September 16, 1996 Microsoft Announces Industry Meeting To Map Out Transition of ActiveX Technologies Invites Customers, Independent Software Vendors and Platform Vendors to Determine Format of Future Independent Standards Body for ActiveX; Meeting Set for Oct. 1 in New York City
September 11, 1996 Microsoft and Hallmark Connections Team Up to Offer Microsoft Greetings Workshop Create Hallmark-Quality Cards – and Much More – on Your Home Computer
September 11, 1996 Microsoft Announces Digital Is First “Normandy” Systems Integrator Normandy Provides Server Solutions for Customers to Build Virtual Communities
September 11, 1996 Microsoft Announces Picture It! First Software Application to Enable Consumers to Create and Share Memories in Photographic-Print Quality Using a Home PC
September 11, 1996 Leading Accounting-Application Developers Demonstrate Microsoft Solutions at SoftEx Trade Show Vendors Demonstrate Growing Commitment to Windows NT and Microsoft SQL Server For Client/Server Financial-Accounting Products
September 10, 1996 Microsoft Releases Beta Version of CryptoAPI 2.0 Provides Millions of Developers With Foundation for Highly Secure Internet Applications
September 10, 1996 750,000 Microsoft Exchange Seats Installed in Product’s First Six Months More Than 2,000 Attendees Join Leading Enterprise Customers At the Microsoft Exchange Deployment Conference in Austin
September 10, 1996 New Microsoft Font Technologies Bring Rich and Readable Typography To the World of Online Publishing Includes Freely Downloadable Web Fonts and Font Smoothing
September 10, 1996 Microsoft Announces Comprehensive Internet Publishing Solution Windows and Microsoft Internet Explorer Gain Momentum in the Publishing Community
September 10, 1996 Microsoft SQL Server First to Set Price/Performance Record Below $100 In Latest TPC-C Benchmark Results Provides New Level of Value and Performance to Enterprise Customers On Standard Pentium Pro-Based Servers