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Products Recently Phased Out (Chart)

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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