December 10, 1996 Microsoft Announces General Availability of The Microsoft Network Within One Year of Internet Strategy Day, MSN Delivers Internet-Based Network
December 10, 1996 Microsoft Agrees to Acquire NetCarta NetCarta WebMapper to Serve as Integral Part of Microsoft’s Web-Site Management Solution For Professional Site Administrators
December 10, 1996 IIS Delivers Leading Multimedia Capabilities With NetShow Over 20 Leading Companies Release Microsoft NetShow-Compatible Products and Services
December 10, 1996 Thirteen Major Systems Integrators Offer Worldwide Design, Deployment Services for Microsoft Commercial Internet System Integrators Trained, Ready to Support Microsoft Solution For Large-Scale, High-Quality Commercial Web Sites
December 10, 1996 Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Delivers Integrated Support For Microsoft Transaction Server Seamless Integration and Administration Lower the Cost To Develop and Manage Distributed Applications
December 10, 1996 Microsoft Ships Transaction Server 1.0 New Active Server Technology Eases Development of Reliable Business Applications On Windows NT Server
December 9, 1996 Microsoft Announces Immediate Availability Of Standards-Based Video Phone Support in NetMeeting 2.0 Beta 2 Integrated Audio, Data and Video Conferencing Makes Communicating Over Internet Almost as Close as Being There
December 9, 1996 Microsoft Announces Widespread Beta Availability of Visual InterDev Integrated Web Application Development System, Previously Code-Named “Internet Studio,” Enables Developers to Build Dynamic, Database-Driven Web Applications
December 9, 1996 Microsoft Announces Intel Architecture to Support Windows CE Windows CE Planned to Be Available on Intel Architecture by January 1997
December 9, 1996 Microsoft, Intel Deliver First Standards-Compliant Internet Video Phones Industry Leaders Promote Interoperable Standards In Video-Enabled Microsoft NetMeeting and Intel Internet Video Phone