Microsoft Developer Network

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The Microsoft Developer Network ( MSDN) is an information and software offering for programmers and software architects and designers who deal with Microsoft products and technologies. The Microsoft-supplied service includes free accessible services on the Internet ( for example, MSDN Online), a paid software subscription ( for example, MSDN Subscriptions or expression of subscription), and training and education services, the MSDN technology consultant ( Evangelist ) in the context of conferences, seminars or provide on-site workshops.

Services

The Microsoft Developer Network offers developers a variety of services. The most important are:

MSDN Library

In the Microsoft MSDN Library provides documents, manuals, interface documentation and code examples for software developers. Developers will find there also device drivers, design tools, and test versions of various Microsoft products.

The MSDN Library currently covers the following Microsoft products from Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Phone, Microsoft Windows Azure, Microsoft Office. For these areas can be found in the MSDN Library, the corresponding software development kits, and security updates.

MSDN Subscriptions

With the MSDN Subscriptions Microsoft offers various software subscriptions, the developers, designers, teams and organizations that deal with the development of IT applications, access to certain Microsoft software products, technologies and developers awarded relevant documentation. The subscription is available on CD -ROM, DVD and by download.

The programs provided as part of the subscription is usually full versions. The applications can thereby be used to design, develop and test software solutions. Any further use of the Software is restricted by the license agreement.

In addition, MSDN Subscribers receive additional support services from Microsoft.

Forum

The MSDN site includes an Internet forum. In the various sub-forums questions can be asked and answered to specific problems.

History

MSDN was issued in June 1992 for the first time as a quarterly collection of technical articles on CD -ROM. In addition to the technical articles, code samples and SDKs also a 16-page newspaper in a small format ("Microsoft Developer Network News" ) was included. In 1993, Microsoft's " Level II " subscription ($ 495 per year) which additionally contains SDKs to MAPI, ODBC, and TAPI.

1996 includes the MSDN Library article 13000 already and 1600 code examples. and was still marketed at the time as a CD -R

In May 1997, MSDN Online has been made ​​for the first time as a Web page (www.microsoft.com / msdn ) accessible

With MSDN2 ( http://msdn2.microsoft.com ) a new content management system for MSDN introduced by the increasing number of new documents in 2004 officially better represent and support new Web standards and browsers better.

In 2008 all the contents have been integrated into the new MSDN system and combined to form a uniform URL At the time the MSDN SQL database included approximately 11 million documents.

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