Authored by: Children Trundle. The Microsoft Network, or MSN, represents a collection of services provided by the Microsoft Company. This range of Internet services started on August 24, 1995 as an online service and Internet service provider, at the same time when the Windows 95 operating system was released. In time more and more products have been added to the MSN group just as the Windows OS got improved progressively. The MSN brand name was used by Microsoft to put on the market a number of popular web-based services in the 1990s, such as Hotmail and Messenger. Then, lots of services got reorganized in 2006 when Microsoft reinvented MSN in the form of Windows Live. In spite of the changes, MSN.com, MSN's Internet portal, maintained its popularity. Actually it occupies a 6th place on the list of the most popular Internet domain names.
As an Internet service provider, the MSN was designed as a dial-up online content provider.
It used to provide proprietary content via an artificial folder-like interface built in the Windows 95 interface linked to the Windows Explorer file management.
At the beginning, MSN offered discussion and product support as well as basic e-mail capabilities, chat rooms, and message boards that were somewhat like newsgroups, and information regarding news and weather. Although originally the open access to the World Wide Web was not included in its service, in time Internet access could quickly be offered through the Internet Explorer web browser from Microsoft. This became available as a download from MSN service as part of the package Windows 95 Plus.
Just one year after its release, due to growing importance of and demand for the Internet, Microsoft saw themselves forced to come up with another version called MSN 2.0, after renaming its existing MSN service as MSN Classic.
Besides Internet access, this updated version brought web-based multimedia content under the name MSN Program Viewer. In the United States and Canada, MSN has been maintained as a dial up Internet provider, yet it comes second after AOL. The MSN service presently includes anti-virus and firewall protection as well as an email account on MSN.com.
The majority of the MSN services received a new name in 2006: Windows Live. Among these services that suffered changes, MSN Groups, MSN messenger, MSN Hotmail, MSN Spaces, MSN Virtual Groups and MSN Alerts were included. With the release of Windows Live, new services were announced: Windows Live Favorites and Windows Live OneCare Safety Scanner. This move was simultaneous with the moment when MSN started providing online entertainment and news as well as in its quality as a common interest content provider through its Internet portal, MSN.com. Windows Live provides most of the company's online software and services.
As an Internet service provider, the MSN was designed as a dial-up online content provider.
It used to provide proprietary content via an artificial folder-like interface built in the Windows 95 interface linked to the Windows Explorer file management.
At the beginning, MSN offered discussion and product support as well as basic e-mail capabilities, chat rooms, and message boards that were somewhat like newsgroups, and information regarding news and weather. Although originally the open access to the World Wide Web was not included in its service, in time Internet access could quickly be offered through the Internet Explorer web browser from Microsoft. This became available as a download from MSN service as part of the package Windows 95 Plus.
Just one year after its release, due to growing importance of and demand for the Internet, Microsoft saw themselves forced to come up with another version called MSN 2.0, after renaming its existing MSN service as MSN Classic.
Besides Internet access, this updated version brought web-based multimedia content under the name MSN Program Viewer. In the United States and Canada, MSN has been maintained as a dial up Internet provider, yet it comes second after AOL. The MSN service presently includes anti-virus and firewall protection as well as an email account on MSN.com.
The majority of the MSN services received a new name in 2006: Windows Live. Among these services that suffered changes, MSN Groups, MSN messenger, MSN Hotmail, MSN Spaces, MSN Virtual Groups and MSN Alerts were included. With the release of Windows Live, new services were announced: Windows Live Favorites and Windows Live OneCare Safety Scanner. This move was simultaneous with the moment when MSN started providing online entertainment and news as well as in its quality as a common interest content provider through its Internet portal, MSN.com. Windows Live provides most of the company's online software and services.
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