December 20, 1996 Microsoft and Leading Internet White Pages Providers Make It Easier to Locate People on the Internet Microsoft Provides First Major Internet Mail Client to Support Industry-Standard LDAP Internet Directory Protocol
December 18, 1996 Microsoft Announces Availability of Advanced Data Connector Delivers Interactive Data to Web Applications Through High-Performance ActiveX Controls
December 18, 1996 Microsoft and Digital Enhance Alliance by Optimizing Internet Information Server 3.0 Multimedia Solutions On Digital’s AlphaServer Systems Microsoft NetShow, the Multimedia Component of IIS 3.0, Now Available on AlphaServer Systems
December 18, 1996 MSN and Times Books to Deliver First Exclusive Online Book Serialization Online Book Serialization Fred Goodman’s “The Mansion on the Hill” Comes to MSN Music Central in January
December 17, 1996 Microsoft SNA Server 3.0 Now Available Latest Release of Award-Winning Software Ideal for Corporate Intranets
December 17, 1996 Microsoft and Proginet To Work Together On Windows NT Server-to-Host Integration Proginet Announces HostOffice, Giving Large Organizations A Fast and Secure Route to the Web
December 13, 1996 Microsoft statement in response to the Information Technology Agreement at the World Trade Organization meetings in Singapore Trade Organization meetings in Singapore Statement by Bob Herbold, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
December 11, 1996 Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0, Control Creation Edition Launches Explosion in Component Market More Than 100,000 Developers Now Using New, Specialized Version of Visual Basic
December 11, 1996 CMP Media’s TechWeb and Microsoft Team Up to Sponsor First ActiveX Control Creation Contest Grand Prize-Winning Entry to Be Showcased by Bill Gates at Microsoft Developer Days
December 11, 1996 Microsoft SDK for Java Attracts More Than 50,000 Developers In Nearly Two Months Helps Developers Build More Compelling Java Applications