Windows & Windows Live Division, Server and Tools

 

  

  The company's Client division produces the flagship Windows OS line such as Windows 7; it also produces the Windows Live family of products and services. Server and Tools produces the server versions of Windows, such as Windows Server 2008 R2 as well as a set of development tools called Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Silverlight, a web application framework, and Systems Management Server, a collection of tools providing remote-control abilities, patch management, software distribution and a hardware/software inventory.

 

  Other server products include: Microsoft SQL Server, a relational database management system, Microsoft Exchange Server, for certain business-orientede-mail and scheduling features, Small Business Server, for messaging and other small business-oriented features; and Microsoft BizTalk Server, for business process management.

 

  The Online Services Business division handles the online service MSN and the search engine Bing. 

  The Microsoft Business Division produces Microsoft Office including Microsoft Office 2010, the company's line of office software. The software product includes Word (a word processor), Access(a relational database program), Excel (a spreadsheet program), Outlook ,PowerPoint (presentation software), and Publisher (desktop publishing software).