Pages on Microsoft's Web Site

According to the spring 1998 Microsoft Magazine, there are over 150,000 pages in the Microsoft site. Unfotrunately, the links keep changing as Microsoft reorganizes the site. Fortunately, Microsoft is consistent in providing a link from the old location to the new location. If you see a 'page moved' notice, just click the link to the new location.

• Microsoft’s Home Page
  The home page of Microsoft’s Web site.

• The Technical Support Online Page
  The page Microsoft devotes to online technical support. Microsoft promises FAQs, guidance to the most relevant information, and free add-ons, bug fixes, drivers, updates and programming aids. All for free, "24 hours a day, 365 days a year," says Microsoft.

• The MS-Access Developer Page
  The page Microsoft devotes to developers using the Microsoft Access relational database manager.

• The Microsoft Certification Program Page
  The page devoted to news of Microsoft's certification program.

• The Component Object Model Page
  The page devoted to the Component Object Model standard, COM, DCOM, and COM+.

• The Developer Store Page
  Microsoft's software development tools can be purchased on this page.

• The DHTML Author's Workshop Page
  For information on DHTML, including cascading stylesheets, databinding, absolute positioning, and the DHTML object model, visit this page.

• The "For Developers Only" Page
  The page Microsoft devotes to developers. Information on VBScript, HTML, etc.

• The Microsoft Events Page
  The page devoted to information on Microsoft-sponsored events.

• The MS-Excel Page
  The page Microsoft devotes to its Excel spreadsheet application.

• The MS-Exchange Page
  The page Microsoft devotes to MS-Exchange.

• The FrontPage '98 Page
  The page Microsoft devotes to its Web site management tool, MS-FrontPage.

• The FrontPage 98 Third Party Resources Page
  Microsoft says you can "Quickly, easily, and securely sell products and services through your FrontPage-based Web sites with NEW products from four leading providers of E-commerce software. See their offers and check out sample sites."

• Setting Web Permissions with FrontPage '98
  Details on using FrontPage '98 and Microsoft Personal Web Server
  to set different access levels on your FrontPage-based Web site.

• Using FrontPage 98 To Create & Manage an Intranet
  This  whitepaper provides perspective on using FrontPage to create a departmental or per-departmental intranet.

• The FTP Site
  The Microsoft FTP site provides Knowledge Base articles, patches, drivers, sample code, documentation and other goodies for download.

• The Industry Solutions Page
  The Industry Solutions page is a resource for news of the information technology market. It features news and information on technology industry trends, current events, case studies and more.

• The IT Home Page
  Microsoft says that its IT Home offers "the latest details on new technologies,
  strategies, and industry issues from leading sources." The page is aimed at information technology professionals.

• The Internet Explorer Page
  The page devoted to Microsoft's Internet Exporer.

• The Internet Information Server Page
  The page devoted to Microsoft's Internet Information Server.

• The Java Page
  The page devoted to Microsoft's version of Java.

• The Microsoft Network (MSN)
  The home page of the Microsoft Network

• The MIND (Microsoft Interactive Developer Magazine) Page
  The page devoted to Microsoft's Interactive Developer Magazine.

• The MSDN Page
  The home page of the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN).

• The MSDN Chat Calendar
  MSDN Online hosts live chats with Microsoft experts on a variety of topics. All MSDN Online chats are from 9:00-10:00 a.m. PDT (12:00-1:00 p.m. EDT, 4:00-5:00 p.m. GMT). Visit our full chat calendar.

• The MSDN Chat Room
  Click this link to participate in MSDN chat room discussions.

• The MSDN Free Downloads Page
  Freebies for MSDN subscribers.

• The MSDN Training Page
  Offers links to free training, and to information on self-paced and instructor-led training, and becoming a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer.

• The Microsoft Press Page
  The home page of the Microsoft Press division of Microsoft.

• The MS-Office Devloper's Page
  The page devoted to developer's working inside Microsoft Office.

• The OLE Development Page
  For the latest information on Distributed COM for Windows 95, visit the OLE Development page.

• The MS-Repository Page
  Provides help learning how applications can integrate with Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and the Microsoft Data Warehousing Framework through Microsoft Repository and Common metadata models.

• The Scripting Technologies Page
  This page advances all of Microsoft's scripting technologies.

• The Security Bulletins Page
  This page provides links to security bulletins and security patches for various Microsoft products. A real eye-opener for some users, given the length of the list.

• The Site Builder Network Page
  A page supporting Web site builders. Membership is required, but FREE. Members get discounts and special offers on Microsoft tools.

• The Sitebuilder Tools Gallery
  A page showcasing Microsoft's tools for Web site builders.

• The Software Development Kit Page
  The Software Development Kit page provides access to Microsoft's various software develpment kits.

• The SQL Server Page
  The SQL Server Developer's Resource Kit is targeted at developers of large-scale SQL Server applications. See this page for ordering information or free download.

• The Microsoft Standards Page
  See this page for information on Microsoft's position on various industry standards and specifications.

• The Microsoft Systems Journal Page
  The online presence of Microsoft Systems Journal.

• The Universal Data Access Web Site Page
  Universal Data Access is a strategy for providing access to various information sources across the organization from the enterprise to the desktop. This page intends to provide a central location for learning about Universal Data Access and the technologies that underpin it, including ADO (ActiveX Data Objects), OLE DB, ODBC, etc.

• The Virtual Reality Modeling Language Page
  Microsoft's Virtual Reality Modeling Language page. Get a free CD from Microsoft with tools and sample content from more than 20 developers. The CD includes
  editors, graphing tools, test suites, export utilities and texture libraries.

• The Visual Basic Page
  Microsoft's Visual Basic Home Page. Includes links to the Visual Basic Knowledge Base, the Visual Basic Software Library (with updates to program files, Help updates, drivers, and other VB related files), and the Visual Basic FAQ page.

• The Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Page
  This page serves the needs of developers using Visual Basic for Applications.

• The Visual Basic Owners Area
  The Visual Basic Owners Area on Microsoft's site was built by the Visual Basic team itself. It serves as an example of Visual Basic's capacity to work with the Internet.

• The Visual C++ Page
  The page supporting Visual C++ 6.0, Microsoft's version of ocbject oriented C.

• The Visual InterDev Web Development System Page
  Microsoft says Visual InterDev provides "everything needed to rapidly build interactive, data-driven Web sites." For Java developers using Microsoft Visual J++. For more information, visit this page.

• The Visual J++ Page
  For Java developers using Microsoft Visual J++. Free Java tools are available.

• The Visual Foxpro Page
  The page Microsoft devotes to the Visual Foxpro relational database manager.

• The Visual Studio Page
  For developers using any of the Visual Studio tools, either purchased separately or as part of the Visual Studio suite.

• The Windows CE Page
  For developers interested in building Windows CE applications.

• The Windows DNA Page
  Windows DNA is Microsoft's "strategy for bringing together client/server computing, components, and the Internet into a common framework for developers. Many Windows platform technologies such as COM and Internet Explorer are already part of the Windows DNA strategy." This page has details.

• The Windows Update Page
  This page determines what version of Windows you're running and assists in downloading and installing updates.