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</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary">Microsoft Expression Encoder</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo"><div class="infobox-caption">Microsoft Expression Encoder 4 on <a href="Windows_7" title="Windows 7">Windows 7</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Programmer" title="Programmer">Developer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Initial release</th><td class="infobox-data">September 6, 2007<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2007-09-06</span>)</span></td></tr><tr style="display: none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Final release</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="margin:0px;">4 SP2 (4.0.4276.0)
/ November 2, 2011<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2011-11-02</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-4-sp2_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4-sp2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4-sp2-blog_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4-sp2-blog-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2">
</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Operating_system" title="Operating system">Operating system</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Windows_XP" title="Windows XP">Windows XP</a> or later<sup id="cite_ref-sys-req_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sys-req-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Computing_platform" title="Computing platform">Platform</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href=".NET_Framework" title=".NET Framework">.NET Framework</a>, <a href="DirectX" title="DirectX">DirectX</a>, <a href="Silverlight" class="mw-redirect" title="Silverlight">Silverlight</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-sys-req_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sys-req-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="QuickTime" title="QuickTime">QuickTime</a> and <a href="AviSynth" title="AviSynth">AviSynth</a><sup id="cite_ref-req_for_formats_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-req_for_formats-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Available in</th><td class="infobox-data">English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, and Korean<sup id="cite_ref-nrfaq_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nrfaq-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Software_categories#Categorization_approaches" title="Software categories">Type</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Transcoding" title="Transcoding">Transcoding</a> and <a href="Non-linear_video_editing" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-linear video editing">non-linear video editing</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Freemium" title="Freemium">Freemium</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/microsoft.com/expression">web<wbr>.archive<wbr>.org<wbr>/microsoft<wbr>.com<wbr>/expression</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Microsoft Expression Encoder</b><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (formerly Expression Media Encoder) is a discontinued<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="Transcoding" title="Transcoding">transcoding</a> and <a href="Non-linear_editing_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-linear editing system">non-linear</a> <a href="Video_editing_software" title="Video editing software">video editing software</a> application for <a href="Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>. It can create video streams for distribution via <a href="Microsoft_Silverlight" title="Microsoft Silverlight">Microsoft Silverlight</a>. This utility is created to record the screen for various purposes such as <a href="YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a>, <a href="Twitch_(service)" title="Twitch (service)">Twitch</a> etc.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2></div>
<p>Expression Encoder is a transcoding and linear video editing program. It features a <a href="Graphical_user_interface" title="Graphical user interface">graphical user interface</a> based on <a href="Windows_Presentation_Foundation" title="Windows Presentation Foundation">Windows Presentation Foundation</a> (WPF) as well as a <a href="Command_line_interface" class="mw-redirect" title="Command line interface">command line interface</a>. It can export videos to <a href="H.264" class="mw-redirect" title="H.264">H.264</a> or <a href="VC-1" title="VC-1">VC-1</a> formats or prepare video streams for distribution via <a href="Microsoft_Silverlight" title="Microsoft Silverlight">Microsoft Silverlight</a>. It supports Silverlight player controls and Silverlight templates.
</p><p>Microsoft Expression Encoder is available in different editions:<sup id="cite_ref-nrfaq_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nrfaq-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-comparison_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-comparison-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<ol><li>Pro edition, the full-featured commercial incarnation of the product is available through retail or volume licensing outlets as well as the <a href="BizSpark" class="mw-redirect" title="BizSpark">BizSpark</a> program.</li>
<li>Pro edition without codecs, which lacks royalty-incurring codecs and is available to <a href="DreamSpark" class="mw-redirect" title="DreamSpark">DreamSpark</a>, WebsiteSpark, or <a href="MSDN" class="mw-redirect" title="MSDN">MSDN</a> subscribers. This version does not support H.264 or <a href="Advanced_Audio_Coding" title="Advanced Audio Coding">Advanced Audio Coding</a> (AAC) formats in its output, nor can it open <a href="AVCHD" title="AVCHD">AVCHD</a>, <a href="MPEG-2" title="MPEG-2">MPEG-2</a> and <a href="Dolby_Digital" title="Dolby Digital">Dolby Digital</a> (AC-3) formats.</li>
<li>Express edition is free of charge but feature limited. This version has the same restrictions as the Pro edition without codecs, but also does not support <a href="Live_streaming" title="Live streaming">live streaming</a>.</li></ol>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>
<p>Version 1.0 was released to manufacturing on September 6, 2007.
</p><p>A beta of version 2.0 was released in March 2008 which included new VC-1 codecs (Advanced, Main, and Simple profiles) and better Silverlight support. Version 2 was <a href="Software_release_life_cycle#RTM" title="Software release life cycle">released to manufacturing</a> in May 2008. Expression The first <a href="Service_pack" title="Service pack">service pack</a> added <a href="H.264" class="mw-redirect" title="H.264">H.264</a>+<a href="Advanced_Audio_Coding" title="Advanced Audio Coding">AAC</a> encoding support for devices. According to Microsoft, Expression Encoder 2 was not a replacement for <a href="Windows_Media_Encoder" title="Windows Media Encoder">Windows Media Encoder</a>, despite having many similarities.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Expression Encoder 3 added multi-channel audio output, more built-in device profiles, like support for <a href="Zune_HD" title="Zune HD">Zune HD</a>, <a href="Xbox_360" title="Xbox 360">Xbox 360</a> and <a href="IPod_Touch" title="IPod Touch">iPod Touch</a>, as well as profiles for online services such as <a href="Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a> and <a href="YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a>. It also added Expression Encoder 3 Screen Capture, which allows users to create video screen captures.
</p><p>Version 4 added IIS live smooth streaming, screen capture improvements and an H.264 encoder based on the <a href="MainConcept" title="MainConcept">MainConcept</a> SDK.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Expression Encoder 4.0 SP1 was released in January 2011 and added <a href="CUDA" title="CUDA">CUDA</a>-enabled GPU-assisted encoding, <a href="High-Efficiency_Advanced_Audio_Coding" title="High-Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding">HE-AAC</a>, screen captures as a live source, live broadcasting templates, Selective Blend de-interlacing and other features.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Service Pack 2 (SP2) with about 300 bugs fixes was released on November 2, 2011, and added new features such GPU-accelerated video encoding and the removal of 10 minutes screen recording limit.<sup id="cite_ref-4-sp2_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4-sp2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4-sp2-blog_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4-sp2-blog-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Features">Features</h2></div>
<p>Some Microsoft Expression Encoder components include:
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<ul><li>Smart encoding and smart recompression for WMV if the source is also WMV and no frame operations are performed,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>cuts editing</i>, serial batch encoding, Live encoding from <a href="Webcam" title="Webcam">webcams</a> and DV camcorders</li>
<li>Decoding/import format support because of <a href="DirectShow" title="DirectShow">DirectShow</a></li>
<li>Streaming (720p+ video using HTTP) with optimized client (<a href="Silverlight" class="mw-redirect" title="Silverlight">Silverlight</a>) and server (<a href="Internet_Information_Services" title="Internet Information Services">IIS with smooth streaming</a>)</li>
<li>Integrated <a href="WebDAV" title="WebDAV">WebDAV</a> publishing.</li>
<li>Publishing API.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>Importing <a href="XAML" class="mw-redirect" title="XAML">XAML</a> overlays created in Expression Design and customizing their timing, animation, opacity, placement and looping</li>
<li><a href="JavaScript" title="JavaScript">JavaScript</a> trigger events</li>
<li><a href="Windows_Media" title="Windows Media">Windows Media</a> 11 SDK and <a href="VC-1" title="VC-1">VC-1</a> SDK integration, native <a href="MPEG-2" title="MPEG-2">MPEG-2</a> decoder</li>
<li>Adding captions to videos using <a href="SAMI" title="SAMI">SAMI</a> or W3C Timed Text format</li>
<li>Previewing and comparing encoding settings in real time</li>
<li>Screen capture</li>
<li>Object model for the encoding engine</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="System_requirements">System requirements</h2></div>
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<caption>System requirements<sup id="cite_ref-sys-req_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sys-req-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<td><a href="Windows_XP" title="Windows XP">Windows XP</a> with Service Pack 3 or later
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<td><a href="Central_processing_unit" title="Central processing unit">Processor</a></td>
<td>1 GHz or higher
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<td><a href="Random-access_memory" title="Random-access memory">RAM</a></td>
<td>1 GB or more
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<td><a href="Hard_disk" class="mw-redirect" title="Hard disk">Hard disk</a></td>
<td>2 GB free disk space or more
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<td><a href="Computer_monitor" title="Computer monitor">Display</a></td>
<td>1024×768 pixels screen or larger
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<td><a href="Video_card" class="mw-redirect" title="Video card">Video card</a></td>
<td>128 MB video RAM<br>Support for <a href="DirectX_9" class="mw-redirect" title="DirectX 9">DirectX 9</a> and <a href="Pixel_Shader_3" class="mw-redirect" title="Pixel Shader 3">Pixel Shader 3</a>
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<td>Software</td>
<td><a href=".NET_Framework_4.0" class="mw-redirect" title=".NET Framework 4.0">.NET Framework 4.0</a><br><a href="Silverlight" class="mw-redirect" title="Silverlight">Silverlight</a> 4 or later<br><a href="QuickTime" title="QuickTime">QuickTime</a> 7 or later (optional)<sup id="cite_ref-req_for_formats_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-req_for_formats-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br><a href="AviSynth" title="AviSynth">AviSynth</a><sup id="cite_ref-req_for_formats_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-req_for_formats-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Limitations">Limitations</h2></div>
<p>Microsoft Expression Encoder cannot encode video streams in Windows Media Video formats older than version 9.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Expression Encoder requires QuickTime to decode MP4 container format,<sup id="cite_ref-sys-req_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sys-req-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although <a href="Media_Foundation" title="Media Foundation">Media Foundation</a>, a component of <a href="Windows_7" title="Windows 7">Windows 7</a>, can natively decode this format.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Comparison_of_screencasting_software" title="Comparison of screencasting software">Comparison of screencasting software</a></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>
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<ul><li><a href="QBasic" title="QBasic">QBasic</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="QuickC" title="QuickC">QuickC</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Robotics_Developer_Studio" title="Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio">Robotics Developer Studio</a></li>
<li><a href="Roslyn_(compiler)" title="Roslyn (compiler)">Roslyn</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_SharePoint_Designer" title="Microsoft SharePoint Designer">SharePoint Designer</a>
<ul><li><a href="Microsoft_FrontPage" title="Microsoft FrontPage">FrontPage</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Small_Basic" title="Microsoft Small Basic">Small Basic</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_WebMatrix" title="Microsoft WebMatrix">WebMatrix</a></li>
<li><a href="Windows_App_SDK" title="Windows App SDK">Windows App SDK</a></li>
<li><a href="Windows_App_Studio" title="Windows App Studio">Windows App Studio</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Windows_SDK" title="Microsoft Windows SDK">Windows SDK</a>
<ul><li><a href="CLR_Profiler" title="CLR Profiler">CLR Profiler</a></li>
<li><a href="ILAsm" title="ILAsm">ILAsm</a></li>
<li><a href="Native_Image_Generator" title="Native Image Generator">Native Image Generator</a></li>
<li><a href="WinDiff" title="WinDiff">WinDiff</a></li>
<li><a href="XAMLPad" class="mw-redirect" title="XAMLPad">XAMLPad</a></li></ul></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Languages</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Microsoft_Dynamics_AX" class="mw-redirect" title="Microsoft Dynamics AX">Dynamics AX</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_BASIC" title="Microsoft BASIC">BASIC</a></li>
<li>Visual Basic
<ul><li><a href="Visual_Basic_(classic)" title="Visual Basic (classic)">legacy</a></li>
<li><a href="Visual_Basic_.NET" class="mw-redirect" title="Visual Basic .NET">VB.NET</a></li>
<li><a href="Visual_Basic_for_Applications" title="Visual Basic for Applications">VBA</a></li>
<li><a href="VBScript" title="VBScript">VBScript</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Bosque_(programming_language)" title="Bosque (programming language)">Bosque</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Visual_C%2B%2B" title="Microsoft Visual C++">Visual C++</a>
<ul><li><a href="C%2B%2B/CX" title="C++/CX">C++/CX</a></li>
<li><a href="C%2B%2B/CLI" title="C++/CLI">C++/CLI</a></li>
<li><a href="Managed_Extensions_for_C%2B%2B" title="Managed Extensions for C++">Managed C++</a></li>
<li><a href="C%2B%2B/WinRT" title="C++/WinRT">C++/WinRT</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="C_Sharp_(programming_language)" title="C Sharp (programming language)">C#</a></li>
<li><a href="C/AL" title="C/AL">C/AL</a></li>
<li><a href="Dafny" title="Dafny">Dafny</a></li>
<li><a href="Dexterity_(programming_language)" title="Dexterity (programming language)">Dexterity</a></li>
<li><a href="F_Sharp_(programming_language)" title="F Sharp (programming language)">F#</a></li>
<li><a href="F*_(programming_language)" title="F* (programming language)">F*</a></li>
<li><a href="Visual_FoxPro" title="Visual FoxPro">Visual FoxPro</a></li>
<li><a href="Java_(programming_language)" title="Java (programming language)">Java</a>
<ul><li><a href="Visual_J%2B%2B" title="Visual J++">J++</a></li>
<li><a href="Visual_J_Sharp" title="Visual J Sharp">J#</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="JavaScript" title="JavaScript">JavaScript</a>
<ul><li><a href="TypeScript" title="TypeScript">TypeScript</a></li>
<li><a href="JScript" title="JScript">JScript</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="IronPython" title="IronPython">IronPython</a></li>
<li><a href="IronRuby" title="IronRuby">IronRuby</a></li>
<li><a href="Lean_(proof_assistant)" title="Lean (proof assistant)">Lean</a></li>
<li><a href="P_(programming_language)" title="P (programming language)">P</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Power_Fx" title="Microsoft Power Fx">Power Fx</a></li>
<li><a href="PowerShell" title="PowerShell">PowerShell</a></li>
<li><a href="Project_Verona" title="Project Verona">Project Verona</a></li>
<li><a href="Q_Sharp" title="Q Sharp">Q#</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Small_Basic" title="Microsoft Small Basic">Small Basic</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Visual_Programming_Language" title="Microsoft Visual Programming Language">VPL</a></li>
<li><a href="Extensible_Application_Markup_Language" title="Extensible Application Markup Language">XAML</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">APIs and<br>frameworks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Native</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Windows_API" title="Windows API">Windows API</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Silverlight" title="Microsoft Silverlight">Silverlight</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_XNA" title="Microsoft XNA">XNA</a></li>
<li><a href="DirectX" title="DirectX">DirectX</a>
<ul><li><a href="Managed_DirectX" title="Managed DirectX">Managed DirectX</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Universal_Windows_Platform" title="Universal Windows Platform">UWP</a></li>
<li><a href="Xbox_Development_Kit" title="Xbox Development Kit">Xbox Development Kit</a></li>
<li><a href="Windows_Installer" title="Windows Installer">Windows Installer</a></li>
<li><a href="WinUI" class="mw-redirect" title="WinUI">WinUI</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href=".NET" title=".NET">.NET</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="ASP.NET" title="ASP.NET">ASP.NET</a>
<ul><li><a href="ASP.NET_Core" title="ASP.NET Core">Core</a></li>
<li><a href="ASP.NET_AJAX" title="ASP.NET AJAX">AJAX</a></li>
<li><a href="ASP.NET_Dynamic_Data" title="ASP.NET Dynamic Data">Dynamic Data</a></li>
<li><a href="ASP.NET_MVC" title="ASP.NET MVC">MVC</a></li>
<li><a href="ASP.NET_Razor" title="ASP.NET Razor">Razor</a></li>
<li><a href="ASP.NET_Web_Forms" title="ASP.NET Web Forms">Web Forms</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="ADO.NET" title="ADO.NET">ADO.NET</a>
<ul><li><a href="Entity_Framework" title="Entity Framework">Entity Framework</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href=".NET_MAUI" class="mw-redirect" title=".NET MAUI">MAUI</a></li>
<li><a href="Windows_CardSpace" title="Windows CardSpace">CardSpace</a></li>
<li><a href="Windows_Communication_Foundation" title="Windows Communication Foundation">Communication Foundation</a></li>
<li><a href="Windows_Identity_Foundation" title="Windows Identity Foundation">Identity Foundation</a></li>
<li><a href="Language_Integrated_Query" title="Language Integrated Query">LINQ</a></li>
<li><a href="Windows_Presentation_Foundation" title="Windows Presentation Foundation">Presentation Foundation</a></li>
<li><a href="Windows_Workflow_Foundation" title="Windows Workflow Foundation">Workflow Foundation</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="Device_driver" title="Device driver">Device drivers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Windows_Driver_Kit" title="Windows Driver Kit">WDK</a></li>
<li><a href="Windows_Driver_Frameworks" title="Windows Driver Frameworks">WDF</a>
<ul><li><a href="Kernel-Mode_Driver_Framework" title="Kernel-Mode Driver Framework">KMDF</a></li>
<li><a href="User-Mode_Driver_Framework" title="User-Mode Driver Framework">UMDF</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Windows_Hardware_Lab_Kit" title="Windows Hardware Lab Kit">Windows HLK</a></li>
<li><a href="Windows_Driver_Model" title="Windows Driver Model">WDM</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Database</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="Microsoft_SQL_Server" title="Microsoft SQL Server">SQL Server</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="SQL_Server_Express" title="SQL Server Express">Express</a></li>
<li><a href="SQL_Server_Compact" title="SQL Server Compact">Compact</a></li>
<li><a href="SQL_Server_Management_Studio" title="SQL Server Management Studio">Management Studio</a></li>
<li><a href="MSDE" title="MSDE">MSDE</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">SQL services</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Microsoft_Analysis_Services" title="Microsoft Analysis Services">Analysis</a></li>
<li><a href="SQL_Server_Reporting_Services" title="SQL Server Reporting Services">Reporting</a></li>
<li><a href="SQL_Server_Integration_Services" title="SQL Server Integration Services">Integration</a></li>
<li><a href="SQL_Server_Notification_Services" title="SQL Server Notification Services">Notification</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Visual_FoxPro" title="Visual FoxPro">Visual FoxPro</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Access" title="Microsoft Access">Microsoft Access</a></li>
<li><a href="Access_Database_Engine" title="Access Database Engine">Access Database Engine</a></li>
<li><a href="Extensible_Storage_Engine" title="Extensible Storage Engine">Extensible Storage Engine</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Source control</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Microsoft_Visual_SourceSafe" title="Microsoft Visual SourceSafe">Visual SourceSafe</a></li>
<li><a href="Azure_DevOps_Server#TFVC" title="Azure DevOps Server">Team Foundation Version Control</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Testing and<br>debugging</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="CodeView" title="CodeView">CodeView</a></li>
<li><a href="OneFuzz" title="OneFuzz">OneFuzz</a></li>
<li><a href="Playwright_(software)" title="Playwright (software)">Playwright</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Script_Debugger" title="Microsoft Script Debugger">Script Debugger</a></li>
<li><a href="WinDbg" title="WinDbg">WinDbg</a></li>
<li><a href="XUnit.net" title="XUnit.net">xUnit.net</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Delivery</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Active_Setup" title="Active Setup">Active Setup</a></li>
<li><a href="ClickOnce" title="ClickOnce">ClickOnce</a></li>
<li><a href="Npm_(software)" class="mw-redirect" title="Npm (software)">npm</a></li>
<li><a href="NuGet" title="NuGet">NuGet</a></li>
<li><a href="Vcpkg" title="Vcpkg">vcpkg</a></li>
<li><a href="Web_Platform_Installer" title="Web Platform Installer">Web Platform Installer</a></li>
<li><a href="Windows_Installer" title="Windows Installer">Windows Installer</a>
<ul><li><a href="WiX" title="WiX">WiX</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Windows_Package_Manager" title="Windows Package Manager">Windows Package Manager</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Store" title="Microsoft Store">Microsoft Store</a></li></ul>
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