The Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) is an extension to the Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) communications protocol that allows media files to be transferred atomically to and from portable devices.

Jet Data Access Objects is a deprecated general programming interface for database access on Microsoft Windows systems.

The Speech Application Programming Interface or SAPI is an API developed by Microsoft to allow the use of speech recognition and speech synthesis within Windows applications.

In computing, the Windows Sockets API (WSA), which was later shortened to Winsock, is a technical specification that defines how Windows network software should access network services, especially TCP/IP.

The Windows Template Library (WTL) is a free software, object-oriented C++ template library for Win32 development.

Microsoft XNA (a recursive acronym for XNA's not acronymed) is a freeware set of tools with a managed runtime environment provided by Microsoft that facilitates video game development and management.

Microsoft Interface Definition Language (MIDL) is a text-based interface description language by Microsoft, based on the DCE/RPC IDL which it extends for use with the Microsoft Component Object Model.

Microsoft Silverlight is an application framework for writing and running rich Internet applications, similar to Adobe Flash.

Web Platform Installer (Web PI) is a freeware package management system that installs non-commercial development tools and their dependencies that are part of Microsoft Web Platform, including: * Internet Information Services * WebMatrix * Visual Web Developer Express Edition * Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition * .

ADO.NET is a data access technology from the Microsoft .

The Active Template Library (ATL) is a set of template-based C++ classes developed by Microsoft, intended to simplify the programming of Component Object Model (COM) objects.

U-Prove is a digital credential technology for claims-based identity management invented by Stefan Brands and developed by Credentica.

Razor is an ASP.NET programming syntax used to create dynamic web pages with the C# or Visual Basic .

The Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR) from Microsoft runs on top of the Common Language Runtime and provides computer language services for several different dynamic languages.

A telephony service provider, as defined in Microsoft's TAPI specification, is a software interface to a physical telephony device (such as a modem) that can be accessed programmatically to perform actions such as dialing a phone number or logging a call.

An OLE DB provider is a software component enabling an OLE DB consumer to interact with a data source.

Object Description Language (ODL) was the original interface definition language created by Microsoft for specifying interfaces to be used in OLE Automation.

'Windows Runtime XAML Framework' (code name "Jupiter") is a user interface API that is part of the Windows Runtime (WinRT) programming model that forms the backbone of Windows Store apps (formerly known as Metro-style or Immersive) for the Windows 8, Windows 8.

The Windows Driver Kit (WDK) is a software toolset from Microsoft that enables the development of device drivers for the Microsoft Windows platform.

Live Connect (previously Messenger Connect, Live Services and Windows Live Dev) is a collection of APIs and common controls that allow developers to have a deeper control and offers access to the core Windows Live services and data through open and easily accessible application programming interfaces (APIs).

Hikaru Aizawa (藍澤光) is a virtual brand ambassador and product mascot created by Microsoft's Taiwan branch, as a moe anthropomorphism character created for the development technology platform Microsoft Silverlight.

.NET Framework (pronounced dot net) is a software framework developed by Microsoft that runs primarily on Microsoft Windows.

COM Structured Storage (variously also known as COM structured storage or OLE structured storage) is a technology developed by Microsoft as part of its Windows operating system for storing hierarchical data within a single file.