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This chart lists products or services that Microsoft has discontinued, or announced would be discontinued, since Oct. 2008.
| Product | Function | Fate | | Automated Service Agents | Text "bots" for online customer support | End of life | | Connected Services Framework | Platform for telecommunications companies to deliver services to end customers | End of life | | Encarta | Encyclopedia software and service | End of life | | Equipt | Bundle of OneCare antivirus and PC maintenance software, plus subscription-based Office | End of life | | Forms Server | Lower-priced edition of SharePoint Server for publishing InfoPath forms | End of life; features already included in full SharePoint Server | | MSN Groups | Online collaboration and messaging for consumers | End of life, customers encouraged to move to Multiply.com | | Dynamics Entrepreneur | Small business accounting | End of life | | Office Accounting | Small business accounting | Maintenance mode | | Office Live | Online services for small businesses, including Web hosting, collaboration | May be subsumed into Windows Live | | OneCare | Antivirus and PC maintenance software for consumers | End of life; some features moved into free "Morro" | | PerformancePoint Server | Business-metric tracking, historical data analysis, financial planning, and budgeting | Some functions subsumed into next version of SharePoint Server | | RoundTable | Videoconferencing hardware | Spun out to Polycom | | SharePoint Designer | Customize design of Web sites hosted on SharePoint Server | Becomes free download |
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