Type of site | Knowledge base |
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Available in | English |
Successor(s) | Microsoft Docs |
Owner | Microsoft |
URL | msdn.microsoft.com at the Wayback Machine (archive index) |
Commercial | Yes |
Registration | Optional |
Launched | September 1992 |
Current status | Offline |
Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) was the division of Microsoft responsible for managing the firm's relationship with developers and testers, such as hardware developers interested in the operating system (OS), and software developers developing on the various OS platforms or using the API or scripting languages of Microsoft's applications. The relationship management was situated in assorted media: web sites, newsletters, developer conferences, trade media, blogs and DVD distribution.[citation needed]
Starting in January 2020, the website was fully integrated with Microsoft Docs (itself integrated into Microsoft Learn in 2022).[1]