Microsoft Office is a set of interrelated desktop applications, servers and services, collectively referred to as an office suite, for the Microsoft Windows and macOS operating systems.
This list contains all the programs that are, or have been, in Microsoft Office since
Product Name | Release Date | PC App | Mobile App | Mac App |
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Access | November 1992 | Yes | No | No |
Excel | 1987 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
OneNote | November 19, 2003 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Outlook | January 16, 1997 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
PowerPoint | May 22, 1990 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Power BI | July 11, 2011 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Project | 1984 | Yes | Yes | No |
Publisher | 1991 | Yes | No | No |
Visio | 1992 | Yes | Yes | Yes [1] |
Sway | 2014 | Yes | Yes | No |
Word | October 25, 1983 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Forms | June 20, 2016 | No | Yes | No |
Bookings | July 20, 2016 | No | Yes | Yes |
Delve | March 2015 | No | Yes | Yes |
Office Online | June 7, 2010 | No | Yes | No |
OneDrive | August 1, 2007 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Outlook.com | July 4, 1996 | No | Yes | No |
Planner | June 6, 2016 | No | Yes | Yes |
Stream | June 20, 2017 | No | Yes | Yes |
Teams | November 2, 2016 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
SharePoint | March 28, 2001 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
To Do | April 2017 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Skype | August 29, 2003 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Yammer | March 10, 2008 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Microsoft Lists | July 20, 2020 | Yes | Yes | No |
Fluid Framework | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
Project Cortex | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
Name | Release Date |
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Microsoft Exchange Server | April 11, 1996
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Microsoft Project Server | 2000 |
Office Web Apps Server | — |
SharePoint | March 28, 2001
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Skype for Business Server | December 29, 2003 |
Name | Release Date | Discontinued |
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Microsoft Binder | August 24, 1995 | August 19, 2003 |
Microsoft Classroom | April 14, 2016 | January 31, 2018 |
Microsoft Clip Organizer | 2000 | 2013 |
Docs.com | April 21, 2010 | December 15, 2017 |
Microsoft Data Analyzer | May 31, 2001 | January 30, 2007 |
Microsoft Entourage | October 2000 | January 15, 2008 |
Microsoft Equation Editor | August 19, 2003 | June 15, 2010 |
Microsoft Exchange Client | January 30, 2007 | June 15, 2010 |
Microsoft Expression Web | December 4, 2006 | December 20, 2012 |
Microsoft FrontPage | August 24, 1995 | January 30, 2007 |
Gigjam Preview | 2016 | September 22, 2017 |
Microsoft InfoPath | August 19, 2003 | September 22, 2015 |
Microsoft InterConnect (Japan only) | 2004 | 2009 |
Microsoft Mail | 1988 | August 24, 2001 |
Microsoft MapPoint | June 7, 1999 | July 2012 |
Microsoft Mathematics (formerly Microsoft Math) | 2006 | 2021 |
Microsoft Office Accounting | August 19, 2003 | November 16, 2009 |
Microsoft Office Document Imaging | August 19, 2003 | June 15, 2010 |
Microsoft Office Document Scanning | August 19, 2003 | June 15, 2010 |
Microsoft Office Live | 2007 | 2010 |
Microsoft Office Live Meeting | 2007 | December 31, 2017 |
Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server | November 2007 | 2009 |
Microsoft Office Picture Manager | August 19, 2003 | July 16, 2013 |
Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server | 2006 | June 15, 2010 |
Microsoft Outlook Hotmail Connector | August 19, 2003 | January 29, 2013 |
Microsoft PhotoDraw | June 7, 1999 | May 31, 2001 |
Microsoft Photo Editor | November 19, 1996 | August 19, 2003 |
Microsoft Schedule+ | 1992 | November 19, 1996 |
Microsoft Search Server | November 7, 2007 | January 29, 2013 |
Microsoft SharePoint Designer | January 30, 2007 | August 2, 2016 |
Microsoft SharePoint Foundation | 2001 | 2013 |
Microsoft SharePoint Workspace (formerly Microsoft Office Groove) | January 30, 2007 | January 29, 2013 |
Microsoft Vizact | April 1, 2000 | April 1, 2000 |
Office Assistant | November 19, 1996 | January 30, 2007 |
Office Web Components | June 7, 1999 | January 30, 2007 |
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